Darryl Dawkins
You may know him as “Chocolate Thunder, ” but either way Darryl Dawkins’ stunt in the 1979 season led to the most unbelievable rule changes. This came about when he shattered the backboard after one of his powerful dunks. Two weeks later he did this once again, and the NBA responded by creating a ban. They went as far as to say that a player who did shatter the glass would be subject to a fine and suspension. Basically, the NBA was telling Dunkin to stop dunking so hard and replaced the rims with “breakaway rims” to avoid any possibility for an indecent like this one.
Darryl Dawkins
Bill Russell
While studying at the University Of San Francisco, Bill Russel accumulated 20.7 PPG and 20.3 RPG. A huge reason he was able to do this was that he was allowed to stay within 10 feet of the paint and utilize his overbearing 6 ft 9 frame. In 1955 after Russell won his second consecutive championship, The NCAA decided to enact a rule that the free-throw line would be expanded to 12 feet so that ballers like Russell would not dominate the field forever. Also, his success led to the creation of the key, because he would often wait there until his teammates would pass to him so that he could easily dunk the ball.
Bill Russell
