70 ppg may be a little much but Wilt explained why he felt that way when he did the interview with Bill Russell and Bob Costas on NBA TV and he brought up some valid points. With the rule changes of today's game, defenders couldn't hang all over you or triple team you like what Wilt faced which would leave Wilt 1 on 1. Defensively the only center that comes to mind that could "cool down" Chamberlain would be Russell. I could see Wilt averaging 55+ for a season or two given his explanation.
@Brad1112223 No way. When Wilt played, double teaming was illegal, which is one main reason why he scored so much. The premise that he was being double teamed the whole time is down-right false.
@trompeh Not only is it not false you can watch some of his games here on youtube where he is being double teamed. Also Harvey Polluck references his being frequently triple teamed in Wilt, 1962. Not only that but Wilt himself in many interviews tells us that he considered retiring because of the constant beating he took from multiple defenders in the paint. Where is your evidence double teaming is illegal in the 60s...I see none.
That's very true. Look how many top players in the NBA went through rocky marriages and/or divorce settlements since then: Russell, Kareem, Walton, Magic, Jordan, Malone, Reggie, Kidd, Shaq, Iverson, Kobe, Nash, Wade, etc. the list goes on and that doesn't even include athletes from other sports. Wilt knew it, stayed clear, and got to do everything he loved in life without giving up much (if any at all). Smart man.
There's no denying it. The only player in NBA history with 30,000 points, 20,000 rebounds, and 20,000 women (TRULY a player!). Those numbers alone make Wilt the GREATEST ever!
he can't know what he's talking about - he just played 6th man with Chamberlain on greatest team in history 66-68 Sixers - broke his arm in the playoffs in 68, Sixers lost which showed how much impact the Kangaroo Kid had with his team.... All NBA 1st team 69, 70, 71... jumped to ABA led a weak team to the Finals - coached the Sixers to 3 Finals and won with Dr. J & Moses in 83
A guy like that who knows jack about hoops should just shut up
@stere0brain I honestly disagree with you on the 66-68 Sixers bein the greatest team, I don't think the fact that they were the only team in the 60's to beat Russell's Celtics for the Finals really counts them as "greatest team in history".....but that's just me
@moviehypno23 understand. That's not why I say they were the greatest ever, but that IS part of it.
The '72 Lakers squad has an argument, but they get the same ding the 96 Bulls get - they played against a weaker league. Not all rings are equal to me, it depends on the caliber of teams they play. Showtime Lakers were incredible BECAUSE of their competition.
'72 NBA had expansion teams + the ABA also lured off a lot of great talent. Same minus sign on the 96 Bulls. Too many easy teams.
@stere0brain that's a good point, but there was some tough competition in the 90's as well, and if you ask me the play was a lot rougher in the 90's compared to the early 70's (back when there weren't a lot of "modern" players I guess you could say, as in not quite as athletic)
@jacobboy5 Good point, definitely a rougher time, I can't imagine any center from the past having to face prime Shaq (say, late 90's to early 2001 or 2002), they'd probably get demolished haha
hmmm, sex with 20,000 women? It is safe to assume Wilt is the biological patriarch for every player in the NBA now. I knew the German had some black in him!
i understand the fact that he was taller than everyone else on the court and that gave him an advantage. but you dont see yao ming scoring 50 points every single game do you? look at his fucking stats bro
@SolidSnakeRules Hahaha, yeah. Freethrow percentage doesn't have NOTHING to say for a persons FG percentage, dumbass. Yao's made like 2 3 pointers in his whole career.
@KryptoChronicutelite funny because Yao's FG% is only 2% lower. 52% compared to 54%. However, Wilt's FT% is awful (51%) while Yao was consistently one of the best in the league at 86%. Yao might not be the better player but he's clearly the better shooter. And why would you want your center shooting threes?
@SolidSnakeRules No. Stats alone doesn't clarify a good player, in this case shooter. Because wilt could shoot the ball like a boss, Yao can only dunk and take lay ups.
@KryptoChronicutelite watch highlights from any of Yao Ming's games and I guarantee you most of his points will be from post shots and fadeaways. Wilt Chamberlain's name doesn't belong anywhere near the title of 'good shooter'
@SolidSnakeRules No. You don't see Yao average a 50.4 ppg, score 100 points in one game and score 28 out of 32 free throws when it really counted in the 100 point game. Score over 4000 points in one season being the only one in history doing that. And don't make me go on and on with his records. Yao only has height, Wilt had everything.
I don't think you understand what 'better shooter' means. Stats really don't matter much in Wilt's era because there were about 40 more possessions per game. That's 20 more chances for Wilt to score. Jumpshooting was nearly nonexistent then so Wilt scored most of his points off of putbacks and easy shots. Since there were 20 more shots for him to take and he shot 50%, he made 10 more baskets (20 pts) than a star player ever could today. Rebounding was jacked too (6'5" Baylor averaged 19!)
@KryptoChronicutelite Wilt could only dunk and take post shots. His off-glass fadeaway was a close range shot. Yao actually had a midrange game and could shoot FTs. 86% to 51% says it all.
@SolidSnakeRules Your either blind or just another bias kid that never saw Wilt play but knows-it-all. From mid-range Wilt scored at least 1/3rd of his points. From left or right he hit turnarounds, fadeaways, bump-and-fades, banked off the glass, hooked, and nailed finger rolls and that's just some of his mid-range repertoire. He was even more deadly in the post. At the ft line he was a certainly basketcase but in open game? OMG yes he was a WAY better shooter than Yao, it isn't even close.
@dantheman9758 Wilt did not score 1/3rd of his points from midrange. In fact, the few midrange jumpers he took in his 100 point game turned a few heads on the court. It's in any Wilt biography. And 100% of the moves you just listed are post moves. As in, close range. I've seen Wilt highlights and I've seen full games. He did not develop any sort of midrange game even in his later years.
@SolidSnakeRules They are post moves, but they are shots that he hits from mid-range. Contrary to what you'd expect he had his softer touch when he was younger, he didn't "develop" it as he got older, he actually LOST it. But he definitely had it. /watch?v=kB43A-ODuLc&feature=related 2:163:203:59 And he shoots above 85 percent from the line /watch?v=MC3gTMJ5DIc 0:440:492:022:212:29 And he shoots above 75 percent from the line, not great, but not bad
@dantheman9758 well thanks for proving my point here. These are not midrange shots you're talking about. 2:16 is a close range post roll, 3:20 is a runner (a layup!) and 3:59 is another close range post shot. Shaq hit those types of shots every game but you wouldn't call him a good shooter, would you? I'm not saying Yao's better because he's not, but he's clearly the better shooter and has one of the best shots of any true center the league's ever seen.
@SolidSnakeRules lolololol you obviously never watched 60s hoops to say that kinda stuff.
Oscar was death from the corner, Jerry West, Rick Barry, Sam Jones could hit from anywhere.
Havlicek had the goofiest shot you ever saw. People in the stands AROUND ME - that's right, I watched those teams from the bleachers - would laugh at his shot all the way until it dropped in the net.
Why you think DeBusschere has such a rep? He was daggers believe it. As a Knick yeah but before that on Detroit
@ZipperZappleZ haha a league in which 5-6 players in total could shoot from outside? You must be really proud of that era. In today's league every team has several jumpshooters. I've watched 60s hoops and it was mainly poor offense leading into transition buckets
@SolidSnakeRules You think 5-6 players in total could shoot from the outside? You must be wickedly bias or out of synch with 60's NBA. In the 1960's and early 70's everyone who wasn't playing the center position HAD to be able to shoot outside or they wouldn't have a method to score. Driving to the basket back then was almost always going to draw a charge foul, or get blocked by the all time high density of HOF centers in the era. Give me specifics on weak plays you watched and (cont.)
@SolidSnakeRules (cont.) I will genuinely w/o favortism explain why what your seeing looks different than what your accustomed to seeing today. It likely has little to do with what I feel like your getting at. I feel like you think those guys suck, when in actuality things were called so different back then your having trouble recognizing what is and isn't allowed or what was expected from those guys and their roles on the teams.
@KryptoChronicutelite Nah Yao is only known to be the most unguardable player from mid range ever, but hey, we all have our opinions. Just remember, he made over 10 million a year, you do not. LONG LIVE YAO MING!
@MutantHaydon Seriously? No shit Sherlock, i don't make 10 mill a year, but i'm neither a professional basketball player you idiot. If Yao wasn't 2.29 meters tall he would NEVER make the NBA.
I dont get it , is this joking about Wilt's vertical couse it if it is this guy should quit watching basketball and find himself another sport . Here is a clear example how high Wilt could jump . /watch?v=tCtmgxwsiJY&feature=feedu
@dantheman9758 It's not mocking him. Look, no matter what you accomplish in life you can't tell lies or people are going to hold you accountable. What, just cause you make some really great things in your life happen you can let any kind of bullshit come out of your mouth and nobody can say anything? I suggest you rethink your position.
@Flipper79able Gee whiz flip.. ur right, he's a flat out liar..... ppffffttt! Listen flipper79, he's not fabricating lies, he's exaggerating. And unless a human is literally an autistic, everyone inherently exaggerates. Plus, the recorded truth is, he shattered official records doing things that set the bar so high that no one can get near them. So when he exaggerates, even a little, it sounds 100% fabricated because the truth alone is crazy. IMHO the haters ignorance is their problem, not his.
@dantheman9758 Exaggerates by 10 inches? I saw a video where he got 40 or 41 inches at the most. Stop defending someone who is lying.....it doesn't help anything. Wilt was great but people must be called on bullshit. If you have a problem with that than you have got to be one of those people that lives in a fantasy world were the truth is smoothed over so life can be easier. It is lazy and stupid to look at life that way. I am also not going to waste anymore of my energy and time on this. Peace.
@Flipper79able haha why are u so mad!? 10 more inches on his already ridiculous vertical is like 20 percent at the most - plus they never had the need to accurately measure vertical back then ding dong, he's likely just guestimating for the sake of the interview... Next time a friend of urs catches 9-10" fish and says "I'm catching fish a foot long!" be a good pal and rip him hard, give him all your anger and hate because he lied to you ~the same percent Wilt lied about his vertical.. pffft ha!
@dantheman9758 I'm not mad. Your the one who's pissed off for people calling bullshit on a lie. By the way, if a friend lied about a fish.....I would call him out on it. I guess we're just two different people.....you prefer lies and I prefer the truth. To each there own. Have fun living in fairytale land. Ha ha ha.
@Flipper79able I retract certain parts about my last comment, I shouldn't call you names or get personal. Look, I respect you have your own opinion about it. But it doesn't change mine. If you feel that he crossed the line than okay, I don't feel the same so at the very least we can agree, that we disagree. Apologies for being rude.
@dantheman9758 Okay, I retract any negative comments I may have said too. I think you just apologizing is something that's very unheard of on Youtube.....but I congratulate you on it. Usually even when people know they are wrong....they won't admit it. They usually just swear at you. Good work. Peace.
only reason wilt even got a hundred in one game all the players were short had almost no vert because it was disrespect to dunk back then so they never practiced jumping high to block and once bill russel caught on wilt neva dominated bill because it was block city. so in the 90's wilt might have scored about 30 a gme if he didnt play pat or mj or dominique because they would swat the big dipper before his hands got to his head.
@ProWrestlingRewind The man exaggerates because the media and everyone always told him he wasn't good enough, he developed a complex so what!? On the court Wilt really has done insane things that will never be done again, of all the exaggerators on earth this man is the most capable of backing up his statements, his untouchable records speak for themselves. Water them down and hate, ultimately it makes you sound pathetic not him - he owned his profession beyond all others at the time, do you?
this was mostly true, his vertical was 50", he would've killed the players in the 90s, and not to sure on the 20K women, I don't beleive it because I read an biography on him and he never had a girlfreind in highschool
wilt cowered in the playoffs vs russell.. he wasnt a teamplayer either, just a stat whore. two teams traded him for nothing, lakers didnt even want him. he said it himself he didnt want to win.. unbelievable athlete with tons of skill, little heart -- teammates including west even commented how hed shy away from big moments. look at the dip his #s took in the playoffs, still legit #s, but HUGE dip.. thats why JORDAN holds most of the point records for the playoffs (ie. 30 pt games, 40 pt games)
Rod Roddewig and Chamberlain stayed at the penthouse for 10 days. For every time Chamberlain went to bed with a different girl he put a check in his daytimer. After those 10 days there were 23 checks in the book, which would be rate of 2.3 women per day. He divided that number in half, to be conservative and correcting for degrees of variation. He then multiplied that number by the amount of days he had been alive at the time minus 15 years. Which was how the 20,000 number came into existence.
In 1991, Chamberlain wrote his second autobiography, A View from Above. There, the lifelong bachelor claimed he had sex with 20,000 women. For this to be true, he would have had to have had sex with 1.37 women per day from the age of 15 up until the year of the autobiography's publishing, a rate of over nine women a week
eh its all speculation.. wilt could dunk from the free throw line without a running start he could dunk from out of bounds in a single leap.. not tryna make him seem like super man but i do think that he could be fairly dominant if he played in the 90's because he would be getting the same training as the other centers but 70 ppg is far fetched but mj said something similar if im not mistaken
50 inch vertical??? Are you serious? If that was the case, why wasn't he doing Blake Griffin type of dunks going up against 6'9" white guys? And he thinks he can score 70ppg vs Hakeem/Admiral/Ewing/Zo/Shaq/Mutombo?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
If wilt could dunk from the free throw line without a running start, why didnt he do that for free throws, instead of putting the "attempt" in free throw attempts with his horrible percentage.
@Qualagent The Big Dipper's status can't be eroded with time published July 18, 2011 on NBA(dot)com: "The basketball rule writers literally changed the game to try to stop him. The lane was widened to push him farther away from the basket. Inbounding the ball over the top of the backboard, where only he could catch it and drop it through the hoop, was banned. Leaping from the foul line to dunk free throws was outlawed."
People who never saw him play live know little about how great he was. Wilt died in 1999 so he would not be playing in this century. Watch him against Jabbar search YouTube for.
Wilt Chamberlain : The Greatest Offensive Force
There were no touch fouls like they have today and he played against many tall players and took a lot of punishment. By the way I'm not even a fan of his but most of he young guys making comments here are CLUELESS!
Actually a 50 inch vertical is believable. Wilt, unlike other big men, was an amazing leaper. He won the Big 8 in the high jump his junior year of college at Kansas! It's repoted that, at Overbrook High School in Philly, he high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 in 49.0 seconds and the 880 in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and broad jumped 22 feet, a truly amazing (and often underrated) all around athlete!
Wilt had a solid gold 12-seater jacuzzi built into his dream home - no wonder he got through so many chicks - most people eat donuts by the dozen - Wilt was going through a different kind of donut ! - the man was WAAAY too big for the century he lived in - probably just too big for the planet period
Wilt averaged 70 a game over the past ten games of the year he averaged 50. Today the league is totally watered down (33 teams) and the rules have been changed to only allow one man to defend one man instead of the two or three that hung on Wilt when basketball was for real. So easier rules, less competetion, better travel, and Wilt averages 75 a game today! Wilt had a 36 inch vertical leap. Cnters today like Shaq can'y get off their tippy toes! Wilt had 62 points and 55 rebounds vs Russell
@Humes53 30 teams. More people playing + international = not watered down.
Wilt would never even come CLOSE to getting the 37+ FGA per game to average 70, nor are there that many rebounds available in todays game to grab 55. Teams don't even have the opportunity to grab that many and 1 man would grab all of them? Pace of play is different, as is the game in general. Get out of here with that myth BS
@Humes53 : double & triple teams are still allowed...what are you talking about "one man to defend one man"?..if wilt played now they could triple team him if they need to.
@Humes53 lmao wilt must have been on crack when he made that statement..avg 70 points in todays game ....lol my money says he woudnt average that much in college basketball wilts era sucked just watch some of the games..the ball handling and shooting was terrible we have guys that are legit 7 footers who handle the ball better than there point guards back in the day this is laughable
@TheReeeeeech lol there where only 9 teams imagine todays nba shaving the number of teams down to 9 virtually everyone on the court would be a hall of famer...better defense??in 1962 nba teams averaged a 118 ppg..lol when in recent history has any team averaged that many points???DEFENSE was a joke in the 60's theres a reason guys arent averaging triple doubles (BIG O) OR 50ppg season avgs (WILT) theres just way more talent and depth in todays game
@TheReeeeeech lmao just imagine guys in wilts era trying to guard a lebron james,dirk nowitzki,derrick rose,kobe bryant etc....i dont even wanna begin to think about what jordan would have done in the 60's with his level of talent and athleticism its quite realistic to say any guy i just named could have had a 50ppg season in that era putting those guys in the 60's wold be like sticking carmelo anthony in a highschool basketball game
@youz1uglybish I can imagine Nowitzki trying to cover Wilt. WILT WOULD DUNK ON HIM EVERYTIME HE GOT THE BALL. Imagine Nowitzki trying to play as many minutes as Wilt did.. .Minutes Played 1959-60 NBA 3338 (1) 1960-61 NBA 3773 (1) 1961-62 NBA 3882 (1) 1962-63 NBA 3806 (1) 1963-64 NBA 3689 (1) 1964-65 NBA 3301 (3) 1965-66 NBA 3737 (1) 1966-67 NBA 3682 (1) 1967-68 NBA 3836 (1) 1968-69 NBA 3669 (2) 1970-71 NBA 3630 (3) 1971-72 NBA 3469 (3) 1972-73 NBA 3542 (2) Career NBA 47859 (4) Career 47859
@geocgeo wilt and the vast majority of the guys who played in his era where very well conditioned no doubt..basketball has gotten much deeper in terms of talent guys dont have to play entire ball games anymore..more so than any other era before a good bench is becoming more than just a plus in todays game its a must have..lol he'd never get the opportunity to dunk on dirk every time down the floor he'd be doubled and forced to kick the ball out every time he touched it
@youz1uglybish just watch him play everything he does is in slow motion lol guys are so much quicker and athletic now a days particulalry on the wing its ridiculous..double teams come much faster the game of basketball has sped up dramatically since he played..i beleive wilt could very well be the best center in todays game..seeing as this may be the worst era of centers in nba history still doubt he'd be any where near as dominant as he was in the 60's
@geocgeo man lol yes wilt was phenomenal back in his time numbers dont lie you can never dispute this..but to say he'd be even more dominant today is asinine...the way basketball was played in his era you can see how he'd average 50 a game...lmaoooo i'd bet my left nut he woudnt do that shit today you may not ever have a 50 point game much less a 50 point season making 20 free throws out of every 500 attempts lol it just wont happen
that's where you are wrong. If Jordan played in the 60s, he'd get a royal beat down. Why do you think players in the 60s shot a significantly lower fg%, yet had fairly similar ft%? It's because players could hack anyone they wanted to. Almost all the great players in the 60s are bigs or slashers, because back then, shooting was a contact sport of its own
@vertrecordings Can you watch an actual 60's game before commenting? The Lower FG% is simply because the notion of "shot selection" wasn't heard of yet. You'd see role players running down court and chucking up shots as soon as they felt like it, sometimes outside of 3 point range. The legend of 60's ball far outperforms the reality of 60's ball. This isn't to say that there weren't some absolutely ahead of their time legends that coulda done great in later decades, but you're lying straight up.
@vertrecordings lol are you implying that jordan wasn't a slasher?? jordan did everything on the court humanly possible he was great at taking it to the rim and finishing he didnt get the nick name air jordan because of a fade away jump shot!
@youz1uglybish statistically the defenders durin the jordan era were worse than defenders before and after-maybe its bcz the caliber of offensive players comin into the league made defenses have to change, but jordan played at a time when offensive were dribbling and shooting better instead of evolving their defense. wilt usually had teeth marks up his arm after games.
@WiltisGod hmm statitically teams in the 60's averaged about 118ppg lol when has any team in recent history averaged that many points?? what you have to understand is that with 30+ possesions extra per game its going to lead to inflated stats of rebounding,blocked shots esp when there was no 3 point line and it made no sense to shoot the ball 20 feet from the basket bro just about every starting center in the league thru out the 60's and 70's averaged over 11 rebounds a game
@youz1uglybish at his lowest wilt avg 18 reb a game nd that was when he was 35. at his best he got 27. wilt's so far ahead of the avg player of his day tht nobody then or now has been anywhere close to his records. i think he still has 70+ records. inflated or not thts far beyond anyone. the only reason jordan even has the career ppg record is bcz when wilt went to the lakers alex hannum told him to spread the ball more and play more defensive. wilt could easily have had ppg in the high 30's
@WiltisGod i just dont think its fair in all honesty...its hard to compare the best of the old school to the best of the new school unless old school is a total beast! iv'e said it many times and i stand by it i think hakeem olajuwon was the best center ever...MJ himself said that if he had the choice of any big man on his team it would have been hakeem and for good reason! when saying this he left out kareem abdul jabbar (probably wrote mj a letter) and wilt chamberlain
@youz1uglybish nd it doesnt surprise me tht he picked hakeem over jabbar nd wilt bcz 1 he's a horrible judge of talent. he took kwame brown as a first round pick nd traded gerald wallace his teams franchise player nd picked up pryzbilla, some 32 yr old tht hasn't done anything good in his career lol + since he apparently picked hakeem over these two it shows AGAIN his terrible judge in talent. nd 2 he played against hakeem when they were both in their prime.
lmao yeah you got me there..hard to argue with that jordan really isnt a great judge of talent!!! but this isn't about judging talent..kareem was a proven talent so was wilt and hakeem when jordan said this lol im sure he watched kareem and wilt growing up but he played against olajuwon and this man was probably the most complete center ever!!! he actually made his free throws he was 1 of the best shot blockers ever and had post moves like no center before or after him!
@youz1uglybish did u know tht a reporter went to a random warriors game to count the # of blocks he got bcz they didnt keep the stat back then, he got 25 blocks tht game! tht shits on the current record. nd wilt's post moves: first to do a fadeaway out of the post, first to do a finger roll out of the post, first to do the up and under out of the post. olajuwon had great post moves but lemme just say stats dnt lie. maybe they'd be decreased but most likely they'd be better than his
@WiltisGod yes granted wilt was the 1st to do a laundry list of things but being the 1st to do somthing doesnt necessarily make you the best at it..lets just be honest here david robinson was ALOT more talented than bill russell ever was..yet olajuwon completley took him to school time and time again he literally made 1 of the top 20 of the 50 greatest players ever look like a bonified D-LEAGUER olajuwons ability to score in the post or by putting the ball on the floor was phenomenal
@youz1uglybish for his career wilt avg 30ppg against russel nd 25 rebounds against him. did hakeem's stats look anythin like tht against robinson? nd it doesnt mean ur the best but it puts u in tht category. hakeem made up some good moves, but wilt made post moves a big part of the game. nd i wouldn't even say tht robinsons 'ALOT' better than russel bcz robinson's never led his team to 8 straight championships then another 3 afterwards. if u do tht then there's something special about u.
@WiltisGod bill russell has always been extremely over-rated! he was never any where near wilt's level in terms of play he was just part of a much better team! i never hold it against guys like D.ROBINSON,KARL MALONE,CHARLES BARKLEY,PAT EWING for not having rings because they had to get thru #23 aka the greatest basketball player of all-time to get it..lol russel maybe basketballs greatest winner but he was no where near the greatest player! i'd pick robinson and many others over russell anyday
@youz1uglybish all those great players of the 90's u mentioned were post players. 90's was dominated by great post players who played good offense and defense, provin more my point tht the defense in guards for the 90's was hella bad. nd wilt avg near 30 pts, 30 reb, his career high against him was 62, he had 6 other games against him where he had 50+ pts, his career high in reb (55) was against russel, nd he had 6 40+ reb games against russel. so im sure his eff ratin isnt tht bad...
@youz1uglybish Wilt Chamerlain played with jerry west and elgin baylor. that right there is 3 of the best players of all time on a team. how could you say russell's celtics were much better? i dont think he had anyone as good as jerry west or baylor on his team
@austin78993 he played with west and elgin baylor in the twilight of his career....thru out bostons 11 championship runs with russell primarily in the 60's those championship celtic rosters had like 7 guys averaging double figures for the entire 60's era! lol chamberlain wasnt surrounded by hall of fame talent until he went to the lakers! those laker teams you might as well say when elgin baylor and wilt played together they where both on there last legs there careers where pretty much over!
@austin78993 I feel you that was kind of his last ditch effort to get a title. i just feel that him not being able to win championships while being unstoppable shows that he played for himself. he was very arrogant he once got called a ball hog so he went and led the league in assists, not because it was good for his team but because of his image. He was just a selfish guy imo and that really seperates him from some of the great winners in NBA history.
@austin78993 - 1966-67 Wilt was part of a great team- 2nd full year with team. I (age 17-18) thought this was the first time Wilt was on a better team on paper than the Celtics. Billy Cunningham (2nd year in NBA) , Luke Jackson 6'9" and Chet Walker 6'6" (I feel the best front court ever then ) and Wali Jones a good little pg and Hal Greer (HOF guard).
Wilt 24.1 ppg , 24.2 rpg , 7.8 ASSISTS PER GAME -3rd in NBA
@austin78993 Yeah but some of those years Wilt was missing key players like in 68 the 76ers had 2 starters out due to hamstrings and their 6th man was out for the playoffs and in 71 both Baylor and West were hurt for the playoffs. Not to mention after 69-70 his knees were never the same. If Wilt played with the Lakers in his prime they probably would have won 75 games a year. I mean they won 69 games in 72 and in 67 the 76ers won 68 games
lol russell did his job against wilt because he hurt his performances as far as efficiency was concerned! you coudnt stop wilt but russell sure as hell slowed him down! if you look at it from an efficiency standpoint yes! russell did do a better job of defending wilt than robinson did of defending olajuwon! 30 points sound great but how many shots did he have to take to get those 30 points the key to basketball is efficiency it doesnt matter if you score 30ppg if it take you 40 shots to do so!
@youz1uglybish nd russel's not tht bad. out of the 24 40 reb. games russel has 8 of them (wilt has 14). between college, olympics and pros russel won 13 championships in 15 yrs. he had 2nd most reb. in the 60's (17,501) nd he's 10-0 in games 7's in the nba finals. + russel beat wilt 88/142 times. im sayin this bcz i think if russel were around in the 90's he'd still be a force. + id like to point out tht wilts eff ratin against russel couldnt be tht bad bcz he avg a triple double in plyof
@WiltisGod russel might be another dikembe mutombo in the 90's..while i have a great deal of respect for russell as a defender and a winner he just didnt have the skill set offensively to be great on that end of the court! alot of russells points came off of put backs and hustle plays im not saying russell is ben wallace but they scored the boat load of there points in the same fashion..less possesions and its very easy to see how russell could end up scoring 8 points a game in the 90's
@youz1uglybish russel wasn't known for scorin, but he was known for scorin when it mattered. when the team needed it he could have games where he scored near 30 points, but he usually had somebody else to pick up the scorin load. lol nd is russel bein mutombo a compliment or an insult?? nd either way he's one of the toughest post def the leagues ever had. in the 60's there were alot of good defenders inside and outside...cant say the same for 90's..
@WiltisGod lol you say the 60's was better defensivley but stats say teams thru out that era averaged almost 120ppg...thats not good defense those kinds of numbers are un heard of in this day and age even while players are much more skilled and versatile offensivley! the 60's brand of basketball was played almost as if they had a 10 second shot clock that era of basketball was much more of a run and gun style of play
@youz1uglybish omg i said better than the 90's not ever nd again im talkin about guards defense!! defensive guards were easier to find in the 60's than 90's! nd do u know how fastbreaks come to happen? is it by lettin one team score then beatin them down the court? NO its by stealin the ball or causing a miss! anyone who knows basketball can tell u tht! if i steal the ball from u and race down court nd do this in abundance, or u miss a shot, i rebound it and pass to a fast guard I'LL SCORE ALOT!
@WiltisGod im very aware how fast breaks happen and even more aware that you will get more fast break opportunites if you speed up the pace of the game..lol 60's stats are very inflated in that reguard..you say guards coudnt defend in the 90's when the only guard to average 30 or better was michael jordan!
@youz1uglybish omg..if u speed the pace of the game then the d will be faster too, if u play good defense then u get more fast breaks, its tht simple! nd exactly! the only guard to avg 30+ was mj bcz he was a 6'6 guard, taller than most other guards in the nba nd he could score in a lot of different ways. john stockton sucked on defense nd he was a pg, joe dumars was good, kidd was a pg nd young, allen iverson was too young on barely 6', john starks was hella short! no good per. defenders!
@WiltisGod jason kidd always played GREAT defense from day 1 him being young is irrelevant! LMAO john stockton is the all time leader in steals and has probably taken more charges than any other point guard ever!! that shit should be a stat!!! in your mind john stockton sucks on defense all while doing just about everything you want a perimeter pg defender to do that statement was pretty asinine! iverson maybe the best little man ever!! not even going into that
@WiltisGod this whole debate was about guards and perimeter defense....and if im doing a starting 5 most ppl will agree i'd want gary payton at the point mj at sg and scottie pippen at small forward...probably the 3 best perimeter defenders ever and they are all from the 90'S..bro lmao i never do this ..but YOUR RIGHT the 60's era was just the greatest thing since pockets in jeans basketball was never as good and your like the mesiah of basketball knowledge!!!! lmao good day
@youz1uglybish omg for some reason ur not gettin it. THREE GOOD PERIMETER DEFENDERS DOESNT MAKE THE WHOLE ERA GOOD AT PERIMIETER DEFENSE!!! i agree, payton nd jordan-possibly pippen, but does tht mean jordan had good d played on him? bcz he didnt guard himself, payton didnt guard him, stockton never guarded him, kidd never guarded him. so WTF??? im repeatin myself now so i think i'm done.
@WiltisGod we all know about gary payton and mj..but what about john stockton,joe dumars,jason kidd,allen iverson,john starks my point is when ever you go thru an entire decade with only 2 players scoring 30ppg you cant say that the 90's didnt have good defenders they where not only at the guard position but all over the court.look at anyones top 20 defenders you will find it riddled with talent from the 90's and thats at pretty much any position you choose
@youz1uglybish they didnt have players avg tht much in most decades. nd in the 60's there were maybe 4 other players who got 30+ppg; names like jerry west, elgin baylor, oscar robertson, etc. nd whogives a fuck? wilt chamberlain had 50 nd 40 ppg seasons, is tied w/ the highest career ppg avg. wilts 3rd highest scorin season is higher than every other players highest! nd no the top 20 isnt riddled w/players from all positions- w/ the exception of mj its just post players.
dont see how u can claim the 60's to be the best defensivley when half the game is a fast break! guys are hoisting up shots long before the defense ever got a chance to set! there may have been some great defensive players in the 60's but there is no way you can justify the amount of points scored as a whole and in the next breath say yeah that was a great defensive era! while russell played great defense he may have been the only celtic at the time to play any defense at all!
Respond to this video....defense has picked up so much since the 60's and 70's look at last years finals smh! the mavs have to be one of the most explosive teams ever (offensivley) and that entire series vs the heat the avg box score was some where in the 90's point wise! the game of basket ball started to slow down in the 80's as a matter of strategy i understand that players where much more talented and athletically gifted but the pistons in 89 proved that defense wins championships
@youz1uglybish and defense now is playin a big prt of the game but not in the 90's. pistons were a good defensive team, but they didnt have more teams tht were more or just as defensive as they were offensive like they do now, or back in the 60's. look at the celtics winnin 11 rings under bill russel's defense playin ass.
@WiltisGod stats wont agree with that...after the pistons proved defense wins championships there hasnt been a team since that won the finals with out it..when u think about it the bulls teams in the 90's had perhaps the best perimeter defense EVER! the knicks of the 90's played tough on that end of the floor as well you had dikembe mutombo,d robinson,hakeem olajuwon etc anchoring very good teams defensivley for the entire 90's era..russell was the only celtic who played any defense check stats
@youz1uglybish actually its a well known stat tht nba analysists have studied. nd the pistons in 89 played when the best ball handlers on a team would dribble the ball two feet from their body and would look straight down at the ball. good ball handling wasn't a big factor until the early 90's. knicks were tough defenders but jordan's assignment was john starks who was significantly shorter than jordan. + the ppl u named who were good defenders r post players!
@WiltisGod detroit won again in 1990...lol bro no one could guard jordan and if you made a statement as an individual saying that you could shut jordan down he'd drop 50 points on you it was like routine!john starks all be it undersized he was a terrific defender...as was gary payton,scottie pippen,and MJ himself! the 90's was full of solid defenders my case in point there was only 1 player with the exception of MJ to have a 30 ppg season in the entire 90's era and that was karl malone!
@youz1uglybish jordan nd payton were one of few good guard defenders. nd in a faster paced era u might have players scorin 30 ppg, but wilt scored 20 more than that a game! nobody could match wilt for his scorin nd nobody could score ON him. in todays league he'd still be dominant bcz of his athleticism. nd the reason nobody scores over 30 ppg is bcz kobes past his prime, lebron is tryin to be magic nd the defense is ALOT better now than it was in the 90's.
@WiltisGod i dont necessarily think that defense is better in todays nba at all..lol bro they have completley taken the physicality out of basketball in the 2000 era...jordan played in a league where hand checking was perfectly ok! when you look at it ever since they implemented that stupid rule players have gone bananas!! kobe bryant,tracy macgrady,allen iverson,lebron james are players that have put up 30 point seasons with that rule in place
@youz1uglybish this is true, basketball now is pussy, but jordan got these kind of calls. if he got brushed he got sent to the line too. nd allen iverson got knocked to the ground PLENTY of times w/o it being called. ai's a beast! i'd put him up there in the top 5 players. nd if wilt plays near 48 min against the right center he could score 100 pts wtf r u talkin about? u even said tht the centers now adays rn't sht.
the centers today aren't shit yes they absolutley suck!! but again this is due to the pace of the game being much slower...in order to get those 100 points wilt took 63 shots! you have teams that average 70 fg's a game!!! so unless wilt takes every single shot every possesion its mathmatically impossible!! this is todays nba they will force the ball out of wilts hands guys on the wing are much quicker in todays game wilt didnt have to deal with that kind of speed on a double team in the 60's
...jordan earned alot of his calls...that shit was good solid contact and thru out mikes 6 championship runs he's never shot more than about 8 free throws per game!! thats nothing like dirk nowitzki shooting like 25 freethrows in a final!! the 90's allowed much more contact than this pussy 2000 era..malone would literally knock ppl out swinging elbows after a rebound..barkley as well they where known for this shit lol you swing an elbow today its a 100,000$ fine +10 day suspension
and i love how when ppl speak on wilt they are very quick to point out his 50 ppg season!! but nobody ever says anything about him shooting dam near 40 shots per game to keep that average alive..you'd be hard pressed to find a game where jordan took that many shots much less do it over an entire season thats ball hogging at its absolute finest!! 40 fg's and 17 free throw attempts later and you have a 50 ppg season mathmatically that is pretty near impossible in the 90s or today for that matter
biggest liar i've ever seen what a piece of shit
globalplayer1988 1 week ago
@globalplayer1988 how old are you?
roll451 1 week ago
@roll451 Don't listen to globalplayer1988. He's only 23 and his grandparents probably committed war crimes during World War II.
CoolerKing37 1 week ago
70 ppg may be a little much but Wilt explained why he felt that way when he did the interview with Bill Russell and Bob Costas on NBA TV and he brought up some valid points. With the rule changes of today's game, defenders couldn't hang all over you or triple team you like what Wilt faced which would leave Wilt 1 on 1. Defensively the only center that comes to mind that could "cool down" Chamberlain would be Russell. I could see Wilt averaging 55+ for a season or two given his explanation.
Brad1112223 3 weeks ago
@Brad1112223 No way. When Wilt played, double teaming was illegal, which is one main reason why he scored so much. The premise that he was being double teamed the whole time is down-right false.
trompeh 3 days ago
@trompeh Not only is it not false you can watch some of his games here on youtube where he is being double teamed. Also Harvey Polluck references his being frequently triple teamed in Wilt, 1962. Not only that but Wilt himself in many interviews tells us that he considered retiring because of the constant beating he took from multiple defenders in the paint. Where is your evidence double teaming is illegal in the 60s...I see none.
Brad1112223 1 day ago
Wilt Chamberlain was one of the smartest athletes ever...why?
He was smart enough not to marry and kept a harem of women.
That way, he didn't have pay out millions in some divorce settlement or alimony...all the money was his..lol
tom11zz884 2 months ago
@tom11zz884
That's very true. Look how many top players in the NBA went through rocky marriages and/or divorce settlements since then: Russell, Kareem, Walton, Magic, Jordan, Malone, Reggie, Kidd, Shaq, Iverson, Kobe, Nash, Wade, etc. the list goes on and that doesn't even include athletes from other sports. Wilt knew it, stayed clear, and got to do everything he loved in life without giving up much (if any at all). Smart man.
jaranarm 1 week ago
There's no denying it. The only player in NBA history with 30,000 points, 20,000 rebounds, and 20,000 women (TRULY a player!). Those numbers alone make Wilt the GREATEST ever!
presleyrules 2 months ago
Your an idoit.
sledgehammer602 3 months ago
come on guys. that 70 ppg is just straight up horse shit.
stop being such fanboys and make fun of it. no reason to be all mad and serious.
Fazotronic 3 months ago
If only "Big Wilt" would have played longer with the Lakers.
Jiltedin2007 3 months ago
/watch?v=0EpVZS26BUs
Suck on that haters.
dantheman9758 3 months ago
Wilt>Mike
Sportsfan4life1990 3 months ago
@Sportsfan4life1990 Wow.you are very mental.
sledgehammer602 3 months ago
George Mikan is still alive.
BUCKTOWN518 3 months ago
@BUCKTOWN518 He died June 1st 2005
dantheman9758 3 months ago
the dweeb lookin dude at :30 is Billy Cunningham
he can't know what he's talking about - he just played 6th man with Chamberlain on greatest team in history 66-68 Sixers - broke his arm in the playoffs in 68, Sixers lost which showed how much impact the Kangaroo Kid had with his team.... All NBA 1st team 69, 70, 71... jumped to ABA led a weak team to the Finals - coached the Sixers to 3 Finals and won with Dr. J & Moses in 83
A guy like that who knows jack about hoops should just shut up
stere0brain 4 months ago 2
@stere0brain I honestly disagree with you on the 66-68 Sixers bein the greatest team, I don't think the fact that they were the only team in the 60's to beat Russell's Celtics for the Finals really counts them as "greatest team in history".....but that's just me
moviehypno23 3 months ago
@moviehypno23 understand. That's not why I say they were the greatest ever, but that IS part of it.
The '72 Lakers squad has an argument, but they get the same ding the 96 Bulls get - they played against a weaker league. Not all rings are equal to me, it depends on the caliber of teams they play. Showtime Lakers were incredible BECAUSE of their competition.
'72 NBA had expansion teams + the ABA also lured off a lot of great talent. Same minus sign on the 96 Bulls. Too many easy teams.
stere0brain 3 months ago
@stere0brain that's a good point, but there was some tough competition in the 90's as well, and if you ask me the play was a lot rougher in the 90's compared to the early 70's (back when there weren't a lot of "modern" players I guess you could say, as in not quite as athletic)
moviehypno23 3 months ago
@moviehypno23 hed have to go against his second coming in shaq deisel
jacobboy5 3 months ago
@jacobboy5 Good point, definitely a rougher time, I can't imagine any center from the past having to face prime Shaq (say, late 90's to early 2001 or 2002), they'd probably get demolished haha
moviehypno23 3 months ago
whether or not it was true about the 50 inch vertical it just sounds funny to hear any person claim that. gotta love wilt.
glocsta707 4 months ago
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R.I.P Wilt Chamberlain and George Mikan two of the most dominant centers of the NBA
bruceeboy0627 4 months ago
Wilt Chamberlain's vertical leap to the top of the backboard in a game
watch?v=3BKEgX5E_E4
That's about a 44 inch vertical, while he's timing a blocked shot.
musikaNeues 4 months ago
hmmm, sex with 20,000 women? It is safe to assume Wilt is the biological patriarch for every player in the NBA now. I knew the German had some black in him!
Reeferal 4 months ago
Why make a video about facts and try to make it seem like lies?
devilboy304 4 months ago
i understand the fact that he was taller than everyone else on the court and that gave him an advantage. but you dont see yao ming scoring 50 points every single game do you? look at his fucking stats bro
superman1113215 4 months ago
@superman1113215 Yao Ming sucks. He can't shoot. Wilt could.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 9
@KryptoChronicutelite lool
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules It's true. Wilt was also quick, he actually had speed. Yao Ming can barely run.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 19
@KryptoChronicutelite so you're saying Yao Ming, who was an 86% FT shooter, was a worse shooter than Wilt?
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules Hahaha, yeah. Freethrow percentage doesn't have NOTHING to say for a persons FG percentage, dumbass. Yao's made like 2 3 pointers in his whole career.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 5
@KryptoChronicutelite funny because Yao's FG% is only 2% lower. 52% compared to 54%. However, Wilt's FT% is awful (51%) while Yao was consistently one of the best in the league at 86%. Yao might not be the better player but he's clearly the better shooter. And why would you want your center shooting threes?
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules No. Stats alone doesn't clarify a good player, in this case shooter. Because wilt could shoot the ball like a boss, Yao can only dunk and take lay ups.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 4
@KryptoChronicutelite watch highlights from any of Yao Ming's games and I guarantee you most of his points will be from post shots and fadeaways. Wilt Chamberlain's name doesn't belong anywhere near the title of 'good shooter'
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules But it belongs over Yao Ming in every way except height.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 4
@KryptoChronicutelite and shooting ability.
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules No. You don't see Yao average a 50.4 ppg, score 100 points in one game and score 28 out of 32 free throws when it really counted in the 100 point game. Score over 4000 points in one season being the only one in history doing that. And don't make me go on and on with his records. Yao only has height, Wilt had everything.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 3
I don't think you understand what 'better shooter' means. Stats really don't matter much in Wilt's era because there were about 40 more possessions per game. That's 20 more chances for Wilt to score. Jumpshooting was nearly nonexistent then so Wilt scored most of his points off of putbacks and easy shots. Since there were 20 more shots for him to take and he shot 50%, he made 10 more baskets (20 pts) than a star player ever could today. Rebounding was jacked too (6'5" Baylor averaged 19!)
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules Yes i do. Wilt Chamberlain is better than Yao Ming in every way, shooting as well.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 2
@KryptoChronicutelite Wilt could only dunk and take post shots. His off-glass fadeaway was a close range shot. Yao actually had a midrange game and could shoot FTs. 86% to 51% says it all.
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules No because even though Wilt might miss every single free throw in his game, he still put up at least 50 points no problem.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 2
@SolidSnakeRules Your either blind or just another bias kid that never saw Wilt play but knows-it-all. From mid-range Wilt scored at least 1/3rd of his points. From left or right he hit turnarounds, fadeaways, bump-and-fades, banked off the glass, hooked, and nailed finger rolls and that's just some of his mid-range repertoire. He was even more deadly in the post. At the ft line he was a certainly basketcase but in open game? OMG yes he was a WAY better shooter than Yao, it isn't even close.
dantheman9758 4 months ago
@dantheman9758 Wilt did not score 1/3rd of his points from midrange. In fact, the few midrange jumpers he took in his 100 point game turned a few heads on the court. It's in any Wilt biography. And 100% of the moves you just listed are post moves. As in, close range. I've seen Wilt highlights and I've seen full games. He did not develop any sort of midrange game even in his later years.
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
dantheman9758 4 months ago
@dantheman9758 well thanks for proving my point here. These are not midrange shots you're talking about. 2:16 is a close range post roll, 3:20 is a runner (a layup!) and 3:59 is another close range post shot. Shaq hit those types of shots every game but you wouldn't call him a good shooter, would you? I'm not saying Yao's better because he's not, but he's clearly the better shooter and has one of the best shots of any true center the league's ever seen.
SolidSnakeRules 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules /watch?v=06usV6451ik it's too bad we couldn't see this guy in the league in his prime
dantheman9758 4 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules lolololol you obviously never watched 60s hoops to say that kinda stuff.
Oscar was death from the corner, Jerry West, Rick Barry, Sam Jones could hit from anywhere.
Havlicek had the goofiest shot you ever saw. People in the stands AROUND ME - that's right, I watched those teams from the bleachers - would laugh at his shot all the way until it dropped in the net.
Why you think DeBusschere has such a rep? He was daggers believe it. As a Knick yeah but before that on Detroit
ZipperZappleZ 3 months ago
@ZipperZappleZ haha a league in which 5-6 players in total could shoot from outside? You must be really proud of that era. In today's league every team has several jumpshooters. I've watched 60s hoops and it was mainly poor offense leading into transition buckets
SolidSnakeRules 3 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules You think 5-6 players in total could shoot from the outside? You must be wickedly bias or out of synch with 60's NBA. In the 1960's and early 70's everyone who wasn't playing the center position HAD to be able to shoot outside or they wouldn't have a method to score. Driving to the basket back then was almost always going to draw a charge foul, or get blocked by the all time high density of HOF centers in the era. Give me specifics on weak plays you watched and (cont.)
dantheman9758 2 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules (cont.) I will genuinely w/o favortism explain why what your seeing looks different than what your accustomed to seeing today. It likely has little to do with what I feel like your getting at. I feel like you think those guys suck, when in actuality things were called so different back then your having trouble recognizing what is and isn't allowed or what was expected from those guys and their roles on the teams.
dantheman9758 2 months ago
@KryptoChronicutelite Nah Yao is only known to be the most unguardable player from mid range ever, but hey, we all have our opinions. Just remember, he made over 10 million a year, you do not. LONG LIVE YAO MING!
MutantHaydon 4 months ago
@MutantHaydon Seriously? No shit Sherlock, i don't make 10 mill a year, but i'm neither a professional basketball player you idiot. If Yao wasn't 2.29 meters tall he would NEVER make the NBA.
KryptoChronicutelite 4 months ago 3
I dont get it , is this joking about Wilt's vertical couse it if it is this guy should quit watching basketball and find himself another sport . Here is a clear example how high Wilt could jump . /watch?v=tCtmgxwsiJY&feature=feedu
garioldwin 4 months ago
Mocking Wilt Chamberlain makes youtube trolls feel good about how much they never accomplished in life.
dantheman9758 4 months ago 33
@dantheman9758 It's not mocking him. Look, no matter what you accomplish in life you can't tell lies or people are going to hold you accountable. What, just cause you make some really great things in your life happen you can let any kind of bullshit come out of your mouth and nobody can say anything? I suggest you rethink your position.
Flipper79able 2 months ago
@Flipper79able Gee whiz flip.. ur right, he's a flat out liar..... ppffffttt! Listen flipper79, he's not fabricating lies, he's exaggerating. And unless a human is literally an autistic, everyone inherently exaggerates. Plus, the recorded truth is, he shattered official records doing things that set the bar so high that no one can get near them. So when he exaggerates, even a little, it sounds 100% fabricated because the truth alone is crazy. IMHO the haters ignorance is their problem, not his.
dantheman9758 2 months ago
@dantheman9758 Exaggerates by 10 inches? I saw a video where he got 40 or 41 inches at the most. Stop defending someone who is lying.....it doesn't help anything. Wilt was great but people must be called on bullshit. If you have a problem with that than you have got to be one of those people that lives in a fantasy world were the truth is smoothed over so life can be easier. It is lazy and stupid to look at life that way. I am also not going to waste anymore of my energy and time on this. Peace.
Flipper79able 2 months ago
@Flipper79able haha why are u so mad!? 10 more inches on his already ridiculous vertical is like 20 percent at the most - plus they never had the need to accurately measure vertical back then ding dong, he's likely just guestimating for the sake of the interview... Next time a friend of urs catches 9-10" fish and says "I'm catching fish a foot long!" be a good pal and rip him hard, give him all your anger and hate because he lied to you ~the same percent Wilt lied about his vertical.. pffft ha!
dantheman9758 2 months ago
@dantheman9758 I'm not mad. Your the one who's pissed off for people calling bullshit on a lie. By the way, if a friend lied about a fish.....I would call him out on it. I guess we're just two different people.....you prefer lies and I prefer the truth. To each there own. Have fun living in fairytale land. Ha ha ha.
Flipper79able 2 months ago
@Flipper79able I retract certain parts about my last comment, I shouldn't call you names or get personal. Look, I respect you have your own opinion about it. But it doesn't change mine. If you feel that he crossed the line than okay, I don't feel the same so at the very least we can agree, that we disagree. Apologies for being rude.
dantheman9758 2 months ago
@dantheman9758 Okay, I retract any negative comments I may have said too. I think you just apologizing is something that's very unheard of on Youtube.....but I congratulate you on it. Usually even when people know they are wrong....they won't admit it. They usually just swear at you. Good work. Peace.
Flipper79able 2 months ago
He probably slept with 1 woman 20,000 times
GanjaZombi2 4 months ago
only reason wilt even got a hundred in one game all the players were short had almost no vert because it was disrespect to dunk back then so they never practiced jumping high to block and once bill russel caught on wilt neva dominated bill because it was block city. so in the 90's wilt might have scored about 30 a gme if he didnt play pat or mj or dominique because they would swat the big dipper before his hands got to his head.
JamesChris87 4 months ago
This guys so full of shit. A myth.
ProWrestlingRewind 4 months ago
@ProWrestlingRewind The man exaggerates because the media and everyone always told him he wasn't good enough, he developed a complex so what!? On the court Wilt really has done insane things that will never be done again, of all the exaggerators on earth this man is the most capable of backing up his statements, his untouchable records speak for themselves. Water them down and hate, ultimately it makes you sound pathetic not him - he owned his profession beyond all others at the time, do you?
dantheman9758 4 months ago
this was mostly true, his vertical was 50", he would've killed the players in the 90s, and not to sure on the 20K women, I don't beleive it because I read an biography on him and he never had a girlfreind in highschool
TheArchangles982 4 months ago
@TheArchangles982 He never had a girlfriend cause he was a playa.
JayAndRon 4 months ago
@JayAndRon lol Wilt was pimpin all day bro!
TheArchangles982 4 months ago
wilt cowered in the playoffs vs russell.. he wasnt a teamplayer either, just a stat whore. two teams traded him for nothing, lakers didnt even want him. he said it himself he didnt want to win.. unbelievable athlete with tons of skill, little heart -- teammates including west even commented how hed shy away from big moments. look at the dip his #s took in the playoffs, still legit #s, but HUGE dip.. thats why JORDAN holds most of the point records for the playoffs (ie. 30 pt games, 40 pt games)
joedumars0808 5 months ago
Rod Roddewig and Chamberlain stayed at the penthouse for 10 days. For every time Chamberlain went to bed with a different girl he put a check in his daytimer. After those 10 days there were 23 checks in the book, which would be rate of 2.3 women per day. He divided that number in half, to be conservative and correcting for degrees of variation. He then multiplied that number by the amount of days he had been alive at the time minus 15 years. Which was how the 20,000 number came into existence.
jayjoetube14 5 months ago
In 1991, Chamberlain wrote his second autobiography, A View from Above. There, the lifelong bachelor claimed he had sex with 20,000 women. For this to be true, he would have had to have had sex with 1.37 women per day from the age of 15 up until the year of the autobiography's publishing, a rate of over nine women a week
jayjoetube14 5 months ago
he won't score 70ppg if he played in this era! maybe like 30's or 20's! the rules and competition level today is way too different from the past
jayjoetube14 5 months ago
If he played today hed score 13 points per game...
HappyDayxD 5 months ago
@HappyDayxD yea right maybe like 40 or 50 or 30
josiptauber 5 months ago
20,000+ women lmfao
PunkBaller23 5 months ago 7
lmao!!!!!!!!!!! where??? on the moon???
Dkouts57 5 months ago
@Dkouts57 are u serious?
Sage80 5 months ago
nope def not 50 inches. 44
jongib369 6 months ago
eh its all speculation.. wilt could dunk from the free throw line without a running start he could dunk from out of bounds in a single leap.. not tryna make him seem like super man but i do think that he could be fairly dominant if he played in the 90's because he would be getting the same training as the other centers but 70 ppg is far fetched but mj said something similar if im not mistaken
MrAJ1400 6 months ago
wilt would be worse today, what is he thinking
xxBRossxx 6 months ago
50 inch vertical??? Are you serious? If that was the case, why wasn't he doing Blake Griffin type of dunks going up against 6'9" white guys? And he thinks he can score 70ppg vs Hakeem/Admiral/Ewing/Zo/Shaq/Mutombo?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
IllastrateTV 6 months ago
If wilt could dunk from the free throw line without a running start, why didnt he do that for free throws, instead of putting the "attempt" in free throw attempts with his horrible percentage.
Qualagent 6 months ago
@Qualagent The Big Dipper's status can't be eroded with time published July 18, 2011 on NBA(dot)com: "The basketball rule writers literally changed the game to try to stop him. The lane was widened to push him farther away from the basket. Inbounding the ball over the top of the backboard, where only he could catch it and drop it through the hoop, was banned. Leaping from the foul line to dunk free throws was outlawed."
kileer7 6 months ago
More like 17.
njnets2000 6 months ago
1.2 women a day. So what is that...one woman and a midget or...?
likeOMGitsUNLTD 6 months ago
He did not dominate the game back then.
theloosegoose333 7 months ago
I never saw him leave the ground.
theloosegoose333 7 months ago
50" vertical actually makes sense if he actually dunked from the free throw line without a running start
jackpfree 7 months ago
chamberlain full of shit!! No body be believing his monkeyass
1billion1deaths1 7 months ago
I'm callin Bull Shit on the 12 women a day...what about practice, traveling, fuckin meals??? LOL NO ONE has that much time..
usnate1 7 months ago 6
@usnate1 It CLEARLY says 1.2 women.. Not 12
gaaraforever9 7 months ago
@usnate1 well no one said you have to last past 5 minutes LOL
phektus 6 months ago
@usnate1 It says 1.2 women a day, not 12 women a day
vrachtwagen3000 5 months ago
@usnate1 it says 1.2
ClutchGamingTV 5 months ago
@usnate1 I think it says 1.2.
FireFan92 4 months ago
Walt Frazier agrees with Wilt on the 70 ppg
0521Steven 8 months ago
People who never saw him play live know little about how great he was. Wilt died in 1999 so he would not be playing in this century. Watch him against Jabbar search YouTube for.
Wilt Chamberlain : The Greatest Offensive Force
There were no touch fouls like they have today and he played against many tall players and took a lot of punishment. By the way I'm not even a fan of his but most of he young guys making comments here are CLUELESS!
Wilt Chamberlain : The Greatest Offensive Force
geocgeo 8 months ago
@geocgeo touch fouls would hurt wilts game more than it would help..his free throw shooting was atrocious
youz1uglybish 8 months ago
@youz1uglybish Wilt gave Shaq free throw shooting lessons...LOL
geocgeo 8 months ago
Actually a 50 inch vertical is believable. Wilt, unlike other big men, was an amazing leaper. He won the Big 8 in the high jump his junior year of college at Kansas! It's repoted that, at Overbrook High School in Philly, he high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 in 49.0 seconds and the 880 in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and broad jumped 22 feet, a truly amazing (and often underrated) all around athlete!
phillysportsfan99 8 months ago
I hope he didn't Wilt in bed!
letsif 9 months ago
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Ibrahim110 10 months ago
Wilt had a solid gold 12-seater jacuzzi built into his dream home - no wonder he got through so many chicks - most people eat donuts by the dozen - Wilt was going through a different kind of donut ! - the man was WAAAY too big for the century he lived in - probably just too big for the planet period
sanjuz 11 months ago
Wilt averaged 70 a game over the past ten games of the year he averaged 50. Today the league is totally watered down (33 teams) and the rules have been changed to only allow one man to defend one man instead of the two or three that hung on Wilt when basketball was for real. So easier rules, less competetion, better travel, and Wilt averages 75 a game today! Wilt had a 36 inch vertical leap. Cnters today like Shaq can'y get off their tippy toes! Wilt had 62 points and 55 rebounds vs Russell
Humes53 11 months ago
@Humes53 30 teams. More people playing + international = not watered down.
Wilt would never even come CLOSE to getting the 37+ FGA per game to average 70, nor are there that many rebounds available in todays game to grab 55. Teams don't even have the opportunity to grab that many and 1 man would grab all of them? Pace of play is different, as is the game in general. Get out of here with that myth BS
fuloser 11 months ago
@Humes53 : double & triple teams are still allowed...what are you talking about "one man to defend one man"?..if wilt played now they could triple team him if they need to.
imsljr420 10 months ago
@Humes53 lmao wilt must have been on crack when he made that statement..avg 70 points in todays game ....lol my money says he woudnt average that much in college basketball wilts era sucked just watch some of the games..the ball handling and shooting was terrible we have guys that are legit 7 footers who handle the ball better than there point guards back in the day this is laughable
youz1uglybish 8 months ago
@youz1uglybish back when wilt played every team had hall of famers and the players where much better and played better defense
TheReeeeeech 8 months ago
@TheReeeeeech lol there where only 9 teams imagine todays nba shaving the number of teams down to 9 virtually everyone on the court would be a hall of famer...better defense??in 1962 nba teams averaged a 118 ppg..lol when in recent history has any team averaged that many points???DEFENSE was a joke in the 60's theres a reason guys arent averaging triple doubles (BIG O) OR 50ppg season avgs (WILT) theres just way more talent and depth in todays game
youz1uglybish 8 months ago
@TheReeeeeech lmao just imagine guys in wilts era trying to guard a lebron james,dirk nowitzki,derrick rose,kobe bryant etc....i dont even wanna begin to think about what jordan would have done in the 60's with his level of talent and athleticism its quite realistic to say any guy i just named could have had a 50ppg season in that era putting those guys in the 60's wold be like sticking carmelo anthony in a highschool basketball game
youz1uglybish 8 months ago
geocgeo 8 months ago
@geocgeo wilt and the vast majority of the guys who played in his era where very well conditioned no doubt..basketball has gotten much deeper in terms of talent guys dont have to play entire ball games anymore..more so than any other era before a good bench is becoming more than just a plus in todays game its a must have..lol he'd never get the opportunity to dunk on dirk every time down the floor he'd be doubled and forced to kick the ball out every time he touched it
youz1uglybish 8 months ago
@youz1uglybish just watch him play everything he does is in slow motion lol guys are so much quicker and athletic now a days particulalry on the wing its ridiculous..double teams come much faster the game of basketball has sped up dramatically since he played..i beleive wilt could very well be the best center in todays game..seeing as this may be the worst era of centers in nba history still doubt he'd be any where near as dominant as he was in the 60's
youz1uglybish 8 months ago
@youz1uglybish WILT ONLY LED THE NBA IN ASSISTS IN THE 1972-1973 season...All he could do was score,rebound and play defense...ROFLMAO
geocgeo 8 months ago
@geocgeo man lol yes wilt was phenomenal back in his time numbers dont lie you can never dispute this..but to say he'd be even more dominant today is asinine...the way basketball was played in his era you can see how he'd average 50 a game...lmaoooo i'd bet my left nut he woudnt do that shit today you may not ever have a 50 point game much less a 50 point season making 20 free throws out of every 500 attempts lol it just wont happen
youz1uglybish 8 months ago
@youz1uglybish
that's where you are wrong. If Jordan played in the 60s, he'd get a royal beat down. Why do you think players in the 60s shot a significantly lower fg%, yet had fairly similar ft%? It's because players could hack anyone they wanted to. Almost all the great players in the 60s are bigs or slashers, because back then, shooting was a contact sport of its own
vertrecordings 7 months ago
@vertrecordings Can you watch an actual 60's game before commenting? The Lower FG% is simply because the notion of "shot selection" wasn't heard of yet. You'd see role players running down court and chucking up shots as soon as they felt like it, sometimes outside of 3 point range. The legend of 60's ball far outperforms the reality of 60's ball. This isn't to say that there weren't some absolutely ahead of their time legends that coulda done great in later decades, but you're lying straight up.
toomuchfails 6 months ago
@vertrecordings lol are you implying that jordan wasn't a slasher?? jordan did everything on the court humanly possible he was great at taking it to the rim and finishing he didnt get the nick name air jordan because of a fade away jump shot!
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish statistically the defenders durin the jordan era were worse than defenders before and after-maybe its bcz the caliber of offensive players comin into the league made defenses have to change, but jordan played at a time when offensive were dribbling and shooting better instead of evolving their defense. wilt usually had teeth marks up his arm after games.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod hmm statitically teams in the 60's averaged about 118ppg lol when has any team in recent history averaged that many points?? what you have to understand is that with 30+ possesions extra per game its going to lead to inflated stats of rebounding,blocked shots esp when there was no 3 point line and it made no sense to shoot the ball 20 feet from the basket bro just about every starting center in the league thru out the 60's and 70's averaged over 11 rebounds a game
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish at his lowest wilt avg 18 reb a game nd that was when he was 35. at his best he got 27. wilt's so far ahead of the avg player of his day tht nobody then or now has been anywhere close to his records. i think he still has 70+ records. inflated or not thts far beyond anyone. the only reason jordan even has the career ppg record is bcz when wilt went to the lakers alex hannum told him to spread the ball more and play more defensive. wilt could easily have had ppg in the high 30's
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod i just dont think its fair in all honesty...its hard to compare the best of the old school to the best of the new school unless old school is a total beast! iv'e said it many times and i stand by it i think hakeem olajuwon was the best center ever...MJ himself said that if he had the choice of any big man on his team it would have been hakeem and for good reason! when saying this he left out kareem abdul jabbar (probably wrote mj a letter) and wilt chamberlain
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish nd it doesnt surprise me tht he picked hakeem over jabbar nd wilt bcz 1 he's a horrible judge of talent. he took kwame brown as a first round pick nd traded gerald wallace his teams franchise player nd picked up pryzbilla, some 32 yr old tht hasn't done anything good in his career lol + since he apparently picked hakeem over these two it shows AGAIN his terrible judge in talent. nd 2 he played against hakeem when they were both in their prime.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
lmao yeah you got me there..hard to argue with that jordan really isnt a great judge of talent!!! but this isn't about judging talent..kareem was a proven talent so was wilt and hakeem when jordan said this lol im sure he watched kareem and wilt growing up but he played against olajuwon and this man was probably the most complete center ever!!! he actually made his free throws he was 1 of the best shot blockers ever and had post moves like no center before or after him!
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish did u know tht a reporter went to a random warriors game to count the # of blocks he got bcz they didnt keep the stat back then, he got 25 blocks tht game! tht shits on the current record. nd wilt's post moves: first to do a fadeaway out of the post, first to do a finger roll out of the post, first to do the up and under out of the post. olajuwon had great post moves but lemme just say stats dnt lie. maybe they'd be decreased but most likely they'd be better than his
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod yes granted wilt was the 1st to do a laundry list of things but being the 1st to do somthing doesnt necessarily make you the best at it..lets just be honest here david robinson was ALOT more talented than bill russell ever was..yet olajuwon completley took him to school time and time again he literally made 1 of the top 20 of the 50 greatest players ever look like a bonified D-LEAGUER olajuwons ability to score in the post or by putting the ball on the floor was phenomenal
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish for his career wilt avg 30ppg against russel nd 25 rebounds against him. did hakeem's stats look anythin like tht against robinson? nd it doesnt mean ur the best but it puts u in tht category. hakeem made up some good moves, but wilt made post moves a big part of the game. nd i wouldn't even say tht robinsons 'ALOT' better than russel bcz robinson's never led his team to 8 straight championships then another 3 afterwards. if u do tht then there's something special about u.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod bill russell has always been extremely over-rated! he was never any where near wilt's level in terms of play he was just part of a much better team! i never hold it against guys like D.ROBINSON,KARL MALONE,CHARLES BARKLEY,PAT EWING for not having rings because they had to get thru #23 aka the greatest basketball player of all-time to get it..lol russel maybe basketballs greatest winner but he was no where near the greatest player! i'd pick robinson and many others over russell anyday
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish all those great players of the 90's u mentioned were post players. 90's was dominated by great post players who played good offense and defense, provin more my point tht the defense in guards for the 90's was hella bad. nd wilt avg near 30 pts, 30 reb, his career high against him was 62, he had 6 other games against him where he had 50+ pts, his career high in reb (55) was against russel, nd he had 6 40+ reb games against russel. so im sure his eff ratin isnt tht bad...
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish Wilt Chamerlain played with jerry west and elgin baylor. that right there is 3 of the best players of all time on a team. how could you say russell's celtics were much better? i dont think he had anyone as good as jerry west or baylor on his team
austin78993 6 months ago
@austin78993 he played with west and elgin baylor in the twilight of his career....thru out bostons 11 championship runs with russell primarily in the 60's those championship celtic rosters had like 7 guys averaging double figures for the entire 60's era! lol chamberlain wasnt surrounded by hall of fame talent until he went to the lakers! those laker teams you might as well say when elgin baylor and wilt played together they where both on there last legs there careers where pretty much over!
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@austin78993 I feel you that was kind of his last ditch effort to get a title. i just feel that him not being able to win championships while being unstoppable shows that he played for himself. he was very arrogant he once got called a ball hog so he went and led the league in assists, not because it was good for his team but because of his image. He was just a selfish guy imo and that really seperates him from some of the great winners in NBA history.
austin78993 6 months ago
@austin78993 - 1966-67 Wilt was part of a great team- 2nd full year with team. I (age 17-18) thought this was the first time Wilt was on a better team on paper than the Celtics. Billy Cunningham (2nd year in NBA) , Luke Jackson 6'9" and Chet Walker 6'6" (I feel the best front court ever then ) and Wali Jones a good little pg and Hal Greer (HOF guard).
Wilt 24.1 ppg , 24.2 rpg , 7.8 ASSISTS PER GAME -3rd in NBA
Philly won NBA title
68 wins 13 losses ( best record ever at time)
42marisol1 5 months ago
@austin78993 Yeah but some of those years Wilt was missing key players like in 68 the 76ers had 2 starters out due to hamstrings and their 6th man was out for the playoffs and in 71 both Baylor and West were hurt for the playoffs. Not to mention after 69-70 his knees were never the same. If Wilt played with the Lakers in his prime they probably would have won 75 games a year. I mean they won 69 games in 72 and in 67 the 76ers won 68 games
BNS224 5 months ago
lol russell did his job against wilt because he hurt his performances as far as efficiency was concerned! you coudnt stop wilt but russell sure as hell slowed him down! if you look at it from an efficiency standpoint yes! russell did do a better job of defending wilt than robinson did of defending olajuwon! 30 points sound great but how many shots did he have to take to get those 30 points the key to basketball is efficiency it doesnt matter if you score 30ppg if it take you 40 shots to do so!
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish nd russel's not tht bad. out of the 24 40 reb. games russel has 8 of them (wilt has 14). between college, olympics and pros russel won 13 championships in 15 yrs. he had 2nd most reb. in the 60's (17,501) nd he's 10-0 in games 7's in the nba finals. + russel beat wilt 88/142 times. im sayin this bcz i think if russel were around in the 90's he'd still be a force. + id like to point out tht wilts eff ratin against russel couldnt be tht bad bcz he avg a triple double in plyof
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod russel might be another dikembe mutombo in the 90's..while i have a great deal of respect for russell as a defender and a winner he just didnt have the skill set offensively to be great on that end of the court! alot of russells points came off of put backs and hustle plays im not saying russell is ben wallace but they scored the boat load of there points in the same fashion..less possesions and its very easy to see how russell could end up scoring 8 points a game in the 90's
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish russel wasn't known for scorin, but he was known for scorin when it mattered. when the team needed it he could have games where he scored near 30 points, but he usually had somebody else to pick up the scorin load. lol nd is russel bein mutombo a compliment or an insult?? nd either way he's one of the toughest post def the leagues ever had. in the 60's there were alot of good defenders inside and outside...cant say the same for 90's..
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod lol you say the 60's was better defensivley but stats say teams thru out that era averaged almost 120ppg...thats not good defense those kinds of numbers are un heard of in this day and age even while players are much more skilled and versatile offensivley! the 60's brand of basketball was played almost as if they had a 10 second shot clock that era of basketball was much more of a run and gun style of play
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish omg i said better than the 90's not ever nd again im talkin about guards defense!! defensive guards were easier to find in the 60's than 90's! nd do u know how fastbreaks come to happen? is it by lettin one team score then beatin them down the court? NO its by stealin the ball or causing a miss! anyone who knows basketball can tell u tht! if i steal the ball from u and race down court nd do this in abundance, or u miss a shot, i rebound it and pass to a fast guard I'LL SCORE ALOT!
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod im very aware how fast breaks happen and even more aware that you will get more fast break opportunites if you speed up the pace of the game..lol 60's stats are very inflated in that reguard..you say guards coudnt defend in the 90's when the only guard to average 30 or better was michael jordan!
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish omg..if u speed the pace of the game then the d will be faster too, if u play good defense then u get more fast breaks, its tht simple! nd exactly! the only guard to avg 30+ was mj bcz he was a 6'6 guard, taller than most other guards in the nba nd he could score in a lot of different ways. john stockton sucked on defense nd he was a pg, joe dumars was good, kidd was a pg nd young, allen iverson was too young on barely 6', john starks was hella short! no good per. defenders!
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod jason kidd always played GREAT defense from day 1 him being young is irrelevant! LMAO john stockton is the all time leader in steals and has probably taken more charges than any other point guard ever!! that shit should be a stat!!! in your mind john stockton sucks on defense all while doing just about everything you want a perimeter pg defender to do that statement was pretty asinine! iverson maybe the best little man ever!! not even going into that
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@WiltisGod this whole debate was about guards and perimeter defense....and if im doing a starting 5 most ppl will agree i'd want gary payton at the point mj at sg and scottie pippen at small forward...probably the 3 best perimeter defenders ever and they are all from the 90'S..bro lmao i never do this ..but YOUR RIGHT the 60's era was just the greatest thing since pockets in jeans basketball was never as good and your like the mesiah of basketball knowledge!!!! lmao good day
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish omg for some reason ur not gettin it. THREE GOOD PERIMETER DEFENDERS DOESNT MAKE THE WHOLE ERA GOOD AT PERIMIETER DEFENSE!!! i agree, payton nd jordan-possibly pippen, but does tht mean jordan had good d played on him? bcz he didnt guard himself, payton didnt guard him, stockton never guarded him, kidd never guarded him. so WTF??? im repeatin myself now so i think i'm done.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod we all know about gary payton and mj..but what about john stockton,joe dumars,jason kidd,allen iverson,john starks my point is when ever you go thru an entire decade with only 2 players scoring 30ppg you cant say that the 90's didnt have good defenders they where not only at the guard position but all over the court.look at anyones top 20 defenders you will find it riddled with talent from the 90's and thats at pretty much any position you choose
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish they didnt have players avg tht much in most decades. nd in the 60's there were maybe 4 other players who got 30+ppg; names like jerry west, elgin baylor, oscar robertson, etc. nd whogives a fuck? wilt chamberlain had 50 nd 40 ppg seasons, is tied w/ the highest career ppg avg. wilts 3rd highest scorin season is higher than every other players highest! nd no the top 20 isnt riddled w/players from all positions- w/ the exception of mj its just post players.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
dont see how u can claim the 60's to be the best defensivley when half the game is a fast break! guys are hoisting up shots long before the defense ever got a chance to set! there may have been some great defensive players in the 60's but there is no way you can justify the amount of points scored as a whole and in the next breath say yeah that was a great defensive era! while russell played great defense he may have been the only celtic at the time to play any defense at all!
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
Respond to this video....defense has picked up so much since the 60's and 70's look at last years finals smh! the mavs have to be one of the most explosive teams ever (offensivley) and that entire series vs the heat the avg box score was some where in the 90's point wise! the game of basket ball started to slow down in the 80's as a matter of strategy i understand that players where much more talented and athletically gifted but the pistons in 89 proved that defense wins championships
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish and defense now is playin a big prt of the game but not in the 90's. pistons were a good defensive team, but they didnt have more teams tht were more or just as defensive as they were offensive like they do now, or back in the 60's. look at the celtics winnin 11 rings under bill russel's defense playin ass.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod stats wont agree with that...after the pistons proved defense wins championships there hasnt been a team since that won the finals with out it..when u think about it the bulls teams in the 90's had perhaps the best perimeter defense EVER! the knicks of the 90's played tough on that end of the floor as well you had dikembe mutombo,d robinson,hakeem olajuwon etc anchoring very good teams defensivley for the entire 90's era..russell was the only celtic who played any defense check stats
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish actually its a well known stat tht nba analysists have studied. nd the pistons in 89 played when the best ball handlers on a team would dribble the ball two feet from their body and would look straight down at the ball. good ball handling wasn't a big factor until the early 90's. knicks were tough defenders but jordan's assignment was john starks who was significantly shorter than jordan. + the ppl u named who were good defenders r post players!
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod detroit won again in 1990...lol bro no one could guard jordan and if you made a statement as an individual saying that you could shut jordan down he'd drop 50 points on you it was like routine!john starks all be it undersized he was a terrific defender...as was gary payton,scottie pippen,and MJ himself! the 90's was full of solid defenders my case in point there was only 1 player with the exception of MJ to have a 30 ppg season in the entire 90's era and that was karl malone!
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish jordan nd payton were one of few good guard defenders. nd in a faster paced era u might have players scorin 30 ppg, but wilt scored 20 more than that a game! nobody could match wilt for his scorin nd nobody could score ON him. in todays league he'd still be dominant bcz of his athleticism. nd the reason nobody scores over 30 ppg is bcz kobes past his prime, lebron is tryin to be magic nd the defense is ALOT better now than it was in the 90's.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
@WiltisGod i dont necessarily think that defense is better in todays nba at all..lol bro they have completley taken the physicality out of basketball in the 2000 era...jordan played in a league where hand checking was perfectly ok! when you look at it ever since they implemented that stupid rule players have gone bananas!! kobe bryant,tracy macgrady,allen iverson,lebron james are players that have put up 30 point seasons with that rule in place
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
@youz1uglybish this is true, basketball now is pussy, but jordan got these kind of calls. if he got brushed he got sent to the line too. nd allen iverson got knocked to the ground PLENTY of times w/o it being called. ai's a beast! i'd put him up there in the top 5 players. nd if wilt plays near 48 min against the right center he could score 100 pts wtf r u talkin about? u even said tht the centers now adays rn't sht.
WiltisGod 6 months ago
the centers today aren't shit yes they absolutley suck!! but again this is due to the pace of the game being much slower...in order to get those 100 points wilt took 63 shots! you have teams that average 70 fg's a game!!! so unless wilt takes every single shot every possesion its mathmatically impossible!! this is todays nba they will force the ball out of wilts hands guys on the wing are much quicker in todays game wilt didnt have to deal with that kind of speed on a double team in the 60's
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
...jordan earned alot of his calls...that shit was good solid contact and thru out mikes 6 championship runs he's never shot more than about 8 free throws per game!! thats nothing like dirk nowitzki shooting like 25 freethrows in a final!! the 90's allowed much more contact than this pussy 2000 era..malone would literally knock ppl out swinging elbows after a rebound..barkley as well they where known for this shit lol you swing an elbow today its a 100,000$ fine +10 day suspension
youz1uglybish 6 months ago
and i love how when ppl speak on wilt they are very quick to point out his 50 ppg season!! but nobody ever says anything about him shooting dam near 40 shots per game to keep that average alive..you'd be hard pressed to find a game where jordan took that many shots much less do it over an entire season thats ball hogging at its absolute finest!! 40 fg's and 17 free throw attempts later and you have a 50 ppg season mathmatically that is pretty near impossible in the 90s or today for that matter
youz1uglybish 6 months ago