Darryl Dawkins




Born: January 11, 1957
Position: Center
Height: 6-11 (2.11 m)
Jerseys worn: #53


In the NBA:

Nickname: "Chocolate Thunder", "Gorilla"

His Game:
Dawkins was a very strong and athletic player, famous for his powerful dunks.

His Career:
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers at the 5th spot of the 1975 NBA Draft.

Honors:
He set an NBA record in 1983 with 379 fouls, only to break it the following year by committing 386!

Highlights:
Dawkins broke two backboards during the 1979-'80 season: one in November 13, 1979 and one 23 days later. This forced the league to modify the basketball rims. He had the habit to name most of his dunks. He called his first backboard-shattering jam "The Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Glass-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Babies-Crying, Glass-Still-Flying, Cats-Crying, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Thank You-Wham-Bam-I-Am-Jam". Other names include: In Your Face Disgrace, The Go-rilla, Earthquaker Shaker, Candyslam, Dunk You Very Much, Look Out Below, Yo Mama, Turbo Sexophonic Delight, Rim Wrecker, Greyhound Bus (went coast-to-coast), Cover Your Head, Spine Chiller Supreme, Slam Bam Thank You Maam and Walk Away From Love.

Statistics:
YEAR Team Games Pts FT % FG % 3PM 3-pt % Reb. Trn Ast St Blk Min. Star?
1976 Philadelphia 37 2.4 .333 .500 0 .000 1.3 -- 0.1 0.1 0.2 4.5 No
1977 Philadelphia 59 5.3 .506 .628 0 .000 3.9 -- 0.4 0.2 0.8 11.6 No
1978 Philadeplphia 70 11.7 .709 .575 0 .000 7.9 1.8 1.2 0.5 1.8 24.6 YES
1979 Philadeplphia 78 13.1 .672 .517 0 .000 8.1 2.5 1.6 0.4 1.8 26.1 YES
1980 Philadeplphia 80 14.7 .653 .522 0 .000 8.7 2.9 1.9 0.6 1.8 31.8 YES
1981 Philadeplphia 76 14.0 .720 .607 0 .000 7.2 2.9 1.4 0.5 1.5 27.5 YES
1982 Philadeplphia 48 11.0 .695 .564 0 .000 6.4 2.0 1.1 0.4 1.2 23.4 No
1983 New Jersey 81 12.0 .646 .599 0 .000 5.2 3.5 1.4 0.8 1.9 25.8 YES
1984 New Jersey 81 16.8 .735 .593 2 .400 6.7 2.9 1.5 0.7 1.7 29.8 YES
1985 New Jersey 39 13.5 .711 .566 0 .000 4.6 2.4 1.2 0.4 0.9 24.9 No
1986 New Jersey 51 15.3 .707 .644 0 .000 4.9 2.4 1.5 0.3 1.2 23.7 YES
1987 New Jersey 6 9.5 .708 .625 0 .000 3.2 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 17.7 No
1988 Utah / Detroit 6 1.7 .400 .222 0 .000 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 5.5 No
1989 Detroit 14 1.9 .500 .474 0 .000 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 3.4 No
Career Career 726 12.0 .685 .572 2 .133 6.1 2.2 1.3 0.5 1.4 23.7 YES




In Europe:

In Greece:
After 14 seasons in the NBA, Dawkins played 5 more in Italy where the money was better and the food was great too. He spent two seasons in Torino, one in Milan and two in Forli.



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