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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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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?
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IIRC, they used to call the no dunking rule the "anti-Alcindor rule". It was feared that if Lew Alcindor (nee' Kareem Abdul Jabbar) were allowed to dunk the ball that he would be so dominant that no one would be able to contain him so they put the rule in to level the playing field.
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