Darryl Dawkins

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Darryl Dawkins (born January 11, 1957 in Orlando, Florida) is a former professional basketball player, most noted for his days with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he also played briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career.

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[edit] Drafted by the 76ers

Dawkins was one of the first players to go straight from high school to the NBA, drafted fifth overall out of Maynard Evans High School by the Sixers in the 1975 NBA Draft.

[edit] Post NBA career

Following his NBA career, Dawkins did a brief stint with the Harlem Globetrotters. In 2005, along with other former pro basketball players, Dawkins auditioned for an NBA analyst position with ESPN as part of the network's reality series Dream Job.

He was the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Newark Express. He was also the head coach of the short-lived Winnipeg Cyclone.

He was the head coach of the Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs of the United States Basketball League until they folded.

[edit] Personal

Dawkins is the author of Chocolate Thunder: The Uncensored Life and Times of Darryl Dawkins (co-authored with Charley Rosen) [1], which chronicles his on and off-the-court life as an NBA star. In the book, Dawkins writes of some of the racism he encountered during his NBA career, playing alongside 76ers superstar Julius Erving, and his off-the-court experiences with drugs, parties and women.

Dawkins resides currently in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Trivia

  • Dawkins has the record for most personal fouls committed in a season, with 386 in 1984, which is seven more than his 379 fouls the previous year, which ranks second all time. [2]. He committed one more personal foul during his career than Michael Jordan, despite playing nearly 350 fewer games than Jordan [3].
  • In 1999, Saturday Night Live named Darryl Dawkins the "Man of the Millennium" in a "Weekend Update" sketch.

[edit] External links

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