Feb 23, 2022 · Dawkins is like the asteroid that wiped out all the dinosaurs. His dunks shattered backboard life as we knew it and chartered in the highly-evolved breakaway rims we see today. 'Phi Slama Jama' Invented the Art of Dunking.

Feb 11, 1980 · By shattering two backboards within 22 days, the Philadelphia 76ers' Darryl Dawkins sprayed Plexiglas, spread destruction and created a lasting image. It had to happen.

Dawkins died on August 27, 2015, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, at the age of 58. The Lehigh County coroner's office announced that an autopsy would be performed on August 27, but according to a statement released by Dawkins' family, the cause of death was a heart attack .

Nov 14, 2024 · SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A unique anniversary that lives on in NBA lore happened 45 years ago on Nov. 13 when Darryl Dawkins made a slam dunk that reverberated around the country.

Jul 2, 2020 · Dawkins died Aug. 27, 2015, at a hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania at the age of 58. His family said the cause of death was a heart attack. His death came less than three weeks before the Sixers community lost another former center in Moses Malone, who died Sept. 13, 2015, at age 60.

Dec 4, 2017 · We celebrate the life of Chocolate Thunder, history's most powerful dunker, with an ode to shattered glass.

May 19, 2018 · During the 1979-1980 NBA Season Dawkins had a three-week stretch in which he totally shattered two backboards. The first one came in a game against the Kansas City Kings at Municipal Auditorium on November 13, 1979, Dawkins broke the backboard, sending the Kings' Bill Robinzine ducking.

Aug 27, 2015 · Darryl Dawkins, whose board-shattering dunks earned him the moniker “Chocolate Thunder” and helped pave the way for breakaway rims, has died. He was 58. The Lehigh County, Pennsylvania coroner’s office said Dawkins died Thursday morning at a hospital.

Aug 28, 2015 · Fans of the NBA are mourning the death of Darryl Dawkins, the man known to many fans (and himself) as 'Chocolate Thunder.' Dawkins played 14 seasons in the NBA in the 1970s and 1980s, playing...

Aug 28, 2015 · Yesterday, the NBA world mourned the loss of Darryl Dawkins, a former star for the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets who was known for his imposing physique, earth-shattering dunks and...