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				Originally posted by devdog69  
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				Originally posted by Jurassic Referee  
The rule was put in when Kareem Abdul Jabbar(Lew Alcindor then)was a freshman at UCLA.Their freshman team(frosh weren't eligible for varsity then)beat the varsity team quite badly in a scrimmage.The rule was supposedly put in the next year so he wouldn't be as dominate.Sports Illustrated even ran a story to that effect just before his sophmore year in their basketball issue.  
			
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 That makes no sense, JR.  Why would not allowing dunking during pre-game have any affect on his dominance? 
			
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 They banned dunking before and during the game BOTH at the same time!Make sense now?