Wilt: Greatest Player Ever
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2023
- Wilt Chamberlain high school highlights.
Footage includes:
Overbrook vs West Catholic at Palestra in 1954
Interviews of coaches, teammates, friends, etc
Overbrook practice footage
Overbrook at Farrell in 1954
Kutsher's Country Club
Harlem Globetrotters
Philadelphia Warriors
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wilt and Russell would run today's players too death.
FACTS PPL CLAIM RUSSELL CAN SPRINT ALL DAY BUT MOST ODD THING IS HOW WILT WITH 50 LBS MORE THAN RUSSELL CAN DO SAME
Too death.
You are so right .. people that haven't seen it just have no clue . I watched him play .. His stats don't lie . Championships depend on who your teammates were .. Had he been on the Celtics with Russell , what would that have been ? Russell could have been power forward.. Holy shit.. even more championships ..
Facts. I am actually gifted to be able to watch those games and I can 100% say the same. Were you also watching them? It's rare to find other people similar age of me to share the same opinion.
@@sleep-lx4by I watched them play ..
I was very lucky to meet Wilt Chamberlain twice. The first time was on January 17, 1998. That’s when Wilt returned to his alma mater, the University of Kansas, after a 40 year absence for his jersey retirement. My best friend was in medical school at KU at the time and scored us two tickets. Man, I was so excited for that. I brought along a large Kansas coffee table book (should have brought a basketball) in hopes of getting Wilt’s autograph. When we got to Allen Fieldhouse, we were told that Wilt would not be signing autographs. Bummer. However, with about 2 minutes left in the game, the game announcer declared over the speakers, “Wilt Chamberlain will sign autographs after the game for a limited time!” So I jumped up from our nose-bleed seats and ran down to court level and waited. Wilt was so incredibly moved by all the love the Kansas fans showered him with. He later said it was the happiest day of his entire life!! Wow!! To show his appreciation, Wilt stayed afterwards for about 2.5 hours signing autographs for every single fan that wanted one. It’s estimated that he signed over 2,000 autographs after the game! When it was my turn, I told Wilt, “Welcome home, Mr. Chamberlain!” Wilt look at me and replied, “Thank you. It’s great to be home.”
The other time I met Wilt was in June of 1999 at a sports card convention in Overland Park, Kansas just 4 months before Wilt’s tragic passing in October 1999. I got his autograph on an NBA Official Game Ball. Wilt was so nice to everyone. He even let me get a picture with him for free! I got behind the autograph table, knelt down, and put my arm around Wilt’s shoulder. Btw, his hands were HUGE. I didn’t bring a camera to the event (stupid), but the woman behind me had hers. She heard me regretting to my friend that we hadn’t brought a camera, so without even asking her, she offered to take the picture and send it to me after her film was developed. She was from St. Louis. I was worried she might forget, but after a couple of weeks I got the picture in the mail!! What a nice woman. Wilt was so friendly and polite to everyone, and he seemed to be very happy to meet his fans…unlike some celebrities. Those were two great experiences.
I feel your emotions and today Im used to meet basketball players but Id be very excited only if I could meet Wilt
Damn what a great story!
I still owns the 1999 NBA Slam dunk magazine in which I read that Wilt had passed in october, I'm from Spain, I'm his fan since I was a teenager in the 90's.
wow very lucky
OL'🐐👑WILT CHAMBERLAIN#13 .. THE MOST ATHLETIC .. AND DOMINANT PLAYER IN NBA 🏀 HISTORY .. BY FAR ..
Greatest athlete of the twentieth century, period.
You might as well add the 21st Century too!!
Wilt superman 🦸♀️
@@MIKIEEYEZ1975 correct he and Jim Brown but wilt was Awesome. SCARY, ,
@@michaelterry4394 Wilt apparently beat Jim Brown in a footrace ....twice
@@SurfSG999 imagine wilt with a lacrosse stick in his hand YIKES. 3 YOUR CORRECT
Wilt the GOAT
Is it Wilt or Russell?
Russell said it was wilt!…..WTF do you say?
@@morrisparrish76 reading comprehension problem? My original statement Wilt the GOAT
@@sal4856no problem: me you Russell & wilt know he’s the greatest!
The high school footage of Wilt is unbelievable. It's a time machine! Thank you.
MJ scored 50+ points 31 times for career, Kobe did it 25 times. Wilt did it 45 times in a single season.
Nobody except Wilt Chamberlain ever recorded a 30-20 avg season - Wilt did it for career.
Wilt scored 40 pts average for 6 consecutive seasons (515 games). Next in list is Elgin Baylor with 33 games.
Wilt has more 30-30 games than the whole rest of the league combined.
Wilt also has more 60 points games than the whole rest of the league combined.
Wilt blocked 23 shots in a single game on full video footage (1968 xmas day game vs Suns).
He grabbed 55 rebounds in a single game w/o overtime vs the #2 all time leader in rebounding, Bill Russell (Wilt is rank #1).
He scored 62 points in a single game w/o overtime on the argueable best defender of all times, Bill Russell.
No doubt he is the GOAT.
Imagine averaging 50-25 for a season and don't getting the MVP trophy. Happened to Wilt 1962 - they gave it to Bill Russell (19-23). Nobody roots for Goliath. NBA did and does his best to make us forget about the greatness of Wilt Norman Chamberlain.
Jordan pile up 1 stat anyone can average 30 ppg ( 13 guys last season have 30 or more) far more impressive Bird career double double 20 ppg, 10 rpg, 7 apg on 50-40-90 !! Wilt is beyond anyone. 30 ppg 23 rpg 9 bpg on 46 mpg first in all 4 stats and steals too but no one recorded.
See the dudes Wilt is playing against? Average players today at your local YMCA would beat most of those guys they’re barely 6 foot, non athletic, don’t have much skill and are extremely uncoordinated. Wilt is still amazing, I’m not denying that. He would be great in any era but he doesn’t average more than 30-35 ppg in today’s NBA even in his prime.
@@kissmyvansdude It's quite simple:
Embiid averaged 33.1 ppg playing 34.6 mpg avg last season (MVP), and is averaging 35.3 ppg playing 34 mpg avg for the actual season. Wilt was able to play 48 min per game in his prime (45.8 mpg avg for career, never fouled out) at full throttle on even higher pace than today. Do the math.
I can't understand why people think he wouldn't dominate games today while watching Giannis and Embiid already doing it. Wilt was superior to both of them in any physical aspect. Don't confuse evolution of the game with talent and Basketball IQ. Wilt would adapt to todays game like he adapted to any sport he competed in at high level (volleyball, track&field, etc.). You act like they had the brain capacity of neandertalers back in the 60s.
Prime Wilt scored 48 pts (62 max) or more pts on Bill Russell (argueable the greatest defender of all times) and the 1962 Celtics (7 HoF players) 5 times in a single season. He also grabbed 55 rebounds vs Bill Russell (#2 all time rebounder) in a single game w/o overtime 1967. If you consider this as weak competition I can't help. A year 2000 born Wilt Norman Chamberlain benefitting from improved gear (esp. court, shoes, board and hoop), medical care, nutrution, training facilities and methods, information technology, transport, etc. would DESTROY todays league. He was a true athlete up there with Bo Jackson and Jim Thorpe.
btw: From 1973-2019 players were measured with shoes. Wilt and his competition were measured barefoot. Difference in average height of starting centers 1963 compared to 2021 is less than a half inch. Difference in average height of all starting players 1963 compared to 2021 is also less than a half inch.
Some players Wilt faced:
HoF centers:
Nate Thurmond (6'11", 235 lbs.)
Walt(er) Bellamy (6'11", 225 lbs.)
Bob Lanier (6'11", 265 lbs.)
Lew Alcindor aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7'2", 225 lbs.)
Bob Pettit (6'9", 220 lbs.)
Zelmo Beaty (6'9", 230 lbs.)
Bill Russel (6'10", 215 lbs.)
Elvin Hayes (6'9", 235 lbs.)
Wes Unseld (6'7", 245 lbs.)
Jerry Lucas (6'8", 230 lbs)
Willis Reed (6'10", 235 lbls).
6'11" or taller:
Ray Felix 6'11"
Chuck Share 6'11"
Walter Dukes 7'0"
Swede Halbrook 7'3"
Reggie Harding 7'0"
Mel Counts 7'0"
Walt Wesley 6'11"
Hank Finkel 7'0"
Craig Spitzer 7'0"
Craig Raymond 6'11"
Otto Moore 6'11"
Rich Niemann 7'0"
Tom Boerwinkle 7'0"
Dave Newmark 7'0"
Greg Fillmore 7'1"
George Johnson 6'11"
Elmore Smith 7'0"
Tom Payne 7'2"
Vic Bartolome 7'0"
Jim McDaniels 6'11"
William Smith 7'0"
George Johnson 6'11"*
LaRue Martin 6'11"
Except Kareem no player in NBA history had to face more HoF players on his position than Wilt did, nobody faced more per game (8 up to 10 teams for the majority of his career). 35 of 90s starters wouldn't even get a bench spot in 60s NBA, because of only 8 (up to 10) teams.
*yes, another George Johnson, 6'11"
Younger generations have a hard time believing he was that good….
Yeah…. He was that good….
Wilt is Basketball's "Original Alien," he's Talent & Athleticism was out of this World. Wemby is the most outstanding NBA 1st pick since Wilt!!!!!!
oh shut up about this overhyped kid we havent seen anything
Too early to say that give him sometime to develop into a great player
Idk for now Lebron is the most outstanding NBA 1st pick since wilt - Wemby need to prove himself in the NBA
Webby can't compare he ain't as strong as fast as skills and as athletic as wilt chamberlain was
I watched the bulls and Michael Jordan through through all 6 chamipionships and seen Michael break many records and score a lot but wilts numbers are otherworldly that I don't think will ever be touched. 100 point game? Never foul out? And he did this for 14 seasons. If he had competed as many years as some did like 20 years he would have put them well out of reach. Didn't realize how good of a athlete he was outside if basketball. I wish I grew up watching him. Very likeable and a good role model unlike most in the game we have seen. Thanks for this classic footage! Just makes me want to learn more about wilt the stilt !
not to mention they never coutned blocks and steals, and wilt would literally hoeld every singl e blockign record, and could setal, which also adds to all the triple double, double double, quadruple doubles etc..
wilt was unstoppable
Wilt was unstoppable in the low post 📫 wheeling toward the basket 🧺 to score more points
@@LoydKline-uw4no he was fast player unstoppable good assist
@master-kq3nw forgot wilt jumping abilities especially before knee surgery & 🦸♂️ superman strength, unbeatable in arm wrestling & checkers, & playing cards etc etc
@@LoydKline-uw4no yes he could play after 42 year he retired 37 Lakers were strong with wilt
@@master-kq3nw early 1960s wilt once told a teammate give me the basketball 🏀 & get out the way,
I went to LSU with Shaq. Wilt would have owned him.
Arm wrestling, checkers, playing cards
@@LoydKline-uw4noin every wilt would obliterated shaq
Some folks say they don't believe he scored 100 points. I have no doubts about it. Scoring 100 points was no sweat for him. If he, and the team had set out for him to do it, from the start of the game, he would have had it, probably in 3 quarters, or less.
And no 3 pointers back then either. What a player Wilt was.
Don’t take sheep serous whom don’t believe things that were witnessed before they were born just because they are brainwashed by whatever narrative best helps the narrative of who they were told was the goat lol
Wilt was unstoppable in the low post 📫 & brown tornado 🌪 & wheels towards the basket 🧺 to score more points
@@beenizz5102 spoken like a true tit. I did see him pal, in 1972.
😊😊😊she claimed that he slept with 2000 women
Both are unbreakable records
Excellent, excellent, video of Wilt! Thanks!
Wilt was and still is the best!
I hate how people argue over the GOAT like it's debatable. Everyone is clamoring for second best.
Awesome
GOAT’
Thanks for the upload!
Amazing footage! So much that I haven't seen before. Thank you.
The best ever, no doubt.
Exactly!🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀!
No one could have ever defeated Wilt on a 1 vs 1 Game, MJ would have been lucky to be able to release a clean shot
Kareem got blocked
@@Chalado-Schamane THREE TIMES IN A ROW. With Wilt aging - unbelievable but true.
@@ericdawson845 and wilt was 36 and having a massive knee suergery not terribly long before this.
@@Johnadams20760 Jordan pile up 1 stat anyone can average 30 ppg ( 13 guys last season have 30 or more) far more impressive Bird career double double 20 ppg, 10 rpg, 7 apg on 50-40-90 !! Wilt is beyond anyone. 30 ppg 23 rpg 9 bpg on 46 mpg first in all 4 stats and steals too but no one recorded.
@@PIP...33 btw. speaking of the 30ppg for jordan stat. not bad for a carer. but so did wilt. and wilt literally cut his scoring lamost in half after 6.5 seasons, and then by another 20 percent the 2 seasons after that another 20 percent the next 2 seasons and another 20 percent afte rthat. not becaue he coulnd't but becasue he just didn't take harly any thos but was arund 65-73 percent from the field. even when he scored 50 ppg his avearge was just a hair under 50.
oh and let's not forget wilt had no 3 point lnie. i have seen the video wehre he won a 5 dollar bet making 4 hook shots in a row from teh corner. the most difficult 3 there is since you have to be perfect. plus Heinneson stated he saw wilt make 20/25 shots from half court in practice one time. so he coul dhave ha no problem scoring those especially with practice. but even with all that. if you take the 529 3 pointers that MJ made, which would have only counted as 2 in wil'ts time. his average drops to like 29.6 so wilt stil beats him
The Real GOAT
I agree 💯 with this video.
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The most impressive thing here , is the players not breaking their ankles in the low top converse
He was a guest on "What's My Line" in 1961...and...you can tell...that Eileen Franze...was charmed by him...
No question!
Imagine this guys numbers if he played in the powder puff league of today....
10:16 Wilt was already looking like Giannis after weight training in high school, man was so ahead of his time.
We've seen the lob shot video but the one with dunk I have never seen 👍
Wilt blocked/grabbed shots out of the air like a rebound. Greatest athlete ever
they say he averaged about 8 blks/game
LOL... still cracks me up! BOTH Wilt and Jordan shot from the chest early in their careers. Fortunately , They could out-jump people enuff to get it off. If Wilt hadn't changed his shot @ the FT line...he mighta shot 65-70% from the stripe.
Jordan pile up 1 stat anyone can average 30 ppg ( 13 guys last season have 30 or more) far more impressive Bird career double double 20 ppg, 10 rpg, 7 apg on 50-40-90 !! Wilt is beyond anyone. 30 ppg 23 rpg 9 bpg on 46 mpg first in all 4 stats and steals too but no one recorded.
You have to have Tom Gola footage, your handle is La Salle Classics
02:30 Crazy how narrow the lane is.
55 rebounds in one game? Average of over 22 rebounds a game ? INSANE!
Watching 10:20 is unreal
make nba gr8 again of course wilt best ever
Nice upload, Do you have anything of Bill Russell or Tom Gola?
Sorry, wish I did!
I do.. I have any player you want!!! I have THE GREATEST VIDEO COLLECTION OF COLLEGE PLAYERS ALL TIME!!
Terrific film WOW Incredible Thanks!
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@@LaSalleClassics Connie hawkin
The only other player you could argue that had multiple rule changes made primarily because of his dominance was Dick (Night Train) Lane. His face mask tackle was made illegal, and then his close line tackle was made illegal. Then he creates the forearm shiver, which not too long after also became illegal.
Alien
29:40 Today it's called the villa roma .
Throw in Carl Lewis and Bo Jackson
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44:33
Great visuals, but that triumphant background music got very old very quickly. If you got to have music, mix it up. Don't pound a simple repetitive theme so damned long.
Wilt wasn’t allowed to Dunk … So he dipped it .
Dipping doughnuts 🍩? Not dunking em 😂…
I believe everything I’ve heard about Wilt. Although Wilt doesn’t make my top five of you start talking about the best one on one or defense no one would beat Wilt! To fast, to strong and could just jump to high. Your talking about 7 + ft that had almost a 4 ft vertical. Forget about it
You would bench the most prolific scorer and rebounder EVER , How many other “Centers”have lead the league in assists . That’s a EXTREMELY SHORT list.
@@chipschannel9494 I agree that Wilt could do it all. I agree that he is maybe the best defensive player of all time. I believe one on one he is the best that’s ever been but it’s a team sport. When he lead the league in assists he did so because people were saying he was selfish and he wanted to prove them wrong. It had nothing to do with what was best for the team. In my studies I would take Kareem and Russell over Wilt. Not that they were better but in my opinion they were better team players. You like Wilt better and I can respect that. Wilt is one of the few autographed pictures I have on my wall
Most of Russels teams had better personnel. Enough said everything is conjecture hindsight is 20 20
@@michaelterry4394 I hope you’re not insinuating that those teams would have won without Russell. Beat Wilt without Russell? If you do your homework you will find that Russell last championship the Celtics were not supposed to win. In fact no one thought they had a chance against Wilt, West and Baylor. Lol enough said
Wilt was held out of the last 3 min in 1969 by coach van bred who hated wilt. Russell retired and Havlichek and Cow and won in 74 and 76. I know the Celtics buddy as well ax anyone. Try me
I'm just waiting for the jordan fans To attack this video like they do the lebron videos.😂
who is wilt? is he any good?
Another bust
He has potential
Is Jimmy Hoffa gone?
02:57 The demeanor of #12 says it all... Why bother. It's not going to do any good.
"Aol" lol..
I argued with my daughter-in-law about this. Of course, we are talking apples and oranges. My take was if I had the first pick for a all time team it would be Wilt. Of course, being 25 years younger she picked Michael. Claiming he was the greatest bb player ever. I chose Byrd as my small forward next. Then I had to explain how Larry Bird had schooled Jorden over his career. Telling her 23 was second team. At point Pistol Pete. No one in the league can or has handled a bb like Maravich. Sit down Curry. Even though I can't stand the Spurs. Tim Duncan could be my Power forward. Koby is my 2 guard
Lol... "HIGH-SCHOOL" basketball!?!?!? Of COURSE he dominated, how many other guys his size were in high-school???
Nah, GOAT is Jokic if he keeps posting crazy numbers for the next 5 or so years along with some chips.
Keep dreaming boy.
Wilt will tire Jokic out 😂.
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest athlete of the 20th century. In 1962 he averaged 52pts&35rbs for a season. Unequaled in today's game. He never fouled out of a game, holds 75+records that'll never be broken
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Wilt Chamberlain the greatest player ever. I don't think so considering when he played he towered over the rest of the league physically with his height.
There were other 7 footers, it was the era of big guys. Have you noticed no one with Wilt's physical attributes has shown up in the decades since?
@@casualcausalityy what other 7 footers did wilt play against? I don't recall any being mentioned. The only big men wilt went up against was Bill Russell and he wasn't a 7 footer and then later on Kareem.
@@martychavis4859 guys like Walter Dukes and Swede Holbrook were 7' ers, there were dozens in the 60s despite so few teams. Admittedly most of Wilt's HoF competition was 6'10 or 11 like Nate Thurmond, Walt Bellamy, Willis Reed and Bill Russell.
from 1973-2019 players were measured with shoes. Wilt and his competition were measured barefoot. Difference in average height of starting centers 1962 compared to 2021 is less than a half inch. No player faced more HoF players (per game average) on his position than Wilt did. You have to remember there were only 8 teams, and at least 3 of them had a 7 foot center and many good centers were 6'11" like Walt Bellamy or Nate Thurmond - without shoes. They all would been 7footers in 90s NBA.
If height alone gives you so much advantage in scoring, i wonder why Manute Bol (7'7" with shoes) scored 2.6 pts avg for career.
❤️ early 1960s wilt too, wilt was unstoppable wheeling/ 🌪 tornado moves towards the 🧺 basket to score more points @@casualcausalityy
Why do the "Jewish players" always get TOP billing/said first???
Wilt and Russell not only were ncaa bball all americans they were track and field all americans
He played with the Harlem Globetrotters while waiting for the NBA season to start. The first point-center.
How can you call him the greatest when he couldn't do a basic skill, namely, shoot fouls.
Wilt had weaknesses. He was a 50% freethrow shooter, but so was Shaq and Russell. His ego may have been his biggest weakness. However to say he would beat Jordan 1 on 1 is a bit of a stretch. Yes if he gets to the basket he is unstoppable, but he has to get there. As athletic as he is Jordan will just shoot 10 footers until Wilt has to come out to defend then Jordan flies by to a dunk or acrobatic layup. I am sure if he played now he would be a better freethrow shooter and even three point shooter, but we will never know. However, I put Wilt ahead of Lebronand many others if not all others.
He would totally destroy mike , as Wilt told Mike , they changed the rules to make the game harder for Wilt , then changed the game to make it easier for MJ . Wilt was a college track star , in both the guarter mile and the High jump and in retirement he was a founding member of the pro volleyball league ,not golf.
He would block shots especially gust Johnson. It was a clean block and he separated his shoulder. I don't think you could drive unwield and get away with it. He blocked Jabar when he was 3890 days older
Yes Jordan was faster but not by a whole lot. 40 yard dash numbers for Jordan 4.38 hand timed. Wilts was 4.4 hand timed. That's not much of an advantage especially when adjusting for Wilts length. Jordan might have gotten one dunk and that's when Wilt would have told him not to try that again. So it would have been a struggle for Jordan to have scored and we know Wilt would have easily scored on Jordan. Maybe Jordan could beat him but just based on recorded data it would appear less likely. Which isn't to take away from jordan. We just don't see humans that big and with his athleticism or stamina.
You didn't fly by Wilt, he ran a 10.8 in the 110yd dash,.
Umm, let us not forget Wilt was QUICK and beat Jim Brown at his peak in at least two 40 yard dashes, unbelievable Vertical and power and length. He would have destroyed Michael.
Bah... He played against a bunch of plumbers.
Crazy
The pros then were ncaa all americans and they could ball.
Today or modern basketball players got videos on everything any sport ; any subject ; countless videos shooting a basketball; low posts 📫 videos : etc etc I respect George mikan era:: Minneapolis Lakers vs harlem globetrotters battles beyond legendary early 1960s they had a black basketball player limit ; it like babe Ruth ; ty cobb etc etc didn't play or hit against satchel paige & other negro league pitching & hitting
He put up moster stats versus the greatest defensive player ( Russell) how do u explain that?
@@brando7266And loss 11 rings to him 😂😂😂 man there is no argument for Wilt being the greatest he might be the best because of his stats but greatest>best were are his wins his championships and were are those accolades only thing he do was be the record book but what do that produced to his team putting the craziest stats doesn’t mean you are the greatest player on the court always basketball is a team sport so you need to play for your team led them to the championship Wilt Intelligence or leadership and impact was poor compared to Bill Russell teammates didn’t want to play with him because he was a complete stat/record chaser and didn’t focus on winning for his team to be more valuable and accomplished even when he start passing the ball which he was 1 of the best passers when it comes to centers he stop scoring and his team start winning more but Bill Russell was always at the top defense wins championships he is the greatest defender with the most championships and very accomplished that is the difference between greatest>best
Bob Cousy and Red Auerbach both estimated that the 56-69 Celtics would have won one, maybe two, titles with Wilt as their center.
Obviously they love Bill Russell. They just said that in order to protect Russell’s legacy. They knew that wasn’t true.
wilt would have won 13 straight on those teams
@@Johnadams20760 I think that’s very possible.
@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 excactly. people need to just ask themselves in the russell chamberlain debate. this question. could wilt have been russell if they had switched careers, wilt had th egreatest coach inhistory under red arbauch and all those HOF's and so forth. most likely. could russell ever have been wilt? never
@@Johnadams20760 That explains it all perfectly and essentially settles the debate if one is being reasonable. Not only could Wilt have played the role of Russell; Wilt would have even played it better.
If Wilt Chamberlain was that great, why did Bill Russell win all of the championships? Even on an LA team with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Wilt could not beat Bill Russell's Celtics. Bill Russell is the greatest NBA champion.
Russell said that his friend Wilt was the greatest basketball player in the world , now that is praise .
@@chipschannel9494, Russell has also said in interviews that he #1 is the player to start a team with. I agree.
Yes russell was the greatest champion. However nba titles are for the best teams not the best player. Would you rather have Robert Horry or Kevin Durant? All this focus on rings why? It's a job none of them are competing for free just to get a ring nor should they.
@@jasonnelson6624, I would rather have Bill Russell. The Celtics did not win a championship before Bill Russell. And after Bill retired, the Celtics do not win a championship for years. The #1, #2 and #3 reason why the Celtics won eleven (11) NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s is Bill Russell. That is why "all this focus on rings." It's not about how many points you scored in a season for a .500 team. It's about winning championships.
@@henry-bo3np would you rather have Russell if your not the Celtics? Because he isn't bringing championships on other teams. Not multiple. Plus Wilt was drafted for one reason sell tickets Russell could never generate the income of Wilt. You make it sound like they stopped winning for a long time after Russell retired. It was 5 years that is fast for a complete rebuild.