Fansided

Every NBA team’s greatest enforcer of all time

By Luke Anton

LOS ANGELES - 1987: Bill Laimbeer #40 of the Detroit Pistons looks on during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California in the 1987-1988 NBA season. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - 1987: Bill Laimbeer #40 of the Detroit Pistons looks on during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California in the 1987-1988 NBA season. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images) /
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Philadelphia 76ers — Darryl Dawkins

Darryl Dawkins was a grand entertainer known for shattering backboards with his thunderous power dunks, earning him a slew of fantastic nicknames: Chocolate Thunder, Dr. Dunk, Sir Slam, Zandokan the Mad Dunker and Dunk You Very Much. Dawkins would name his dunks, too. Some favorites include “Spine Chiller Supreme” and “Yo Mama.”

Dawkins was a showman and a prankster. His most famous and memorable moment as an enforcer came in the 1977 NBA Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. Dawkins body-slammed Bob Gross which sparked an all-out brawl with the Blazers and most notably, Maurice Lucas. In the scuffle, Dawkins swung a punch that didn’t land on any Blazers, but it connected with his teammate Doug Collins. Dawkins was ejected and apparently was so upset in thinking that his teammates didn’t have his back, he tore the locker room apart, including destroying the lavatory, pulling the commode right out of the wall.

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