When Wilt came out of that game 7, he actually had a torn ACL...and people questioned him. In this era, bitches like Paul Pierce go out on wheelchairs after minor tweaks and get called heroes. Wilt tears a fucking ACL and walks his own ass to the bench and he got called out.
Wilt on the other hand wont stop talkin about how he is better than people he hasnt played against.. or talkin about how he could have scored 100 points many times.. ok bitch than why is your avg only 30?? so you tellin me you can triple and a third your avg anytime you want????? Michael is not only all around better but is also a better sportsman and is far more humble which counts towards best in my book
@TheOriginalGrownB He said he could score a hundred a number of other times, so say that means three. That isnt saying anytime he wants. and hes just blunt.. tells it how it is. and yes he isnt very humble but neither is Jordan look at the title "Greatest". Theyre both some of the greatest players to ever step on a court.
@iTuffLove you say NEITHER is Jordan.. but that isnt true... Jordan was asked his feelings about being the greatest of all time.. and his response was.. its not fair to call me the greatest because i wasnt around to play against some of the greatest of all time.. Wilt chamberlain almost mocks some of his fellow great players i just dont like it and i think attitude counts towards being the best.. not just. being oddly 7 ft 300 pounds for your era
@CoolerKing37 when asked about being the best player of all time he said " i dont like to have that honor, i never had a chance to play against some of the best "
ALSO, he did not blame his team for not winning some of his championships...... He was the leader of the bulls during the 90's dominance against teams that were much more full in terms of talent distribution.. in chamberlains time yes there were about 15-25 dominant and unstoppable players.. but the rest were rubbish .. in the 90's there were the same ammount of dominance but the rest were great support.. and lets not forget Michael is twice as humble.. he doesnt call himself the best..
IDIOTS.. your all fouls..... SCORING AND REBOUNDING ARE PERHAPS 20% at best in terms of being a great basketball player... wilt chamberlain was able to score 50 points a game in a season... and over 60 several times.. why the hell is his career avg 30??.. yet still he is perhaps the most dominant and best scorer.. does that mean he is the best player.. HELL THE FUCK NAW.. Michael jordan is the all time best player simply because he can do ANYTHING on the court.. continuing
You are a nitwit. Jordan wouldn't even start for a good team in 1960. He traveled, palmed and walked half the time and was NOT a great shooter. Oscar and Jerry would have shut him down. Wilt would have fouled Olajuwon out in the first half. You NEVER saw Wilt play in his prime (1960-67) so shut the f up! Take away jordan's uncontested layups and dunks and he shoots like 30% from the field!
You are a nitwit. Jordan wouldn't even start for a good team in 1960. He traveled, palmed and walked half the time and was NOT a great shooter. Oscar and Jerry would have shut him down. Wilt would have fouled Olajuwon out in the first half. You NEVER saw Wilt play in his prime (1960-67) so shut the f up!
Jordan played in a more watered down league than when Wilt played and when walking and palming were not called as much as it was in Wilt's time. Jordan not a great shooter and would have had many problems being guarded by West, Oscar Havlicek, Sloan and others when Defense was played in the NBA. Getting by them would have also presented a problem, namely, Wilt, Thurmond, Russell, Bellamy, Unseld, Lanier, Kareem etc. Get my point?
@Humes53 ur a complete idiot. jordan would dominate in any era in his prime, so would kobe and shaq. i think olajuwon could easily handle chamberlain and russel.
Man, Jordan would cream this uncoordinated jolly green giant in a game of one-on-one! I remember them telling us back in elementary school that Wilt was supposed to be be good? It looks like he scored so much because everybody else on the court was 5'2". It's not hard to drop a ball in a hole from 2 feet above.Try making a free throw on the other hand.... Oh and fellows, if you think Jordan can't shoot, try watching his 69 point game vs. the Cavs. Or any of his highlight films for that matter.
@asummerends505 Wilt was an incredible athlete and had very advanced post moves for bigs of that time. Not to mention he could handle the ball (averaged 8 assists/game in a season). You those together with his ferociousness and his 7ft1 270 pound frame and you get the best player of his era. And no, not everybody was 5'2. Russell was 6'10, Reed was 6'10, bellamy was 6'11, Thurmond was 6'11. Wilt was not only tall, but also very good and hard working.
@asummerends505 1on1? If you talking Wilt at 36 years old, then it would be competition. Wilt was still block shots le freak. but LOLOL if u think MJ gonna stop THAT post game. He'd be beat down SO fast
The Chamberlain I saw in Philly - MJ wouldn't get a shot off against that man, not in a 1on1 game. You may be sad to find out your guy can't get it done. But it ain't close
Wilt was the GOAT he's still the GOAT n I ain't seen nor heard of anyone that can do what he did to entire other teams
@Legend33Larry If Kevin Love of Minnesota can lead the modern day NBA in rebounding, and drop 20 points per game, I have no doubt, that Wilt Chamberlain would have been just as dominant today. He would destroy these modern day centers. He would lead the current NBA in rebounding, blocked shots, and would have no trouble dropping in 25 to 30 points a night. Do you really think Kevin Love is in his league? I saw Wilt play, and trust me, he was as great as the history books claim.
The game is now slower. In the 60s fans demanded lots of fast breaks. They wanted to see athletes going full tilt all the time. This is why the Celtics were such a great team, their fast break was unbelievable & it never stopped. Right from the inbounds pass they RAN.
By the time Bird & Magic retired, the spectacle of the ABA - showy drives, lots of glitzy players - was in the NBA, & it was entertainment as much as sport.
Now it's 23 second plays & a lot of jogging to 1/2 court set
* In the 60’s/70’s, teams allowed 115 points per game*, not 119 sorry
In those eras, teams took also over 100 shots per game! In the newer era (90’s and 00’s), they took less than 84 shots per game in average! Teams are now way more accurate (about 4-5% better) and more deadly from outside! That’s why teams now use the entire 24 seconds and took perimeter shots!
Now of course D is more sophisticated than it was 40 years ago.
If you can do that against Russell just imagine the rest! Wilt played during an era when basketball was played more for real (defense). Jordan played when bball became more entertainment, a la wrestling!!
In the 60’s/70’s, FG%, FT% was very low (42% on the FG, and 73% on the FT) -» in the 90’s (46% on the FG, and 76% on the FT), but…
In the 60’s/70’s, teams allowed 119 points per game, when the 90’s teams allowed only 101 points per game! Finally, 10 teams in the 90’s allowed less than 100PPG from 1989 to 1999 (no team allowed less than 100PPG in the 60’s or the 70’s!)…
When MJ came in they changed rules of the game to make it easier for the offensive player. When Wilt came in the NBA changed about 5 rules to limit Wilt's dominance. Sixer stat man Harvey Pollack says there were games when Wilt blocked 25 shots! And God knows how many he altered? Wilt was way more of a central figure to the game as a center than Jordan as a guard. Wilt once scored 62 points in a game against Bill Russell and grabbed 55 rebounds against Russell too.
Wilt and Jordan played in two different eras. Wilt first played when there were only eight teams. The eighty best players in the world. MJ would have been lucky to make the squad, bad shooter, walked and palmed the ball all the time. Jordan played in a watered down era where there were like 300 players. MJ didn't have to face good big men like Lanier, Reed, Thurmond, Unseld, Bellamy, Beatty and of course Wilt. If you read the NBA record book, Wilt has half of it, still.
@Humes53 MJ bad shooter? he didn't play against good big man?, he didn't play in an era with handchecking??!?!?, can you please provide proof of all that f***** bullshit you type? Much respect to wilt, Russel and their bloodthirsty era but if wilt could do that against a 6'9 220lb, i really wonder what a 7'1ft 350lb prime shaq would do
@Humes53 I'm the biggest Chamberlain fan of all time.. I get where you are coming from.. but Mike would have adjusted to the different rules of the 60s if he grew up then.
I agree he wasn't the best shooter, his % plummets when you look at his shooting outside the paint, & they had to move the 3pt line in 2 feet so he could get even a good 3pt %. But he would have posed some problems for Oscar, Logo, & all those great 60s guards!!
Flat out would not have drove paint on Wilt, Nate or Russell.
That is why Wilt insisted on playing the full 48 minutes. So no stiff would come in and blow the spread! Jerry West earned the nickname Mr. Clutch. Jordan couldn't shoot like West, a lot of his points were on dunks. They did a stat that showed minus MJ's dunks he shot around 30 some percent! West played in a much tougher era and beats Jordan easily with Oscar for the best two guards ever. Bill Bradley, Maravich and Magic all better than Jordan.
Wilt hit 28 of 32 foul shots the night he scored 100 points. That's 87.5 %. Pretty remarkable for a 50% foul shooter! Someone told me Wilt dumped those foul shots on purpose. Not that he was fixing games (although Wilt did have a man in Vegas who put bets down for him), but that he didn't want the other team to be able to dictate anything with the scoring. Wilt only had someone bet for him to cover the spread never to dump a game or win within the spread. That is why Wilt
They changed the rules of the game for Jordan...no hand checking and other defensive things to make it easier to score. Jordan played in a watered down league compared to Jerry West. They played defense when West played with big dominant centers like Thurmond, Bellamy, Russell, Unseld, Kareem, Wilt etc. West was a way better shooter and defensive player. Jordan walked his ass off
and palmed the ball routinely but today the refs let that go to put points on the board.
It's amazing how dumbed down we are in this era!! Listen to the beautiful articulation of Wilt... The "black " man has fallen far from grace indeed...
@rnvarma Every quarter started with a jump ball. Quite frankly, i never understood the change to today's rule. What the heck does your winning the 1st Qtr jump ball have to do with the start of ANY OTHER quarter? And why do colleges and high schools have that silly alternating possession on held balls? Once again, what does your getting the 1st half jump ball have to do with ANYTHING ELSE? Ridiculous......
Wilt Chamberlain: 1. scored 100 points in a game 2. got 55 rebounds in a game against Bill Russell 3. averaged 37.6, 38.4, 44.8, and 50.4 points in a season 4. most rebounds in a single season and of all time 5. fourth most points of all time 6. 3 top single season and career rebounding averages 7. scored 3,586 and 4,029 points in a season 8. second highest career scoring average by .06 points 9. never fouled out of a game 10. would've had a few triple-double seasons if shot blocks were counted
Jordan played in a watered-down league compared to when Wilt first broke in when there were only 8 team,s and only the top 80 players in the world were in the NBA. The league changed the rules ti make it easier for Jordan, no hand checking, okay to palm the ball, okay to walk etc. The league made rules changes to make it tougher for Wilt, no inbounding over the backboard, no offensive goal tending, widened the lane etc. K.C. Jones has more championships than Wilt too! MJ lousy shooter
Come on, that's not right. Wilt Chamberlain was the most dominant player in basketball history. But Michael Jordan was pretty amazing too. I happen to like em both.
@TheBigAzzTree Who, exactly, would block it? That finger roll worked fine against HoF Cs Thurmond, Russell, Cowens & Kareem. Sure it got blocked sometimes but all moves do - it was one of the deadliest shots ever!
When he started his spin, you didn't know if he was going to drive for a dunk, drop his patented turn around fadeaway, or roll it over your outstretched TOO LATE!! hand
Scola, Bynum, Gasol, Wade, Brand, Jefferson all sometimes use Wilt's finger roll to this day & it still kills!!
@neoaeonian Haha, few month ago Jordan said that he could score 100 points in a game in modern basketball. Wilt said that he could average 70ppg in Jordan era. Guess how many points Wilt would average in modern basketball?
Humes53 60's and 70's had many great basketball players but don't disrespect what the later eras have achieved. On ur comments it appears like ur trying to say that the later eras are trash and nothing compared to the older eras, ur understating them a little bit too much.
I know i haven't watched much of the older eras but i do not disrespect their achievments. Greats will be Greats no matter what era they played in. I wonder if u even like watching NBA nowadays, cuz as i can see, u dont really like the later eras as much as the 60s 70s. BTW ur 58, i wonder why =S
Lol! I have this video in my stash of old NBA videos. NBA centers today are a JOKE. Dwite Howard is a JOKE. Shaq is a JOKE. these guys today could learn a thing or 2 from Russell or Chamberlain.
The NBA would be nowhere today if not for the guys who made it in the early days. West, Oscar, Baylor, Barry, Russell, Monroe, and of course Wilt. Wilt would Average 100 today vs. the rotten centers of today. Wilt had to battle Thurmond 7 foot, Bellamy 7 foot, Kareem 7-3, Reed 6-11, Lanier 6-11, Beatty 7-0 etc. and of couirse Russell.
If the 1968 Sixers of Wilt, Jackson, Cunningham, Greer, Wally Jones and Chet Walker were to play an NBA team today it would be a mismatch. And if they were to play a team like the 2010 Sixers the final score would be something like 185- 50. I am serious. Defense was a big part of the game, along with passing the ball and how to play the game. Today's game is more like out of control street ball. Garbage compared to the 60's, 70's, 80's and even 90's!
There was no ban on international players playing in the 60's, but even with that during most of Wilt's career there were only 8, 12 then 16 then 20 teams. Much less watered down than today's game. Today's game is a bit like wrestling where each side LETS the other shine. Walking is permitted, just look at Lebron on a drive, palming the bball (turning it over while dribbling etc). The skills of a Maravich, Bing, Barry, Hayes, Oscar, Elgin, Monroe, they are just not there.
Reed, Bellamy, Thurmond were all 7 feet and Jabbar was 7' 4" and others were almost as big as Wilt . It wasn't Wilt's size you morons it was his athletic ability, he had a 36 inch vertical leap. Shaq can't get his tootsies off the ground the fat beast.
Wilt would have fouled Olajuwon and Shaq out in the first half. Wilt was a dynamo and averaged 50 points a game. Not Wilt's fault that Russell was skinny and short.
not the two inch cushion models of today. They had to travel at times by bus, not jets. They played on hard floors, not the trampoline floors of today. Lousy locker rooms and hotel accomodations. First team of Wilt, Oscar, West, Baylor and Rick Barry beats anyone. Even second team of Jabbar, Magic, Bing, Bird and Erving beats your guys. Even my third team of Lanier, Frazier, Earl Monroe, Gus Johnson and Spencer Haywood beats Jordan 's team.
@Humes53 ur point about the watered down teams is quite valid but i still think that you do have to acknowledge that
1) although this doesn't cover for 230 of the 330, international influence does change things quite a bit, so it's not top 330 of north america but 330 of the world (speaking in general terms)
2) the nba has gained more popularity now (compared to 50 years ago) and they probably scout through more people than they did back then, so it's the top 330 out of millions of people not just top 100 of thousands (the numbers may be off)
Statistics tell you that 30 plus teams is watered down compared to 8 or 12. Half of those guys playing with Jordan should be working at Pathmark. Sure there were good player but what about the rest of the 330? Are you blaming for being muscular and weighing what he did? How about giving Wilt some credit. Players may have been more athletic but they did have the skills of ball handling, passing and rebounding like they did in the 60's and 70's. Those player played with converse sneakers,
@Humes53 Im not taking anything away from Wilt the Legend but its unbelievable for anyone to deny the impact that the later generations have had on the game too. Anyways I recognize when I cant win an argument so Im done. And its not because I believe your right either. I enjoy all eras of basketball so I believe the legends could be great in any era.
@Humes53 No Reed is listed 6' 9" maybe 6' 10". And you didnt adress the huge weight difference which Bill Russell admitted was a huge problem in defending him. Anyone who has played ball would tell you its a huge factor in positioning in the post. I still dont know how you can say Jordan's era is watered down with the players I listed too. Wilt admitted the big men in the 80s/90s were more athletic.
Yes Jordan played in a watered down league of over 30 teams! Wilt played against the top 80 pros in the world, Jordan the top 330! Jordan played whjere entertainment replaced athletics because of the huge money involved. MJ wouldn't have been half as good had he played in the 1960's when bbball was real every night. Best guards of alltime are West and Oscar. Then Magic. Maravich and Dave Bing, then maybe Jordan! Maybe not you got Frazier and Monroe!
sailbec you are all wrong brother. Willis Reed was 7 foot, Walt Bellamy was 7 foot, Bob Lanier was 6 foot 11, Kareem was taller than Wilt, Russell was shorter but many consider to be the best defensive player of all time and Wilt toyed with him. Nate Thurmond was 6 foot eleven, close to 7 feet. There were only eight teams in the NBA when Wilt broke in so he had to face one of these guys every night. Shaq is a fat slob who Wilt would have fouled out in the first quarter.
@Humes53 To say Jordan played in a watered down league? He played in one of greatest eras of centers and he had no big man. Bill Wennington? Bill Cartwight? Will Perdue? And depth? Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Bird, Robinson, Ewing, Olajuwan, Wilkens, Shaq, Magic, Pippen, Mourning, Motumbo, Drexler, Thomas, Dumars, Mchale, Kemp, Miller. Thats pretty deep.Wilt will remain one of the greatest ever but I wouldnt shoot down everyone who followed. The greats should all be appreciated and enjoyed.
Hey huggy. They didn't HAVE to make Wilt look better than he was. Wilt did that himself by scoring 100 points in a game and AVERAGING 50 points a game. You dummy they didn't have ESPN back in the 60's or 70's. Wilt sometimes blocked 25 shots in a game! He even led the league one year in assists. Wilt was bigger than the game and often toyed with it. Jordan not as good as West, Oscar or even Magic. Jordan played in a more watered down NBA. Only eight NBA teams when Wilt came in.
@Humes53 I think it is ignorant to assume Wilt is the end all be all of great NBA players. Yes he put up incredible stats BUT he had 3 inchs 50lbs on Russell. 4 inchs and 30 lbs on Reed. He didnt have a physical equal. Kareem gave him a run because he matched him in height and talent later in his career yet Wilt still had +50lbs. Shaq was very similar and they had to change rules against him too because he was so unique, so huge. Imagine him in Wilt's time. Or Olajuwan.
Correctamundo lagrimasnegras88, Wilt also said that they didn't have ESPN when he played, but that when Jordan went for a steal and didn't get it, and his man made the open jumper, ESPN wouldn't show that. But when Jordan went for the steal and got it and went down and slammed dunked, they would show that on the highlights. Biased reporting making Jordan look like he was better than what he was. Absolutely NO comparison between these two. Kareem probably closest to Wilt as a real force.
@Humes53 Oh they would not show Wilt failing to make key shots during a playoff game. They try to make every athlete look better than they are because they mostly show when they succeed. No Duh
For those of you who don't know who Harvey Pollack is, he is the only person to have worked in the NBA since its inaugural season which was 1946-1947, so I would definitely believe what he said which is what I posted because he's been keeping statistics since the beginning of the NBA and has seen every great player play up until this point. He also states that WIlt Chamberlain is the greatest player that he's ever seen play
I agree. Pollack was a very credible statistician, and given how much he saw Wilt play, and understood his impact, his views carry a lot of weight with me.
Then Wilt said, Jordan doesn't take any shots from seven feet in, all of those shots are drives to the basket. He doesn't take five or six footers. He goes right to the hoop. I tried 20 more games and ended up looking at the entire season and got the same results. Wilt's analysis held up.Wilt was a student of the game. People don't know that. He knew everything that was going on.
Hume53 is right, Jordan was not a very good shooter and I can back that claim with what Harvey Pollack who is the 76ers Director of Statistical Information said. "So, during the height of Michael's career, I got the play-by-play of the first 20 Bulls games and I checked the distance of every shot Jordan took during the season and sure enough, he was shooting under 40 percent from 15 feet back.
Talent-wise no comparison between Wilt and Russell. Russell had a better cast to work with. Wilt lost those 7th games by a few points to Russell, but if you put Russell on the old Phila Warriors and Wilt on Boston the games would not have even been close! Wilt once grabbed 55 rebounds in a single playoff game against Russell (NBA record), and still owns more than half of all NBA records. Russell doesn't own ONE ! Wilt, the greatest of all time and always will be. Wilt AVERAGE 100 today!
Those guys also played in a watered down league. When you play against crap you look better. MJ played ALL of his career when handchecking was illegal, it began it 1994. They also let walking and palming go. MJ's layups and dunks would have been challenged by all of those centers from then and he would have had to face a different every night before expansion ruined the league. MJ not a good shooter, unlike West or Oscar, and probably would not have even started for an NBA team in 1965.
Bottom line: When Wilt came into the league they made the game harder, when MJ came in they made the game easier. They widened the lane on Wilt, outlawed offensive goal tending, eliminated inbounding the ball under your own basket by throwing the ball over top of the backboard (legit before Wilt came in).
Yes Thurmond, Kareem, Hayes, Lanier, Reed, Russell, and Bellamy were better definsively than Hakeem, Robinson and Mutumbo. Wilt would have fouled all of them out in the 1st Quarter.
. Hand checking was eliminated in 1994. Using the forearm to defend players facing the basket went away in 1997.
So Wilt played in an era when defense was much tougher, talent was far better, no 3 point shot, traveling was enforced as was palming and hand checking was legal. Best two guards of all-time, West And Oscar. The there was Magic and Maravich, Bing, Monroe, Gervin, Fazier, walter Davis, Charlie Scott. MJ is somewhere in the mix but not top 3 or 4. He played in a watered down era.
So, even if handchecking and using the forearm were made illegal at those dates, MJ still played the majority of his career when that kind of physicality was legal. Even the penalties for flagrant fouls and fighting came in about midway through Jordan's career, before which he was still a dominant scorer. His production did not drastically increase after those penalties were put into the game.
You my boy (and by the way youth is no excuse for ignorance) should check your facts before blowing off at the mouth. Wilt used to wear rubber bands on his wrist in case his socks lost their elasticity. Bottom line: MJ couldn't carry Wilt's rubber bands!!!
Since 1990, the NBA has instituted a series of rules changes to increase the offensive player's flow and make physical play costly. First came increased penalties for flagrant fouls (1990) and fighting (1993),
invent other ways to make it easier to score. Also the three point shot was made legal. Jordan would have been an average player had he played in 1965. His uncontested layups and dunks would have been challenged by Bill Russell, Nate Thurmond, Walt Bellamy, Wilt of course, Elvin Hayes, Bob Lanier and Willis Reed. All 7 footers with agility. Today's NBA is sad, a far cry from the likes of Maravich, Wilt, West, Baylor, Barry, Bradley, Frazier, Monroe, Oscar and many others.
The 90's were perhaps not as tough as the 80's or 60's, but to say that the centers of the 60's and would be comfortably better defenders and shot-blockers than the likes of Hakeem, Robinson, Ewing, Mutumbo, Mourning etc is a bit of a stretch. And its not like Jordan didn't face physical big men . just look at the series' against the Pistons and Knicks
And I doubt that MJ's layups would have been challenged by Hayes or Lanier in 65 seeing as neither of them were in the NBA at that point
You are sadly mistaken son. Handchecking was eliminated in 1994 so Jordan got full advantage of it. Jordan played in a watered down era with many more teams than they had in the 1960's. This waters down the product, just like a drink. By the time Jordan played in the ENTERTAINMENT era, they let walking go, palming the ball and other things to increase offensive production. Why? Because the talent was so down compared to what the NBA once was that they had to
Most games with 50+ points, 118; Most consecutive games with 40+ points, 14; Most consecutive games with 30+ points: 65; Most consecutive games with 20+ points: 126; Highest rookie scoring average: 37.6 ppg; Highest field goal percentage in a season: .727.
The NBA literally changed the game because of Wilt. In other words they said Wilt you have ruined our game as it is so now we have invented a new game with different rules. For Jordan they did the opposite!
Wrong those players like Russell and Bob Petit played BEFORE Wilt came into the league, the others played DURING Wilt's time and Jabbar came later. The league also banned guiding the ball in and other changes to help limit Wilt's offensive prowess.
I guess if you consider 33 teams compared to 12 teams in a league watered down? Wilt played when fewer spots were available in the NBA so therefore only the best 120 or so made the NBA. Today with 33 or so teams it's the top 330 or so, so yeah very much WATERED DOWN! Another difference, when Wilt came in, the league made the rules tougher for Wilt like widening the lanes etc. For Jordan they made the game easier like walking, carrying the ball and no hand checking the opponent.
Well actually they disallowed hand checking AFTER Jordan retired. They did this after the 2000 finals to make it easier for offensive players to score. So, really, they didn't make the game easier for Jordan, they made the game easier after Jordan retired in order to emulate the level of offense displayed during Jordan's era.
Get your facts straight before making these claims
Wilt agrees with my top 5 starters of all-time. Oscar and Jerry West at guard, Baylor and Rick Barry at forward and of course the "Dipper" at center. Sorry MJ but you played in a more watered down era. Your layups and dunks just wouldn't flush against Thurmond, Bellamy, Unseld, Lanier, Jabbar, Reed, Beatty, Russell and of course Wilt!
You would have to be a serious 60's homer to downplay the achievements of Michael Jordan like that. And yep, this was made before MJ played, so you can't really validate it by saying Wilt 'agrees' with you.
And to respond to your other claim that the league in the 90's was 'watered down', it was mainly due to the increased popularity of the NBA that triggered team expansions.
If you put Wilt on those Celtic teams from '60 to '64 and Russell on the Phila Warriors the games wouldn't have even been close. The Celts simply had better personnel. Russell had no offensive skills but was a very good defensive player. Of course it was still candy from a baby when Wilt played Russell. Wilt is in a class by himself. Jordan couldn't carry Wilt's rubber bands! Wilt AVERAGED 50 points a game one year. You score 30 points one night you have to score 70 to maintain average.
Bill Russell 11 NBA Titles. 2 as PLAYER COACH...2 NCAA National championships 55 straight wins at U.S.F.and Center on the U.S.A.1956 Gold winning Olympics team. It took Bill Sharman a former Celtics great and a Hall of Famer to teach the meaning of TEAMWORK so the Lakers could win those 33 straight games. Russell was about WINNING and the Celtics NEVER won a championship until they got BILL RUSSELL.Chamberlain won his rings when he played Russell type basket ball DEFENSE and TEAMWORK!!!!
Are u kidding? In today's watered down NBA Wilt would probably double those stats. The centers in today's game suck compared to Russell, Thurmond, Bellamy, Reed, Lanier, Jabbar etyc. Wilt had to face one of them almost every night. Would could "AVERAGE" one hundred in today's WATERED DOWN NBA with nearly 40 teams! Go back to sleep son!
@Humes53 amen, Wilt is the greatest basketball player of all time, and the most dominant player in any sport, bird and magic are also better than jordan
@Humes53 Yes...Wilt is the All-Time NBA Center..I love his answer to Tom "Terrific" Seaver's Question "And who is your Center" Wilt replies "Your sitting next to him brother!"...Classic
@Humes53 Yes...Wilt is the All-Time NBA Center..I love his answer to Tom "Terrific" Seaver's Question "And who is your Center" Wilt reply "Your sitting next to him brother!"....Classic
@Humes53 - 100% agree - if someone came along now or in the 80s-90s NBA and put up Wilt's numbers - well that is exactly what Wilt did in the 60s - it was as mind-bending to the people of his time as it would be to us today - instead of shrinking WIlt into the present put the present players into his time and realise how tiny they would have been compared to him - Jerry West said it best : Wilt was a man for all ages - put MJ into 432AD and he'd be a child - Shaq would just be a dufus in any age
@Humes53 Scoring Records: MJ 24 (#1 all-time), Wilt 18 MJ: highest career scoring avg 30.12 MJ: highest playoffs career scoring avg 33.4 MJ: highest Finals career scoring avg 33.6 (min 15 games) MJ: highest single season playoff avg 43.7 MJ: highest single series Finals avg 41.0 MJ: most seasons leading the league in scoring 10 MJ: highest scoring game in playoffs 63 MJ: first player to lead league in both scoring and steals MJ: first player to get 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season ...
3. He's #4 on the All Time Triple Doubles list - as a Center!! {Shaq has like 2}
4. Greatest TD in history 25 points, 22 rebounds, & 21 assists against Bing, DeBusschere, Van Arsdale, Fox, & Happy Hairston's Pistons
5. Longest continuous streak of double-doubles: Chamberlain holds the record with 227 consecutive double-doubles from 1964 to 1967.[Also holds the second & third longest streaks with 220 and 133.
No he didnt...If that were true he would have had to sleep with on average one woman EVERY DAY for almost 55 years straight. Even if it were 5 per day EVERY DAY it would take almost 11 years. The possibility might be there (VERY slim chance) but Wilt Chamberlain didnt lead the type of life (considering his profession) that would allow him to have time to sleep with 20,000 women. 2,000 would be probable, even 5,000 possible (still a stretch) but 20,000 no way.
maybe he had threesomes and slept with a woman before a game or after..depending on whether it was a day or night game. no wonder he was so athletic...da guy screwed 20000 women.... LOL
actually because of the interbreeding of the whitemasters&black women, since the white masters owns them thus quite reasonable to believe that most american black aren't really tht black, american black generally have a higher IQ than real africans because of the white gene in them.
Wilt was listed at 300 lbs at the end of his career, but it just doesn't look that way to me. He certainly bulked up by the early '70s, but he is still very lean, esp. in his legs.
He was 300lbs of upper body, WIlt was muscular that's why,he looked like 270, but he was over 300,Wilt himself said that he weighed 310 and 315,he had muscular arms.
Someone is not telling the truth here. Eddie Curry of the Knicks is listed as 6'11, 285lbs. He is noticeably wider than Wilt. Dwight Howard, who has the most Wil-like physique among active players, is 6'11, 240lbs. No way Wilt weighed 60lbs more than Howard. Jason Collins is,again, noticeably wider than Wilt and he is 7'0", 255 lbs.
Looks mean nothing, I'm wider than people who weigh just as much as me.Muscle weighs more than fat.WIlt was lifting some serious weights.WIlt was 270 or 275 as a rookie,he bulked up considerably.Those players you mention except for Howard aren't muscular and are just chubby.Dwight Howard is actually 265.Howard wasn't as strong as Wilt,he's also wider than Wilt,but weighs less, ,wideness and weight are 2 different things.WHat it looks like and what he actually weighs are 2 different things
@tuzwol Dwight Howard's draft measurements also show he's only 6' 9.75" barefoot. Wilt is a legit 7' 1.025" barefoot. When all else is equal, if you increase height then mass becomes cubed. (10 percent increase in height = 30 percent increase in mass). Hence, Wilt weighs more than D Howard even as a scrawny college player. Wilt is also about .5-.75" taller than Shaq (barefoot). I'd imagine LA Shaq is the only athletic center who has ever surpassed, much less come close, to the 1970's Wilt.
@ddenuci Wilt was measured barefoot to 7' 1-1/16th inches and weighed in at "skinny" 275 coming into the varsity team of the Kansas Jayhawks. This was his listed measurements for the rest of his career. In 1963-64 season he enters the season at 292lbs. He looks skinnier than a modern player when he was 292, but the numbers are true. It is visually deceptive to us because NBA players today are NOT as tall as he was. IE He was over 7' 1" barefoot vs Dwight Howard who is only 6' 9.75" barefoot.
@lbj6mj23 Your right haha. I'm only trying to explain Wilt's size :) Not knowing that there was once barefoot height measurements of old NBA players really skews our perception of them. Barefoot heights back to the 60's haven't changed yet list heights have. Most players 2day are bulkier from weights, but they aren't any taller. The 40's meat and potato nutrition wasn't half bad lol. Wilt was actually one of the biggest players to ever play, and some of his nimble movements also bely his size
Oh and for the heck of it I did find out 4 seasons of Wilt's weights, he did indeed reach over 300lbs. So without further adue, as a rookie in 1960 his draft weight was 275. He was one of few players who lifted weights back then and 1964 SFwarriors weigh him at 292lbs. In 1967 he was a hulking 305lbs, and by 1969 Lakers measure him at a trim 315! But then he slowly accumulates a small gut into the 70's (nothing like how fat Shaq got though). By '73 I'd guess he ends his 13th season at 325-330.
@lbj6mj23 He's probably the most spectacular NBA specimen to ever lace up a pair of shoes. Footage of him as a Jayhawk, and the rare clips of him as a Philly Warrior show stupid quickness and agility, I've never seen anyone that size move like him. Wilt was a phenomenal athlete, here's some track PR's from Kansas and Overbrook I found: 100(10.9), high jump(6' 6.75"), long jump(23'), triple jump(49.9 feet) 1/4mile(49.0), 1/2mile(1:58.3). shot-put (56'). Google image search Wilt Shot Put
Wilt@K: At that time when he made the remark (1974?), West & Robertson were everyone's choice (although Cousy should deserves consideration. Baylor also is a no-brainer. But it's interesting he chose Barry over Pettit. Of course, Wilt faced the SF Warriors in the '67 finals, and Barry scored a ton of points, so that might have something to do with it.
When Wilt came out of that game 7, he actually had a torn ACL...and people questioned him. In this era, bitches like Paul Pierce go out on wheelchairs after minor tweaks and get called heroes. Wilt tears a fucking ACL and walks his own ass to the bench and he got called out.
antoniorossiz 1 week ago
@EAchankre Robertson? The Big O? There has to be another to take his spot.
MrHooopes 1 month ago
All time team is Chamberlain, Bird, Robertson, Jordan, Magic
EAchankre 1 month ago
Wilt on the other hand wont stop talkin about how he is better than people he hasnt played against.. or talkin about how he could have scored 100 points many times.. ok bitch than why is your avg only 30?? so you tellin me you can triple and a third your avg anytime you want????? Michael is not only all around better but is also a better sportsman and is far more humble which counts towards best in my book
TheOriginalGrownB 3 months ago
@TheOriginalGrownB He said he could score a hundred a number of other times, so say that means three. That isnt saying anytime he wants. and hes just blunt.. tells it how it is. and yes he isnt very humble but neither is Jordan look at the title "Greatest". Theyre both some of the greatest players to ever step on a court.
iTuffLove 2 months ago
@iTuffLove you say NEITHER is Jordan.. but that isnt true... Jordan was asked his feelings about being the greatest of all time.. and his response was.. its not fair to call me the greatest because i wasnt around to play against some of the greatest of all time.. Wilt chamberlain almost mocks some of his fellow great players i just dont like it and i think attitude counts towards being the best.. not just. being oddly 7 ft 300 pounds for your era
TheOriginalGrownB 2 months ago
@TheOriginalGrownB Since when the fuck has Michael Jordan EVER been humble? That guy talks more shit than any retired athlete alive.
CoolerKing37 2 weeks ago
@CoolerKing37 when asked about being the best player of all time he said " i dont like to have that honor, i never had a chance to play against some of the best "
TheOriginalGrownB 2 weeks ago
ALSO, he did not blame his team for not winning some of his championships...... He was the leader of the bulls during the 90's dominance against teams that were much more full in terms of talent distribution.. in chamberlains time yes there were about 15-25 dominant and unstoppable players.. but the rest were rubbish .. in the 90's there were the same ammount of dominance but the rest were great support.. and lets not forget Michael is twice as humble.. he doesnt call himself the best..
TheOriginalGrownB 3 months ago
IDIOTS.. your all fouls..... SCORING AND REBOUNDING ARE PERHAPS 20% at best in terms of being a great basketball player... wilt chamberlain was able to score 50 points a game in a season... and over 60 several times.. why the hell is his career avg 30??.. yet still he is perhaps the most dominant and best scorer.. does that mean he is the best player.. HELL THE FUCK NAW.. Michael jordan is the all time best player simply because he can do ANYTHING on the court.. continuing
TheOriginalGrownB 3 months ago
all time team
pg john stockton
sg oscar roberson
sf scottie pippen
pf hakeem olajawon
c wilt chamerlain
whose scoring lol. with unselfish players
TheApologetist 3 months ago
The only people who bash Chamberlain
A) they never saw him play
B) they are from Boston
C) they were on the other team
stere0brain 5 months ago
You are a nitwit. Jordan wouldn't even start for a good team in 1960. He traveled, palmed and walked half the time and was NOT a great shooter. Oscar and Jerry would have shut him down. Wilt would have fouled Olajuwon out in the first half. You NEVER saw Wilt play in his prime (1960-67) so shut the f up! Take away jordan's uncontested layups and dunks and he shoots like 30% from the field!
Humes53 6 months ago
You are a nitwit. Jordan wouldn't even start for a good team in 1960. He traveled, palmed and walked half the time and was NOT a great shooter. Oscar and Jerry would have shut him down. Wilt would have fouled Olajuwon out in the first half. You NEVER saw Wilt play in his prime (1960-67) so shut the f up!
Humes53 6 months ago
Jordan played in a more watered down league than when Wilt played and when walking and palming were not called as much as it was in Wilt's time. Jordan not a great shooter and would have had many problems being guarded by West, Oscar Havlicek, Sloan and others when Defense was played in the NBA. Getting by them would have also presented a problem, namely, Wilt, Thurmond, Russell, Bellamy, Unseld, Lanier, Kareem etc. Get my point?
Humes53 7 months ago
@Humes53 Jordan not a great shooter ???! YOUR THE MOST RETARTED ASS DUMB PIECE OF SHIT !!
Jett16Stylez 7 months ago
@Humes53 ur a complete idiot. jordan would dominate in any era in his prime, so would kobe and shaq. i think olajuwon could easily handle chamberlain and russel.
xKingNicKx2455 7 months ago
i don't know what is more impressive the points wilt chamberlain scored or the number of bitch's he fucked LOL.
Flash4Life123 8 months ago
Man, Jordan would cream this uncoordinated jolly green giant in a game of one-on-one! I remember them telling us back in elementary school that Wilt was supposed to be be good? It looks like he scored so much because everybody else on the court was 5'2". It's not hard to drop a ball in a hole from 2 feet above.Try making a free throw on the other hand.... Oh and fellows, if you think Jordan can't shoot, try watching his 69 point game vs. the Cavs. Or any of his highlight films for that matter.
asummerends505 8 months ago
@asummerends505 Wilt was an incredible athlete and had very advanced post moves for bigs of that time. Not to mention he could handle the ball (averaged 8 assists/game in a season). You those together with his ferociousness and his 7ft1 270 pound frame and you get the best player of his era. And no, not everybody was 5'2. Russell was 6'10, Reed was 6'10, bellamy was 6'11, Thurmond was 6'11. Wilt was not only tall, but also very good and hard working.
dmacid 6 months ago
@asummerends505 1on1? If you talking Wilt at 36 years old, then it would be competition. Wilt was still block shots le freak. but LOLOL if u think MJ gonna stop THAT post game. He'd be beat down SO fast
The Chamberlain I saw in Philly - MJ wouldn't get a shot off against that man, not in a 1on1 game. You may be sad to find out your guy can't get it done. But it ain't close
Wilt was the GOAT he's still the GOAT n I ain't seen nor heard of anyone that can do what he did to entire other teams
stere0brain 5 months ago
Wilt's my #5 greatest player in NBA history. What a superb athlete.
pnutbutrncrackers 9 months ago
Makes you wish you could see these games complete.
Or could've been there in person. We were all born too late, guys.
darastarscream 9 months ago
Finally, More rebounds per game -» inflate Wilt NUMBERS's (about 35% more in the Chamberlain’s era to Michael Jordan’s era)!
Legend33Larry 10 months ago
@Legend33Larry If Kevin Love of Minnesota can lead the modern day NBA in rebounding, and drop 20 points per game, I have no doubt, that Wilt Chamberlain would have been just as dominant today. He would destroy these modern day centers. He would lead the current NBA in rebounding, blocked shots, and would have no trouble dropping in 25 to 30 points a night. Do you really think Kevin Love is in his league? I saw Wilt play, and trust me, he was as great as the history books claim.
tank3ful 8 months ago
The game is now slower. In the 60s fans demanded lots of fast breaks. They wanted to see athletes going full tilt all the time. This is why the Celtics were such a great team, their fast break was unbelievable & it never stopped. Right from the inbounds pass they RAN.
By the time Bird & Magic retired, the spectacle of the ABA - showy drives, lots of glitzy players - was in the NBA, & it was entertainment as much as sport.
Now it's 23 second plays & a lot of jogging to 1/2 court set
Legend33Larry 10 months ago
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Legend33Larry 10 months ago
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* In the 60’s/70’s, teams allowed 115 points per game*, not 119 sorry
In those eras, teams took also over 100 shots per game! In the newer era (90’s and 00’s), they took less than 84 shots per game in average! Teams are now way more accurate (about 4-5% better) and more deadly from outside! That’s why teams now use the entire 24 seconds and took perimeter shots!
Now of course D is more sophisticated than it was 40 years ago.
Legend33Larry 10 months ago
Michael Jordan is nothing compared to Wilt Chamberland
SIMMISILO18 10 months ago
If you can do that against Russell just imagine the rest! Wilt played during an era when basketball was played more for real (defense). Jordan played when bball became more entertainment, a la wrestling!!
Humes53 11 months ago
@Humes53
I will compare 60’s/70’s with 90’s:
In the 60’s/70’s, FG%, FT% was very low (42% on the FG, and 73% on the FT) -» in the 90’s (46% on the FG, and 76% on the FT), but…
In the 60’s/70’s, teams allowed 119 points per game, when the 90’s teams allowed only 101 points per game! Finally, 10 teams in the 90’s allowed less than 100PPG from 1989 to 1999 (no team allowed less than 100PPG in the 60’s or the 70’s!)…
Legend33Larry 10 months ago
When MJ came in they changed rules of the game to make it easier for the offensive player. When Wilt came in the NBA changed about 5 rules to limit Wilt's dominance. Sixer stat man Harvey Pollack says there were games when Wilt blocked 25 shots! And God knows how many he altered? Wilt was way more of a central figure to the game as a center than Jordan as a guard. Wilt once scored 62 points in a game against Bill Russell and grabbed 55 rebounds against Russell too.
Humes53 11 months ago
Wilt and Jordan played in two different eras. Wilt first played when there were only eight teams. The eighty best players in the world. MJ would have been lucky to make the squad, bad shooter, walked and palmed the ball all the time. Jordan played in a watered down era where there were like 300 players. MJ didn't have to face good big men like Lanier, Reed, Thurmond, Unseld, Bellamy, Beatty and of course Wilt. If you read the NBA record book, Wilt has half of it, still.
Humes53 11 months ago
@Humes53 MJ bad shooter? he didn't play against good big man?, he didn't play in an era with handchecking??!?!?, can you please provide proof of all that f***** bullshit you type? Much respect to wilt, Russel and their bloodthirsty era but if wilt could do that against a 6'9 220lb, i really wonder what a 7'1ft 350lb prime shaq would do
Mike1245690 10 months ago
@Humes53 I'm the biggest Chamberlain fan of all time.. I get where you are coming from.. but Mike would have adjusted to the different rules of the 60s if he grew up then.
I agree he wasn't the best shooter, his % plummets when you look at his shooting outside the paint, & they had to move the 3pt line in 2 feet so he could get even a good 3pt %. But he would have posed some problems for Oscar, Logo, & all those great 60s guards!!
Flat out would not have drove paint on Wilt, Nate or Russell.
stere0brain 10 months ago
That is why Wilt insisted on playing the full 48 minutes. So no stiff would come in and blow the spread! Jerry West earned the nickname Mr. Clutch. Jordan couldn't shoot like West, a lot of his points were on dunks. They did a stat that showed minus MJ's dunks he shot around 30 some percent! West played in a much tougher era and beats Jordan easily with Oscar for the best two guards ever. Bill Bradley, Maravich and Magic all better than Jordan.
Humes53 11 months ago
Wilt hit 28 of 32 foul shots the night he scored 100 points. That's 87.5 %. Pretty remarkable for a 50% foul shooter! Someone told me Wilt dumped those foul shots on purpose. Not that he was fixing games (although Wilt did have a man in Vegas who put bets down for him), but that he didn't want the other team to be able to dictate anything with the scoring. Wilt only had someone bet for him to cover the spread never to dump a game or win within the spread. That is why Wilt
iinsisted...
Humes53 11 months ago
They changed the rules of the game for Jordan...no hand checking and other defensive things to make it easier to score. Jordan played in a watered down league compared to Jerry West. They played defense when West played with big dominant centers like Thurmond, Bellamy, Russell, Unseld, Kareem, Wilt etc. West was a way better shooter and defensive player. Jordan walked his ass off
and palmed the ball routinely but today the refs let that go to put points on the board.
Humes53 11 months ago
It's amazing how dumbed down we are in this era!! Listen to the beautiful articulation of Wilt... The "black " man has fallen far from grace indeed...
abaccuscount 1 year ago 2
Why did they start the fourth quarter with a tip-off?
rnvarma 1 year ago
@rnvarma Every quarter started with a jump ball. Quite frankly, i never understood the change to today's rule. What the heck does your winning the 1st Qtr jump ball have to do with the start of ANY OTHER quarter? And why do colleges and high schools have that silly alternating possession on held balls? Once again, what does your getting the 1st half jump ball have to do with ANYTHING ELSE? Ridiculous......
amd77j 1 year ago 10
bigmoney749 1 year ago 2
Best team all-time...like Wilt said...West, Oscar, Wilt, Barry and Baylor. Wilt averaged over 50 points a game. Best MJ ever did was in the 30's.
Humes53 1 year ago
Jordan played in a watered-down league compared to when Wilt first broke in when there were only 8 team,s and only the top 80 players in the world were in the NBA. The league changed the rules ti make it easier for Jordan, no hand checking, okay to palm the ball, okay to walk etc. The league made rules changes to make it tougher for Wilt, no inbounding over the backboard, no offensive goal tending, widened the lane etc. K.C. Jones has more championships than Wilt too! MJ lousy shooter
Humes53 1 year ago
Wilt still is the best center of all time. I think at the moment the All-Time Team would be:
PG Oscar Robertson
SG Michael Jordan
SF Larry Bird
PF Tim Duncan
C Wilt Chamberlain
Not sure about PG and PF though.
TheSleepaholic 1 year ago
Great series of videos-thanks for posting!
hawkeyepierce123 1 year ago
Anyone know when this special was filmed? What year?
Sage80 1 year ago
4:36 = pure gold
Sage80 1 year ago
To be honest, Russell was right. Nothing shouldve kept Wilt out of a Finals game 7 but a decapitated leg.
Sage80 1 year ago
he mention RICK BARRY never forget that ladies and gentlemen.... NICE
RICK24BARRY 1 year ago
I am glad you enjoyed our old show!
SteveRotfeldProd 1 year ago
Re: Michael who?
Come on, that's not right. Wilt Chamberlain was the most dominant player in basketball history. But Michael Jordan was pretty amazing too. I happen to like em both.
neoaeonian 1 year ago 20
@neoaeonian - same here. Wilt was a man for all ages. Jordan was a guard for all ages.
NBAGOATS 1 year ago
@neoaeonian @Humes53 Wilt was nothing he was just big all those ugly finger rolls would have been rejected if he played today
TheBigAzzTree 10 months ago
@TheBigAzzTree Who, exactly, would block it? That finger roll worked fine against HoF Cs Thurmond, Russell, Cowens & Kareem. Sure it got blocked sometimes but all moves do - it was one of the deadliest shots ever!
When he started his spin, you didn't know if he was going to drive for a dunk, drop his patented turn around fadeaway, or roll it over your outstretched TOO LATE!! hand
Scola, Bynum, Gasol, Wade, Brand, Jefferson all sometimes use Wilt's finger roll to this day & it still kills!!
stere0brain 10 months ago
@TheBigAzzTree This guy was same size as Bynum & Shaq....... watch them and you will see they were all of them "just big"
stere0brain 10 months ago
@neoaeonian Haha, few month ago Jordan said that he could score 100 points in a game in modern basketball. Wilt said that he could average 70ppg in Jordan era. Guess how many points Wilt would average in modern basketball?
LazgomaN1 10 months ago
Humes53 60's and 70's had many great basketball players but don't disrespect what the later eras have achieved. On ur comments it appears like ur trying to say that the later eras are trash and nothing compared to the older eras, ur understating them a little bit too much.
StaticLandMine 1 year ago
I know i haven't watched much of the older eras but i do not disrespect their achievments. Greats will be Greats no matter what era they played in. I wonder if u even like watching NBA nowadays, cuz as i can see, u dont really like the later eras as much as the 60s 70s. BTW ur 58, i wonder why =S
StaticLandMine 1 year ago
Lol! I have this video in my stash of old NBA videos. NBA centers today are a JOKE. Dwite Howard is a JOKE. Shaq is a JOKE. these guys today could learn a thing or 2 from Russell or Chamberlain.
DestructerX 1 year ago 2
The NBA would be nowhere today if not for the guys who made it in the early days. West, Oscar, Baylor, Barry, Russell, Monroe, and of course Wilt. Wilt would Average 100 today vs. the rotten centers of today. Wilt had to battle Thurmond 7 foot, Bellamy 7 foot, Kareem 7-3, Reed 6-11, Lanier 6-11, Beatty 7-0 etc. and of couirse Russell.
Humes53 1 year ago
If the 1968 Sixers of Wilt, Jackson, Cunningham, Greer, Wally Jones and Chet Walker were to play an NBA team today it would be a mismatch. And if they were to play a team like the 2010 Sixers the final score would be something like 185- 50. I am serious. Defense was a big part of the game, along with passing the ball and how to play the game. Today's game is more like out of control street ball. Garbage compared to the 60's, 70's, 80's and even 90's!
Humes53 1 year ago
There was no ban on international players playing in the 60's, but even with that during most of Wilt's career there were only 8, 12 then 16 then 20 teams. Much less watered down than today's game. Today's game is a bit like wrestling where each side LETS the other shine. Walking is permitted, just look at Lebron on a drive, palming the bball (turning it over while dribbling etc). The skills of a Maravich, Bing, Barry, Hayes, Oscar, Elgin, Monroe, they are just not there.
Humes53 1 year ago
Reed, Bellamy, Thurmond were all 7 feet and Jabbar was 7' 4" and others were almost as big as Wilt . It wasn't Wilt's size you morons it was his athletic ability, he had a 36 inch vertical leap. Shaq can't get his tootsies off the ground the fat beast.
Wilt would have fouled Olajuwon and Shaq out in the first half. Wilt was a dynamo and averaged 50 points a game. Not Wilt's fault that Russell was skinny and short.
Humes53 1 year ago
Sailbecc1 How old are you? I am 58.
Humes53 1 year ago
not the two inch cushion models of today. They had to travel at times by bus, not jets. They played on hard floors, not the trampoline floors of today. Lousy locker rooms and hotel accomodations. First team of Wilt, Oscar, West, Baylor and Rick Barry beats anyone. Even second team of Jabbar, Magic, Bing, Bird and Erving beats your guys. Even my third team of Lanier, Frazier, Earl Monroe, Gus Johnson and Spencer Haywood beats Jordan 's team.
Humes53 1 year ago
@Humes53 ur point about the watered down teams is quite valid but i still think that you do have to acknowledge that
1) although this doesn't cover for 230 of the 330, international influence does change things quite a bit, so it's not top 330 of north america but 330 of the world (speaking in general terms)
tonykoon198 1 year ago
@Humes53
2) the nba has gained more popularity now (compared to 50 years ago) and they probably scout through more people than they did back then, so it's the top 330 out of millions of people not just top 100 of thousands (the numbers may be off)
tonykoon198 1 year ago
Statistics tell you that 30 plus teams is watered down compared to 8 or 12. Half of those guys playing with Jordan should be working at Pathmark. Sure there were good player but what about the rest of the 330? Are you blaming for being muscular and weighing what he did? How about giving Wilt some credit. Players may have been more athletic but they did have the skills of ball handling, passing and rebounding like they did in the 60's and 70's. Those player played with converse sneakers,
Humes53 1 year ago
@Humes53 Im not taking anything away from Wilt the Legend but its unbelievable for anyone to deny the impact that the later generations have had on the game too. Anyways I recognize when I cant win an argument so Im done. And its not because I believe your right either. I enjoy all eras of basketball so I believe the legends could be great in any era.
Saibecc1 1 year ago
@Humes53 No Reed is listed 6' 9" maybe 6' 10". And you didnt adress the huge weight difference which Bill Russell admitted was a huge problem in defending him. Anyone who has played ball would tell you its a huge factor in positioning in the post. I still dont know how you can say Jordan's era is watered down with the players I listed too. Wilt admitted the big men in the 80s/90s were more athletic.
Saibecc1 1 year ago
Yes Jordan played in a watered down league of over 30 teams! Wilt played against the top 80 pros in the world, Jordan the top 330! Jordan played whjere entertainment replaced athletics because of the huge money involved. MJ wouldn't have been half as good had he played in the 1960's when bbball was real every night. Best guards of alltime are West and Oscar. Then Magic. Maravich and Dave Bing, then maybe Jordan! Maybe not you got Frazier and Monroe!
Humes53 1 year ago
sailbec you are all wrong brother. Willis Reed was 7 foot, Walt Bellamy was 7 foot, Bob Lanier was 6 foot 11, Kareem was taller than Wilt, Russell was shorter but many consider to be the best defensive player of all time and Wilt toyed with him. Nate Thurmond was 6 foot eleven, close to 7 feet. There were only eight teams in the NBA when Wilt broke in so he had to face one of these guys every night. Shaq is a fat slob who Wilt would have fouled out in the first quarter.
Humes53 1 year ago
@Humes53 To say Jordan played in a watered down league? He played in one of greatest eras of centers and he had no big man. Bill Wennington? Bill Cartwight? Will Perdue? And depth? Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Bird, Robinson, Ewing, Olajuwan, Wilkens, Shaq, Magic, Pippen, Mourning, Motumbo, Drexler, Thomas, Dumars, Mchale, Kemp, Miller. Thats pretty deep.Wilt will remain one of the greatest ever but I wouldnt shoot down everyone who followed. The greats should all be appreciated and enjoyed.
Saibecc1 1 year ago
Hey huggy. They didn't HAVE to make Wilt look better than he was. Wilt did that himself by scoring 100 points in a game and AVERAGING 50 points a game. You dummy they didn't have ESPN back in the 60's or 70's. Wilt sometimes blocked 25 shots in a game! He even led the league one year in assists. Wilt was bigger than the game and often toyed with it. Jordan not as good as West, Oscar or even Magic. Jordan played in a more watered down NBA. Only eight NBA teams when Wilt came in.
Humes53 1 year ago
@Humes53 I think it is ignorant to assume Wilt is the end all be all of great NBA players. Yes he put up incredible stats BUT he had 3 inchs 50lbs on Russell. 4 inchs and 30 lbs on Reed. He didnt have a physical equal. Kareem gave him a run because he matched him in height and talent later in his career yet Wilt still had +50lbs. Shaq was very similar and they had to change rules against him too because he was so unique, so huge. Imagine him in Wilt's time. Or Olajuwan.
Saibecc1 1 year ago
Wilt, Oscar, Rick, Jerry and Elgin
VS
Shaq,Magic, Lebron, MJ and Tim
Just imagine it
Paragon231 2 years ago
fcuk lebron put kobe in there. Lebron aint a champion he's not qualified.
TheUrbanZone 1 year ago
Correctamundo lagrimasnegras88, Wilt also said that they didn't have ESPN when he played, but that when Jordan went for a steal and didn't get it, and his man made the open jumper, ESPN wouldn't show that. But when Jordan went for the steal and got it and went down and slammed dunked, they would show that on the highlights. Biased reporting making Jordan look like he was better than what he was. Absolutely NO comparison between these two. Kareem probably closest to Wilt as a real force.
Humes53 2 years ago
@Humes53 Oh they would not show Wilt failing to make key shots during a playoff game. They try to make every athlete look better than they are because they mostly show when they succeed. No Duh
Huggins293 1 year ago
For those of you who don't know who Harvey Pollack is, he is the only person to have worked in the NBA since its inaugural season which was 1946-1947, so I would definitely believe what he said which is what I posted because he's been keeping statistics since the beginning of the NBA and has seen every great player play up until this point. He also states that WIlt Chamberlain is the greatest player that he's ever seen play
lagrimasnegras88 2 years ago
@lagrimasnegras88
I agree. Pollack was a very credible statistician, and given how much he saw Wilt play, and understood his impact, his views carry a lot of weight with me.
suaved 1 year ago
Then Wilt said, Jordan doesn't take any shots from seven feet in, all of those shots are drives to the basket. He doesn't take five or six footers. He goes right to the hoop. I tried 20 more games and ended up looking at the entire season and got the same results. Wilt's analysis held up.Wilt was a student of the game. People don't know that. He knew everything that was going on.
lagrimasnegras88 2 years ago
Hume53 is right, Jordan was not a very good shooter and I can back that claim with what Harvey Pollack who is the 76ers Director of Statistical Information said. "So, during the height of Michael's career, I got the play-by-play of the first 20 Bulls games and I checked the distance of every shot Jordan took during the season and sure enough, he was shooting under 40 percent from 15 feet back.
lagrimasnegras88 2 years ago
Talent-wise no comparison between Wilt and Russell. Russell had a better cast to work with. Wilt lost those 7th games by a few points to Russell, but if you put Russell on the old Phila Warriors and Wilt on Boston the games would not have even been close! Wilt once grabbed 55 rebounds in a single playoff game against Russell (NBA record), and still owns more than half of all NBA records. Russell doesn't own ONE ! Wilt, the greatest of all time and always will be. Wilt AVERAGE 100 today!
Humes53 2 years ago
Those guys also played in a watered down league. When you play against crap you look better. MJ played ALL of his career when handchecking was illegal, it began it 1994. They also let walking and palming go. MJ's layups and dunks would have been challenged by all of those centers from then and he would have had to face a different every night before expansion ruined the league. MJ not a good shooter, unlike West or Oscar, and probably would not have even started for an NBA team in 1965.
Humes53 2 years ago
Bottom line: When Wilt came into the league they made the game harder, when MJ came in they made the game easier. They widened the lane on Wilt, outlawed offensive goal tending, eliminated inbounding the ball under your own basket by throwing the ball over top of the backboard (legit before Wilt came in).
Yes Thurmond, Kareem, Hayes, Lanier, Reed, Russell, and Bellamy were better definsively than Hakeem, Robinson and Mutumbo. Wilt would have fouled all of them out in the 1st Quarter.
Humes53 2 years ago
. Hand checking was eliminated in 1994. Using the forearm to defend players facing the basket went away in 1997.
So Wilt played in an era when defense was much tougher, talent was far better, no 3 point shot, traveling was enforced as was palming and hand checking was legal. Best two guards of all-time, West And Oscar. The there was Magic and Maravich, Bing, Monroe, Gervin, Fazier, walter Davis, Charlie Scott. MJ is somewhere in the mix but not top 3 or 4. He played in a watered down era.
Humes53 2 years ago
So, even if handchecking and using the forearm were made illegal at those dates, MJ still played the majority of his career when that kind of physicality was legal. Even the penalties for flagrant fouls and fighting came in about midway through Jordan's career, before which he was still a dominant scorer. His production did not drastically increase after those penalties were put into the game.
trainwreck7 2 years ago
You my boy (and by the way youth is no excuse for ignorance) should check your facts before blowing off at the mouth. Wilt used to wear rubber bands on his wrist in case his socks lost their elasticity. Bottom line: MJ couldn't carry Wilt's rubber bands!!!
Since 1990, the NBA has instituted a series of rules changes to increase the offensive player's flow and make physical play costly. First came increased penalties for flagrant fouls (1990) and fighting (1993),
Humes53 2 years ago
invent other ways to make it easier to score. Also the three point shot was made legal. Jordan would have been an average player had he played in 1965. His uncontested layups and dunks would have been challenged by Bill Russell, Nate Thurmond, Walt Bellamy, Wilt of course, Elvin Hayes, Bob Lanier and Willis Reed. All 7 footers with agility. Today's NBA is sad, a far cry from the likes of Maravich, Wilt, West, Baylor, Barry, Bradley, Frazier, Monroe, Oscar and many others.
Humes53 2 years ago
The 90's were perhaps not as tough as the 80's or 60's, but to say that the centers of the 60's and would be comfortably better defenders and shot-blockers than the likes of Hakeem, Robinson, Ewing, Mutumbo, Mourning etc is a bit of a stretch. And its not like Jordan didn't face physical big men . just look at the series' against the Pistons and Knicks
And I doubt that MJ's layups would have been challenged by Hayes or Lanier in 65 seeing as neither of them were in the NBA at that point
trainwreck7 2 years ago
Trainwreck
You are sadly mistaken son. Handchecking was eliminated in 1994 so Jordan got full advantage of it. Jordan played in a watered down era with many more teams than they had in the 1960's. This waters down the product, just like a drink. By the time Jordan played in the ENTERTAINMENT era, they let walking go, palming the ball and other things to increase offensive production. Why? Because the talent was so down compared to what the NBA once was that they had to
Humes53 2 years ago
Bill Russell 11 rings.
Wilt Chamberlain 2 rings
Wilt was traded twice in his prime.
Bill Russell lol no way
ex teammates, opponents have labeled Wilt a loser.
Russell the exact opposite.
This debate is pointless.
Daredevilisgod 2 years ago
Wilt -
Most games with 50+ points, 118; Most consecutive games with 40+ points, 14; Most consecutive games with 30+ points: 65; Most consecutive games with 20+ points: 126; Highest rookie scoring average: 37.6 ppg; Highest field goal percentage in a season: .727.
AllHailDiscordia 2 years ago
The NBA literally changed the game because of Wilt. In other words they said Wilt you have ruined our game as it is so now we have invented a new game with different rules. For Jordan they did the opposite!
Humes53 2 years ago
Wrong those players like Russell and Bob Petit played BEFORE Wilt came into the league, the others played DURING Wilt's time and Jabbar came later. The league also banned guiding the ball in and other changes to help limit Wilt's offensive prowess.
Humes53 2 years ago
I guess if you consider 33 teams compared to 12 teams in a league watered down? Wilt played when fewer spots were available in the NBA so therefore only the best 120 or so made the NBA. Today with 33 or so teams it's the top 330 or so, so yeah very much WATERED DOWN! Another difference, when Wilt came in, the league made the rules tougher for Wilt like widening the lanes etc. For Jordan they made the game easier like walking, carrying the ball and no hand checking the opponent.
Humes53 2 years ago
Well actually they disallowed hand checking AFTER Jordan retired. They did this after the 2000 finals to make it easier for offensive players to score. So, really, they didn't make the game easier for Jordan, they made the game easier after Jordan retired in order to emulate the level of offense displayed during Jordan's era.
Get your facts straight before making these claims
trainwreck7 2 years ago
bullshit, i remember when that hand check rule was applied. it was when jordan was playing in his prime. that rule was made or jordan.
epics7 2 years ago
Wilt agrees with my top 5 starters of all-time. Oscar and Jerry West at guard, Baylor and Rick Barry at forward and of course the "Dipper" at center. Sorry MJ but you played in a more watered down era. Your layups and dunks just wouldn't flush against Thurmond, Bellamy, Unseld, Lanier, Jabbar, Reed, Beatty, Russell and of course Wilt!
Humes53 2 years ago
wasn't this done before Jordan played. Jordan played in a watered down era? Wow!
loepower 2 years ago 2
You would have to be a serious 60's homer to downplay the achievements of Michael Jordan like that. And yep, this was made before MJ played, so you can't really validate it by saying Wilt 'agrees' with you.
And to respond to your other claim that the league in the 90's was 'watered down', it was mainly due to the increased popularity of the NBA that triggered team expansions.
trainwreck7 2 years ago
If you put Wilt on those Celtic teams from '60 to '64 and Russell on the Phila Warriors the games wouldn't have even been close. The Celts simply had better personnel. Russell had no offensive skills but was a very good defensive player. Of course it was still candy from a baby when Wilt played Russell. Wilt is in a class by himself. Jordan couldn't carry Wilt's rubber bands! Wilt AVERAGED 50 points a game one year. You score 30 points one night you have to score 70 to maintain average.
Humes53 2 years ago
Bill Russell 11 NBA Titles. 2 as PLAYER COACH...2 NCAA National championships 55 straight wins at U.S.F.and Center on the U.S.A.1956 Gold winning Olympics team. It took Bill Sharman a former Celtics great and a Hall of Famer to teach the meaning of TEAMWORK so the Lakers could win those 33 straight games. Russell was about WINNING and the Celtics NEVER won a championship until they got BILL RUSSELL.Chamberlain won his rings when he played Russell type basket ball DEFENSE and TEAMWORK!!!!
13war25 2 years ago
Are u kidding? In today's watered down NBA Wilt would probably double those stats. The centers in today's game suck compared to Russell, Thurmond, Bellamy, Reed, Lanier, Jabbar etyc. Wilt had to face one of them almost every night. Would could "AVERAGE" one hundred in today's WATERED DOWN NBA with nearly 40 teams! Go back to sleep son!
Humes53 2 years ago
Most of those players you listed Chamberlain played at the end of his career when he wasn't scoring 50 points a game.
loepower 2 years ago
1) Never fouled out of a single game
2) 55 rebounds vs. Russell in a playoff game
3) 50 point average in his third season
4) 100 points in a single game (31 in 4th quarter)
5) 35 consecutive field goals made
One question only: Michael who? They made the rules tougher for Wilt, made the rules easier for Jordan.
Humes53 2 years ago 26
couldn't get half that in todays era
nickloks 2 years ago
wow i never knew about 35 consecutive field goals made,is that really thrue??
garioldwin 2 years ago
@Humes53 is the time michael is gonna be more known because of the time period
Priscilla060 1 year ago
@Humes53 jordan has more scoring titles ,championships.
honparis 1 year ago
@honparis Jordan does not have more scoring titles
bigmoney749 1 year ago
@Humes53 amen, Wilt is the greatest basketball player of all time, and the most dominant player in any sport, bird and magic are also better than jordan
KingsChamps02 1 year ago
@Humes53 Yes...Wilt is the All-Time NBA Center..I love his answer to Tom "Terrific" Seaver's Question "And who is your Center" Wilt replies "Your sitting next to him brother!"...Classic
jseph1234567890 1 year ago
@Humes53 Yes...Wilt is the All-Time NBA Center..I love his answer to Tom "Terrific" Seaver's Question "And who is your Center" Wilt reply "Your sitting next to him brother!"....Classic
jseph1234567890 1 year ago
@Humes53
But can he hit a free throw?
TheLegendDanny 11 months ago
@Humes53 - 100% agree - if someone came along now or in the 80s-90s NBA and put up Wilt's numbers - well that is exactly what Wilt did in the 60s - it was as mind-bending to the people of his time as it would be to us today - instead of shrinking WIlt into the present put the present players into his time and realise how tiny they would have been compared to him - Jerry West said it best : Wilt was a man for all ages - put MJ into 432AD and he'd be a child - Shaq would just be a dufus in any age
sanjuz 11 months ago
gtg309v 11 months ago
@Humes53
1. guy had EIGHT 40 point 40 rebound games
2. 118 50+ point games!!
3. He's #4 on the All Time Triple Doubles list - as a Center!! {Shaq has like 2}
4. Greatest TD in history 25 points, 22 rebounds, & 21 assists against Bing, DeBusschere, Van Arsdale, Fox, & Happy Hairston's Pistons
5. Longest continuous streak of double-doubles: Chamberlain holds the record with 227 consecutive double-doubles from 1964 to 1967.[Also holds the second & third longest streaks with 220 and 133.
!!
stere0brain 10 months ago
@Humes53 And oh yeah......... he had a Quadruple Double against the 60s Celtics.........
stere0brain 10 months ago
this negro fucked at least 5000 girls!!!! how the fuck doesn't he have hiv while magic did!
nickloks 2 years ago
actually he claimed it was 20,000+
eric43085 2 years ago
Maybe Magic fucked 5,000 MEN OR WAS FUCKED BY 5,000 MEN....LOL
13war25 2 years ago 3
Sorry, this whole conversation is rather absurd. HIV is a horrible disease that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy and neither Magic nor Wilt is that.
ace11rothstein 2 years ago
hahahah
garioldwin 2 years ago
Because his dong must be so fuckin huge even HIV was afraid of it, 20,000 women, he has to have a shitload of kids out there.
xerxes106 2 years ago
one of the best centers ever
daGster1313 2 years ago
the ending of this is awesome, with the announcer listing all of wilt's accomplishments and clips of wilt dunking all over the entire league
GDogSamurai 2 years ago
6:04 Omg, this guy is so cool. This NBA ball is too small for him :)
strobuz 3 years ago
Probably the strongest natural athelete of all time. Legend has it he once beat Jim Brown in a foot race.
ExplosiveThinMan 3 years ago
Actually he beat him three in a row in a party at night, he was embarrased.
WiltatKansas 3 years ago
i can believe it, dude muscel weights way more than fat , looks are very decieving
CalCityStickUpKid 3 years ago
This guy has fucked 20 000 women!
Hoshang2 3 years ago 2
No he didnt...If that were true he would have had to sleep with on average one woman EVERY DAY for almost 55 years straight. Even if it were 5 per day EVERY DAY it would take almost 11 years. The possibility might be there (VERY slim chance) but Wilt Chamberlain didnt lead the type of life (considering his profession) that would allow him to have time to sleep with 20,000 women. 2,000 would be probable, even 5,000 possible (still a stretch) but 20,000 no way.
cdbleb3 3 years ago
20000 2000 doesn't matter.
WiltatKansas 3 years ago
maybe he had threesomes and slept with a woman before a game or after..depending on whether it was a day or night game. no wonder he was so athletic...da guy screwed 20000 women.... LOL
Charlie100 3 years ago
2:22 get that shit out of here
Boris222222 3 years ago
wilt was intelligent and well spoken..
walterbrob 3 years ago 3
Im sure it wouldn't surprise you if geore mikan or bill walton were intelligent and well spoken
but wilt was black so.. ..yea ,i understand . Unintentional racism .
1funnybunny 3 years ago
actually because of the interbreeding of the whitemasters&black women, since the white masters owns them thus quite reasonable to believe that most american black aren't really tht black, american black generally have a higher IQ than real africans because of the white gene in them.
thegreatestchallenge 2 years ago
I hope you and your breed dies of cancer cause I'm afraid of your stupid genes.
mumubear123 2 years ago
I really did not think he would have a voice like that.
vacuumcleanerbot 3 years ago 2
Wilt could benchpress over 500lbs at a time when performance enhancers were a rarity. What other 7'+ player could benchpress over 500lbs? Shaq??? No.
Crashtian 3 years ago 3
How do you know Shaq can't benchpress 500?
Gerkinstock 3 years ago
Because he can benchpress 460!
Crashtian 3 years ago 5
ya its bin noted wilt could bench 550-600 pounds ppl dont relise how strong and lean this guy was.
ColtonThaBigSexyBear 3 years ago 6
"You're sitting next to him, brother". Nice response by Wilt.
ddenuci 3 years ago 12
Wilt was listed at 300 lbs at the end of his career, but it just doesn't look that way to me. He certainly bulked up by the early '70s, but he is still very lean, esp. in his legs.
ddenuci 4 years ago
He was 300lbs of upper body, WIlt was muscular that's why,he looked like 270, but he was over 300,Wilt himself said that he weighed 310 and 315,he had muscular arms.
tuzwol 4 years ago
Someone is not telling the truth here. Eddie Curry of the Knicks is listed as 6'11, 285lbs. He is noticeably wider than Wilt. Dwight Howard, who has the most Wil-like physique among active players, is 6'11, 240lbs. No way Wilt weighed 60lbs more than Howard. Jason Collins is,again, noticeably wider than Wilt and he is 7'0", 255 lbs.
ddenuci 4 years ago
Looks mean nothing, I'm wider than people who weigh just as much as me.Muscle weighs more than fat.WIlt was lifting some serious weights.WIlt was 270 or 275 as a rookie,he bulked up considerably.Those players you mention except for Howard aren't muscular and are just chubby.Dwight Howard is actually 265.Howard wasn't as strong as Wilt,he's also wider than Wilt,but weighs less, ,wideness and weight are 2 different things.WHat it looks like and what he actually weighs are 2 different things
tuzwol 4 years ago 4
@tuzwol Dwight Howard's draft measurements also show he's only 6' 9.75" barefoot. Wilt is a legit 7' 1.025" barefoot. When all else is equal, if you increase height then mass becomes cubed. (10 percent increase in height = 30 percent increase in mass). Hence, Wilt weighs more than D Howard even as a scrawny college player. Wilt is also about .5-.75" taller than Shaq (barefoot). I'd imagine LA Shaq is the only athletic center who has ever surpassed, much less come close, to the 1970's Wilt.
dantheman9758 5 months ago
As a rookie Wilt weighed 275lbs,one can see that as the years progressed he added muscle.
tuzwol 4 years ago
@ddenuci Wilt was measured barefoot to 7' 1-1/16th inches and weighed in at "skinny" 275 coming into the varsity team of the Kansas Jayhawks. This was his listed measurements for the rest of his career. In 1963-64 season he enters the season at 292lbs. He looks skinnier than a modern player when he was 292, but the numbers are true. It is visually deceptive to us because NBA players today are NOT as tall as he was. IE He was over 7' 1" barefoot vs Dwight Howard who is only 6' 9.75" barefoot.
dantheman9758 5 months ago
@dantheman9758
dude they play in shoes i dont give a damn whats their size without lol :P
lbj6mj23 4 months ago
@lbj6mj23 Your right haha. I'm only trying to explain Wilt's size :) Not knowing that there was once barefoot height measurements of old NBA players really skews our perception of them. Barefoot heights back to the 60's haven't changed yet list heights have. Most players 2day are bulkier from weights, but they aren't any taller. The 40's meat and potato nutrition wasn't half bad lol. Wilt was actually one of the biggest players to ever play, and some of his nimble movements also bely his size
dantheman9758 4 months ago
Oh and for the heck of it I did find out 4 seasons of Wilt's weights, he did indeed reach over 300lbs. So without further adue, as a rookie in 1960 his draft weight was 275. He was one of few players who lifted weights back then and 1964 SFwarriors weigh him at 292lbs. In 1967 he was a hulking 305lbs, and by 1969 Lakers measure him at a trim 315! But then he slowly accumulates a small gut into the 70's (nothing like how fat Shaq got though). By '73 I'd guess he ends his 13th season at 325-330.
dantheman9758 4 months ago
@dantheman9758
ye crazy for the 70s you know he benched 500 lbs?DAMN lol
lbj6mj23 4 months ago
@lbj6mj23 He's probably the most spectacular NBA specimen to ever lace up a pair of shoes. Footage of him as a Jayhawk, and the rare clips of him as a Philly Warrior show stupid quickness and agility, I've never seen anyone that size move like him. Wilt was a phenomenal athlete, here's some track PR's from Kansas and Overbrook I found: 100(10.9), high jump(6' 6.75"), long jump(23'), triple jump(49.9 feet) 1/4mile(49.0), 1/2mile(1:58.3). shot-put (56'). Google image search Wilt Shot Put
dantheman9758 4 months ago
I love at 4:35.
WiltatKansas 4 years ago
Wilt@K: At that time when he made the remark (1974?), West & Robertson were everyone's choice (although Cousy should deserves consideration. Baylor also is a no-brainer. But it's interesting he chose Barry over Pettit. Of course, Wilt faced the SF Warriors in the '67 finals, and Barry scored a ton of points, so that might have something to do with it.
ddenuci 4 years ago
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WiltatKansas 3 years ago
Though Pettit was a better rebounder and post player, Rick was a better shooter, passer, and ball-handler.
Ariamaluum 2 years ago