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Goodbye to Chocolate Thunder

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husker71

August 27, 2015, 06:42:56 pm
Daryl Dawkins dead

sickboy

August 27, 2015, 07:44:14 pm #1
Too young
 

Dwight_K_Shrute

August 28, 2015, 08:19:40 am #2
There was a lot of fun and characters in the league when he played.  Dawkins was from Orlando area same as me and went straight out of high school to the NBA.  Some of my earliest NBA memories are news stories on him shattering backboards.  He was one of the main reasons they went to breakaway rims.  We would have been a megastar in today's world of social media. 
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greenie

August 28, 2015, 04:02:20 pm #3
Hopefully he's on his way back to Lovetron.

RIP Darryl.  You were fun to watch.

Wild Bill Hog

August 30, 2015, 08:24:51 am #4

husker71

August 30, 2015, 10:07:57 am #5
probably drafted by the wrong team for his own good       even though that team is among my favorite 3 teams of all time in the NBA   maybe not the best team for an 18 year old with a big personality

rude1

August 30, 2015, 10:53:41 am #6
No matter if you were a fan of the team he played on or not, you had to be a fan of DD aka Chocolate Thunder. This was a different guy all together when you heard him talk, while he played angry he was anything but that when off the court.

PonderinHog

August 31, 2015, 11:35:50 pm #7
I actually owned a DD Chocolate Thunder basketball.  It had kind of a sticky texture.  I could palm that ball.  Good times...

HAWG MAFIA

September 01, 2015, 05:03:24 am #8
One of my favorite players when I was growing up.

BigSexyHog

September 01, 2015, 09:47:05 am #9
Thought he was a lot older.  Dude was a monster
Lebron raised money for kids... Rotnei stole crap from the equipment room

DeltaBoy

September 02, 2015, 02:30:35 pm #10
RIP to a great BB Player and Personality.
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husker71

September 02, 2015, 02:40:41 pm #11
could you imagine how much money he could make  and how high he would go in the draft now   My god they would get 1 year in college to see someone that size with that quickness and strength   don't know if we have ever seen anyone at 18 with that body in the NBA   I remember how he would one hand rebounds and then outlet and get to the other end for a dunk   Hard to think of somebody in the last few years who reminds me of him
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