RIP to Chocolate Thunder Darryl Dawkins, only 58 years old!
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08-28-2015, 10:11 AM #1Administrator
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RIP Chocolate Thunder
"When March Madness spills into April.... that's the gravy!" - Homer Simpson
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08-28-2015, 10:19 AM #2BrewCityBall
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Really sad, as that is way too young.
A great character for the NBA, and the dunker than drove the need for the breakaway rim.
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08-28-2015, 10:27 AM #3Senior Member
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A truly funny man too. When I was in HS and he played for the Nets he was a regular on Warner Wolf's TV show on Monday evenings after the local news. He was a talent ball player, very exciting to watch but he had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. He will be missed.
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08-28-2015, 11:06 AM #4Administrator
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And because he didn't go to college, when they introduced players naming their college, did he request that they say he was from Planet LoveTron?
"When March Madness spills into April.... that's the gravy!" - Homer Simpson
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08-28-2015, 03:06 PM #5Senior Member
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We met him at an event in NYC a couple years back. Very nice guy. Spent time with my little kids. Funny, when it came time for pictures, he was trying to get them to look fierce.
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08-28-2015, 04:02 PM #6Administrator
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Someone sent me this trivia question today.....
Who nicknamed Darryl Dawkins "Chocolate Thunder"?"When March Madness spills into April.... that's the gravy!" - Homer Simpson
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08-28-2015, 04:50 PM #7BrewCityBall
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Darryl Dawkins give himself the name?
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08-28-2015, 05:01 PM #8Senior Member
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In this day and age, who can imagine using that nickname? The professional, perpetual outrage machine (of which both sides have one) would be, well, outraged.
Originally Posted by Jim Ganzer, "IWB"
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08-28-2015, 05:10 PM #9Senior Member
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Stevie Wonder. Originally Posted by Jim Ganzer, "IWB"
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08-28-2015, 06:57 PM #10Administrator
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Goose - that was actually my guess too, but Mac got it.
Who would have thought a blind man gave a basketball star his nickname?"When March Madness spills into April.... that's the gravy!" - Homer Simpson
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