But they mention Shaq as the inventer, when in fact, it was Darryl Dawkins.. D.D. is the reason they made the breakaway rims because of his power, and not Shaq. Shaq has a funny personality, but he is their 🦝🦝..D.Dawkins was the damn man!!!!🏀🏀🏀🏀R.I.P.🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@locodoco9310 yes sir....i just saw something on the gram with shaq breaking a backboard. I was reading its crazy ppl were actually shaq was the first to break a goal...i corrected about 7 ppl...saying yall better chk your history...and pull tha Chocolate Thunder...thats what made me pull some videos of him....
This doc fails to mention the referees would call fouls on my man Darryl that they would not call on Shag years later.The NBA had a vendetta against Darryl and that was enough to make him do things the way he did.Maybe he lived up to his potential maybe he didn't,but l venture to say he had fun without being mean to anyone and in that respect he lived up to GOD's expectations and to me and GOD that is living up to his potential.When it is all said and done basketball is a game and my guy Darryl played the game quite well,if you know what I mean.rip my Brother you are loved and appreciated.
The same thing happened to Dwight Howard, Having fun on the court three times defensive player of the year power dunker. But a lot of people didn't like Dwight's attitude because they think having fun is soft.
Met Darryl in Spring 1984 at the Burger King in Lugano, Switzerland when I was a 17 year-old high school student there, his hands enveloped mine like mittens. He was exceptionally kind to me as a minute skinny Swiss basketball kid - him and the rest of the NJ Nets team who were there (Jeff Turner, Micheal Ray Richardson, Otis Birdsong and coach) signed my "the Prince" book by Macchiavelli I was reading at the time. Will never forget his kindness, I didn't speak a word of English back then - I was in awe, at the time the largest human I had ever seen in person... They had crossed the border from an exhibition game they were playing in nearby Milano. We exchanged addresses and he replied to my letter, he lived in Secaucus NJ at the time - will never forget. Been in the US for 35 years now and I wish we could have cultivated our friendship! Hope he would be proud of me now as I was of him.
Beh, il Ticino che ho amato e nel quale sono cresciuto non esiste più, sono partito ormai decenni fa’ per cercare un illusione di libertà più credibile.
Me and my younger brother met him once... He was like what do you want shorty to my younger brother. Great guy really personable. Always had a smile when he came up in thoughts. RIP Chocalate Thunder!
Darryl Dawkins was the original shaquille oniel if only they would have let him play the power game. he did the exact same thing except he had a jumper to go with it. he was the Diesel long long before the Diesel!!!
I grew up with the Entire Dawkins family....we just Buried His Brother Chico in 2019...Lost his Brother Mitch in 2017....He has His Mother Ms.Harriet, A Brother Troy, and Sister Amanda surviving them....We called him Blue.. God Bless you all until we meet again!!
Probably not as thick as Shaq, but yeah. Thick. Shaq could run the court, but not for long. Dawkins was non-stop. He was thick, but he was agile and light on his feet. Closer comparison might be a bigger Carl Malone, before Carl Malone. All the advantages of being big, and none of the disadvantages.
Everything Shaq did they loved. ❤❤His dunks, personality & physicality were comparable to D.Dawkin's.. Like he said, he was 20 years before his time..They loved Shaq, but somewhat hated D.D..Make that make sense..I🤔🤔🤔🤔
Shaq before there was Shaq was Dawkins who had physical power unmatched in his generation.. Plus straight outta high school to NBA and dominated in time of great centers ..
Othello darry Dawkins did not gonthe college, in college you have time to polish your low post skill jump shot, mose malone did not go to college either but he invented the off season workouts
@@garycollier6950 It wasn't that Darryl made stupid mistakes, it was that the NBA was very much ANTI-YOUTH in those days. Darryl was much smarter & more skilled than the youth of today. Darryl was playing for a 76ers team that was LOADED with talented & skilled players & he had to find a way to co-exist with them. Had he been a rookie in the mid/late 80's or the early 90's he'd fit right in. If he'd ran with Allen Iverson, they'd won championships with the 76ers. The NBA was very conservative until the ABA players came in. Darryl was just ahead of his time.
@@lloydkline7245 POINT BLANK!!! I ALWAYS FELT JUST WHAT YOU POSTED!! HE SHOULD'VE WENT 2 COLLEGE FOR A YEAR OR 2!! HE WOULD'VE BEEN A MONSTER!! RIP D. DAWKINS!!
He was a talented player, but he should have gone to college for at least two years. He had a lot going for him and certainly had the raw talent for the NBA, but he lacked the essential skills to play at the pro level, which was why he never made all-pro during his entire career. Had he went to college and developed his skills, he would have had a far more prolific NBA career.
The times were the problem. This is the 70's where they still were hard on black men. As opposed to the 90's when they let Shaq do the exact same thing. D.D's game was better than Shaq's. Plus he had a jump shot and not only a low post game..
The chocolate thunder was a wonderful player and entertainer. Frightening power but a nice fun loving guy. Reminds me of Dwight Howard's personality. Not afraid to laugh at himself. Letting a little guy dunk over him in the dunk contest proved what a great guy he is.
Darryl Dawkins was he for his time he was too physical they would not never let him get loose now today's game he will fit perfect rest in peace chocolate thunder much love respect
I still can't believe from 1977-82 Philly didn't win but one chip and that was when Moses Malone teamed with DrJ., The Sixers had Portland beat in '77 and totally melted down, they definitely should've beaten the Lakers without Jabbar' and Magic playing center, two golden opportunities they let slip through their hands.
How about that. Dawks attitude was so past the race thing that his fans and media caught on. He named the dunk the gorrilla and everyone loved it. That's a good thing
He did not live up to other people Expectations...his skills were exactly what they were in high school, he was so much bigger than the other high schoolers at that time, he just out muscle them, but in the NBA some was just as big, so I'd say here career was what it should've been. He was nothing like moses malone, the first from high school and straight to the pros.
Out of Orlando Evans High School, Big Dawk played at the local playground there, Lorna Doone park. Played with & against him and his brothers, Chico, Mitch & Troy. All good ballers. Once he got a rebound on the left side of the goal, down low. The ball was right in my face and put my hand on it. Big Dawk went up with no ball, as I blocked it out of his hands. He called "foul" and when he came down, he looked me in my eyes and said , "That wasn't a foul, that was rape!". He was with the 76's at the time and at 5'10", eventhough it was a clean block, I wasn't gonna argue with the home town hero. "OK, your ball, Big Dawk". LOL God Bless You All, Big Dawk, Mitch and Chico....RIP.
Great/funny story. Please post more stories about him if you can. Dawkins is the greatest physical talent I've ever seen, in any sport. If only he had lived up to his potential.
Dawkins was not known as Dr.Dunkinstien, that moniker was bestowed upon Darell Dr. Dunkinstien Griffin of the Louisville Cardinals, then the Utah Jazz.
I grew up with CHICO my most enjoyable times playing basketball with his brother. I miss them much and always in my prayers. Keep it positive as you always gave me this as a child and most importantly SAFETY thank you..
Dawkins was the 1st player to introduce the Backboard shaming Bunk ( I think that Dawkins was the 1st one) I believed that they had to stop the NBA game for about 20 minutes and sweep up the glass, and have the Backboard replaced...that was was time consuming and fun to watch, back in the 70s if I'm not mistaken.
I grew up watching this team at Methodist Home for Children on Monument rd not to far from city line ave in PHILLY.THAT 76ER TEAM WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART❤and Darryl Dawkins,DOCTOR J,Douge Collins,World B Free 😌man Darryl Dawkins personable personality and colorful spirit and KNOWLEDGE of carpentry of how to build 😏RIP bratha
Chocolate thunder was so ahead of his time, rest in peace to him. (by today’s standards, he should have been in way more commercials than Shaquille O’Neal)
Dawkins was an all star when he was traded to the Nets but he could have been one of the very very best ever if the sixers didn't have all those all stars. If he went to college a year or two and was drafted by a weaker team I think he would have become a top scorer as rebounder and defender
I loved Chocolate Thunder but in the finals he couldn't hold Kareem or Parrish and as u see bill walton either. Sixers were the only team to interrupt Lakers and Celtics but it wasn't until the trade for Moses that the sixers won. But Dawkins as a Funkateer at the time was great for there were many Funkateers at that time Sir Nose was my favorite
I love sports history, especially basketball, & I stumbled upon, & was enjoying this cool 'throwback classic' til I heard commentator call this gifted king DD a "baby gorilla" & again a "gorilla'' & it was time to end this vid.. That turned me off..😒 More sickening is he said it with NO reservation..1977(& prior) - present day '2022 - still not nearly enough change..🤦🏿♀️🙏🏽🌍 #sicksaddisgustinghistory #criticalracetheory #necessary #letsmoveforabetterworld #together #truthwins #lovewins #knowledgeispower #guncontrolnow #enoughisenough #positiveaction *fixthisnowamerica #stopthekilling #stoptheviolence #stopthehate #policereform #prisonreform #criticalracetheory #stopracismnow #morethanavote #whenweallvote #justiceequalityforall #onehumanrace #loveeachother #rippraying4alllost💔🙏🏽 #spreadlovenothate💕 #relationshipnotreligion #JesusisRealLoveLordKingCreatorOfALL❤️🙏🏽🌎
This guy was also known to shatter the backboard but not one mention of it - I'm guessing because of this whole it tainted and delayed the game, looks bad, etc but he still did it and it should've been shown and discussed. Disappointed.
Darryl Dawkins was a real Monster only Shawn Kemp and Shaq Diesel that I've seen could do those Thunder Dunks so powerful in fact your a little reluctant to block it unless it's 100% any 3 of them could break fingers or wrist injury tryn to stop them
Chocolate Thunder made hoops fun… he totally lived up to HIS potential. He was feared on the court… but when you have Dr. J and one other guy wanting to be “the one” there is no room for Chocolate Thunder to be… but he was anyway.
Didn't get the head cold/shaved head joke. His leaps must not have come with an IQ........if you look up the stats, he doesn't seem too interested in anything but scoring, although his shooting percentage is so high that he'd be worth it to have on the floor.
He had a mind of George Clinton but 6/10 and built and he was a kid it's so funny I was writing this and George Clinton pops up I knew once I heard planet funk I bet George & Daryl hit it off and if Daryl would be a a player today lifting weights Daryl looked like he did bit weight training wasn't a thing back then now he would be a P.F and I wonder what he would look like
DD one of them dudes you just gotta let be himself and give him the freedom to develop. If he woulda went somewhere with a more solid system in his early days he couldve been on shaqs level of dominance. RIP.
He had some handles, he would do well in today's game, like DeMarcus Cousins. Players then had to fit into certain rolls, they wasn't allowed to freelance like today's players.
@@ronsapp4780 Oh okay,, thanks I was a kid during those times and my memory escapes me. This series introduced me to televised NBA games. Before that, I had never even seen basketball on television. Fell in love with Dr. J after this series. It's funny because before I even watched a game on television, I remember that Dr. J was a superstar because he was always on television commercials for his Converse shoes (which I have to admit that as a child I did own a pair). I can still see him on those commercials flying through the air and the song playing, "hey Dr. J. where you get those moves". I vaguely remember Dunleavy even playing on th 6ers during that time. I know right after this series, I started collecting basketball cards. I am trying to remember if I had the Dunleavy 6ers card. I know I had Bibby, Collins, Mix, Dr. J, Caldwell Jones. I'm not sure if I got Dr. Dunkenstein card. I really remember Dunleavy from his Rockets days with Sampson and Malone and them but I vaguely remember him with the 6ers. That is why I was asking if he started. Thanks again!
College has nothing to do with it. Work ethic is simply in your nature. e.g. workhorses such as Moses and KG never went to college yet lazy bastards such as Benoit Benjamin and Joe Barry Carrol did...
McGinnis, Free , Bibi and Darryl all shot way below .4 against the Blazers...very undisciplined and self centered costed the Sixers the ring..all year long there was infighting for more time or trade me and who is going to take offensive priority..when the finals came they totally flopped!
How could they not mention him breaking the backboard TWICE in one season? He's the reason they invented the collapsible rim!
Exactly
But they mention Shaq as the inventer, when in fact, it was Darryl Dawkins.. D.D. is the reason they made the breakaway rims because of his power, and not Shaq. Shaq has a funny personality, but he is their 🦝🦝..D.Dawkins was the damn man!!!!🏀🏀🏀🏀R.I.P.🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@locodoco9310 yes sir....i just saw something on the gram with shaq breaking a backboard. I was reading its crazy ppl were actually shaq was the first to break a goal...i corrected about 7 ppl...saying yall better chk your history...and pull tha Chocolate Thunder...thats what made me pull some videos of him....
Darryl Dawkins was like original Shaquille O'Neal love ❤️ to dunk basketball 🏀
This doc fails to mention the referees would call fouls on my man Darryl that they would not call on Shag years later.The NBA had a vendetta against Darryl and that was enough to make him do things the way he did.Maybe he lived up to his potential maybe he didn't,but l venture to say he had fun without being mean to anyone and in that respect he lived up to GOD's expectations and to me and GOD that is living up to his potential.When it is all said and done basketball is a game and my guy Darryl played the game quite well,if you know what I mean.rip my Brother you are loved and appreciated.
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Exciting player fun to watch
Darral dawjin nice low post games
Exactly!!
Sweet Daddy Dawkins! The state of Florida still loves you. RIP!
Underated nba center
The same thing happened to Dwight Howard, Having fun on the court three times defensive player of the year power dunker. But a lot of people didn't like Dwight's attitude because they think having fun is soft.
Met Darryl in Spring 1984 at the Burger King in Lugano, Switzerland when I was a 17 year-old high school student there, his hands enveloped mine like mittens. He was exceptionally kind to me as a minute skinny Swiss basketball kid - him and the rest of the NJ Nets team who were there (Jeff Turner, Micheal Ray Richardson, Otis Birdsong and coach) signed my "the Prince" book by Macchiavelli I was reading at the time. Will never forget his kindness, I didn't speak a word of English back then - I was in awe, at the time the largest human I had ever seen in person... They had crossed the border from an exhibition game they were playing in nearby Milano. We exchanged addresses and he replied to my letter, he lived in Secaucus NJ at the time - will never forget. Been in the US for 35 years now and I wish we could have cultivated our friendship! Hope he would be proud of me now as I was of him.
Storia molto interessante. Ma come mai hai lasciato Lugano per gli States ?
Beh, il Ticino che ho amato e nel quale sono cresciuto non esiste più, sono partito ormai decenni fa’ per cercare un illusione di libertà più credibile.
Me and my younger brother met him once... He was like what do you want shorty to my younger brother. Great guy really personable. Always had a smile when he came up in thoughts. RIP Chocalate Thunder!
Darryl Dawkins was the original shaquille oniel if only they would have let him play the power game. he did the exact same thing except he had a jumper to go with it. he was the Diesel long long before the Diesel!!!
I grew up with the Entire Dawkins family....we just Buried His Brother Chico in 2019...Lost his Brother Mitch in 2017....He has His Mother Ms.Harriet, A Brother Troy, and Sister Amanda surviving them....We called him Blue..
God Bless you all until we meet again!!
Probably not as thick as Shaq, but yeah. Thick. Shaq could run the court, but not for long. Dawkins was non-stop. He was thick, but he was agile and light on his feet. Closer comparison might be a bigger Carl Malone, before Carl Malone. All the advantages of being big, and none of the disadvantages.
Exactly he was a beast before Shaq.
Darral dawkin had a nice low post offense game
100% agree
They traded him for Mosses Malone and then the got the ring.But Dawking was one of the best dunkers ever.
Darryl Dawkins was not dealt for Moses Malone.
How good Is he and how would he do in todays nba
Dawkins was traded to the New Jersey Nets not the Rockets
They traded Caldwell Jones for Moses
❤️darr dunkins
Drafted straight outta High School and wore 20lbs of gold while balling....straight ganster!!!
To my dying day, I will believe the In Your Face Disgrace, is what made him P.E. No.1, and from that point on, the refs were out to get him.
🙄....oh it was the refs....okay
@@carlitosortiz2870 You GOT IT.
Good for you!
Talent level of NBA players today is so far below what it used to be in the late 70s early 80s. NBA game today stinks by comparison!
Rip darryl Dawkins
RIP, Chocolate Thunder.
Planet Lovetron Darryl Dawkins R.I.P
Until Shaq came along, Darryl was the most dominant dunker I had ever seen. His book, Chocolate Thunder, is a good read. He died much too young.
Well said. 👍🏿
Wilt 50 points ; 44 points
Yeah, he messed up some backboards.
Darral dawkin had nice low post game
Everything Shaq did they loved. ❤❤His dunks, personality & physicality were comparable to D.Dawkin's.. Like he said, he was 20 years before his time..They loved Shaq, but somewhat hated D.D..Make that make sense..I🤔🤔🤔🤔
RIP CHOCOLATE THUNDER
Shaq before there was Shaq was Dawkins who had physical power unmatched in his generation..
Plus straight outta high school to NBA and dominated in time of great centers ..
First of all Donald Dawkins is the original Superman he was Shaquille O'Neal before Shaquille O'Neal with a jump shot
If Darryl had dedicated himself, he could have been the most dominant big man Of his era.
Othello darry Dawkins did not gonthe college, in college you have time to polish your low post skill jump shot, mose malone did not go to college either but he invented the off season workouts
I think the refs smothered him much more than his youthful excesses.
Dawkins always was in foul trouble ,made lots of stupid fouls very undisciplined. Had the physical gifts to be a hall of famer.
@@garycollier6950 It wasn't that Darryl made stupid mistakes, it was that the NBA was very much ANTI-YOUTH in those days.
Darryl was much smarter & more skilled than the youth of today.
Darryl was playing for a 76ers team that was LOADED with talented & skilled players & he had to find a way to co-exist with them.
Had he been a rookie in the mid/late 80's or the early 90's he'd fit right in.
If he'd ran with Allen Iverson, they'd won championships with the 76ers.
The NBA was very conservative until the ABA players came in.
Darryl was just ahead of his time.
@@lloydkline7245 POINT BLANK!!! I ALWAYS FELT JUST WHAT YOU POSTED!! HE SHOULD'VE WENT 2 COLLEGE FOR A YEAR OR 2!! HE WOULD'VE BEEN A MONSTER!! RIP D. DAWKINS!!
He was a talented player, but he should have gone to college for at least two years. He had a lot going for him and certainly had the raw talent for the NBA, but he lacked the essential skills to play at the pro level, which was why he never made all-pro during his entire career. Had he went to college and developed his skills, he would have had a far more prolific NBA career.
The times were the problem. This is the 70's where they still were hard on black men. As opposed to the 90's when they let Shaq do the exact same thing. D.D's game was better than Shaq's. Plus he had a jump shot and not only a low post game..
Didn't show him shattering backboards. He's the reason rims are flexible.
The chocolate thunder was a wonderful player and entertainer. Frightening power but a nice fun loving guy. Reminds me of Dwight Howard's personality. Not afraid to laugh at himself. Letting a little guy dunk over him in the dunk contest proved what a great guy he is.
Darryl Dawkins was he for his time he was too physical they would not never let him get loose now today's game he will fit perfect rest in peace chocolate thunder much love respect
I still can't believe from 1977-82 Philly didn't win but one chip and that was when Moses Malone teamed with DrJ., The Sixers had Portland beat in '77 and totally melted down, they definitely should've beaten the Lakers without Jabbar' and Magic playing center, two golden opportunities they let slip through their hands.
Darryl Dawkins couldn't play low post defense
"Baby Gorilla'? Lolololol, if they said that now, they'd get fired!
Haha why...
Yo that’s what I was thinking my man said Gorilla like 4 times call Dawkins a baby Gorilla
How about that. Dawks attitude was so past the race thing that his fans and media caught on. He named the dunk the gorrilla and everyone loved it. That's a good thing
He did not live up to other people Expectations...his skills were exactly what they were in high school, he was so much bigger than the other high schoolers at that time, he just out muscle them, but in the NBA some was just as big, so I'd say here career was what it should've been.
He was nothing like moses malone, the first from high school and straight to the pros.
💯💯💯💯
"The In Your Face Disgrace!"
Without Chocolate Thunder who would’ve known there were humans
on “Lovetron”😎
Out of Orlando Evans High School, Big Dawk played at the local playground there, Lorna Doone park. Played with & against him and his brothers, Chico, Mitch & Troy. All good ballers. Once he got a rebound on the left side of the goal, down low. The ball was right in my face and put my hand on it. Big Dawk went up with no ball, as I blocked it out of his hands. He called "foul" and when he came down, he looked me in my eyes and said , "That wasn't a foul, that was rape!". He was with the 76's at the time and at 5'10", eventhough it was a clean block, I wasn't gonna argue with the home town hero. "OK, your ball, Big Dawk". LOL
God Bless You All, Big Dawk, Mitch and Chico....RIP.
Great/funny story. Please post more stories about him if you can. Dawkins is the greatest physical talent I've ever seen, in any sport. If only he had lived up to his potential.
@@malibu4464 He would come out to the park in the off season, but unfortunately that was the only time that story that I have of him. Thanks!!!
Daryl Dawkins was such a nice guy and was a really big guy 22 sneaker
Dawkins was not known as Dr.Dunkinstien, that moniker was bestowed upon Darell Dr. Dunkinstien Griffin of the Louisville Cardinals, then the Utah Jazz.
Bob LANIER! the DOBBER! Most underrated center/player of all time!!
Bob Lanier and Willis Reed both got great jump shot
One of the best shooting big men ever, great lefty shooting touch
With Bob mcadoo super great jump shooting center
❤️ bob laneir great offensive shooter touch
@@lloydkline6946 there wouldn't be a Kevin Durant if it wasn't a template of Bob McAdoo, forward centers, all around great shooters, scorers, passers.
Chocolate Thunder!!!
Dawkins is the reason why breakaway rims were created.
I grew up with CHICO my most enjoyable times playing basketball with his brother. I miss them much and always in my prayers. Keep it positive as you always gave me this as a child and most importantly SAFETY thank you..
The king of funk Starchild sir nose on the mothership connection. P funk the bomb
Make my funk the P Funk I wants to get Funked up. ...Lovetron....lol
Dude just grabs the backboard rig at 4:35.
Those dunk names at 2:40 are hilarious
"Never lived up to his potential"? He's the GREATEST.
Knock it off..
@@mr.almighty12 I cannot.
Dawkins was the 1st player to introduce the Backboard shaming Bunk ( I think that Dawkins was the 1st one) I believed that they had to stop the NBA game for about 20 minutes and sweep up the glass, and have the Backboard replaced...that was was time consuming and fun to watch, back in the 70s if I'm not mistaken.
Boy, do I miss these days
I grew up watching this team at Methodist Home for Children on Monument rd not to far from city line ave in PHILLY.THAT 76ER TEAM WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART❤and Darryl Dawkins,DOCTOR J,Douge Collins,World B Free 😌man Darryl Dawkins personable personality and colorful spirit and KNOWLEDGE of carpentry of how to build 😏RIP bratha
He was an awesome power dunker. Thanks for the memories Dr dunkrnstein.hope they have reinforced backboards in heaven !
I went to many Sixers games the refs did not let him play not like they did with shaq..
Who was the creator of the statue of liberty dunk
Too bad he missed out on winning a championship with the 76ers. Loved him as a kid back in the 70's
Chocolate thunder was so ahead of his time, rest in peace to him. (by today’s standards, he should have been in way more commercials than Shaquille O’Neal)
Dawkins was an all star when he was traded to the Nets but he could have been one of the very very best ever if the sixers didn't have all those all stars. If he went to college a year or two and was drafted by a weaker team I think he would have become a top scorer as rebounder and defender
That body and athleticism combined with a perfect looking jump shot. So much to build around.
I loved Chocolate Thunder but in the finals he couldn't hold Kareem or Parrish and as u see bill walton either. Sixers were the only team to interrupt Lakers and Celtics but it wasn't until the trade for Moses that the sixers won. But Dawkins as a Funkateer at the time was great for there were many Funkateers at that time Sir Nose was my favorite
RIP. Chocolate Thunder. Will never forget you, but darell Griffith was known as Dr. Dunkenstein.
They were my team back in the day...I was in high school, loved DD & the '6ers!!
Definitely AHEAD of his time. Had he been a rookie today (in the 90's) he'd fit right in.
Definitely would've dominated in the 1990's!!!
Today got g league young basketball players: Darryl Dawkins
Before Shaq there was Chocolate Thunder!
RIP chocolate thunder you are surely missed I happen to be a Philadelphia 76 fan back then I had to get one of his posters in my room when I was a kid
Thanks a lot.Great player
AFROS ARE KOOL!!
Double D was no joke!!! From the planet Lovetron! R. I. P.
The rim breaker ;)
I love sports history, especially basketball, & I stumbled upon, & was enjoying this cool 'throwback classic' til I heard commentator call this gifted king DD a "baby gorilla" & again a "gorilla'' & it was time to end this vid.. That turned me off..😒 More sickening is he said it with NO reservation..1977(& prior) - present day '2022 - still not nearly enough change..🤦🏿♀️🙏🏽🌍 #sicksaddisgustinghistory #criticalracetheory #necessary #letsmoveforabetterworld #together #truthwins #lovewins #knowledgeispower #guncontrolnow #enoughisenough #positiveaction *fixthisnowamerica #stopthekilling #stoptheviolence #stopthehate
#policereform #prisonreform #criticalracetheory #stopracismnow #morethanavote #whenweallvote #justiceequalityforall #onehumanrace #loveeachother
#rippraying4alllost💔🙏🏽
#spreadlovenothate💕 #relationshipnotreligion #JesusisRealLoveLordKingCreatorOfALL❤️🙏🏽🌎
VERY VERY UNDERRATED PLAYER !!!
*THIS GUY WAS A SERIAL KILLER OF THE HOOP.*
Underrated odfensive player ❤️ darrel dunkins
This guy was also known to shatter the backboard but not one mention of it - I'm guessing because of this whole it tainted and delayed the game, looks bad, etc but he still did it and it should've been shown and discussed. Disappointed.
It was the 70's.
This host is such a geek lmao
Darryl Dawkins was a real Monster only Shawn Kemp and Shaq Diesel that I've seen could do those Thunder Dunks so powerful in fact your a little reluctant to block it unless it's 100% any 3 of them could break fingers or wrist injury tryn to stop them
Who is talking at 9:06?
Saw Dawkins in high school 1972 he played my high school Warwick High at Hampton Roads Coliseum of Tony Ellis couldn't handle him we lost
The most talented team never to win a championship
???
Chocolate Thunder made hoops fun… he totally lived up to HIS potential. He was feared on the court… but when you have Dr. J and one other guy wanting to be “the one” there is no room for Chocolate Thunder to be… but he was anyway.
Darryl Dunkins !
Didn't get the head cold/shaved head joke. His leaps must not have come with an IQ........if you look up the stats, he doesn't seem too interested in anything but scoring, although his shooting percentage is so high that he'd be worth it to have on the floor.
From the Planet Lovetron, the Chocolate Thunder ruled. Daryl Dawkins was the man.
He had a mind of George Clinton but 6/10 and built and he was a kid it's so funny I was writing this and George Clinton pops up I knew once I heard planet funk I bet George & Daryl hit it off and if Daryl would be a a player today lifting weights Daryl looked like he did bit weight training wasn't a thing back then now he would be a P.F and I wonder what he would look like
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You know why he was so cool? Another fellow Aquarius, showing another reason why it’s the best sign.
Darryl was born on January 11th, he was a Capricorn
They invented the breakaway rim because of Chocolate Thunder from Lovetron.
Yo I was born and raised in South Philly Darryl Dawkins was a fn beast chocolate thunder for life Joey d
DD one of them dudes you just gotta let be himself and give him the freedom to develop. If he woulda went somewhere with a more solid system in his early days he couldve been on shaqs level of dominance. RIP.
He was on Shaqs level. The 70's were much different for a black man with the media, than they were in the 90's when Shaq came in.
He should've been so dominant. Incredibly strong, great leaper, beautiful shot, but he could never put it all together.
R.i.p. Bob Lanier, willis and dawk. I know it's more some from Portland
He had some handles, he would do well in today's game, like DeMarcus Cousins. Players then had to fit into certain rolls, they wasn't allowed to freelance like today's players.
These Vintage NBAs were pretty good but they wasted a lot of time too...
Mentioning the Pistons Salley at the end is like squeezing lemon into a glass of milk.
Play the game , go to the disco, go home, can't Wait to get back on the road.....hmmm forgot the snort coke at the disco.....
Did Dunleavy start for the Sixers? I thought it was Collins and Bibby in the back court.
Dunleavy did come off the bench
Bibby and Collins started but this was actually not the start of game 1
@@ronsapp4780 Oh okay,, thanks I was a kid during those times and my memory escapes me. This series introduced me to televised NBA games. Before that, I had never even seen basketball on television. Fell in love with Dr. J after this series. It's funny because before I even watched a game on television, I remember that Dr. J was a superstar because he was always on television commercials for his Converse shoes (which I have to admit that as a child I did own a pair). I can still see him on those commercials flying through the air and the song playing, "hey Dr. J. where you get those moves". I vaguely remember Dunleavy even playing on th 6ers during that time. I know right after this series, I started collecting basketball cards. I am trying to remember if I had the Dunleavy 6ers card. I know I had Bibby, Collins, Mix, Dr. J, Caldwell Jones. I'm not sure if I got Dr. Dunkenstein card. I really remember Dunleavy from his Rockets days with Sampson and Malone and them but I vaguely remember him with the 6ers. That is why I was asking if he started. Thanks again!
I met him once around 1987. He was at the restaurant i was working at with 3 hot women. He told me he is tired of 2 of them, and I can have one.
I know he didn't crack a joke on his shirt extra small what the lol rockin Robin look at her all young and stuff.
RIP DD.
Chocolate Thunder was a mountain of a bb player.
I met him in the early 90s and he made me feel small at 6'3... shook his hand and mine disappeared!
10:05 no they wanted you to play defense and all facets of the game, so the Sixers could win,
What’s with the “baby gorilla” comment at 26:36 though?? 😳
I was watching the game when Dawkins dunk.and shattered the back board
I still believe that had DD gone to college and developed better fundamentals and improved his work ethic, he could've been Top 10 all time.
College has nothing to do with it. Work ethic is simply in your nature. e.g. workhorses such as Moses and KG never went to college yet lazy bastards such as Benoit Benjamin and Joe Barry Carrol did...
This is was my guy, and he was super funny
RIP sir
The Isly Brothers did a song called It's Your Thing.
Is this the same chocolate thunder in prison stories ? I've been searching all moanin
McGinnis, Free , Bibi and Darryl all shot way below .4 against the Blazers...very undisciplined and self centered costed the Sixers the ring..all year long there was infighting for more time or trade me and who is going to take offensive priority..when the finals came they totally flopped!
What's your age?
Who better ever wore the description of "manchild"?
Don't mess with Chocolate Thunder.
He could have been great but he didn't WANT TO.
Damn this dude was a beast in da paint.and em dunks old boy you better watch out
Dr. J’s fro was on another level back in the day.
George Clinton was the Jerry Garcia of funk
The "Philly heartbreak lost again Punk Dunk".
Before Zion Williamson, there was Darryl Dawkins.
You didn’t want to try and fit Larry Johnson in there somewhere?
Before Shaq.