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I remember those wonderful days. Although I was a Knicks fan, who wasn't a fan of players like Chamberlain, Russell, Kareem Jarbbar, and other great players of the golden days. I am very fortunate to be alive to be part of the golden years.
WILT DESERVES A SPOT AT THE ROUND TABLE OF BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME 100 PTS IN GAME A TRIPLE DOUBLE IN FIVE CATEGORIES IN PTS REBS BLKS STLS AND ASTS HOW MANY OTHER PLAYERS DO YOU KNOW HAVE THOSE STATS IN BASKETBALL HISTORY NOT TOO MANY BUT I WAIT FOR THE COMMENTS UNTIL THEN
Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol (mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977) C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons) C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons) C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons) C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons) C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons) C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons) C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season) C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons) (Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons) (Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons) (Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons) (please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9) SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
Wilt's high school footage is 70 years old now. 70. He looks normal for today but it's 70 years ago. No advanced metric training or recovery stuff. No equipment or modern shoes. He could step into the NBA today out of 1950's high school and play.
When you say it like that, it really puts into perspective how good this guy was. I'm not a big sports fan, but I watch a lot of esports. Everything evolves, the skill floor gets higher and higher, and it becomes harder to even compete. The idea that someone from a past era could come in and wreck shit today is crazy. I can think of only a few examples of people who could do that in their games and they're all absolute monsters. Dude was bonjwa before bonjwa was even a concept
No, he couldn’t. This is an outrageous statement. He had no basketball skills and played against barely-athletic people a foot shorter than him. He’d get wrecked in the modern nba with his 1950s skills.
@@genehenson8851I think it's the opposite actually, the modern NBA doesn't enforce double dribbles, travelling, carrying, or offensive fouls like they did back then. It was a more skillful time. Wilt would have been an all NBA player in any era.
@xXMegaWeaponXx Casuals don't put the rules of the game into perspective. Hell Hakeem and Jordan took advantage of no real zone defense in the 90s. Defenders had to wait for the player to get the ball before they could double team. Opened up a lot for the best in the league at that point. Kobe had tougher defense on him. Imo if Shawn Kemp is athletic enough to play in today's game which he definitely is, then Wilt and Bill are easily athletic enough. Bill was a quicker more durable Anthony Davis on defense. Wilt was Rudy Gobert with supersoldier serum. And I hate putting Rudy in the same sentence as Wilt.
The only thing Wilt lacked was a good supporting cast. That's why he couldn't beat Bill Russel and the Celtics. He finally got it when he went to the Lakers, but the Celtics beat them in the finals by sheer luck with that shot from Don Nelson.
Wilt took the Celtics to finals game 7 four times and lost them all by only 9 points combined (2.25 per game). People act like Wilt was swept by Bill every time they met. He wasn't. Wilt dominated Bill nearly every game they played.
Shot. He is. I mean we know if we coukd go back in time to his prime, he would dominate. No one has ever in modern sports been built like him. Herculean lol😂
I can not understand how a guy who has not played for 52 years and only played 12.5 full seasons still owns the NBA record book with 72 records and scored 4029 points in a season 1000 more then MJs best season all the while averaging 26 rebounds a game!!!! and 14 blocks a game 8 assist a game no one has come close to his records he did this while missing 5000 foul shots and no 3 point line in a time when you could hand check and foul a guy left and right people really need to wake up IQs are really dropping fast!!!!
They forget to mention the greatest basketball player of all days, Slam Dunk Ernest. I remember watching a documentary about him when I was younger. He would have broken every record if he wouldn't have been injured while saving Christmas. Long rest Ernest. You are missed
The way you add news articles and literally keep up with the dates, times, and reports. This is by far the best channel for baskerballl i've came across.
Wilt in this era would be a bigger, faster, stronger giannis that could play all 48 minutes with 0 big men in the paint to stop him 😂 he would average 50, 25 yearly
LeBron James disqualified himself from being ever considered a goat simply because he walked off the court early because his team was losing a goat would’ve stayed no matter the outcome
He got a bad rep from the Glorious Members Of The Press back then, and forever, he was a Republican, which of course could not be forgiven. Woke Commie Ahole Press Members are not a new development.
@@CamTooling Out of 29 series, he played Russell, Kareem, Reed and Thurmond 17 times. These are all NBA75 centers. No other player had this competition AT HIS POSITION. Shaq played against RiK Smits in the finals. lmfao
@@oldeskoolnewsreels9927 Doesn't matter, athletes get better over time due to better sports science and conditioning. The average NBA athletes of today would be star players 30-40 years ago
I don't think he would be that impressive today as he was compared to the other players of his time. If I played against a bunch of middle school players I'd look awesome too
Like Nolan Ryan, Wilt was simply an outlier. They were both born with exceptional physiology and could do things almost no one else could. Then, they trained incredibly hard on top of that and became legends.
@JohnnyRodgers3 Both Bill and Wilt would have qualified for the Olympics in the high jump. Wilt was also extremely strong, fast, and durable. Bill Russell was close in those categories as well, even if Wilt had the edge, which is why their rivalry was so iconic.
@JohnnyRodgers3 Relatively speaking, Bill was the closest match to Wilt in the league, but as I said in my original comment, Wilt was an outlier, especially for his time.
@@JohnnyRodgers3 Depends. Russell said himself that Wilt had the highest vertical from a crouch. Russell was a better high jumper but COULD NOT touch the top of the backboard like Wilt.
Lots of those old players were like that. The top 33 players all time in minutes played in a season were all before 1975. Then there's Latrell Sprewell. Then a bunch more pre-75 guys before Allen Iverson at 47th. For all time leaders the list is dominated by older players but Iverson is 4th, Sprewell 9th, Lebron 15th and then a few others sprinkled around. But Wilt was, once again, in a league of his own.
Watching Wilt’s basketball career advance from college to the NBA reminded me so much of Wemby’s story - how elevated the hype was, how they were not only seen as better than the rest of the league as rookies, that they would inevitably become THE dominant player for a decade or more. Sure enough, Wilt went on to improve and then plateau at “alien” levels year after year. It will be interesting to see how high Wemby’s plateau goes - he has some huge shoes to fill. Thanks so much for working so hard to produce sheer 🏀 excellence!👍👍
Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it, and I appreciate you for taking the time to watch. Agree on Wemby, can't wait to see how his career plays out, and he for sure has some big shoes to fill!
To me it doesn't matter what era Wilt played in. Throughout most of his career he was the best player on the planet, period. I guarantee he averaged a quadruple double most of his career, but they didn't count blocks like they do now.
Thank you very much for this video. It's nice to see someone give Wilt Chamberlain some love. However I disagree with you on Wilt not being dominant in today's era of basketball. The first thing is, Wilt could definitely shoot the basketball. He spent most of his career hitting that great fade away jumper. The video footage clearly shows that. He also had the finger roll. Wilt would dominant in rebounds and minutes played per game. He would lead the league in blocks as well. The only thing he truly struggled with his entire career was free throw shooting. His strength was unmatched. This era of basketball is very very soft. No one would be able to stop Wilt in this era. He may also be the most athletic player to ever play basketball. His peers made it very clear that Wilt could do whatever he wanted to on a basketball court. They also said they were glad Wilt was a nice man and they were glad that he took it easy on them due to his inhuman strength . We will never see another Wilt Chamberlain
Apologies for making it unclear - I'm saying Wilt would be considered an Alien like Wemby, as in he would be an insane prospect for all the exact reasons you just listed. Wilt + todays spacing and some skill work and he might be the best player to ever play.
Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol (mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977) C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons) C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons) C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons) C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons) C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons) C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons) C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season) C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons) (Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons) (Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons) (Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons) (please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9) SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
Thank you for finally spreading light in such a range.. this man was a behemoth like I know everything lol but I’ve never heard the fun intro “you hear Phelps, bolt, lebron but what if there was one nba player who was questioned to even be human??” 😂
I didn’t see that there’s another comment a lot like mine until now 😅 but yeah I didn’t know any of his college history and probably some of the other stuff I’ll read lol so i do get new info!!
great video, I don't follow basketball at all but this was really interesting. I just which that there was also a shorter more condensed 10-20 minute version cause I often don't have an hour to spend watching one youtube video
Not only the greatest athlete but greatest player ever the GOAT!!!!! The commentator does not understand Wilt stopped shooting because he was asked to it was not because he couldn't anymore like many commentator and ignorant NBA fans and Wilt haters believe.
Forgot to mention Auerbach said he wasn’t coachable, even told Red to “Drop dead you son of a bitch” Still lost to Bill in x8 finals 🤣💀 Incredible athlete, best raw per game stats of all time, just had a silver lining when it came to winning.
Wilt didn't have 12 hall of fame players on his teams like Bill Russell did. Switch places with them and watch how often Wilt wins. Russell wins zero championships if you take him off the Celtics and put Wilt on the Celtics. Russell overrated
How convenient since that quote came years after he tried to change the rules to draft him. Couldnt be that uncoachable. If your doing everything trying to draft him. Red even begged Wilt not to go to Kansas but go to a college that would allow him to use the territory rule. His comments are the same as a guy saying he likes fat and ugly woman knowing good well he likes them because he cant get anything better.
Another crazy thing that this video missed is that Wilt played just under 20 years of pro volleyball after he retired from the NBA, ending up in their HoF too. So, he was a pro athlete for at least 33 years even if one doesn't count his time with the Globetrotters. Having seen a game in person, I think the Globetrotters qualify as pros.
Back, L.R., K.C. Jones, Lou Tsioropoulos, Tom Heinsohn, Bennie Swain, Jim Loscutoff, Sam Jones. Front, L.R., Gene Conley, Bob Cousy, Coach Red Auerbach, Pres. Walter Brown, Bill Sharman.
Looking at how Wilt moves in some of these clips it is understandable why people back then thought he wasn't human. He basically foreshadowed the prototype 21st century basketball player.
@@vernonleewarren280absolutely everyone over looks we have documented times and records for Wilt. To my knowledge we havent seen anyone even close to his size match any of his attributes let alone all of them. A 7 footer running sub 4.5 40 yard dash is beyond crazy or his 100m times. Absolute once in a generation type athletes or rarer.
So good he's treated as a fairy tale or a cheat code in other words unbelievable if he's not in your top 5 and he's going to be on the opposing team. 👀
Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol (mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977) C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons) C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons) C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons) C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons) C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons) C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons) C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season) C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons) (Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons) (Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons) (Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons) (please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9) SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
READ THIS!!! Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol (mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977) C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons) C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons) C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons) C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons) C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons) C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons) C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season) C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons) (Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons) (Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons) (Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons) (please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9) SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
Thanks for educating the modern biased and ignorant fans in the comment section. I knew Wilt was the goat from age 10 and still know he is the goat. I have not seen a player who even comes close to the abilities of the late great Wilton Norman Chamberlain The Big Dipper rest in peace the people who know basketball will always step up and defend your name against the sad ignorant people!!!
If a prime Wilt played today you are wrong he would be even more dominant that is my conclusion but i do not have a modern day basketball bias as i saw both 70s B ball and 2020s B ball and many of the players today would not make it on a 1960s team despite all the praise they get today and all the nasty remarks made about the greats of yesterday. The 60s Celtics would wipe the floor with any team today and Wilt would dominate any center today. Wilt would be listed at 7 ft 3 or 4 today as tall as Wemby but much bigger heavier wider more muscular and much stronger very scary though he was a monster. They measure players today in shoes that have a 2 inch thick sole. Wilt always downplayed his height with many saying he was actually 7 ft 2 in barefoot measurements and i believe this. When Wilt took photos with Shaq and other supposedly 7 ft modern soft soy players of today he dwarfed them looking as much as 5 inches taller than them!!! Isiah Thomas said their 7 ft modern centers compared to 7 ft Wilt which looked to him to be a different kind of 7 ft as in he seemed much bigger the video surrounded the 1996 50 greatest players ceremony.
Most casual fans have been mislead about Wilt's playoff stats. here's an example. These are Wilt's 1967 playoff stats by series. Out of 15 games, he had 15 double doubles that included 6 triple doubles and 4 quadruple doubles.His NBA75 competition was Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Sam Jones, Jhn Havlicek, Nate Thurmond and Rick Barry. He would have won FMVP but the award didn't exist. His game highs for points was 41, rebounds 41, assists 19 and blocks 15. (CINCY) 28.0 ppg/26.5 rpg/11.0 apg/10.2 bpg/62% (Boston) 21.6 ppg/32.0 rpg/10.0 apg/9.4 bpg/56% (SF) 17.6 ppg/28,5 rpg/6.8 apg/10.5 bpg/58% Post Season) 21.7 ppg/29.1 rpg/9.0 apg/9.9 bpg/58%
While listening to the stats I still keep thinking that those are made up numbers by DC Comics for their new Superhero who can go toe to toe with Superman
According to former bulls and lakers player John Salley, Kobe would’ve came much closer or broken the record if PhIl Jackson hadn’t sat Kobe early in his 80+ point game. According to Salley, Phil said in regards to preserving Wilts record, “some records need to stand”. Since I can’t post links here google John Salley and his comments regarding this. Of course take his words with a grain of salt.
Not to be that guy in your extremely well researched video, but he adopted that free throw shot after Rick Berry shocked the league with his average and Wilt had a mediocre FT% prior to that. Give credit where credit is due
Russell is the only player who gets so much credit. Yet he didnt out score wilt he never stopped Wilt. But he slowed wilt down and thats a win? Russell's team won not Russell in fact he lost just about every single match up. The only credit Russell gets is even though Wilt out played him they still won despite Russell's inabilities.
@@jasonnelson6624 I agree Bill never beat Wilt the Boston Celtics beat Wilt teams. The fact Wilt played only 13 full seasons they should change career points because any player can just hang around even an average one and play 25 years and break career scoring records they should go by how many points after 10 year mark. With Russell, they always give more credit because many idiots can not seem to wrap their head around the fact basketball is a team game and teams win championships not individual players so i do not care how many championships a player has it does not tell me anything about the player. It might tell me that he was lucky and got with the right team. You can have a great player that has no championships and a average one with many the way fans and media thinks they will say the average player is better even though on a one on one he would lose. Wilt still is getting a bum rap he is the goat and anyone with a brain knows this. He scored 4029 points in one season MJ is 1000 points short of him in his best season that make Chamberlain the goat with out me knowing anything else about him but when you factor in all the other stats and records and the ones the Harvey recorded for blocks and such it puts him way over the top. Kareem knows a prime Wilt would have destroyed him a old injured Wilt beat him when he had to despite his age and injures the guy was the top alpha and Kareem knows it but he will never admit it maybe one day he will.
We now play who's the best at basketball (thats over 1.90 (or 5'11/6'0 american units)) cutting out of the sport a huge portion of the population and awarding people like wembababanyamaya the title of "good player"
I grew up and Lawrence (location of Kansas University) and he is idiolized. Unfortunately while he was there he still had to deal with racists and bigots. He didn't come back to visit for a LONG time, but eventually came back when we retired his jersey and was greatful to the town for loving him so much and trying to silence the racists and bigots. A local Lawrence legend Don Gardner (better known as Red Dog) was on the track team with Wilt at KU and said even if he didnt have the stamina, his stride length alone was enough to make him an all time ELITE runner/jumper. It's alleged he could bench press 500Lbs in college and banged over 20,000 women... Also, not sure if it was mentioned but when Ali's Manager/trainer saw Wilt fight he IMMEDIATELY told Ali not to do it because Wilt was so fucking strong and his reach was so much of and advantage he didn't think Ali would be able to get any hits off and would be hurt by Wilt. I love Wilt and am so greatful to say he went to KU, and knowing I've walked down the same streets at him, sat in restaurants he went too, and watched games in the stadium he set so many records in makes me proud to be from good ole LFK.
Why Wilt is the REAL "GOAT". I don't care if someone comes along and scores 100K points. I never knew Jordan or LeBron or anyone else that had to force rule changes in order to "nerf" them (video game term).
So, as someone who’s not the biggest basketball fan but I still know quite a few players, I’m curious where legitimate basketball fans rank Wilt as best players of all time?
I think due to the era he played in most rank him lower all time. If he had played in the 80s/90s onwards and dominated the same way he had against that competition, then he may be in the GOAT argument with LeBron/Jordan. However, what he achieved was still incredible, Wilt was truly a freak of nature and a one of a kind athlete that we may never ever see again in Basketball.
Are we to believe that Wilt didn't like tons of attention in his rookie year? While it's likely he viewed some of it as negative, everything else about him suggests he craved attention.
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This is the best NBA video I’ve ever seen
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I second that.
I remember those wonderful days. Although I was a Knicks fan, who wasn't a fan of players like Chamberlain, Russell, Kareem Jarbbar, and other great players of the golden days. I am very fortunate to be alive to be part of the golden years.
WILT DESERVES A SPOT AT THE ROUND TABLE OF BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME 100 PTS IN GAME A TRIPLE DOUBLE IN FIVE CATEGORIES IN PTS REBS BLKS STLS AND ASTS HOW MANY OTHER PLAYERS DO YOU KNOW HAVE THOSE STATS IN BASKETBALL HISTORY NOT TOO MANY BUT I WAIT FOR THE COMMENTS UNTIL THEN
Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol
(mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977)
C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons)
C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons)
C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons)
C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF
C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons)
C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season)
C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons)
(Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons)
(Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons)
(Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons)
(please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9)
SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
Wilt's high school footage is 70 years old now. 70. He looks normal for today but it's 70 years ago. No advanced metric training or recovery stuff. No equipment or modern shoes. He could step into the NBA today out of 1950's high school and play.
When you say it like that, it really puts into perspective how good this guy was. I'm not a big sports fan, but I watch a lot of esports. Everything evolves, the skill floor gets higher and higher, and it becomes harder to even compete. The idea that someone from a past era could come in and wreck shit today is crazy. I can think of only a few examples of people who could do that in their games and they're all absolute monsters. Dude was bonjwa before bonjwa was even a concept
No, he couldn’t. This is an outrageous statement. He had no basketball skills and played against barely-athletic people a foot shorter than him. He’d get wrecked in the modern nba with his 1950s skills.
@@genehenson8851you have no idea what your taking about.
@@genehenson8851I think it's the opposite actually, the modern NBA doesn't enforce double dribbles, travelling, carrying, or offensive fouls like they did back then.
It was a more skillful time. Wilt would have been an all NBA player in any era.
@xXMegaWeaponXx Casuals don't put the rules of the game into perspective. Hell Hakeem and Jordan took advantage of no real zone defense in the 90s. Defenders had to wait for the player to get the ball before they could double team. Opened up a lot for the best in the league at that point. Kobe had tougher defense on him. Imo if Shawn Kemp is athletic enough to play in today's game which he definitely is, then Wilt and Bill are easily athletic enough. Bill was a quicker more durable Anthony Davis on defense. Wilt was Rudy Gobert with supersoldier serum. And I hate putting Rudy in the same sentence as Wilt.
Unlimited stamina glitch
Man was whistle sprinting
@@arturkyu5801 LOL
Not a glitch, he was a REAL MAN who could practically do it all, save for free throws.
Bro really learned how to slide-cancel irl🔫
That's what she said. And she said. And she said. And she said. ...
The only thing Wilt lacked was a good supporting cast. That's why he couldn't beat Bill Russel and the Celtics. He finally got it when he went to the Lakers, but the Celtics beat them in the finals by sheer luck with that shot from Don Nelson.
he was also benched the last minutes of game 7.
he had all stars for the 76ers as teammates. the celtics were just a superteam
Check your history, he beat them in Philadelphia.
it's not sheer luck when you draw a series and then win by one score. That's as evenly matched as it gets.
Wilt took the Celtics to finals game 7 four times and lost them all by only 9 points combined (2.25 per game). People act like Wilt was swept by Bill every time they met. He wasn't. Wilt dominated Bill nearly every game they played.
There's Wilt Chamberlain, than everyone else.
No. There is Wilt Chamberlain followed by a huge gap and then everyone else.
There was also Bill Russell. Bill Russell was the only answer for Wilt, and Wilt was the only answer for Russell(may he rest in peace).
@@DannyWhalen Wilt DOMINATED Russell, and Russell was no slouch.
@@marioarguello6989 Russell probably would've won 10-11 DPOYs, but they never had it until 1969
This era was 💩
There's a reason he's still considered top three, greatest of all time nearly 75 years later.
He not even top 5
@@milkslayer2406 He’s like top 7
not even t10
@@luckifan401 nah top 10
not even top 25 bruh
He averaged more minutes per game than any other NBA player, yet he never fouled out of a game, ever.
And even more insane - he always played elite defense but still never fouled out.
It was said he played gracefully avoiding fouls.
@@dennisrobinson8008 he was all grace I'm sure lol. How many women haha!
This man was also forced to be a Globetrotter before allowed to play in the NBA!
@RollinTwentySix He probably avoided many babes only allowing a couple a day over a 20 year period.
This is why to me Wilt still has a shot at GOAT tittle. But not up for debate he must be a top 5 all time.
He da GOAT when it comes to clapping cheeks.
Alright
Shot. He is. I mean we know if we coukd go back in time to his prime, he would dominate. No one has ever in modern sports been built like him. Herculean lol😂
I can not understand how a guy who has not played for 52 years and only played 12.5 full seasons still owns the NBA record book with 72 records and scored 4029 points in a season 1000 more then MJs best season all the while averaging 26 rebounds a game!!!! and 14 blocks a game 8 assist a game no one has come close to his records he did this while missing 5000 foul shots and no 3 point line in a time when you could hand check and foul a guy left and right people really need to wake up IQs are really dropping fast!!!!
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They forget to mention the greatest basketball player of all days, Slam Dunk Ernest. I remember watching a documentary about him when I was younger. He would have broken every record if he wouldn't have been injured while saving Christmas. Long rest Ernest. You are missed
The way you add news articles and literally keep up with the dates, times, and reports. This is by far the best channel for baskerballl i've came across.
Thank you so much for the kind words bro! It takes alot of work but it's well worth it to ensure you have a great viewing experience.
@@Outofboundshoops very good video, I planned to watch the first few minutes, and was stuck to the end!
Wilt Chamberlain is the First among Equals
Wilt in this era would be a bigger, faster, stronger giannis that could play all 48 minutes with 0 big men in the paint to stop him 😂 he would average 50, 25 yearly
The MOST DISREPECTED nba player, when ppl talk about nba GOAT.....
LeBron James disqualified himself from being ever considered a goat simply because he walked off the court early because his team was losing a goat would’ve stayed no matter the outcome
He got a bad rep from the Glorious Members Of The Press back then, and forever, he was a Republican, which of course could not be forgiven. Woke Commie Ahole Press Members are not a new development.
Weak era. He is the big fish in a small pond
@@CamTooling Out of 29 series, he played Russell, Kareem, Reed and Thurmond 17 times. These are all NBA75 centers. No other player had this competition AT HIS POSITION. Shaq played against RiK Smits in the finals. lmfao
@@oldeskoolnewsreels9927 Doesn't matter, athletes get better over time due to better sports science and conditioning. The average NBA athletes of today would be star players 30-40 years ago
Wilt Chamberlain could also play in the bedroom forever too. Dude had unlimited stamina in all aspects
ayo
Pepsi should make a commercial with AI Wilt as "spokesman"; he would drink 2 liter bottles before and during games.
The glaze from that generation is laughable
Best ever. Still holds over 70 NBA records
Id love to see how the big Dipper would dominate todays game. People today just dont understand that he really was that good.
I don't think he would be that impressive today as he was compared to the other players of his time. If I played against a bunch of middle school players I'd look awesome too
Like Nolan Ryan, Wilt was simply an outlier. They were both born with exceptional physiology and could do things almost no one else could. Then, they trained incredibly hard on top of that and became legends.
Bill russell had a higher vertical jump than wilt
@JohnnyRodgers3 Both Bill and Wilt would have qualified for the Olympics in the high jump. Wilt was also extremely strong, fast, and durable. Bill Russell was close in those categories as well, even if Wilt had the edge, which is why their rivalry was so iconic.
@@Cindoreye bill was not close to wilt in strength and durability
@JohnnyRodgers3 Relatively speaking, Bill was the closest match to Wilt in the league, but as I said in my original comment, Wilt was an outlier, especially for his time.
@@JohnnyRodgers3 Depends. Russell said himself that Wilt had the highest vertical from a crouch. Russell was a better high jumper but COULD NOT touch the top of the backboard like Wilt.
“He (Wilt) thought & rightfully so; that he was the greatest basketball player who ever lived”!………bill Russell
Lots of those old players were like that. The top 33 players all time in minutes played in a season were all before 1975. Then there's Latrell Sprewell. Then a bunch more pre-75 guys before Allen Iverson at 47th. For all time leaders the list is dominated by older players but Iverson is 4th, Sprewell 9th, Lebron 15th and then a few others sprinkled around. But Wilt was, once again, in a league of his own.
He's in a league of his own when it comes to minutes with women too
Watching Wilt’s basketball career advance from college to the NBA reminded me so much of Wemby’s story - how elevated the hype was, how they were not only seen as better than the rest of the league as rookies, that they would inevitably become THE dominant player for a decade or more. Sure enough, Wilt went on to improve and then plateau at “alien” levels year after year. It will be interesting to see how high Wemby’s plateau goes - he has some huge shoes to fill. Thanks so much for working so hard to produce sheer 🏀 excellence!👍👍
Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it, and I appreciate you for taking the time to watch. Agree on Wemby, can't wait to see how his career plays out, and he for sure has some big shoes to fill!
Wemby will never be that good. Wilt is by his self alone.
This is one great piece of documentary.
Thank you for that
Thank you sir!
Great work 👏🏻 thank you so much
Your channel has become my new favorite basketball channel on TH-cam
my man glad you enjoy bro! Who would you like to see me cover?
By far the most informative and entertaining video I’ve ever seen about Wilt Chamberlain ❤❤❤❤
Pls do a vid about Tim Duncan I love your vids btw
You're making very good content right now, good job
Thank you sir
A Wilt Chamberlain Today would Destroy the Entire NBA League.
No he won’t
@ivorynanny1127 he would with modern technology
Fantastic video! Thanks for all the work.
Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate you
The biggest fine in nba history... $750 ... 😱😧
Wilt was able to bench 500lbs/36 stone/227kgs easy- The Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger🤨😉
good video. keep up the great work
Wilt chamberlain is not a pro he is a legend
To me it doesn't matter what era Wilt played in. Throughout most of his career he was the best player on the planet, period. I guarantee he averaged a quadruple double most of his career, but they didn't count blocks like they do now.
That legend had a legendary role in conan the barbarian with arnold.
I think Wilt made an unreleased song about not getting tired and Kevin Gates stole it
He really did release two singles that he sang on. "That's Easy to Say" and "By the River".
Jesus...
Imagine if Red had managed to get Chamberlain and Russell on the same team.
Everyone else would have just had to go home come playoff time.
Excellent video man.
Thank you sir!
Thank you very much for this video. It's nice to see someone give Wilt Chamberlain some love. However I disagree with you on Wilt not being dominant in today's era of basketball. The first thing is, Wilt could definitely shoot the basketball. He spent most of his career hitting that great fade away jumper. The video footage clearly shows that. He also had the finger roll. Wilt would dominant in rebounds and minutes played per game. He would lead the league in blocks as well. The only thing he truly struggled with his entire career was free throw shooting. His strength was unmatched. This era of basketball is very very soft. No one would be able to stop Wilt in this era. He may also be the most athletic player to ever play basketball. His peers made it very clear that Wilt could do whatever he wanted to on a basketball court. They also said they were glad Wilt was a nice man and they were glad that he took it easy on them due to his inhuman strength . We will never see another Wilt Chamberlain
Apologies for making it unclear - I'm saying Wilt would be considered an Alien like Wemby, as in he would be an insane prospect for all the exact reasons you just listed. Wilt + todays spacing and some skill work and he might be the best player to ever play.
@@Outofboundshoops oh ok👍
Wembly doesn't play dominant basketball despite his size and that is a problem.
I subscribed after that trae young video came out and you had 128 subscribers crazy to see how much you have now.
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Wolves are said to have that Wilt in their hearts
Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol
(mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977)
C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons)
C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons)
C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons)
C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF
C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons)
C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season)
C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons)
(Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons)
(Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons)
(Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons)
(please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9)
SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
Thank you for finally spreading light in such a range.. this man was a behemoth like I know everything lol but I’ve never heard the fun intro “you hear Phelps, bolt, lebron but what if there was one nba player who was questioned to even be human??” 😂
I didn’t see that there’s another comment a lot like mine until now 😅 but yeah I didn’t know any of his college history and probably some of the other stuff I’ll read lol so i do get new info!!
@@mkingl25 Glad you enjoyed it bro!
great video, I don't follow basketball at all but this was really interesting. I just which that there was also a shorter more condensed 10-20 minute version cause I often don't have an hour to spend watching one youtube video
Wow, this is so well done 👍👍
you deserve more subs
This is an amazing video
Wilt and Bill made the NBA today
1967!!!
Wilt The Stilt was a good nickname
Not only the greatest athlete but greatest player ever the GOAT!!!!! The commentator does not understand Wilt stopped shooting because he was asked to it was not because he couldn't anymore like many commentator and ignorant NBA fans and Wilt haters believe.
Forgot to mention Auerbach said he wasn’t coachable, even told Red to “Drop dead you son of a bitch”
Still lost to Bill in x8 finals 🤣💀
Incredible athlete, best raw per game stats of all time, just had a silver lining when it came to winning.
Wilt didn't have 12 hall of fame players on his teams like Bill Russell did. Switch places with them and watch how often Wilt wins. Russell wins zero championships if you take him off the Celtics and put Wilt on the Celtics. Russell overrated
How convenient since that quote came years after he tried to change the rules to draft him. Couldnt be that uncoachable. If your doing everything trying to draft him. Red even begged Wilt not to go to Kansas but go to a college that would allow him to use the territory rule. His comments are the same as a guy saying he likes fat and ugly woman knowing good well he likes them because he cant get anything better.
It’s not “lost to bill,” it’s “lost to the Celtics.” Bill had 11 hall of famers and he was apparently the only one who matters?
his rookie NBA season sounds AWFULLY similar to Cait Clark's season - as far as breaking records go...
Another crazy thing that this video missed is that Wilt played just under 20 years of pro volleyball after he retired from the NBA, ending up in their HoF too. So, he was a pro athlete for at least 33 years even if one doesn't count his time with the Globetrotters. Having seen a game in person, I think the Globetrotters qualify as pros.
Back, L.R., K.C. Jones, Lou Tsioropoulos, Tom Heinsohn, Bennie Swain, Jim Loscutoff, Sam Jones. Front, L.R., Gene Conley, Bob Cousy, Coach Red Auerbach, Pres. Walter Brown, Bill Sharman.
Looking at how Wilt moves in some of these clips it is understandable why people back then thought he wasn't human. He basically foreshadowed the prototype 21st century basketball player.
There isn't a player today or ever with his size, speed, strength, stamina or leaping ability. He's still an outlier today. By AlOT.
Will Chamberlain could’ve been much more successful not to say he was not. If it wasn’t for racism….
You aren’t wrong
He was bigger than shaq too. You can pull up pictures of wilt and shaq (in his prime) together. It’s not even close.
Bigger and more athletic and stronger than Shaq. Way more stamina also. Shaq can't compare to the Big Dipper. No one can
@@vernonleewarren280 only jose alvardo can with wilt's limited handles
Or the video of an older Wilt shaking Shaqs hand and almost making him fall over.
@@vernonleewarren280and all the Jordan dickriders can never believe how dominant Wilt truly was.
@@vernonleewarren280absolutely everyone over looks we have documented times and records for Wilt. To my knowledge we havent seen anyone even close to his size match any of his attributes let alone all of them. A 7 footer running sub 4.5 40 yard dash is beyond crazy or his 100m times. Absolute once in a generation type athletes or rarer.
So good he's treated as a fairy tale or a cheat code in other words unbelievable if he's not in your top 5 and he's going to be on the opposing team. 👀
Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol
(mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977)
C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons)
C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons)
C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons)
C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF
C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons)
C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season)
C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons)
(Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons)
(Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons)
(Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons)
(please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9)
SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
I know Wilt Chamberlain from Conan the destroyer 🤷♂️.
READ THIS!!!
Despite the fact that he played against the second most HOF player at his position(only behind kareem and parish, which he played 7 years less than both) He PLAYED THE MOST TOTAL GAMES against another hof center….see list below lol
(mind you these are their barefoot heights, in the modern NBA you would add 1-2 inches to their height, as players have been measured in their shoes only after 1977)
C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons)
C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons)
C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons)
C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF
C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons)
C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons)
C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season)
C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons)
(Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons)
(Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons)
(Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons)
(please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9)
SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…
Thanks for educating the modern biased and ignorant fans in the comment section. I knew Wilt was the goat from age 10 and still know he is the goat. I have not seen a player who even comes close to the abilities of the late great Wilton Norman Chamberlain The Big Dipper rest in peace the people who know basketball will always step up and defend your name against the sad ignorant people!!!
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Gotta give credit to Bill Russel for catching so many W’s
Also shoot, Wilt won with a broken wrist?
I give the Boston Celtics credit they had a great team Russell was just part of it, Boston was stacked with HOFS!!
If a prime Wilt played today you are wrong he would be even more dominant that is my conclusion but i do not have a modern day basketball bias as i saw both 70s B ball and 2020s B ball and many of the players today would not make it on a 1960s team despite all the praise they get today and all the nasty remarks made about the greats of yesterday. The 60s Celtics would wipe the floor with any team today and Wilt would dominate any center today. Wilt would be listed at 7 ft 3 or 4 today as tall as Wemby but much bigger heavier wider more muscular and much stronger very scary though he was a monster. They measure players today in shoes that have a 2 inch thick sole. Wilt always downplayed his height with many saying he was actually 7 ft 2 in barefoot measurements and i believe this. When Wilt took photos with Shaq and other supposedly 7 ft modern soft soy players of today he dwarfed them looking as much as 5 inches taller than them!!! Isiah Thomas said their 7 ft modern centers compared to 7 ft Wilt which looked to him to be a different kind of 7 ft as in he seemed much bigger the video surrounded the 1996 50 greatest players ceremony.
My top 5 of all time: Wilt, Kareem, Jordan, Kobe, Rodman. My team wins 12 championships out of 15 in any era.
20:16, Bob Petitt was a forward (power forward) not a guard :)
My mistake! Apologies for that
@@Outofboundshoops All Good, Your Content Is Amazing!
Probably he is the best player ever =GOAT
The only one who stopped Bill from making the finals lols plus 55 Rebounds vs Bill... 35 FGS in a row 17/17 & 18/18
truly inhuman
Most casual fans have been mislead about Wilt's playoff stats. here's an example. These are Wilt's 1967 playoff stats by series. Out of 15 games, he had 15 double doubles that included 6 triple doubles and 4 quadruple doubles.His NBA75 competition was Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Sam Jones, Jhn Havlicek, Nate Thurmond and Rick Barry. He would have won FMVP but the award didn't exist. His game highs for points was 41, rebounds 41, assists 19 and blocks 15.
(CINCY) 28.0 ppg/26.5 rpg/11.0 apg/10.2 bpg/62%
(Boston) 21.6 ppg/32.0 rpg/10.0 apg/9.4 bpg/56%
(SF) 17.6 ppg/28,5 rpg/6.8 apg/10.5 bpg/58%
Post Season) 21.7 ppg/29.1 rpg/9.0 apg/9.9 bpg/58%
Wilt is such a legend.
LOL from the thumbnail I thought this was a story about Otto Porter Jr.😆
"The NBA changed the rules to make it harder for Wilt to score, then changed the rules to make it easier for Michael to score."
While listening to the stats I still keep thinking that those are made up numbers by DC Comics for their new Superhero who can go toe to toe with Superman
Why was I thinking of Kareem Abdul Jabar🙏😭
I would like to see Wilt and Steven Adams go at it
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0:39 the dude putting his hand on Wilt's cheeks is actually infuriating beyond words
idk he looked fine with it
@@The_Joshuan_EmpireA very different time
My thoughts exactly. Who the hell is that guy?
Why do people say there is no proof of his 100 point game when there is a radio play by play of his game . Thats clear proof
I think because it's not well known, I didn't even realise there was a radio broadcast until I made this video.
According to former bulls and lakers player John Salley, Kobe would’ve came much closer or broken the record if PhIl Jackson hadn’t sat Kobe early in his 80+ point game. According to Salley, Phil said in regards to preserving Wilts record, “some records need to stand”. Since I can’t post links here google John Salley and his comments regarding this. Of course take his words with a grain of salt.
Not to be that guy in your extremely well researched video, but he adopted that free throw shot after Rick Berry shocked the league with his average and Wilt had a mediocre FT% prior to that. Give credit where credit is due
fair point
Russell gave him so much hard time
Are you serious? Wilt AVERAGED 28.7 points and 28.7 rebounds versus Russell in 132 games. Russell played with 4,5 HOFs but Chamberlain DOMINATED him.
Russell is the only player who gets so much credit. Yet he didnt out score wilt he never stopped Wilt. But he slowed wilt down and thats a win? Russell's team won not Russell in fact he lost just about every single match up. The only credit Russell gets is even though Wilt out played him they still won despite Russell's inabilities.
@@jasonnelson6624 I agree Bill never beat Wilt the Boston Celtics beat Wilt teams. The fact Wilt played only 13 full seasons they should change career points because any player can just hang around even an average one and play 25 years and break career scoring records they should go by how many points after 10 year mark. With Russell, they always give more credit because many idiots can not seem to wrap their head around the fact basketball is a team game and teams win championships not individual players so i do not care how many championships a player has it does not tell me anything about the player. It might tell me that he was lucky and got with the right team. You can have a great player that has no championships and a average one with many the way fans and media thinks they will say the average player is better even though on a one on one he would lose. Wilt still is getting a bum rap he is the goat and anyone with a brain knows this. He scored 4029 points in one season MJ is 1000 points short of him in his best season that make Chamberlain the goat with out me knowing anything else about him but when you factor in all the other stats and records and the ones the Harvey recorded for blocks and such it puts him way over the top. Kareem knows a prime Wilt would have destroyed him a old injured Wilt beat him when he had to despite his age and injures the guy was the top alpha and Kareem knows it but he will never admit it maybe one day he will.
7:02 dude passing the ball here should've been more aware and passed it to the dude that was coming up behind him completely fkn open..
We now play who's the best at basketball (thats over 1.90 (or 5'11/6'0 american units)) cutting out of the sport a huge portion of the population and awarding people like wembababanyamaya the title of "good player"
I grew up and Lawrence (location of Kansas University) and he is idiolized. Unfortunately while he was there he still had to deal with racists and bigots. He didn't come back to visit for a LONG time, but eventually came back when we retired his jersey and was greatful to the town for loving him so much and trying to silence the racists and bigots. A local Lawrence legend Don Gardner (better known as Red Dog) was on the track team with Wilt at KU and said even if he didnt have the stamina, his stride length alone was enough to make him an all time ELITE runner/jumper. It's alleged he could bench press 500Lbs in college and banged over 20,000 women...
Also, not sure if it was mentioned but when Ali's Manager/trainer saw Wilt fight he IMMEDIATELY told Ali not to do it because Wilt was so fucking strong and his reach was so much of and advantage he didn't think Ali would be able to get any hits off and would be hurt by Wilt. I love Wilt and am so greatful to say he went to KU, and knowing I've walked down the same streets at him, sat in restaurants he went too, and watched games in the stadium he set so many records in makes me proud to be from good ole LFK.
Why Wilt is the REAL "GOAT". I don't care if someone comes along and scores 100K points. I never knew Jordan or LeBron or anyone else that had to force rule changes in order to "nerf" them (video game term).
I'm a lifetime fan of the Big Dipper even though he embellished a little
Wilt would laugh at the NBA now because nobody is playing serious defense anymore. Even Zach Randolph would be the MVP for a decade in this era.
So, as someone who’s not the biggest basketball fan but I still know quite a few players, I’m curious where legitimate basketball fans rank Wilt as best players of all time?
I think due to the era he played in most rank him lower all time. If he had played in the 80s/90s onwards and dominated the same way he had against that competition, then he may be in the GOAT argument with LeBron/Jordan. However, what he achieved was still incredible, Wilt was truly a freak of nature and a one of a kind athlete that we may never ever see again in Basketball.
@ 🙏 I appreciate that. Definitely helps me understand more
How do you play 48.5 min with 48 min per game? Most games now and before were 48 min only
he simply never subbed out, including overtimes, which made his average longer than the length of the game. I discuss this in the video
Imagine if he learned the fosbury flop 😱
Who was the player that was "overpowered"... and who was it that overpowered him???
The granny shots are jarring. The points/free-throw averages deserve a severe asterisk for that.
This is why I'm pissed when people only talk about Lebron James vs. Micheal Jordan, there are other legendary players that played.
The skipping forward and back is so difficult to follow.
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How do you break someones toe with a dunk
Are we to believe that Wilt didn't like tons of attention in his rookie year? While it's likely he viewed some of it as negative, everything else about him suggests he craved attention.
and while he would eventually return to his true form made me laugh
real life Baki character
41:56 What's that fake moon landing have to do with basketball? 🤣
Is this the pele of basketball?
Nice collection of facts and myths. Other thing I noticed: a lot of his blocks look like goal tending.
20,000 women over 40 years: 9.6 women/week
The greatest athlete ever was Jim Thorpe.