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Remembering the 'Shah of Lovetron'

ON AUG. 30, 1982, when the Sixers traded Darryl Dawkins to New Jersey, Daily News columnist Mark Whicker remembered Darryl in a column. With news of Dawkins' death yesterday, here is an excerpt:

The 76ers say they did it because they couldn't count on Darryl Dawkins; didn't know, on any given night, whether he'd make all the plays or fail to remember them.

Understood.

They say they did it because it gave them another No. 1 draft choice, of which you can never have enough.

Fine . . . .

But I'll remember Darryl Dawkins in ways that have very little to do with basketball .