Do a search on yahoo for .. Sports Legends Revealed: Did Wilt Chamberlain have an infamously poor reaction to Coach Bill Sharman's morning shootarounds?
@Sovnarkom Not trolling. That's just not how Charlie Rosen's account shows it; not how Don Cherry's account shows it; & they interviewed dozens of people while writing their history of that era.
From Rosen's account, "Pivotal Season."
Jim Cleamons: "Elgin, Coach Sharman, and Fred Schaus were huddled together at the far end of the court"... Much to Sharman's delight, both Schaus & Cooke agreed that Baylor was a dead weight... Baylor was given an ultimatum:Split or sit.
@musikaNeues I don't know if you're just trolling. My only point is that he left before being asked to. He made the choice that was the best for his team and he made a choice that went against his own financial interests. Something you wouldn't expect from most of the shallow athletes of today.
One more thing - Baylor was never fired. He chose to retire mid-season because he felt that he was holding back a potentially great team. He had a no-cut contract with the Lakers and it was very unselfish for him to leave the team when he did.
@musikaNeues He's retelling a story that he heard, with some big mistakes. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because of his age. Wilt made that comment early in his career to Neil Johnston who was coach of the Philadelphia Warriors at the time.
Wilt Chamberlain suffered from insomnia and lived in New York City (while playing in Philadelphia) so it was understandable that he didn't want to commute to the stadium 2x a day. When he was playing for the Lakers - he rarely missed practice.
Do a search on yahoo for .. Sports Legends Revealed: Did Wilt Chamberlain have an infamously poor reaction to Coach Bill Sharman's morning shootarounds?
geocgeo 2 months ago
@Sovnarkom Not trolling. That's just not how Charlie Rosen's account shows it; not how Don Cherry's account shows it; & they interviewed dozens of people while writing their history of that era.
From Rosen's account, "Pivotal Season."
Jim Cleamons: "Elgin, Coach Sharman, and Fred Schaus were huddled together at the far end of the court"... Much to Sharman's delight, both Schaus & Cooke agreed that Baylor was a dead weight... Baylor was given an ultimatum:Split or sit.
Spin it how you like.
musikaNeues 5 months ago
@musikaNeues I don't know if you're just trolling. My only point is that he left before being asked to. He made the choice that was the best for his team and he made a choice that went against his own financial interests. Something you wouldn't expect from most of the shallow athletes of today.
Sovnarkom 5 months ago
@Sovnarkom true. It took a terrific amount of persuasion for them to get a guy with a ruptured Achilles tendon to retire
musikaNeues 5 months ago
One more thing - Baylor was never fired. He chose to retire mid-season because he felt that he was holding back a potentially great team. He had a no-cut contract with the Lakers and it was very unselfish for him to leave the team when he did.
Sovnarkom 5 months ago
@musikaNeues He's retelling a story that he heard, with some big mistakes. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because of his age. Wilt made that comment early in his career to Neil Johnston who was coach of the Philadelphia Warriors at the time.
Wilt Chamberlain suffered from insomnia and lived in New York City (while playing in Philadelphia) so it was understandable that he didn't want to commute to the stadium 2x a day. When he was playing for the Lakers - he rarely missed practice.
Sovnarkom 5 months ago
Except that's all a lie.
Baylor was fired before they had shootarounds so he couldn't know...
That chamberlain missed 2 all year which he called Sharman beforehand.
musikaNeues 6 months ago
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