When the late Darryl Dawkins burst onto the NBA scene as one of the first one-and-doners back in the 1970s, he was wildly exuberant, claiming to spend his off-seasons on the Planet Lovetron where he studied interplanetary funksmanship.
It’s a good thing somebody did it because where would be without that? Frankly we could use some of that about now.
The massive big man, who broke enough backboards to lead to the breakaway rims we know and love today, took to naming his dunks things like “The Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam, Glass-Breaker-I-Am-Jam.
