Fans to remember former NBA great Darryl Dawkins CATASAUQUA, Pa. (AP) — Fans will get their chance to remember former NBA great Darryl Dawkins. A public viewing is taking place Tuesday between 4 and 8 p.m. at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Catasauqua. Parking…

Former 76ers, Nets star Darryl Dawkins dies at 58 One of the NBA's great dunkers, Darryl Dawkins, the first player to go directly from high school to the NBA, has died at the age of 58.

Darryl Dawkins dies at 58; ferocious dunker altered game of basketball Darryl Dawkins, whose ferocious style of dunking the basketball changed the rules of the game and paved the way for breakaway rims, has died at the age of 58.

Former NBA Player Darryl Dawkins Dies at 58 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Dawkins was "beloved around the league"

Darryl Dawkins, former NBA star, dies at 58 "A great man, entertainer, athlete and ferocious dunker."

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Darryl Dawkins, Former Basketball Player, Dead at 58 Nicknamed “Chocolate Thunder,” Dawkins was the first player ever drafted directly from high school to the NBA in 1975.

Ex-NBA star Darryl Dawkins, aka 'Chocolate Thunder' has died Darryl Dawkins, whose backboard-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…

Darryl Dawkins Is A Stevie Wonder Truther Darryl Dawkins was on Highly Questionable yesterday, where he told the story of how Stevie Wonder gave him one of the greatest nicknames in sports, Chocolate Thunder. But Stevie-Wonder-Is-Not-Blind Truther-in-Chief Bomani Jones wanted to know how Won Read more ... der knew Dawkins was black. Dawkins gives an explanation via an apocryphal sounding story about Ray Charles before admitting, yeah, he thinks Stevie can see.