Its true, as time go the game gets softer. Back then you could touch one another. In the future you problem will not be able to breathe on one another.
The game keeps spreading out so there will be less contact. Back in wilts days there wasn't even a 3 point line. The paint used to be super condensed so people would get hit alot more. Now you can't even stand in the paint for more than 3 seconds.
There was never a softer era or more physics era that's just a myth. It's already been proven that basketball has been the same when it comes to intense physical basketball. At the end of the day Wilt is the goat in his time. So was jordan, so was kobe, and do is LeBron
@@scottsullivan7129 i don't think so wilt chamberlain is the one who bended down and stared mj in the eye and said Until they start changing the game to stop your greatness then you can call yourself the G.O.A.T
I LOVE that handshake between young Shaq and Wilt. Shaq is used to being the biggest and strongest guy around and the look on his face is like "What the fuck just got hold of me!?!" Some men are just strong on a different level and Wilt was one of those guys.
Well said DaddyGamer..well said.....when I hear some of these hard core fans who say things like Walt Frazier could not play in today's NBA....or Kareem wouldn't be effective....say what!,,,PEACE
11 and 2 of them as player/coach. This why championship are only one factor in greatness. Lebron is the best to ever do it. 9 appearances in 10 years against the best teams to ever be assembled. His stats were better when he lost, as opposed to when he won. He would average triple doubles in final losses.
@@ilikefreespeech3565Wilt also had multiple rules change for him. The reason you have to wait as the free throw shooter to move is because of Wilt. He could basically dunk from the free throw line.
He was great but notice when he is asked who would win prime him or prime MJ he kept saying he would beat him in his era cos wilt damn well knew he could never beat mj in his era
Odd editing job aside, Wilt's right. There's nothing Jordan can say "they didn't stop me from doing it, I just stopped doing it" about. When Wilt decided to lead the league in scoring, he did; to lead the league in assists, he did; to lead the league in rebounds, he did. There is no more unstoppable force in the history of the NBA than Wilt.
Unstoppable in different ways though. Wilt had power, height, and size that Jordan simply didnt have. That allowed Wilt to post up and back anyone down. Jordan was unstoppable in a different way, with his speed and accuracy. I actually didn't like Jordan all that much while growing up, but as an adult I definitely see the argument for Jordan being GOAT... One of the major things I hadn't realized as a kid was that Jordan didn't really shoot 3 pointers. That says a lot to his skills and style of attacking the rim when he has such a high career PPG and FG% but got there with only 1/4 the amount of 3 pointers that Lebron James has.
@@CallMeBezzy My granddaddy said Wilt used to roll his opponents up into a ball and dunk them through the hoop. But me I just look at the numbers, and the numbers say he was unstoppable.
Wilt wasn't that good in the postseason though, and that's where michael jordan takes the edge. Nobody remembers jordan's regular season stats, they just remember the titles and the insane postseason dominance.
@@idontexist1681 Agree completely. And even though Wilt was a lot bigger than Bill Russell (RIP), Russell's team beat Wilt's team like 75% of the times they played each other! No question Wilt was one of the best of all time, I just have never seen how he qualifies as THE best of all time!
Wilt is still literally the closest thing to 'superhuman' that has ever existed and he was in his prime 50 years ago, it's mind boggling to think what he could have achieved with the benefit of modern sports science and nutrition.
In the modern NBA he'd have to play less than 48 mpg...so right off the top, his stats wouldn't be the same. He'd also be going against other top tier talent every night. Guys who are just as well trained and conditioned as him. I think that might prove to be a little more difficult to dominate against than he (and you) think. Wilt had a night and day size and strength advantage over every player he stepped on the court against in the 60s and 70s...with exception to Bill Russell. He'd still have an advantage today, and would still be an absolute beast...but the gap wouldn't be nearly as massive. And I'm not trying to call that era "soft"...just different. The overall training and commitment was not even close to the same. A lot of guys still had second jobs for crying out loud. That's one thing about athletes that has undeniably changed. The game has evolved.
@zeked4200 I agree game does evolve but with the exception of joker and embid where else is his competition, also back then he would face Russell, Thurmond, Bellamy and Reed 8 to 12 times a year including not including playoffs. Joker and embid play each other only twice a year and it's scary to think how good the big dipper would be now with today training
He would dominant because he was strong, could dribble, had control of the game. His only problem of today is they would try and make him a 3 point shooter
Arnold Schwarzenegger said that Wilt could life him like he was nothing, the guy was an absolute beast physically. He could’ve been the best of all time if he was interested in scoring more than he was in assisting
@@ChingelBopDingelFlop wilt wasnt a team player he was so despised as a teammate that one great lakers team with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West voted 9-1 not to add him because the knew he was just a stat chaser. His indifference, immaturity, and selfishness (all of which is well-documented) made him a bad player. He wanted to chase records, women, the beach and wanted people to think he was cool and amazing. He didnt care if he would win.
@@dlow4872 having the best statistics of all time makes you the GOAT imo, people look at Pele, Messi, CR7 numbers and think "oh shit thats fucking amazing" but people look at wilts stats and think its a lie, simply because they were so great
@@ChingelBopDingelFlop thats fair but basketball is a team game not solo wilt didn't make his team mates great he actually hurt them by only focusing on his stats and trying to be the coolest guy on the team. Jordan learned that and actually passed the ball to win the game instead of hogging like in his early career and losing to the pistons and Knicks. Stats don't make you a good player what you do for your team makes you good. Stepping down from being the best to help your team shows you gave respect for your team and are selfless. If the Lakers didn't want him at all you know their was a good reason. If he however worked on his teamwork and pushed himself and his teammates he would have undeniable been the best. But he didn't care about any of his teammates.
People don't understand Wilt was a superhuman. People look at Dwight Howard or Zion Williamson and think their athleticism was amazing. Wilt athleticism was through the roof.
A lot of people can't comprehend it even after they have seen the film. He moves so gracefully for a man that size it eludes the eye. On top of that, he was stronger than Shaq. Perhaps Wilt was too nice to bully his way on the court... but maybe he should have.
@@gersonFls7 yes, he could bench 600, shaq could only bench 450. When wilt was 59 years old. He could still bench 465. Plus wilt had a 50' vert and he was almost 7'. Theres a video where his fingers touched like almost a foot above the backboard itself. He was something else, imagine giannis nowadays times 5 ish
@@youtubeyt5694 nah it was recorded sum like 48 im pretty sure. But theres a legend that says he could jump 50+ bc of the fact that he could reach above the backboard but idk so ur prob right but it was around 48 inches that he could jump
@@cavsfan5236 I don’t see how he has a low work ethic if he was in amazing shape. At his weight and size he ran a 40 time less than 5 seconds. Bench pressed more than NFL defensive lineman.
@@roronoazoro4713 he could idiot. Unfortunately they played 5 v 5 instead of 1 v 1. This isn’t tennis. Yall are delusional judging a team game this way. Russell had the better team. Wilt the better player. Kinda like Bron v Warriors. They always had a better team but Bron always the best in the series.
Wilt was always considered the best or second best in nba history. Then social media came and flipped everything upside down and created revisionist history!
The widened the lane to take away Wilt's dominance inside. They banned the DUNK for Kareem. They eliminated backing a player down once he is set to stop Shaq, and they, they, uh, they began the flagrant foul so you can't guard Jordan hard. LOL.
This must have been said prior to what was literally called the "Jordan Rule" by Magic & other players of his era. Because they made excessive or rough fouls 'flagrants fouls'. To try and curb that "defensive" approach everytime MJ would 'air' into the paint. This is interesting to watch knowning similar arguments are being made btwn Jordan & LBJ. Who is a true hybrid of the two - a 'Strong' Big & 'Fast' Guard aka Point-Forward. Regardless of who ppl think is the GOAT, I ain't never seen a player like Lebron. Who's still making a good argument for himself & his career isn't even over yet. #Facts
@Ked Taczynski yeah those players have those qualities but none to the extent LBJ has shown & his numbers prove it. The only one that comes close is Magic & even he admits Bron is better. But to each his own, we can agree to disagree.
@Ked Taczynski dude I just clarified & acknowledged your point - it's not that serious lol Like I said we can agree to disagree. It's just the comment section not an exhausted commentary on NBA history 😉
Michael referenced this in his latest interview, people are always going to think the best player from their era was the GOAT. Wilt is highly underrated though
Over 7ft tall 2feet from the basket. Who was his opponent guading him in the paint? Chamberlain wants to believe he was the goat but he couldn't do what MJ did. No sir.
What’s crazy is that he REALLY would average 40ppg till he retired😂 man was still at top shape even in his 50s Ps.. I’m talking bout if he chose to just score only, not play-make & all that other shit
Dude was a freak of nature. 7 ft, 280lbs. He ran track, high jump, played like a guard. I think he is the only player not impressed with MJ and openly let him know 🤣. He has a point though. They changed the rules to stop him because he was toying with the league. He was a man among boys. Even in his later years he was in tip top top shape too he could have played into his late 40s/50s. Too bad he had heart trouble. Didn’t know he was such a cool personable guy too.
The NBA took a different approach with MJ, they wanted him to succeed, and it helped the league when he did, imagine if they had taken the same approach with Wilt.
@@forgottenstreets Bull shit, have you ever heard of the Pistons and the brutality they brought to the game? Guess you just saw the last 2 games of MJ's career.
Wilt: ‘I don’t like Jordan calling himself the best player’ Jordan: ‘I don’t like LeBron calling himself the best player’ LeBron 15 years from now: ‘I don’t like _____ calling himself the best player’ This argument will never die
@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese he's the best in the league since 2012. 4 MVPs. 4 FMVPs. 4 Championships. 8 Straight Finals Appearances. He had no business being there in 2007 and 2018
@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese he's not the goat. But the 2016 Cavs and 2020 Lakers aren't superteams. And who's best if it's not LeBron? KD? Who joined Currys Team after blowing a 3-1 lead to him, a 3-1 Lead that Bron came back from. Oh and it wasn't rigged, just because lebron won. That KD who joined a superteam? Or is it Curry who has 0 FMVPs? LeBron was the best player of the 2010s. And is still the best player in the world. And I'm a Bucks fan. He's top 3 All time, Behind MJ, and you could argue for Kareem, but your blind hate for LeBron isn't letting you see witness his greatness. And if you reply to this with moments he's come up small I can do that with any superstar you throw at me aside from MJ.
What Wilt Chamberlain said about "they asked me to do other stuff, I stopped scoring and if I hadn't I could've averaged..." that is also exactly the same case for Dr J...they asked him to tone down his game for the 76ers which he willingly did but everybody who played with him or watched him play in the ABA all say he was way better/more dominant and could've done the same in the more slower watered down NBA which he did in spurts... Jordan was allowed to be Jordan when the league developed into a cash cow but Julius Ervings ABA game saved both leagues through the merger because everybody especially the NBA wanted to see him in the televised NBA where the money and more fans were...sucks that he and Wilt had to be asked not to be the dominant players that they were despite how much it benefited the league especially later on.
@@FoobasSports 💯 I watched him in the 80, 82, & 83 NBA Finals and some conference Finals...I watched him blow my mind further in the 83, 84, and especially the 87 NBA All-star game's...I'm not even gon elaborate, just SMH 😌
Doesn't that show that there was no competition for Wilt? I mean, being so big, strong and tall...ofcourse it's easier for him to dominate. Jordan had to work his ass off with his skills to win the game. Can be seen in all the close calls Jordan had to win, he had to be exellent in his play aotherwise he would loose the game, where Wilt Easily could score 100 a game.
The three second violation rule was created because of Wilt Chamberlain… in Europe there is no three second violation …that’s why it is so easy to score . In comparison to wilt 1 million players could wait in the paint for him to get there but they could not stop it
Not too hard when you are about 6 inches taller than everyone and you just sit under your hoop all game. Theres a reason they made a 3 second rule. Nobody likes a sandbagger. Lazy mfers.
Bill Russell doesn't get the same respect while being in the same era as Wilt. Even Wilt wanted Bill to be respected more. Look how quickly he brought up Bill's 11 rings.
@@wh_kers Yeah it's kind of funny that the "plumbers and firemen" and "rec league" disses only come out against Russell and Cousey, I guess Jerry West, Wilt, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit, Nate Thurmond, Gail Goodrich etc must have been not so great plumbers, accountants and firemen to have had to plat basketball for a side job.
Michael Jordan; 12 NBA records. Wilt Chamberlain: 73 NBA records. You can't argue against Wilt's domination as a player. They were changing the NBA to stop Wilt. Bringing brand new rules in, to curb his aggressive play. Like Wilt said; _"Mike? The NBA were on your side. The NBA were against me."_
@@ltsch1671 yeah🤣but that tells alot about GOAT argument🤣if you cant beat a guy with your own records how come you can tell others that yiu are the goat?🤣
I firmly believe Wilt was the best. He had the conditioning of a truely elite track and field athlete, could compete favorably in strength training against all but struck power lifters, and had to hold back on so many occasions to avoid hurting other players. The game changes with time, and while I think the playmaking strateg, footwork, and shooting skills of todays players is above where Wilt was in his time, those are learned skills that I have no doubt Wilt could also learn if he had been born half a century later. Wilt will probably always be the goat. There are only a few deserving consideration for the title, and Michael is on the list along side Labron. It is those two and Wilt. Without question Wilt has it. Media attention and crazy sponsor deals make Michael and Labron bigger names, but I’d rather have Wilt on my team if I could only choose 1 of those three players.
TBH, He could've scored multiple 100 point games, average 50+ pts his whole career and play until he was 50 if he wanted to. Wilt is a monster. The world took him too soon. RIP to the legend.
Listen to what he said in the interview... Until they start changing the game to stop your greatness, you can't be considered great. So... He saying he changed the game literally.
@@wingedhussar1453 Exactly, and Wilt has the nerve to bring up the big men in his era when Jordan played against the best center era of all time. The 80's and 90's centers and PF's were way better than in the 60's.
I highly doubt Jordan would've scored a 100 points just by 2's. Three pointers free throws help these player now of days. Wilt was a Beast! If Wilt & Jordan played in their prime... Then my monies on Wilt.
@@chemquests exactly. The thing that got me was the fact that he said “we shouldn’t judge a players greatness based on their rings”. This is arguably one the the greatest to ever do it and if he is saying that then I think the whole who is the G.O.A.T argument is stupid. Also, ppl tend to be bias especially when talking about Mike.
Jordan never said he was the greatest or the goat cause it would be disrespectful to the one that came before him. Even kobe, bird, magic never said any of that. Only lebra said it, not once not twice....lol
Delusional. MJ has said, to summarize, it is NOT fair to claim GOAT status when there is no opportunity to compete against the greats of each era of the game.
Never forget this about Wilt. He holds more individual records then anyone in ANY sporting event in history. Let that sink in. Any athlete in any sport Wilt has most records ever. Period.
His stats are massively inflated because he didn't have to face up against a Shaq or an Olajuwon, or a prime Kareem, or a Ewing, or a Robinson, so there was hardly anyone to defend him... He did however constantly face Russell and the Celtics, who constantly beat him.
Bill Russell is an all time great Centre and widely regarded as the best defender the game has ever seen. He played many head to head with Wilt. You know what’s the highest number of points Wilt ever scored on Russell in a head to head game: 62 points! Highest rebounds grabbed against Russell in a game: 55 rebounds!
@@markfrost2707 November 24, 1960 - against Russell and his Boston Celtics. You only need to do a simple search online. You can’t even be bothered to do that???????
@@mikeyshanghai9801 I looked it up as well since I was curious who won that game. The game that Wilt broke the rebound record with 55; he actually lost against Russell. But that same game he only scored 34 points. What game and date did Wilt score 62 on Russell?
@Sonic this dude is using the same wrong argument in every comment lol anyone that has ever read or researched basketball would tell you otherwise. Go educate yourself and stop spreading nonsense
YvngGoat ...Why should Jordan take it personally? The latter wasn't around when Wilton Norman Chamberlain entered the NBA. Before the latter arrived, William Felton "Bill" Russell was in the league. The Jim Crow policy was still law at that time. I'm certain that Michael Jeffrey Jordan was grateful.
Wilt would be shocked to know that some people stupidly do not put him in the top 5. Wilt led NBA in scoring in 7 of his 14 seasons averaging 40 points per game shooting 51%. In the other 7 seasons he averaged 21 points per game while shooting 62%. He could have won 10+ scoring titles if he shot just a little more. Wilt let NBA in rebounds in 11 of his 14 seasons averaging 28 RPG. In the other 3 seasons he averaged 21 rebounds per game. Wilt even led the NBA in assists one year.
If he just shot a little more? He has the record for most FG attempts. The only reason he scored so much is he took such a massive number of shots, just ridiculous amounts. Here is a lit of the most FG attempts made in a season (some of Wilt's seasons only had 80 games): 1. Wilt Chamberlain* 3159 1961-62 2. Wilt Chamberlain* 2770 1962-63 3. Wilt Chamberlain* 2457 1960-61 4. Wilt Chamberlain* 2311 1959-60 5. Charlie Scott* 2305 1971-72 6. Wilt Chamberlain* 2298 1963-64 7. Michael Jordan* 2279 1986-87
Jordan’s career field goal percent was .497. Wilt’s was .540. Wilt shot a lot in his first 7 years but chose to shoot much less in his final 7 years. He averaged 30 shots in his first 7 years and 14 in his last 7.
@@2kmichaeljordan438 It's not moronic if you know Wilts personality then obviously you will know he was a very competitive person. He also ripped on Kareem for not being a better rebounder/defender. So of course he would say he was better lmao.
@@user-be9pm4tj3c Jordan was a competitive person. Did he say he was the goat? No, he was humble. Wilt could’ve been humble, but he wasn’t, and he said he was better than Jordan.
You gotta respect his confidence tho. After all the records he has, the stats, has a 50 inch vert, crazy fast, can bench press 500lb, 7’1, 275 pounds. Wilt chamberlain seems like a myth, this guy was like super man back then
With only 10 teams in the NBA at that time. I will never say Wilt isn’t one of greatest to ever play. But if you put a prime Shaq against 8 average centers and throw in one Hakeem Olajuwon. Shaq will destroy the league but always lose the the Dream. That’s hidden secret the nba never talks about. It was only a few teams and wilt had only one true rival. Wilt vs Bill and we all know who won those battles.
@@ivanflores3249 Let's be honest. A average person now could have easily averaged 15 PPG in his era. But what's so mind blowing is that he was born into that era and was still averaging 50 points PPG for a entire season.
Hello question about wilt I want to know what’s his workout routine or what workouts did he do without equipment what was his persona like and any books or websites u recommend so I could learn about wilt?
@@getoff84 Wilt was better than Mj but not the chosen Baphomet for the Nba. If you think Jordan's 6 for 6 never passed a game 6 was natural, you buggin..Jordan can have the rep and logo and all that but he doesnt lead in Stats. Doesnt lead in Chips, doesnt lead TEAMS OR TEAMMATES [PERIOD], and inwas being facetious my forst sentence cuz Wilt was untouchable. Lifted Arndold S. like it was nothing. Jordan couldnt even pay kf a gambling debt and someone had to die for it and he was forced to retire to save Nba face. Or maybe you believe Magic really had Aids. And if you do the you have to also believe the white man telling you that a black man had sex with a monkey which created the "virus". Mj was not the best at everything and never led a team by himself anywhere except a first round exit. He is the #1 puppet like Brady. You either see it or you don't but I'm not tryna shatter your dreams
Just look at the record books. Wilt should be on the level of Babe Ruth. Though Wilt was a far better athlete but no less dominant for his era. As much as Wilt worked out when no one else really did, today, better training and workouts, he would still dominate like no other...
@@valentinyi3987 - Maybe not as a ball handler or shot creator but Wilt's influence on a game was greater. Offense and Defense. MJ to me had the greatest killer instinct. Kobe was more skilled offensively but not a better defender than MJ. and MJ had more natural ability.
WILT was the most Dominant Player the game has ever KNOWN. he was unstoppable on BOTH sides of the ball. NO PLAYER will ever score 100 Points or grab 50 rebounds in a game. NO ONE.
He is, that is because he is a conservative. Have you noticed that all back conservatives are pretty smart? Liberals like BLM NBA stars only repeat what they see on TV.
@@Emk315 well that was a stupid comment. Tell me, why do more educated people vote Democrat In most elections than Republican, even after accounting for inner city and “urban” votes? (Not saying those are unintelligent people by any means, but they have a left lean and don’t always have the same secondary school education opportunities as others, in general.) Regardless, vote on the person, not the ticket - that’s just stupid.
@@saucegodnas7318 dude can lift 600 pounds, even arnold talked about him so i'd say he's stronger than shaq for sure, mans also did track and field, long jump and high jump, dude's crazy athletic for his size
Faster? Yes. More athletic? Yes. But stronger? No way. There were 2 or 3 guys hacking on Shaq and he still dunked the ball. He broke the whole backboard. Nobody could back Shaq down in the post or stop him in the post if he gets angry.
Wilt was hands down the most dominant and overall greatest player all time. Jordan was the best talented player and probably the player that made the NBA the most popular in his time. I just honestly believe that the all time greats like Wilt, Russell and Kareem played, no players after could physically take the pace and beating they took and even finish the game. With that said, todays players are more shooting better and would never try and go to the paint to score. That’s my opinion.
I think you have it slightly off. Wilt was the most dominant, but MJ was the greatest. Talented is hard to say. I respect your opinion though, Wilt was unbelievable.
@@TheHubeef that’s the biggest argument against him but titles aren’t necessarily the indicator of the greatest individual playing in a team oriented sport. Wilt carried a lot of the teams he was on. Robert Horry has 7 championships, is he the greatest ever?
Knowing how wilt was he probably woulda called you a bitch for crying. Also apparently my dad was about in tears as well being a 17 basketball super fan (I was born 5 years later)
I remember buying a basketball magazine back in summer 1999 and just read the news "Wilt has passed away blabla...", he was my teenage years hero, and the first time I read something about him in a magazine was about his dead, I was devastated.
I remember reading the sports page in Australia in 1999. I didn't know much about him then but I felt the impact of his death. I knew even then he was a larger then life figure.
@DripTrollKing When you're over 7 feet your body is so big your heart has to work extra hard to keep pumping blood around, it's like being a bodybuilder.
"If he played the game when we did" will always be used as an excuse it seems. I hear people say the exact same thing with the LeBron/Jordan debate today
@RandomThoughts I think you are missing the point. He saying people are using this same argument against Lebron. Its just ironic thats all. Each era will always believe their guy was the best.
@Robert Johnson not weaker. Each era puts more emphasis on skill. As a result, the previous era tries to discredit through current era by pointing how well they fouled people and shortened careers.
Wilt: "They changed the game to help you Michael. They changed the game to hinder me". When anyone doubts or questions the greatness of Chamberlain, just remind them of this quote. Enough said.
@@JesseChasteen Jessie. Let an ol fellas drop you some knowledge. It's a GAME played by TEAMS. In a game Jordan would have ample opportunities to go at Wilt, but the bottom line would be, what TEAM won. If your argument is who won more championships, (Wilt vs Jordan) I would graciously bow down. But that's not our focus. Look at the numbers. Look at how many rules were changed because of this man. Study how his influence shaped the entire way the game was & is played. (The only other player that has had that kind of cultural impact is Steph Curry. Another conversation for another time) One year he played MORE than 48 minutes a game. TRANSLATION: He played every minute of every game, including overtime. If you still have a question, my retort is:100. This man scored dropped 3 digits vs OTHER grown a$! MEN. And before u say the guys he played against were bums, do me a favor: Go in your neighborhood, get 5 kids, get another guy to be on your squad, then go to the park and play. You and your boy shoot, rebound play defense and run up & down the court til YOU score 100. Shot free throws if you want. Just score in 3 digits. I can all ready tell you, brotha, you gotta be working your butt off. Oh yeah the year he hung a 100 on the Knicks , he AVERAGED 50 points a game. So if he scored 25 tonight, he had to score 75 the next game.. JUST TO BE ON AVERAGE. Let that sink in for a minute. And that's not taking into account rebounding, passing , setting scenes etc. The point is: There has NEVER been, in the history of the NBA, a greater physical force then Wilton Norman Chamberlain. Full stop.
@@jefferysimmons4501 lol thats why Jordan still holds the most ppg in the league? Playoff ppg too? He didn't average 50 points a game lol and he played against 5 teams full of plumbers. Old guy? How old are you? You sound like one of these ignorant millennial
@@dariusleonard4658 He wasn't. Do you realize Michael Jordan did the exact same thing Wilt Chamberlain did and cut back his points and for the same reason. Wilt had size and used it effectively. Michael Jordan couldn't do the exact same things Wilt because of his size. Wilt had no life that's why he had to make sure at all times people knew how great he was.
I read an article where the Coach asked Wilt to pass the ball so he did 20+ pts 20+ rebs and 20+ assist in a game. In my opinion, I think anything Wilt wants to happen will happen except championship (though he made 2) because it is a team game and Celtics back then has a great line up.
Jay Dee and Blue Ray, Wilt was the better athlete overall, Ran a 4.5 40, had a 40+ Vert which probably was much higher, could bench a whole 500, and he was versatile and would dominate in any position he was put in. Want him to be a scorer? He averages 50 points a game in a single season, want him to be a good rebound guy? He averages 20+ rebounds his entire career. Not to mention his success playing other sports after his basketball career such as Volleyball. Jordan was the best of his time without a doubt, but if it came to pure athleticism and who is the GOAT both statistically and who was the more dominant player, Wilt towers over Jordan.
Rubio russel and shaq are better. Yeah sure he has all these individual accomplishments but it was against barely 6 feet white centers and bill russel destroyed him
@@woshixijinping3778 he literally had a 55 rebound game vs bill russell... the celtics starting 5 being damn near all hall of famers in a era where there was no free agency for wilt to build a team is why bill has 11 championships, not to say russell isnt great too, but 1on1 wilt owned him many times
U have to remember that Jordan was at least 30- 40 more percent more skilled than the best players in wilts era. With hop's as well. It would of been a sight to see.
At 50 years old there was a pick up game with Wilt with some second rate college players on his team taking on Magic in his prime with some really good pros. Magic liked to stack those pick up games. It came down to game point each. Wilt blocked Magic's shot. Magic called goal tending. Wilt said it was not goal tending. After a few minutes of arguing Wilt said lets start from zero then. That game ended up 11-0 & Wilt blocked everyone of those shots at 50 years old.
@@wiltisdabest That pickup game BBBYpsi is referring to with Chamberlain & Magic happened in summer 1986 on the campus of UCLA at the Pauley Pavilion gym!!!!!
@@ryanwaziki8403 Yes but, Wilt jumps higher, he is faster, stro nger, has more stamina, he shoots the ball better, (his fallaway jumper, he was incredible with it).Giannis is probably just slightly better from FT line. Wilt is better defensively, offensively, better team player.
@Christian Voros mj real vertical wasn't even measured the 2002 kings vs lakers is a mystery everything is a mystery so we'll just have to trust it big o triple doubles too
That last line “until you’re so great that they start changing the game to stop your greatness, then I don’t think you have the right…” that hits on another level of truth.
Wilt might be better, but if were speaking bout the greatest, we gotta look at accomplishments, averages, all time stats, and impact to the game, Jordan deserves the title of the GOAT, the man is literally the most famous athlete in history, great and best are not the same words and they dont have the same meaning.
It took Steph Curry 13 years (with all those 3 pt shots made) to top the points charts, in Golden state history. Previous record was held by Wilt, who spent 5 years with Warriors. The greatest of all times.
Wilt played the second half of his career without having a 30+ ppg season and still finished with a 30.1 ppg average -- that tells you just how dominant he was as a scorer earlier in his career. Wilt's role changed after his seventh season -- earlier in his career, he was told to score; during the second half of his career (when he had more talented teams), he was asked to shoot more selectively, pass more, and focus more on defense (basically, the Bill Russell role). If Wilt extended his scoring dominance a few more seasons, or he was consciously concerned with someone catching his scoring totals, he would have put it so far out of reach that Kareem would have never caught him, and Jordan would not have the highest scoring average. They caught Wilt because Wilt took his foot off the gas.
Why don't you two get over yourselves different eras different times they can't be compared. Wilt Chamberlain's obvious jealousy of Michael Jordan doesn't diminish how great Jordan played
@@simonhowell4486 Jordan has done many things better then Wilt. He has more championships, MVP awards, finals MVP awards, scoring tittles, defensive player of the year and so fourth. Michael Jordan also didn't play with weak bitch ass NBA players.
yeah the last part of the video was very interesting point when he said until you are so great they start changing the game to stop your greatness that was a great quote in anything you do in life really..
@@SmokeDog1871 that was the way the Pistons played him. The NBA actually had to change defensive rules to stop those Pistons. The pushed the rules more towards isolation dribble type basketball making it harder for defenses to shut down one player keeping teams honest so to speak. These rules helped players like Jordan. In fact he didn't win championship 1 until these new rules were inacted.
Wilt is the Goat but they removed him because they started inaccurately using championships, then eliminated Bill Russell by discrediting the era he played in and having a loss in the finals smh Tbh Wilt, Russell and Kareem are ahead of Jordan if we're speaking without bias.
It depends on your criteria. Stats/accomplishments, it's Wilt. Winning, it's Bill Russell. Skill wise, it's Kobe. A combination of the above, it's LeBron. Honestly Jordan isn't the GOAT in any way if you're consistent with your criteria
He was the most dominant player in history. As far as championships, there are a lot of variables that have to aling to win multiple rings. MJ won 6 rings with the same team, the same coach and the same front office. Let´s not forget it is a team sport.
Aww man shut up ab the rings, and who won more of that n what is really irrelevant when comparing the 2 players. Anyone that knows ab basketball, knows that Jordan had waaaay much more raw talent and basketball ability than Wilt. Naturally Wilt will score a lot of buckets bc all he had to do was stand near the goal, and as a 7'1" giant, drop the ball in the hoop against players who were much more shorter back then than today. For a rebound, all Wilt needed to do, being the Goliath he stood at compared to others, was to jump. There's no way any one could ever convince me that Wilt had more skill than Jordan. That's a joke. Wilt you were born tall. Congratulations, but when it comes to basketball skill, Jordan has you beat in every category. Imagine a 7'1" Michael Jordan lol. Need I say more
Jordan never beat a dynasty team for a championship either. Wilt had to get by one every year. When Jordan faced a dynasty team in the playoffs (Boston) he was swept twice.
@@treyg.4821 Hey you didn't prove a damn thing. Wilt played against very good centers Russell,Bellamy, Thurmond kicked their asses. He would have kicked Kareem's too,but he was past his prime when they tangled. MJ played against guys like Ehlo,Starks,Dumars who wouldn't even make the NBA today. Could Jordan average 48.5 minutes for a full season? Or average 50 points a game? Hell No!
'The difference between you and me is that they had to change the rules, so I couldn't dominate. They changed the rules for you so that you could dominate. **
People either forget or are just ignorant of just how great an athlete Wilt was, and not just in basketball. He was a great shot putter, 440/880 runner, triple jumper, and a high jumper.
@@LejienDoom yeah this made up video means alot. lol. Who the fuck cares about a high jumper etc. That shit is meaningless. When someone like wilt NEEDS to TRY and prove to the world by talking his shit that he is better than Jordan, goes to show how threatened he is. Flat out knows he could never touch jordan. But I love his excuse he stopped scoring. lmao.
He was 7 ft 1, benched 500, ran track, played volleyball, god knows how many other sports, and had a 48-inch vert and outstanding defense. he is so underrated.
Okay, let's put that in perspective. The majority of NBA level players are exceptional athletes with superb hand-eye coordination. They would all be good track and field athletes or volley-ball players. As for the bench pressing and 48-inch vert, that is anecdotal and highly, highly unlikely. I have seen the footage of his track and field exploits. Impressive but not world class. Someone with his arm length does not bench-press that much and the 48-inch vertical, where was that ever measured? The highest ever recorded vertical was 46-inch. A 7ft1 player jumping 2 inches higher? Urban myth. He was incredibly dominant and still teams traded him in his prime. He was obsessed with stats but not necessarily with the one that mattered most, winning titles.
@@omnivorous65 lies jordan kilganon and john jordan both recorded 50 inch verts and just cuz ur arms are long doesnt mean you cant bench a lot. And remember how physically advanced( if that make sense) he was.
@@demah4063 Tbh I feel like in a 1v1 situation Jordan’s cooking Wilt. I think wilt was the first dominant player in an era where people weren’t athletic. So because of that people think he’s better than he actually was.
@@saucegodnas7318imagine a really athletic shaq who could run fast jump high and could actually shoot 3s(minus the fat). Thats basically wilt in a nutshell.
@@lankz458 everyone is scrubs in the eyes of wilt, mj, lebron, shaq, kareem. They make it look ez. Its just now the nba knows how to give scrubs more trophies and different stat lines to make them look good 😂😂
Wilt played in an era that had 70+% white American born players in it throughout his career that’s not the NBA. For example, there are 5% white American born players in today’s game. That’s a gigantic drop off. The first black person wasn’t even aloud to play basketball till 1950 and even after racism plagued the sport. Wilt was a finesse player who was defended by one person. Wilt never had to match up with so many African Americans and never with European players. The average height and weight was shorter/lighter back in Wilts era. Shaq was so good they changed the rules in 2001 like front court players being able to play zone and implementing the def 3sec rule. I have never seen a player once he catches the ball have two guys immediately on him the way Shaq did. The 50’s, 60’s and 70’s is the ABA era the real NBA started in the 80’s 90’s 2000’s. I’m not saying Wilt couldn’t play 90’s & 2000’s basketball but to think he would be as great as he was when he played with the Sixers I’m sorry your crazy. Back when Wilt played you could shoot the foul shot then immediately go get the ball smh lol Shaq would’ve loved that easy money.
thats the way it should be but people are brainwashed into taking shots at him and the older players calling them "unathletic" and saying it was easier for Wilt. If it was easier it was only because Wilt was better.
NBA was a lot easier and less competitive back when wilt and bill Russel played!! I mean it was like only 10 nba teams so.. in todays nba I don’t think wilt would score 100
He was allowed to shoot 40 times for an entire season. Dude wouldn't get close to 100. Coaches wouldn't let him take so many shots, if fucking mj never hit 30, there's no way they'd let wilt take 40 shots. Dude was lucky he grew up in an era that coaches were worse and teams had less idea about the game
Wilt was decades ahead of his competition he would still dominate in the 90s and 2000s like shaq did. His playstyle matches many dominant defensive bigs but he also had unreal athleticism that he rarely used in his team and would take advantage of in modern basketball. He would also be a huge figure with social media and mainstream entertainment unreal shit
@@mattybc5627 aside from shaq, Hakeem, and a couple others that era didn't have as many dominant centers as we think and none of em were as athletic as wilt so it wouldn't be that much different what changed was the way perimeter players played not centers they lived in the paint
@@mattybc5627 wilt is the only player that could say he actually clamped Kareem but you think he couldn’t play in other eras. Wilt was pushing around guys like 7’2 280lb artis Gilmore and guys like Nate Thurmond but you think he cant handle other players
You just made some amazing points man. Wilt would have been great on social media is an underrated point. He would have killed social media. He would have killed it in the 90s with more coverage. And his game would translate to all era's imo. You can't stop dominance. People forget how skilled he was as a passer. He would kill it in today's game and any game
He was physically dominant in the game and ahead of his time for that reason. I wonder how dominant he would have been in the 80s and 90s era. Not saying he wouldn't have been, but he was a giant in the league at the time.
Admittedly, as fan of MJ/Kobe/LeBron and all these modern guys, it's really hard to imagine how good Wilt was. We see guys like Shaq, Hakeem, Giannis, all these giants that are great athletes. And the numbers as far as vertical/bench press/etc just seem ridiculous in any athletic competition. That's why I don't like the idea of 1 GOAT of a team sport anyway. But did yall notice 3:40??? That's Shaq and Patrick Ewing, with Wilt throwing the jump ball. Not only does he make them seem regular size, watch the hand shake and how Shaq gets pulled in. Maybe some of those Wilt stories are true 🤣
@@abel78750 what? Do you not know how to read? You've seen HIGHLIGHTS of Wilt. You haven't watched full games day in and day out LIVE like we can watch now. Seeing HIGHLIGHTS is not the same as being able to see a player live for a whole game. Obviously he was amazing. But the few minutes of him actually playing does not tell the whole story. And it certainly help that in what little footage of Wilt that exists, he's playing against guys that wouldn't even be bench-warmers in today's NBA. So the footage of Wilt that is available still doesn't make it any easier to compare him to today's players.
@Vey8ron lol give me a break. Today's USA players have alot less skill then in the past. That is why the slow Europeans and teams could mop the floor with today's USA players cause they are much more skilled. The NBA is not as respected or revered as it once was in the past. USA fundamentals suck which is why nobody is watching anymore hence the crappy ratings. Get out of here kid.
@@abel78750 you obviously know nothing about basketball and only repeat what you see on social media. ZERO Euro teams can beat an NBA team. It would take a whole European All-Star team to even be competitive in the NBA. You are delusional if you think otherwise. Besides Luca Doncic, the only Euro stars in the NBA are 7ft+ (Giannis/Jokic/Wembenyama) and even Luca is big for his position. You are either completely ignorant or delusional and should never waste your time speaking about sports again. The only time International competition even seems fair is when the US sends a bunch of High schoolers and collegiate players because the good players are resting. The NBA is, always has been, and will continue to be the BEST basketball players/teams in the world.
The one stat I never hear anyone bring up that is the most incredible to me is the season he averaged 48.5 minutes a game... yes, with overtimes he topped 48, so you can add LeBron-esque durability to his résumé that’s so rare among bigs.
@@capalotace2962 In the first 7 years of MJ's career, the Bulls couldn't get past the Celtics and the Pistons. The Pistons had "The Jordan Rules"; punish MJ every time he came to the rim, double team him whenever he had the ball. All the Jordan Rules were; NBA basketball from the 60's to the 80's. Now Chamberlain had to face HoF centers every night for 82 games. He dominated all of them. Championships are TEAM efforts; there are plenty of players who great players on great teams. Karl Malone and Stockton, the great Suns teams of the 80's, The Sixers during Dr. J's career and he won only 1 championship, so did Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Willis Reed, Wes Unseld and Rick Barry. Players like Ewing, Barkley, Iverson and Miller, never got any rings. So a player's greatness isn't measured by how many rings he's won. If that were the case, Bill Russell is the GOAT with 11 (10 consecutive championships) Michael Jordan benefits because of modern media and the expansion of the NBA since 1976. Imagine if Chamberlain had the media access that today's players have now.
@@dangelo1369 it’s sad U have to bring up rookie years of mj against that elite Celtics team who just won championships and on top of that he was injured that entire year and still broke records in the post season going up against them with no help. Yet u fail to mention how it took wilt 10 years to make it to the finals. And then u bring up the pistons team who some how u compare it to the 60s to 80s just cause they didn’t have many rules then. But what u don’t get is that in that time there were no rules but there was also just 1on1 and very little skill and anyone to actually utilize those rules. Yes there was a lot more contact but they actually called fouls and didn’t throw people out right away for it but the game was similar to the wnba but with way less dribbling and no coaching. But i don’t think u know the jordan rules. It wasn’t just double teams they were intentionally trying to injure mj. They would would grab at his pressure points in the game to try to weaken him. And basically ram him kick him pucnch him if he saw any type of daylight to the paint in a era where players were way more skilled and better coaching and there was pretty much a 7 foot center on every team sometimes even more with elite guards .And on top of all that the pistons were tampering with the refs so they wouldn’t call those fouls during the game wen they did abuse jordan. So yes they should have changed the rules. Cause whether or not they changed the game in Jordan’s favor they can literally end people’s career or even kill them playing that way and if it was not changed every team would have been playing that dirty and there would be no basketball. They changed the rules in favor of everyone but the pistons doing that to jordan are the reason for it. So U don’t know shit. That’s a dam lie wilt had to face hall of fame centers every night because there was only around 3 hof centers playing in his entire career. And on top of that there were only 8-13 teams that existed wen he was in his prime he never saw more than 17 teams and each time he played a center his size his numbers dropped significantly or completely had a bad game all together. You say that it isnt measured by championships but u are obviously going off stats cause u don’t know a dam thing about wilt or mj or the era they played in.
Exactly man! They’re all different builds, different styles of players that all played in different era’s. So over this conversation. It got old years ago.
@calvin shimoli Jerry West Elgin Baylor Oscar Robertson Bill Russell Willis Reed Nate Thurmand John Haviliceck Bob Cousy Tommy Heinson and at the end he played prime Kareem, that’s just off the top of my head
Except MJ was 6 times Nba finals mvp 6 championship. The only player that had better numbers in playoffs than regular season and even more better numbers in finals than playoffs. Respect to Wilt. But Jordan Era was the best no doubt.
Everybody wants to believe that their era was the best era of basketball. With the best players, the best stars etc. Why don't we appreciate that basketball is basketball no matter the era you enjoy watching and come together trough our love of this sport.
The curse of reaching such a high level of stardom is that it's incredibly difficult to lose that ego after you've competed for so long. I appreciate all the greats. It's my opinion Wilt is the GOAT. Others may say Kareem, Shaq or whoever. The real winner is Basketball for hosting such incredible athletes.
Another thing to take into account is the eras were so different. You couldn’t even dribble the ball like we do today or it could be called a travel. Basketball history is a very interesting thing to look at
@Cadillac Kadafi young man..you were not born so you don't know..do your research....I don't take you guys seriously..no there were no 5 footers in the NBA....end of story..peace..wear your mask...this virus is for real....vote
@@traplivesmatter1462 He doesn't need to be built like them, Lebron is a breed of his own. He has the best attributes on almost anything, look at him passing Hall of Famer's records one by one, the ones set by both the era of Wilt and Jordan, even Wilt's and Jordan's themselves. He is statistically undoubtedly the GOAT. Only thing he needs is 2 more rings so all Jordan fangirls stop bitching about it.
The reason Wilt talked and acted this way IMO was his insane level of competitiveness. He comes across as arrogant and braggadocios but he just wants to win the GOAT argument.
They clearly said, "the best player of all time". Word for word. Nothing about team accomplishments, and Wilt was and still is the best individual player the NBA has ever seen. They record books tell it all
If you want to bring team into. Let’s bring team into it. Wilt was good enough to consistently take his team to the finals over & over again only to be beat by the Celtics super team. If you can’t hold that against Lebron you can’t hold that against Wilt. The reason why people hold so much against Wilt is the fact he was so dominant. Nobody can change my mind about that
This is one of the best cases I’ve ever seen on wilt & one of the best cases I’ve ever seen of the “Goat” conversation th-cam.com/video/Ybm_ql373GM/w-d-xo.html it’s worth the watch
Two entirely different Era’s. Different positions. Also, imagine how many more fans were around for MJ. Probably 100 to 1 compared to Wilt. He was international star.
@@blackwind6317 I see it the other way around. To be in the GOAT conversation is an achievement only 2 players have reached. MJ and LBJ. Kobe is my favorite player of all time, but he will always come in at best, 3rd among the masses. In order for Lebron James to be considered the GOAT by all, he needs to win over the public. Not a fair feat by him, but it can be done. I hope the Lakers repeat next year.
@@GatCat the public will always pick Jordan Jordan has been in the four highest rated NBA Finals of All Time, thats more than twenty years ago this years Finals was lowest rated Finals of all time and people were FORCED to stay at home and watch tv. this years Finals LOST ten million viewers compared to last year, because LeBron was in it and he did it with one of the most storied franchises in all of basketball, the Lakers and Lakers Nation. the public dont want to see constant whining, travelling, and the same play over and over every single second of every game Drive and Dish. in fact LeBron has in in the TWO lowest rated Finals of all time, this year and his first one the public already picked thier GOAT over twenty years ago. 74% of all modern players TODAY picked Jordan as GOAT and most of them have never seen Jordan play. sorry but, LeBron ever being called GOAT is as good as a snowballs chance in hell if hell were all lava and was in the center of the Sun during a supernova
@@youboob6297 LBJ is a much greater all around player than MJ ever was, and for much longer don't ever forget it! Was MJ double teamed every fuckin' play? NO! Did MJ have to board and bring the ball up and set u[p the offense every play? Hell No! 17 years in no one has ever come close to doing what LBJ is doing now.
@@vernpascal1531 you know nothing did LeBron ever have an ENTIRE TEAM designed to stop him? ive heard of Jordan Rules but ive never heard of LeBron Rules. ive also heard that LeBron is afraid to be guarded one on one by Patrick Beverly, Kawhi and Kevin Durant. when LeBron hears that Kawhi is going to shut him down he pisses himself and hides from Kawhi all ballgame Jordan was never double teamed? Ha hA HA ha HaH ha hA !! are you on crack? its obvious you have never watched a Jordan video, even one single time in your whole life and only watched Jordan on NBA2K ha ha ha! omfg, Jordan never been double teamed looololol, thats rich!! are you seriously TRYING to sound ignorant, because you are doing a really good job of it. saying Jordan was never double teamed is like saying nobody ever defends Steph Curry at the three point line. its just something that proves to everyone you know nothing about basketball and just want to troll others nice try kid, but i dont fall for things like that, that easily
I was looking at the 1996 Playoffs between Bulls vs Magic and my father said; "See all that guys? Wilt Chamberlain use to score more points than Jordan, grab more rebounds than Rodman, was more athletic than Pippen and was stronger than Shaquille O'neal.
Wilt has more swag than anyone else in history! Let's not forget that he averaged 50 points and 25 rebounds for an entire season and no one has even had a single 50 point and 25 rebound game in decades!
@@eddyecho donkey he got 81 points in modern time with rules unlike wilt man sat in the key under the net and just cherrpicked kobe scored 81 point doing mostly jump shots so its better then have 50 and 25 reb guy had 2 rings against 8 teams kobe 3 peated and won 5 in the hardest era
And, is that the best way to describe it? Because, looking at video, it seems like Gus fell, and dislocated his shoulder on the floor. The contact might've been all ball, which might make it ok to describe the block did the dislocation.
Interestingly, it would have been great to see him go against Shaq. Assuming Shaq could take the physical play brought by Wilt, I think it would be interesting, at least for the first 15 minutes because Shaq would be gassed. I think Wilt would still dominate, but it would be interesting to see if it would be more of a battle and to see Wilt push him around.
wilt is much stronger then shaq, it is just a fact sadly. He dosent have the dribble moves like shaq but hes faster and stronger than shaq. so it wouldnt be fair
All these old timers have legends on how unhuman these guys were only because if how unverifiable the era was and how easy it was to make up garbage. Wilt didnt sleep with 20k women, bench 500 pounds, etc.
He's so dominant, nba fans act like he doesn't exist
The Era he was in is kind of lame.
@@nguyenthanhhai6725 he played against bill Russell and Kareem, how was that boring?
@@jpf1256 kemp, drexler , malone , payton , Dumars , magic
Mmmmkay
@@diobrando3120 a very Young kareem. And in that Era, NBA is not that popular. He is a great player who was born at a Wrong time.
@@diobrando3120 only 2 good centers? How many hall of famers mj played against?
Funny how he says. I got a friend who doesn’t say anything about Jordan’s 4 rings know why cause he has 11.
That 11 was trash boy
@@babyigotchomoney 11 against plumbers in a small league. Easy
You mean six rings!
@@AltezzaGang15 that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard
@BlueRayTV 6 isnt as much as 11 rings my dude
Ain't that funny that Wilt thought Jordan played in the softer Era. Now the Jordan' stans think LeBron plays in the soft Era. Ain't nothing changed.
Next its gonna be Lebron telling a future star that he is playing in a softer era🤣🤣
Its true, as time go the game gets softer. Back then you could touch one another. In the future you problem will not be able to breathe on one another.
The game keeps spreading out so there will be less contact. Back in wilts days there wasn't even a 3 point line. The paint used to be super condensed so people would get hit alot more. Now you can't even stand in the paint for more than 3 seconds.
I think people from World War 1 think the World War 2 generation is soft.
There was never a softer era or more physics era that's just a myth. It's already been proven that basketball has been the same when it comes to intense physical basketball. At the end of the day Wilt is the goat in his time. So was jordan, so was kobe, and do is LeBron
Wilt was so great people think he's a myth😂
Ur goddamn right
Jordan make wilt his bitch!!!!🤦
@@scottsullivan7129 i don't think so wilt chamberlain is the one who bended down and stared mj in the eye and said
Until they start changing the game to stop your greatness then you can call yourself the G.O.A.T
U believe anything
FACTS
I LOVE that handshake between young Shaq and Wilt. Shaq is used to being the biggest and strongest guy around and the look on his face is like "What the fuck just got hold of me!?!" Some men are just strong on a different level and Wilt was one of those guys.
Shaq probably was annoyed that Wilt unnecessarily shook his hand very hard. That shit is irritating
@@TaiAkinzagreed. Wilt was just trying to use that moment to one up Shaq and he wasn't having it.
No I don't think he was. That was rookie shaq too lol. Wilt didn't even acknowledge him at that point
@@TaiAkinzexactly, but Wilt d riders will make anything up lmao
it was not 2000 shaq tho..
GOAT debate is stupid. Everyone is good at their own time. What matter is they all made the NBA known to the world. Respect their greatness.
Underrated opinion right here
Well said DaddyGamer..well said.....when I hear some of these hard core fans who say things like Walt Frazier could not play in today's NBA....or Kareem wouldn't be effective....say what!,,,PEACE
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“He doesn’t say anything because he has 11” that was a NASTY line.
11 and 2 of them as player/coach.
This why championship are only one factor in greatness.
Lebron is the best to ever do it. 9 appearances in 10 years against the best teams to ever be assembled.
His stats were better when he lost, as opposed to when he won.
He would average triple doubles in final losses.
One of the Greatest burns ever
Jordan is so trash.
11 rings versing literal plumbers
@@idc20627 Lebron Is a stat padder with an average jump shot.
“Until you are so great that they start changing the game to stop your greatness” Wilt Chamberlain
So this makes Shaq top 3 of all time.
@@kingj521how did they change it for Shaq specifically?
Wilt was way bigger and playing against lower level of completion. That’s just what it is
@@kingj521 top 4. Kareem and wilt can be put at #1 it doesnt matter they are too close to decide fully but then bill russel is at 3.
@@ilikefreespeech3565Wilt also had multiple rules change for him. The reason you have to wait as the free throw shooter to move is because of Wilt. He could basically dunk from the free throw line.
*I'm starting to recognize Wilt's greatness more and more*
About time. Just kidding.
He was great but notice when he is asked who would win prime him or prime MJ he kept saying he would beat him in his era cos wilt damn well knew he could never beat mj in his era
@@smooth8094 Wilt would have the Cigar Chomper flat on his ass eating Wilson...
@@vernpascal1531 say what now
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Odd editing job aside, Wilt's right. There's nothing Jordan can say "they didn't stop me from doing it, I just stopped doing it" about. When Wilt decided to lead the league in scoring, he did; to lead the league in assists, he did; to lead the league in rebounds, he did. There is no more unstoppable force in the history of the NBA than Wilt.
Unstoppable in different ways though. Wilt had power, height, and size that Jordan simply didnt have. That allowed Wilt to post up and back anyone down. Jordan was unstoppable in a different way, with his speed and accuracy. I actually didn't like Jordan all that much while growing up, but as an adult I definitely see the argument for Jordan being GOAT... One of the major things I hadn't realized as a kid was that Jordan didn't really shoot 3 pointers. That says a lot to his skills and style of attacking the rim when he has such a high career PPG and FG% but got there with only 1/4 the amount of 3 pointers that Lebron James has.
U weren't even alive to watch him
@@CallMeBezzy My granddaddy said Wilt used to roll his opponents up into a ball and dunk them through the hoop. But me I just look at the numbers, and the numbers say he was unstoppable.
Wilt wasn't that good in the postseason though, and that's where michael jordan takes the edge. Nobody remembers jordan's regular season stats, they just remember the titles and the insane postseason dominance.
@@idontexist1681 Agree completely. And even though Wilt was a lot bigger than Bill Russell (RIP), Russell's team beat Wilt's team like 75% of the times they played each other! No question Wilt was one of the best of all time, I just have never seen how he qualifies as THE best of all time!
Wilt is Lavar Ball if Lavar actually told the truth.
No
Bruh u know nothing about basketball go finish your food in your moms basement
@@hafadaze9046 shut up aj
That one hit me right in my gut...
nah lavar is better
Wilt is still literally the closest thing to 'superhuman' that has ever existed and he was in his prime 50 years ago, it's mind boggling to think what he could have achieved with the benefit of modern sports science and nutrition.
That is mind boggling!!!
In the modern NBA he'd have to play less than 48 mpg...so right off the top, his stats wouldn't be the same. He'd also be going against other top tier talent every night. Guys who are just as well trained and conditioned as him. I think that might prove to be a little more difficult to dominate against than he (and you) think. Wilt had a night and day size and strength advantage over every player he stepped on the court against in the 60s and 70s...with exception to Bill Russell. He'd still have an advantage today, and would still be an absolute beast...but the gap wouldn't be nearly as massive.
And I'm not trying to call that era "soft"...just different. The overall training and commitment was not even close to the same. A lot of guys still had second jobs for crying out loud. That's one thing about athletes that has undeniably changed. The game has evolved.
@zeked4200 I agree game does evolve but with the exception of joker and embid where else is his competition, also back then he would face Russell, Thurmond, Bellamy and Reed 8 to 12 times a year including not including playoffs. Joker and embid play each other only twice a year and it's scary to think how good the big dipper would be now with today training
He would dominant because he was strong, could dribble, had control of the game. His only problem of today is they would try and make him a 3 point shooter
@@zeked4200The game has evolved to a level of laziness, and lack of defense, never seen before. Come back to earth Astronaut!
Arnold Schwarzenegger said that Wilt could life him like he was nothing, the guy was an absolute beast physically. He could’ve been the best of all time if he was interested in scoring more than he was in assisting
Yeah he was such a team player and a lot of team players get over looked
He is the best of all time precisely because he didnt care about scoring but teamplaying
@@ChingelBopDingelFlop wilt wasnt a team player he was so despised as a teammate that one great lakers team with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West voted 9-1 not to add him because the knew he was just a stat chaser. His indifference, immaturity, and selfishness (all of which is well-documented) made him a bad player. He wanted to chase records, women, the beach and wanted people to think he was cool and amazing. He didnt care if he would win.
@@dlow4872 having the best statistics of all time makes you the GOAT imo, people look at Pele, Messi, CR7 numbers and think "oh shit thats fucking amazing" but people look at wilts stats and think its a lie, simply because they were so great
@@ChingelBopDingelFlop thats fair but basketball is a team game not solo wilt didn't make his team mates great he actually hurt them by only focusing on his stats and trying to be the coolest guy on the team. Jordan learned that and actually passed the ball to win the game instead of hogging like in his early career and losing to the pistons and Knicks. Stats don't make you a good player what you do for your team makes you good. Stepping down from being the best to help your team shows you gave respect for your team and are selfless. If the Lakers didn't want him at all you know their was a good reason. If he however worked on his teamwork and pushed himself and his teammates he would have undeniable been the best. But he didn't care about any of his teammates.
People don't understand Wilt was a superhuman. People look at Dwight Howard or Zion Williamson and think their athleticism was amazing. Wilt athleticism was through the roof.
A lot of people can't comprehend it even after they have seen the film. He moves so gracefully for a man that size it eludes the eye. On top of that, he was stronger than Shaq. Perhaps Wilt was too nice to bully his way on the court... but maybe he should have.
Stranger than shaq? U serious??
@@gersonFls7 yes, he could bench 600, shaq could only bench 450. When wilt was 59 years old. He could still bench 465. Plus wilt had a 50' vert and he was almost 7'. Theres a video where his fingers touched like almost a foot above the backboard itself. He was something else, imagine giannis nowadays times 5 ish
@@maxpiatetsky3513 idk about 50 inches but it's safe to say 40+ inches
@@youtubeyt5694 nah it was recorded sum like 48 im pretty sure. But theres a legend that says he could jump 50+ bc of the fact that he could reach above the backboard but idk so ur prob right but it was around 48 inches that he could jump
It astounds me that Wilt, this mythical beast of an athlete continues to be denied the respect he so justifiably deserves.
@@cavsfan5236 I don’t see how he has a low work ethic if he was in amazing shape. At his weight and size he ran a 40 time less than 5 seconds. Bench pressed more than NFL defensive lineman.
Thats not natural gifts. Its hard work. Only a lazy ass would say something this stupid.
@@Akgamestar137 Cant be the goat if he couldn’t beat Bill Russell 🤷♀️
@@roronoazoro4713 he could idiot. Unfortunately they played 5 v 5 instead of 1 v 1. This isn’t tennis. Yall are delusional judging a team game this way. Russell had the better team. Wilt the better player. Kinda like Bron v Warriors. They always had a better team but Bron always the best in the series.
@@Akgamestar137 Except Lebron beat upset the best team in league history and Wilt couldnt even do it once over the like 8 times they matched up
Wilt was always considered the best or second best in nba history. Then social media came and flipped everything upside down and created revisionist history!
Man.. he played against guys that were smoking during halftime.
Wilt is still considered one of the best scorers of all time. That hasn’t changed.
Wilt, MJ, and Kobe are the best offensive players ever.
@@inthedarkwoods2022 Not sure if Bill Russell was a smoker or not, but I'd say Bill being Wilt's biggest rival should be mentioned.
People realised he was a ball hog for most of his career that played a style that hinder team success.
That's why
MJ was considered the best ever way before social media existed. Talk about revisionist history.
Rip the legend wilt chamberlain
Wilt the Goat and one of the greatest athletes ever!
@@ronbonora7872 Ali is the Greatest.
man a legend
@@THEDONSTR8Fightah76 Different sports, pal
@@codekama7396 Ali is the Greatest athlete ever.
When wilt said "Until you are so great that they start changing the game to stop your greatness..." that blew my mind. Wilt only spoke the truth
Absolutely. Those who can grasp that concept get it.
The widened the lane to take away Wilt's dominance inside. They banned the DUNK for Kareem. They eliminated backing a player down once he is set to stop Shaq, and they, they, uh, they began the flagrant foul so you can't guard Jordan hard. LOL.
This must have been said prior to what was literally called the "Jordan Rule" by Magic & other players of his era. Because they made excessive or rough fouls 'flagrants fouls'. To try and curb that "defensive" approach everytime MJ would 'air' into the paint. This is interesting to watch knowning similar arguments are being made btwn Jordan & LBJ. Who is a true hybrid of the two - a 'Strong' Big & 'Fast' Guard aka Point-Forward. Regardless of who ppl think is the GOAT, I ain't never seen a player like Lebron. Who's still making a good argument for himself & his career isn't even over yet. #Facts
@Ked Taczynski yeah those players have those qualities but none to the extent LBJ has shown & his numbers prove it. The only one that comes close is Magic & even he admits Bron is better. But to each his own, we can agree to disagree.
@Ked Taczynski dude I just clarified & acknowledged your point - it's not that serious lol Like I said we can agree to disagree. It's just the comment section not an exhausted commentary on NBA history 😉
Michael referenced this in his latest interview, people are always going to think the best player from their era was the GOAT. Wilt is highly underrated though
Most people never had the opportunity to see Wilt play. It's almost like he didn't exist.
@MUFC soccer sucks.
@MUFC You are in the wrong video m8.
@MUFC Ok, thanks for the commercial break.
Now we'll continue with our regular NBA GOAT programming.
@MUFC that's because all you need is a ball to play so it's a cheaper sport for those living in 2nd and 3rd world countries to get into.
MJ scored 50+ points 31 times in his career.
Wilt scored 50+ in 45 games of ONE SEASON.
Jordan could have done that too, but he played to win, Wilt didn’t get a Championship until he learned to be more of a team player
Completely different eras though
Jordan was a huge ball hog get out of here
He scored 100 points and fucked 100 and bang 20 broads at the same damn time
Over 7ft tall 2feet from the basket. Who was his opponent guading him in the paint? Chamberlain wants to believe he was the goat but he couldn't do what MJ did. No sir.
What’s crazy is that he REALLY would average 40ppg till he retired😂 man was still at top shape even in his 50s
Ps.. I’m talking bout if he chose to just score only, not play-make & all that other shit
Wilt is better than the salty Shaq. I really hope everytime when Shaq start bullying modern players please bring Wilt up
Andrew Liu I agree
@@andrewliu111 8 teams.
Wilt was not better than Shaq. If he was he would have won like Shaq did.
@@MrOunce3 he played vs Bill Russell's superteam his whole life lmaaaooo
Dude was a freak of nature. 7 ft, 280lbs. He ran track, high jump, played like a guard. I think he is the only player not impressed with MJ and openly let him know 🤣. He has a point though. They changed the rules to stop him because he was toying with the league. He was a man among boys. Even in his later years he was in tip top top shape too he could have played into his late 40s/50s. Too bad he had heart trouble. Didn’t know he was such a cool personable guy too.
The NBA took a different approach with MJ, they wanted him to succeed, and it helped the league when he did, imagine if they had taken the same approach with Wilt.
Greg Lemon very true. You couldnt go near Jordan without it being a foul
@@forgottenstreets tell that to the detroit pistons.
@@forgottenstreets Bull shit, have you ever heard of the Pistons and the brutality they brought to the game? Guess you just saw the last 2 games of MJ's career.
His shot put was 56 wow
Wilt: ‘I don’t like Jordan calling himself the best player’
Jordan: ‘I don’t like LeBron calling himself the best player’
LeBron 15 years from now: ‘I don’t like _____ calling himself the best player’
This argument will never die
Best
@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese he's the best in the league since 2012. 4 MVPs. 4 FMVPs. 4 Championships. 8 Straight Finals Appearances. He had no business being there in 2007 and 2018
@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese he's not the goat. But the 2016 Cavs and 2020 Lakers aren't superteams. And who's best if it's not LeBron? KD? Who joined Currys Team after blowing a 3-1 lead to him, a 3-1 Lead that Bron came back from. Oh and it wasn't rigged, just because lebron won. That KD who joined a superteam? Or is it Curry who has 0 FMVPs? LeBron was the best player of the 2010s. And is still the best player in the world. And I'm a Bucks fan. He's top 3 All time, Behind MJ, and you could argue for Kareem, but your blind hate for LeBron isn't letting you see witness his greatness. And if you reply to this with moments he's come up small I can do that with any superstar you throw at me aside from MJ.
Luka
@@nicknaks4606 Luka is wat too young and isn't even playing well
What Wilt Chamberlain said about "they asked me to do other stuff, I stopped scoring and if I hadn't I could've averaged..." that is also exactly the same case for Dr J...they asked him to tone down his game for the 76ers which he willingly did but everybody who played with him or watched him play in the ABA all say he was way better/more dominant and could've done the same in the more slower watered down NBA which he did in spurts... Jordan was allowed to be Jordan when the league developed into a cash cow but Julius Ervings ABA game saved both leagues through the merger because everybody especially the NBA wanted to see him in the televised NBA where the money and more fans were...sucks that he and Wilt had to be asked not to be the dominant players that they were despite how much it benefited the league especially later on.
Dr J is criminally underrated.
@@FoobasSports 💯
I watched him in the 80, 82, & 83 NBA Finals and some conference Finals...I watched him blow my mind further in the 83, 84, and especially the 87 NBA All-star game's...I'm not even gon elaborate, just SMH 😌
Doesn't that show that there was no competition for Wilt? I mean, being so big, strong and tall...ofcourse it's easier for him to dominate. Jordan had to work his ass off with his skills to win the game. Can be seen in all the close calls Jordan had to win, he had to be exellent in his play aotherwise he would loose the game, where Wilt Easily could score 100 a game.
It sucks that his prime wasn’t on tv
The man who scored 100 points without a 3 point line. No one will ever do that again!
no disrespect but there wasn’t a 3 second violation either
He also average 50 ppg for a season 🤷🏿♂️
The three second violation rule was created because of Wilt Chamberlain… in Europe there is no three second violation …that’s why it is so easy to score . In comparison to wilt 1 million players could wait in the paint for him to get there but they could not stop it
Not too hard when you are about 6 inches taller than everyone and you just sit under your hoop all game. Theres a reason they made a 3 second rule. Nobody likes a sandbagger. Lazy mfers.
He played short plumbers with no 3 second rule
Bill Russell doesn't get the same respect while being in the same era as Wilt. Even Wilt wanted Bill to be respected more. Look how quickly he brought up Bill's 11 rings.
Bill Russell was great but those 11 rings are all rec league titles tho...there was what 8 teams & 1 round of playoffs back then.
and so wilt sixers among them defeated by bill?or not?
@@wh_kers Yeah it's kind of funny that the "plumbers and firemen" and "rec league" disses only come out against Russell and Cousey, I guess Jerry West, Wilt, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit, Nate Thurmond, Gail Goodrich etc must have been not so great plumbers, accountants and firemen to have had to plat basketball for a side job.
Rip bill
@@T-roc57 Try again. There were 8 teams in the NBA for exactly SIX YEARS.....55-61. Chamberlain played 59-73. Russell 56-69
Michael Jordan; 12 NBA records.
Wilt Chamberlain: 73 NBA records.
You can't argue against Wilt's domination as a player. They were changing the NBA to stop Wilt. Bringing brand new rules in, to curb his aggressive play. Like Wilt said;
_"Mike? The NBA were on your side. The NBA were against me."_
[observes profile pic]
...when NBA and Dead or Alive mix. It's the ninja bae Momiji.
Big facts
Wilt was maybe the greatest but its a team sport. Nobody cares about his records when you lose a final again or cant even reach it.
@@butts4653 wrong
@@ltsch1671 yeah🤣but that tells alot about GOAT argument🤣if you cant beat a guy with your own records how come you can tell others that yiu are the goat?🤣
I firmly believe Wilt was the best. He had the conditioning of a truely elite track and field athlete, could compete favorably in strength training against all but struck power lifters, and had to hold back on so many occasions to avoid hurting other players.
The game changes with time, and while I think the playmaking strateg, footwork, and shooting skills of todays players is above where Wilt was in his time, those are learned skills that I have no doubt Wilt could also learn if he had been born half a century later.
Wilt will probably always be the goat. There are only a few deserving consideration for the title, and Michael is on the list along side Labron. It is those two and Wilt. Without question Wilt has it. Media attention and crazy sponsor deals make Michael and Labron bigger names, but I’d rather have Wilt on my team if I could only choose 1 of those three players.
TBH, He could've scored multiple 100 point games, average 50+ pts his whole career and play until he was 50 if he wanted to. Wilt is a monster. The world took him too soon. RIP to the legend.
Listen to what he said in the interview... Until they start changing the game to stop your greatness, you can't be considered great. So... He saying he changed the game literally.
@@johndow1774 thts because the rules were fucked then. Jordan played with more rules and still dominated
@@wingedhussar1453 Exactly, and Wilt has the nerve to bring up the big men in his era when Jordan played against the best center era of all time. The 80's and 90's centers and PF's were way better than in the 60's.
@@henny6566 yea the big huge 7 footers couldn't do squat in Jordan era look ,we might never know because this guy did have amazing lay ups
I highly doubt Jordan would've scored a 100 points just by 2's. Three pointers free throws help these player now of days. Wilt was a Beast! If Wilt & Jordan played in their prime... Then my monies on Wilt.
It’s funny how Wilt also used the argument of “how the game is going today” ... it seems like that argument will be forever used
As it should be. We shouldn’t compare players of completely different eras
@@chemquests exactly. The thing that got me was the fact that he said “we shouldn’t judge a players greatness based on their rings”. This is arguably one the the greatest to ever do it and if he is saying that then I think the whole who is the G.O.A.T argument is stupid. Also, ppl tend to be bias especially when talking about Mike.
Bobo!!!
@@Mbest624 agreed. It’s ironic that one of MJ’s arguments of being better than LeBron is his number of rings
@@Mbest624 obviously wilt would say that. he was known as a losing player during his entire career
Interviewer: Michael are you the greatest player of all time?
Michael: Yes
Wilt: And I took that personally.
MJ never said he was the goat tho
LeFlop: I got 4 rings, I'm the GOAT
Paul Pierce: no, I'm the greatest of all time
Mj never said yes 😠
Jordan never said he was the greatest or the goat cause it would be disrespectful to the one that came before him. Even kobe, bird, magic never said any of that. Only lebra said it, not once not twice....lol
Delusional. MJ has said, to summarize, it is NOT fair to claim GOAT status when there is no opportunity to compete against the greats of each era of the game.
Never forget this about Wilt. He holds more individual records then anyone in ANY sporting event in history. Let that sink in. Any athlete in any sport Wilt has most records ever. Period.
He’d have all the blocks & steals records too but they didn’t count em in his era!! He had countless quadruple doubles!
This guy played his entire career in sneakers made of cloth. His stats were through the roof.
Who'd he beat though
His stats are massively inflated because he didn't have to face up against a Shaq or an Olajuwon, or a prime Kareem, or a Ewing, or a Robinson, so there was hardly anyone to defend him... He did however constantly face Russell and the Celtics, who constantly beat him.
poeple are still telling me after this video wilt wouldn't dominate in the nba now
@@AnthonyGarcia-ct3ri He would easily in this era, not so much in the 80's/90's.
Having said that, would he even be selected in today's game, because traditional bigs are no longer part of the game?... 🤔
Bill Russell is an all time great Centre and widely regarded as the best defender the game has ever seen. He played many head to head with Wilt. You know what’s the highest number of points Wilt ever scored on Russell in a head to head game: 62 points! Highest rebounds grabbed against Russell in a game: 55 rebounds!
Do they have these games recorded?
@@Menga213 Only the stats were recorded but not sure about the actual game footage. It would be great to see how Wilt scored 62 points on Russell.
he NEVER grabbed 55 rebounds in a game against Russell!!??? Where do you get that?
@@markfrost2707 November 24, 1960 - against Russell and his Boston Celtics. You only need to do a simple search online. You can’t even be bothered to do that???????
@@mikeyshanghai9801 I looked it up as well since I was curious who won that game. The game that Wilt broke the rebound record with 55; he actually lost against Russell. But that same game he only scored 34 points. What game and date did Wilt score 62 on Russell?
I know Jordan took this video personal at 57.
😂😂😂
Wilt dead too lmao
@@MarcoLopez-lq1ir its not very nice to laugh at the dead?
@Sonic this dude is using the same wrong argument in every comment lol
anyone that has ever read or researched basketball would tell you otherwise. Go educate yourself and stop spreading nonsense
YvngGoat ...Why should Jordan take it personally? The latter wasn't around when Wilton Norman Chamberlain entered the NBA. Before the latter arrived, William Felton "Bill" Russell was in the league. The Jim Crow policy was still law at that time. I'm certain that Michael Jeffrey Jordan was grateful.
Wilt would be shocked to know that some people stupidly do not put him in the top 5. Wilt led NBA in scoring in 7 of his 14 seasons averaging 40 points per game shooting 51%. In the other 7 seasons he averaged 21 points per game while shooting 62%. He could have won 10+ scoring titles if he shot just a little more. Wilt let NBA in rebounds in 11 of his 14 seasons averaging 28 RPG. In the other 3 seasons he averaged 21 rebounds per game. Wilt even led the NBA in assists one year.
If he just shot a little more? He has the record for most FG attempts. The only reason he scored so much is he took such a massive number of shots, just ridiculous amounts. Here is a lit of the most FG attempts made in a season (some of Wilt's seasons only had 80 games):
1. Wilt Chamberlain* 3159 1961-62
2. Wilt Chamberlain* 2770 1962-63
3. Wilt Chamberlain* 2457 1960-61
4. Wilt Chamberlain* 2311 1959-60
5. Charlie Scott* 2305 1971-72
6. Wilt Chamberlain* 2298 1963-64
7. Michael Jordan* 2279 1986-87
Jordan’s career field goal percent was .497. Wilt’s was .540. Wilt shot a lot in his first 7 years but chose to shoot much less in his final 7 years. He averaged 30 shots in his first 7 years and 14 in his last 7.
@@2Thes22MJ
Imagine asking a great player like wilt whose better him or Jordan
of course he'll say His better like wtf
Why? Is it a weird thing to be humble now?
What a moronic thing to type lmao. He can be humble as well, he doesn’t have to say that he’s better if he doesn’t want to
@@2kmichaeljordan438 It's not moronic if you know Wilts personality then obviously you will know he was a very competitive person. He also ripped on Kareem for not being a better rebounder/defender. So of course he would say he was better lmao.
@@user-be9pm4tj3c Jordan was a competitive person. Did he say he was the goat? No, he was humble. Wilt could’ve been humble, but he wasn’t, and he said he was better than Jordan.
How come LeBron’s not allowed to say he’s the GOAT?
Shaq's face was priceless when his arm nearly got ripped off from wilts hand shake 😂 He was shook!
Timestamp?😂
@@j.vll_ 3:40 - 3:43
@Khiyx he's like ahh god dammit
Until they change the game Because of you you don’t have the right to be called goat that was perfect
@@michealchaput4433 facts on facts mate 👍
You gotta respect his confidence tho. After all the records he has, the stats, has a 50 inch vert, crazy fast, can bench press 500lb, 7’1, 275 pounds. Wilt chamberlain seems like a myth, this guy was like super man back then
Wilt has a higher vertical than any nba player in history?
@@johnmyer4010 I think so
600 pounds was his bench
ciaran flanagan oh right
50 inch vert, no that shit is exaggerated
People don't understand how athletic Wilt was for his size he was insane.
You hear people say “if I was 7 ft tall I would easily average 50.”Wilt actually did that
Against people that were 7 footers as well."
With only 10 teams in the NBA at that time. I will never say Wilt isn’t one of greatest to ever play. But if you put a prime Shaq against 8 average centers and throw in one Hakeem Olajuwon. Shaq will destroy the league but always lose the the Dream. That’s hidden secret the nba never talks about. It was only a few teams and wilt had only one true rival. Wilt vs Bill and we all know who won those battles.
He did vs janitors
I would average 50 in dat weak ass era
@@ivanflores3249 Let's be honest. A average person now could have easily averaged 15 PPG in his era. But what's so mind blowing is that he was born into that era and was still averaging 50 points PPG for a entire season.
Wilt was 7’ tall, running a 4.4 40 yard dash, and having a 50” vertical. Never will there be another player as athletic as Wilt.
LeBron is pretty athletic too, but yeah you probably right
Hello question about wilt I want to know what’s his workout routine or what workouts did he do without equipment what was his persona like and any books or websites u recommend so I could learn about wilt?
yeah but he wasnt as polarizing as Mj. Wilt would wash Mj and everyone knows it. But 6-6 cuz he is the Baphomet of The nba makes people delusional
@@kungfufemafam9216 What?
@@getoff84 Wilt was better than Mj but not the chosen Baphomet for the Nba. If you think Jordan's 6 for 6 never passed a game 6 was natural, you buggin..Jordan can have the rep and logo and all that but he doesnt lead in Stats. Doesnt lead in Chips, doesnt lead TEAMS OR TEAMMATES [PERIOD], and inwas being facetious my forst sentence cuz Wilt was untouchable. Lifted Arndold S. like it was nothing. Jordan couldnt even pay kf a gambling debt and someone had to die for it and he was forced to retire to save Nba face. Or maybe you believe Magic really had Aids. And if you do the you have to also believe the white man telling you that a black man had sex with a monkey which created the "virus". Mj was not the best at everything and never led a team by himself anywhere except a first round exit. He is the #1 puppet like Brady. You either see it or you don't but I'm not tryna shatter your dreams
Just look at the record books. Wilt should be on the level of Babe Ruth. Though Wilt was a far better athlete but no less dominant for his era. As much as Wilt worked out when no one else really did, today, better training and workouts, he would still dominate like no other...
fact
I feel like wilt was definitely one of the greatest athletes of all time but I dont think his skills were comparable to Jordan
@@valentinyi3987 jordan was definitely more skilled but wilt was just better cos of his athleticism height and just overall dominance
@@valentinyi3987 - Maybe not as a ball handler or shot creator but Wilt's influence on a game was greater. Offense and Defense. MJ to me had the greatest killer instinct. Kobe was more skilled offensively but not a better defender than MJ. and MJ had more natural ability.
Wilt would average 50 PPG in the 90s
WILT was the most Dominant Player the game has ever KNOWN. he was unstoppable on BOTH sides of the ball. NO PLAYER will ever score 100 Points or grab 50 rebounds in a game. NO ONE.
Shaq?
Russell had over 50 rebounds in a game, look it up, the only two ever. Nevertheless there is zero debate, zero! It's Wilt by a mile
@@Zayn0880 No. Only Wilt and Russell
unstoppable except he was stopped in the playoffs every year but two.
@@arizjones Team sport and he faced the Celtics his entire time in Philly. Gretzky only won 4 just to put things in perspective.
Wilt sounded like a pretty smart guy. Really just an exceptional person.
Wilt: only person that ever played better than me was uh, me. I have that on authority from the all time goat.
He is, that is because he is a conservative. Have you noticed that all back conservatives are pretty smart? Liberals like BLM NBA stars only repeat what they see on TV.
@@Emk315 be quiet
@@Emk315 Yeah because it's not possible for people to have different political ideologies regardless of race lol.
@@Emk315 well that was a stupid comment.
Tell me, why do more educated people vote Democrat In most elections than Republican, even after accounting for inner city and “urban” votes? (Not saying those are unintelligent people by any means, but they have a left lean and don’t always have the same secondary school education opportunities as others, in general.)
Regardless, vote on the person, not the ticket - that’s just stupid.
Wilt: my first 7 years I scored a lot of points
Wilt in his first 7 years: 21,371 points, 39.8 points per game.
In a plumber era
@@chocamocha4541 bill Russell was a plumber ?
@@_Xds_ every game was against bill? Also bill is overated. Prime Anthony david is better than with him
@@normalchristiano2276 I'll give u tht bubble Ad is better then bill Russell. But ad clearly can't maintain tht level of play. Bill won 11 straight
@@_Xds_ yeah hes fragile but competition plays a huge role on winning champions and bill had it veeeery easy
Wilt was a stronger, faster, more athletic Shaquille O'Neil.
He would absolutely dominate in today's NBA.
I doubt he was stronger than Shaq, he weighed in at over 300 pounds.
@@saucegodnas7318 well he was tho lmao
Look at Shaqs face after that wilt handshake. Shooked af
@@saucegodnas7318 dude can lift 600 pounds, even arnold talked about him so i'd say he's stronger than shaq for sure, mans also did track and field, long jump and high jump, dude's crazy athletic for his size
Faster? Yes. More athletic? Yes. But stronger? No way. There were 2 or 3 guys hacking on Shaq and he still dunked the ball. He broke the whole backboard. Nobody could back Shaq down in the post or stop him in the post if he gets angry.
Wilt was hands down the most dominant and overall greatest player all time. Jordan was the best talented player and probably the player that made the NBA the most popular in his time. I just honestly believe that the all time greats like Wilt, Russell and Kareem played, no players after could physically take the pace and beating they took and even finish the game. With that said, todays players are more shooting better and would never try and go to the paint to score. That’s my opinion.
I think you have it slightly off. Wilt was the most dominant, but MJ was the greatest. Talented is hard to say. I respect your opinion though, Wilt was unbelievable.
@@billj4525to me it’s a wash. The edge probably goes to MJ because he won more titles but Wilt was so good it’s literally mythical
then why does Wilt only have 2 Chempionships?
@@TheHubeef that’s the biggest argument against him but titles aren’t necessarily the indicator of the greatest individual playing in a team oriented sport. Wilt carried a lot of the teams he was on. Robert Horry has 7 championships, is he the greatest ever?
th-cam.com/video/V8fn1IaTMQM/w-d-xo.html@@countryboyred SHOW? SHaq would Dominate that era . SOFT SOFT SOFT
Wilt, seriously, I woke up one morning, got my sports page and read that Wilt had passed. The impact...I couldn't believe it. I literally cried.
Knowing how wilt was he probably woulda called you a bitch for crying. Also apparently my dad was about in tears as well being a 17 basketball super fan (I was born 5 years later)
I remember buying a basketball magazine back in summer 1999 and just read the news "Wilt has passed away blabla...", he was my teenage years hero, and the first time I read something about him in a magazine was about his dead, I was devastated.
I remember reading the sports page in Australia in 1999. I didn't know much about him then but I felt the impact of his death. I knew even then he was a larger then life figure.
It's scary, when you're that tall you know for a fact you'll die prematurely
@DripTrollKing When you're over 7 feet your body is so big your heart has to work extra hard to keep pumping blood around, it's like being a bodybuilder.
"If he played the game when we did" will always be used as an excuse it seems. I hear people say the exact same thing with the LeBron/Jordan debate today
@RandomThoughts I think you are missing the point. He saying people are using this same argument against Lebron. Its just ironic thats all. Each era will always believe their guy was the best.
@Robert Johnson not weaker. Each era puts more emphasis on skill. As a result, the previous era tries to discredit through current era by pointing how well they fouled people and shortened careers.
@@troygoss6997 yup you're right in all seriousness the game develops, people will always bend stuff
@RandomThoughts completely missed a simple point
@RandomThoughts the last commenti made was directed at you not him
Wilt: "They changed the game to help you Michael. They changed the game to hinder me". When anyone doubts or questions the greatness of Chamberlain, just remind them of this quote. Enough said.
Preach.
Michael would dominate Wilt
@@JesseChasteen Jessie. Let an ol fellas drop you some knowledge. It's a GAME played by TEAMS. In a game Jordan would have ample opportunities to go at Wilt, but the bottom line would be, what TEAM won. If your argument is who won more championships, (Wilt vs Jordan) I would graciously bow down. But that's not our focus. Look at the numbers. Look at how many rules were changed because of this man. Study how his influence shaped the entire way the game was & is played. (The only other player that has had that kind of cultural impact is Steph Curry. Another conversation for another time) One year he played MORE than 48 minutes a game. TRANSLATION: He played every minute of every game, including overtime. If you still have a question, my retort is:100. This man scored dropped 3 digits vs OTHER grown a$! MEN. And before u say the guys he played against were bums, do me a favor: Go in your neighborhood, get 5 kids, get another guy to be on your squad, then go to the park and play. You and your boy shoot, rebound play defense and run up & down the court til YOU score 100. Shot free throws if you want. Just score in 3 digits. I can all ready tell you, brotha, you gotta be working your butt off. Oh yeah the year he hung a 100 on the Knicks , he AVERAGED 50 points a game. So if he scored 25 tonight, he had to score 75 the next game.. JUST TO BE ON AVERAGE. Let that sink in for a minute. And that's not taking into account rebounding, passing , setting scenes etc. The point is: There has NEVER been, in the history of the NBA, a greater physical force then Wilton Norman Chamberlain. Full stop.
@@jefferysimmons4501 lol thats why Jordan still holds the most ppg in the league? Playoff ppg too? He didn't average 50 points a game lol and he played against 5 teams full of plumbers. Old guy? How old are you? You sound like one of these ignorant millennial
@@jefferysimmons4501 Jordan and his team would destroy Wilt and his plumbers 10 times out of 10
Wilt was superhuman. 7 ft tall, above 50 inch vert, insane burst, insane strength. Unreal.
His highest recorded vertical was 46’. He was also 7 foot 1.
One of the few people that ever lived that can feel genuinely unimpressed by MJ
Wilt wasn't impressed by anyone. As great as Kareem was he didn't give him credit. Not humble at all
@@normajeaneason6983 I mean if I knew I was better than you I would tell you I was if I were asked
@@dariusleonard4658 He wasn't. Do you realize Michael Jordan did the exact same thing Wilt Chamberlain did and cut back his points and for the same reason. Wilt had size and used it effectively. Michael Jordan couldn't do the exact same things Wilt because of his size. Wilt had no life that's why he had to make sure at all times people knew how great he was.
@@normajeaneason6983 wilt had no life? Boy he goat on the court n off wym better search that mans body count wit women up talking no life 😂
@@djay4x That's not really a life. Anytime you over kill anything its suspect. Besides Dennis Rodman and others think he was exaggerating
I read an article where the Coach asked Wilt to pass the ball so he did 20+ pts 20+ rebs and 20+ assist in a game. In my opinion, I think anything Wilt wants to happen will happen except championship (though he made 2) because it is a team game and Celtics back then has a great line up.
Superteam*
Wilt wasn't clutch, he lost to a retiring Bill Russell when Wilt had Elgin Baylor and Jerry West on his team.
@@AX5Terminator Baylor and West are overated
@@damienbutts9611 not as much as Wilt Chamberlain.
Yeah your right to nobody was beating 7 all stars 5 on the starting line up and two coming off the bench
A real GOAT can do anything. Chamberlin was basically the ultimate athlete.
And MJ did nothing apparently by your comment.
@BlueRayTV nbs 😭😭💯
the real goat of basketball would be good at other sports too
Jay Dee and Blue Ray,
Wilt was the better athlete overall, Ran a 4.5 40, had a 40+ Vert which probably was much higher, could bench a whole 500, and he was versatile and would dominate in any position he was put in. Want him to be a scorer? He averages 50 points a game in a single season, want him to be a good rebound guy? He averages 20+ rebounds his entire career. Not to mention his success playing other sports after his basketball career such as Volleyball.
Jordan was the best of his time without a doubt, but if it came to pure athleticism and who is the GOAT both statistically and who was the more dominant player, Wilt towers over Jordan.
@BlueRayTV athletically, Wilt is far better than Mike in that aspect of the game.
There's "built different" and then there's Wilt. The man was superhuman.
Wilt Chamberlain would eat in any era. Period.
EAT!!!!
Rubio russel and shaq are better. Yeah sure he has all these individual accomplishments but it was against barely 6 feet white centers and bill russel destroyed him
@@woshixijinping3778 he literally had a 55 rebound game vs bill russell... the celtics starting 5 being damn near all hall of famers in a era where there was no free agency for wilt to build a team is why bill has 11 championships, not to say russell isnt great too, but 1on1 wilt owned him many times
@@woshixijinping3778 actually the average center height back then was 6'10
@@ethanfo1 yeah but they sucked and would get slaughtered by a varsity team
I love it how he says: "me vs michael in our prime, how much money would you bet on?"
All in on Wilt no doubt about it
Wilt because he will back him down
@@superepicpro1651 wilt played with the Harlem globetrotters too
My money's on Wilt
U have to remember that Jordan was at least 30- 40 more percent more skilled than the best players in wilts era. With hop's as well. It would of been a sight to see.
At 50 years old there was a pick up game with Wilt with some second rate college players on his team taking on Magic in his prime with some really good pros. Magic liked to stack those pick up games. It came down to game point each. Wilt blocked Magic's shot. Magic called goal tending. Wilt said it was not goal tending. After a few minutes of arguing Wilt said lets start from zero then. That game ended up 11-0 & Wilt blocked everyone of those shots at 50 years old.
It was college magic not prime magic. But yes it happened
I've heard this story too. All the old goats from his era that are still around always speak highly of wilt. That should tell you something
@@wiltisdabest That pickup game BBBYpsi is referring to with Chamberlain & Magic happened in summer 1986 on the campus of UCLA at the Pauley Pavilion gym!!!!!
@@jamesstarter same goes for Jordan lol
Sounds made up
Wilt would throttle Michael Jordan. And Michael's my favorite player of all time.
If Gannis is dominating today's game, Wilt would destroy it.
Giannis is the closet representation of wilt right now believe it or not
@@ryanwaziki8403 Yes but, Wilt jumps higher, he is faster, stro
nger, has more stamina, he shoots the ball better, (his fallaway jumper, he was incredible with it).Giannis is probably just slightly better from FT line. Wilt is better defensively, offensively, better team player.
@@QankoIvanov wilt lies ab everything, none of what he said had ever been proven. hes literally a IF
@@itsrabzei1123 Wilt is caught bench pressing 465 at 59 yrs old, over 50 inch vert on a picture, highlights of him running really fast
@Christian Voros mj real vertical wasn't even measured the 2002 kings vs lakers is a mystery everything is a mystery so we'll just have to trust it big o triple doubles too
That last line “until you’re so great that they start changing the game to stop your greatness, then I don’t think you have the right…” that hits on another level of truth.
The bad boys the Jordan rule ?
@@georgejones5207 three second violation rule was made to stop Wilt from scoring
Wilt played when 95% of the league couldn't hang with a D2 college team of today. Not his fault, but it tarnishes his accomplishments greatly.
Tey changed rules for Shaq also but I don't consider him the greatest.
@I’m racist he said they wouldn’t beat todays college teams
What an absolute BEAST, Jerry West was asked How Wilt would do in the modern era and he said Wilt would embarrass current bigs.
Wilt might be better, but if were speaking bout the greatest, we gotta look at accomplishments, averages, all time stats, and impact to the game, Jordan deserves the title of the GOAT, the man is literally the most famous athlete in history, great and best are not the same words and they dont have the same meaning.
Wayne Gretzky.
@@cruww_ I don't disagree.
Pretty sure wilt will take the knowledge of shooting very quick too
Giannis antetokounmpo is embarrassing wilt so would shaq
It took Steph Curry 13 years (with all those 3 pt shots made) to top the points charts, in Golden state history. Previous record was held by Wilt, who spent 5 years with Warriors.
The greatest of all times.
Wilt played the second half of his career without having a 30+ ppg season and still finished with a 30.1 ppg average -- that tells you just how dominant he was as a scorer earlier in his career.
Wilt's role changed after his seventh season -- earlier in his career, he was told to score; during the second half of his career (when he had more talented teams), he was asked to shoot more selectively, pass more, and focus more on defense (basically, the Bill Russell role).
If Wilt extended his scoring dominance a few more seasons, or he was consciously concerned with someone catching his scoring totals, he would have put it so far out of reach that Kareem would have never caught him, and Jordan would not have the highest scoring average. They caught Wilt because Wilt took his foot off the gas.
Why don't you two get over yourselves different eras different times they can't be compared.
Wilt Chamberlain's obvious jealousy of Michael Jordan doesn't diminish how great Jordan played
@@codeblood2000
Name one thing Jordan did better than Wilt.
Wilt done averaged more mpg than the actual game lmao in one season
@@simonhowell4486 Jordan has done many things better then Wilt. He has more championships, MVP awards, finals MVP awards, scoring tittles, defensive player of the year and so fourth. Michael Jordan also didn't play with weak bitch ass NBA players.
would have, could have, should have but he didnt...
"Until they start changing the game to stop your greatness..."
Wilt is the most underrated superathlete of all time
Jordan Rules?
@@SmokeDog1871 that was one team's strategy to stop MJ. The actual league took measures to make it harder for Wilt.
yeah the last part of the video was very interesting point when he said until you are so great they start changing the game to stop your greatness that was a great quote in anything you do in life really..
@@SmokeDog1871 that was the way the Pistons played him. The NBA actually had to change defensive rules to stop those Pistons. The pushed the rules more towards isolation dribble type basketball making it harder for defenses to shut down one player keeping teams honest so to speak. These rules helped players like Jordan. In fact he didn't win championship 1 until these new rules were inacted.
@@Begreat_James4 Do they not see what they are doing to Jordan today! Tryna tear down his legacy
Wilt was possibly the best overall athlete ever. His size, speed, jumping ability and strength. Wilt is truly the goat of athletes in my mind
Yes indeed
Bo Jackson says high. Greatness in two different sports.
@@GizmoMaltese You mean HI
And NBA as well. It's not even debatable
@@GizmoMaltesewilt chamberlain is in the hall of Fame for volleyball
Wilt is the Goat but they removed him because they started inaccurately using championships, then eliminated Bill Russell by discrediting the era he played in and having a loss in the finals smh
Tbh Wilt, Russell and Kareem are ahead of Jordan if we're speaking without bias.
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It depends on your criteria. Stats/accomplishments, it's Wilt. Winning, it's Bill Russell. Skill wise, it's Kobe. A combination of the above, it's LeBron. Honestly Jordan isn't the GOAT in any way if you're consistent with your criteria
He was the most dominant player in history. As far as championships, there are a lot of variables that have to aling to win multiple rings. MJ won 6 rings with the same team, the same coach and the same front office. Let´s not forget it is a team sport.
Aww man shut up ab the rings, and who won more of that n what is really irrelevant when comparing the 2 players. Anyone that knows ab basketball, knows that Jordan had waaaay much more raw talent and basketball ability than Wilt. Naturally Wilt will score a lot of buckets bc all he had to do was stand near the goal, and as a 7'1" giant, drop the ball in the hoop against players who were much more shorter back then than today. For a rebound, all Wilt needed to do, being the Goliath he stood at compared to others, was to jump. There's no way any one could ever convince me that Wilt had more skill than Jordan. That's a joke. Wilt you were born tall. Congratulations, but when it comes to basketball skill, Jordan has you beat in every category. Imagine a 7'1" Michael Jordan lol. Need I say more
Shut…. Up
2 coach actually
Jordan never beat a dynasty team for a championship either. Wilt had to get by one every year. When Jordan faced a dynasty team in the playoffs (Boston) he was swept twice.
@@treyg.4821 Hey you didn't prove a damn thing. Wilt played against very good centers Russell,Bellamy, Thurmond kicked their asses. He would have kicked Kareem's too,but he was past his prime when they tangled. MJ played against guys like Ehlo,Starks,Dumars who wouldn't even make the NBA today. Could Jordan average 48.5 minutes for a full season? Or average 50 points a game? Hell No!
Wilt said this to mj:"Nba made rules so i can't dominate,but the nba made rules so you can dominate
'The difference between you and me is that they had to change the rules, so I couldn't dominate. They changed the rules for you so that you could dominate. **
And mj said this to lbj...."hand checking"
@@dandikoapaha7914 issue is nothing says Lebron couldn’t win in hand checking no sample. We saw Jordan before and after the rule changes
MJ : "When Wilt said that, I took it personal."
@@dandikoapaha7914 then mj complained that its harder to play in zone defence
People either forget or are just ignorant of just how great an athlete Wilt was, and not just in basketball. He was a great shot putter, 440/880 runner, triple jumper, and a high jumper.
All his claims are bullshit and lies....he never won ANYTHING in college or the state meets in High School for that matter....LOOK IT UP
@@wswillett I bet you didnt watch the video
@@LejienDoom yeah this made up video means alot. lol. Who the fuck cares about a high jumper etc. That shit is meaningless. When someone like wilt NEEDS to TRY and prove to the world by talking his shit that he is better than Jordan, goes to show how threatened he is. Flat out knows he could never touch jordan. But I love his excuse he stopped scoring. lmao.
He played against plumbers and janutors
@@ysff0710 Ya, dudes who went on a 8 ring streak of chips are definitely plumbers and janitors
As the years pass, Wilt legacy will grow even bigger.
@@mobetter25 "My impact will be everlasting."
- Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt is actually the Dragonborn. He's a legend no one really believes
It’s bullshit he has too many great achievements for people to just say he played against scrubs or say that didn’t happen
Lmao what a comparison.
He's got the most powerful Thu'um!
He was superhuman. Literal genetic jackpot plus a gymrat mentality. All physical traits maxed out, strength, speed, agility, athletics, durability.
Decent of the giant race
He was 7 ft 1, benched 500, ran track, played volleyball, god knows how many other sports, and had a 48-inch vert and outstanding defense. he is so underrated.
Okay, let's put that in perspective. The majority of NBA level players are exceptional athletes with superb hand-eye coordination. They would all be good track and field athletes or volley-ball players. As for the bench pressing and 48-inch vert, that is anecdotal and highly, highly unlikely. I have seen the footage of his track and field exploits. Impressive but not world class. Someone with his arm length does not bench-press that much and the 48-inch vertical, where was that ever measured? The highest ever recorded vertical was 46-inch. A 7ft1 player jumping 2 inches higher? Urban myth. He was incredibly dominant and still teams traded him in his prime. He was obsessed with stats but not necessarily with the one that mattered most, winning titles.
@@omnivorous65 lies jordan kilganon and john jordan both recorded 50 inch verts and just cuz ur arms are long doesnt mean you cant bench a lot. And remember how physically advanced( if that make sense) he was.
@@demah4063 Tbh I feel like in a 1v1 situation Jordan’s cooking Wilt. I think wilt was the first dominant player in an era where people weren’t athletic. So because of that people think he’s better than he actually was.
@@saucegodnas7318imagine a really athletic shaq who could run fast jump high and could actually shoot 3s(minus the fat). Thats basically wilt in a nutshell.
@BlueRayTV he is. when people talk about the G.O.A.T. I rarely hear them talk about Wilt. It's usually Lebron, Kobe(may he rest in peace), and MJ.
Lol
He’s not in the goat convo because he played against scrubs
@@lankz458 everyone is scrubs in the eyes of wilt, mj, lebron, shaq, kareem. They make it look ez. Its just now the nba knows how to give scrubs more trophies and different stat lines to make them look good 😂😂
Wilt played in an era that had 70+% white American born players in it throughout his career that’s not the NBA. For example, there are 5% white American born players in today’s game. That’s a gigantic drop off. The first black person wasn’t even aloud to play basketball till 1950 and even after racism plagued the sport. Wilt was a finesse player who was defended by one person. Wilt never had to match up with so many African Americans and never with European players. The average height and weight was shorter/lighter back in Wilts era.
Shaq was so good they changed the rules in 2001 like front court players being able to play zone and implementing the def 3sec rule. I have never seen a player once he catches the ball have two guys immediately on him the way Shaq did. The 50’s, 60’s and 70’s is the ABA era the real NBA started in the 80’s 90’s 2000’s. I’m not saying Wilt couldn’t play 90’s & 2000’s basketball but to think he would be as great as he was when he played with the Sixers I’m sorry your crazy. Back when Wilt played you could shoot the foul shot then immediately go get the ball smh lol Shaq would’ve loved that easy money.
thats the way it should be but people are brainwashed into taking shots at him and the older players calling them "unathletic" and saying it was easier for Wilt. If it was easier it was only because Wilt was better.
Ultimate Greatness is when you cannot be comprehended.
NBA was a lot easier and less competitive back when wilt and bill Russel played!! I mean it was like only 10 nba teams so.. in todays nba I don’t think wilt would score 100
He was allowed to shoot 40 times for an entire season.
Dude wouldn't get close to 100.
Coaches wouldn't let him take so many shots, if fucking mj never hit 30, there's no way they'd let wilt take 40 shots.
Dude was lucky he grew up in an era that coaches were worse and teams had less idea about the game
Wilt was decades ahead of his competition he would still dominate in the 90s and 2000s like shaq did. His playstyle matches many dominant defensive bigs but he also had unreal athleticism that he rarely used in his team and would take advantage of in modern basketball. He would also be a huge figure with social media and mainstream entertainment unreal shit
@packer9 better at what rings is a team accomplishment
He wouldn’t be nearly as good if he played in the 90s and 2000s, he played against trash cans
@@mattybc5627 aside from shaq, Hakeem, and a couple others that era didn't have as many dominant centers as we think and none of em were as athletic as wilt so it wouldn't be that much different what changed was the way perimeter players played not centers they lived in the paint
@@mattybc5627 wilt is the only player that could say he actually clamped Kareem but you think he couldn’t play in other eras. Wilt was pushing around guys like 7’2 280lb artis Gilmore and guys like Nate Thurmond but you think he cant handle other players
You just made some amazing points man. Wilt would have been great on social media is an underrated point. He would have killed social media. He would have killed it in the 90s with more coverage. And his game would translate to all era's imo. You can't stop dominance. People forget how skilled he was as a passer. He would kill it in today's game and any game
aw man. bill russel died yesterday. may he and and wilt Rest In Peace. Two incredible people and god-like athletes.
Calling a man god-like is blasphemy
@@justinchen1038…anyways
Wilt is not the most humble guy, but nevertheless he's got a point...he was so dominant it transformed the league in many ways.
He was physically dominant in the game and ahead of his time for that reason. I wonder how dominant he would have been in the 80s and 90s era. Not saying he wouldn't have been, but he was a giant in the league at the time.
Isn’t that sign of a weak league as much as it’s a sign of a great player?
@@bigbassjonz wilt would absolutely dominate in any league
@@bigbassjonz He'd be Shaq but with a work ethic.
@@bigbassjonz Physically dominant? What about his fade aways?
Admittedly, as fan of MJ/Kobe/LeBron and all these modern guys, it's really hard to imagine how good Wilt was. We see guys like Shaq, Hakeem, Giannis, all these giants that are great athletes. And the numbers as far as vertical/bench press/etc just seem ridiculous in any athletic competition. That's why I don't like the idea of 1 GOAT of a team sport anyway.
But did yall notice 3:40??? That's Shaq and Patrick Ewing, with Wilt throwing the jump ball. Not only does he make them seem regular size, watch the hand shake and how Shaq gets pulled in. Maybe some of those Wilt stories are true 🤣
What? There is video in color, of some of Wilts games circulating on TH-cam. He was amazing. Nobody today even comes close.
basically just imagine giannis scoring his 50 point games every 82 nights instead of 3 games every season. that was wilt
@@abel78750 what? Do you not know how to read? You've seen HIGHLIGHTS of Wilt. You haven't watched full games day in and day out LIVE like we can watch now. Seeing HIGHLIGHTS is not the same as being able to see a player live for a whole game.
Obviously he was amazing. But the few minutes of him actually playing does not tell the whole story. And it certainly help that in what little footage of Wilt that exists, he's playing against guys that wouldn't even be bench-warmers in today's NBA. So the footage of Wilt that is available still doesn't make it any easier to compare him to today's players.
@Vey8ron lol give me a break. Today's USA players have alot less skill then in the past. That is why the slow Europeans and teams could mop the floor with today's USA players cause they are much more skilled. The NBA is not as respected or revered as it once was in the past. USA fundamentals suck which is why nobody is watching anymore hence the crappy ratings. Get out of here kid.
@@abel78750 you obviously know nothing about basketball and only repeat what you see on social media. ZERO Euro teams can beat an NBA team. It would take a whole European All-Star team to even be competitive in the NBA. You are delusional if you think otherwise. Besides Luca Doncic, the only Euro stars in the NBA are 7ft+ (Giannis/Jokic/Wembenyama) and even Luca is big for his position. You are either completely ignorant or delusional and should never waste your time speaking about sports again.
The only time International competition even seems fair is when the US sends a bunch of High schoolers and collegiate players because the good players are resting.
The NBA is, always has been, and will continue to be the BEST basketball players/teams in the world.
The one stat I never hear anyone bring up that is the most incredible to me is the season he averaged 48.5 minutes a game... yes, with overtimes he topped 48, so you can add LeBron-esque durability to his résumé that’s so rare among bigs.
Mj wouldn’t let the game go overtime he would just win it thats the difference
@@capalotace2962 In the first 7 years of MJ's career, the Bulls couldn't get past the Celtics and the Pistons. The Pistons had "The Jordan Rules"; punish MJ every time he came to the rim, double team him whenever he had the ball.
All the Jordan Rules were; NBA basketball from the 60's to the 80's. Now Chamberlain had to face HoF centers every night for 82 games. He dominated all of them.
Championships are TEAM efforts; there are plenty of players who great players on great teams. Karl Malone and Stockton, the great Suns teams of the 80's, The Sixers during Dr. J's career and he won only 1 championship, so did Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Willis Reed, Wes Unseld and Rick Barry.
Players like Ewing, Barkley, Iverson and Miller, never got any rings. So a player's greatness isn't measured by how many rings he's won. If that were the case, Bill Russell is the GOAT with 11 (10 consecutive championships)
Michael Jordan benefits because of modern media and the expansion of the NBA since 1976. Imagine if Chamberlain had the media access that today's players have now.
@@dangelo1369 8 consecutive
@@dangelo1369 it’s sad U have to bring up rookie years of mj against that elite Celtics team who just won championships and on top of that he was injured that entire year and still broke records in the post season going up against them with no help. Yet u fail to mention how it took wilt 10 years to make it to the finals. And then u bring up the pistons team who some how u compare it to the 60s to 80s just cause they didn’t have many rules then. But what u don’t get is that in that time there were no rules but there was also just 1on1 and very little skill and anyone to actually utilize those rules. Yes there was a lot more contact but they actually called fouls and didn’t throw people out right away for it but the game was similar to the wnba but with way less dribbling and no coaching. But i don’t think u know the jordan rules. It wasn’t just double teams they were intentionally trying to injure mj. They would would grab at his pressure points in the game to try to weaken him. And basically ram him kick him pucnch him if he saw any type of daylight to the paint in a era where players were way more skilled and better coaching and there was pretty much a 7 foot center on every team sometimes even more with elite guards .And on top of all that the pistons were tampering with the refs so they wouldn’t call those fouls during the game wen they did abuse jordan. So yes they should have changed the rules. Cause whether or not they changed the game in Jordan’s favor they can literally end people’s career or even kill them playing that way and if it was not changed every team would have been playing that dirty and there would be no basketball. They changed the rules in favor of everyone but the pistons doing that to jordan are the reason for it. So U don’t know shit. That’s a dam lie wilt had to face hall of fame centers every night because there was only around 3 hof centers playing in his entire career. And on top of that there were only 8-13 teams that existed wen he was in his prime he never saw more than 17 teams and each time he played a center his size his numbers dropped significantly or completely had a bad game all together. You say that it isnt measured by championships but u are obviously going off stats cause u don’t know a dam thing about wilt or mj or the era they played in.
@@Marcus-XXL Vert well explained. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wilt was the definition of a different breed
Yah my man has like 200 kids
@PVC ya but he probably has a lot of kids
It's like he wasn't human.
Too many "what if" conversations. Wilt is Wilt. Jordan is Jordan. Lebron is Lebron. Let it go people.
Thank you that’s all I needed to hear. I’m tired of people trying to compare these players. But all of the players are great so who cares
Exactly man! They’re all different builds, different styles of players that all played in different era’s. So over this conversation. It got old years ago.
facts it just sports lol the important thing is that they achieved what they wanted
Thank you
Common sense
Don't disrespect the NBA by putting Lebum in the conversation
If Wilt had a shoe deal, the machine would have propped him up to his proper place. The GOAT
Finally someone with half a brain!
Here's some food for thought, this man scored all those points in an era without 3 pointers
He also scored Those points close to the basket 🤷🏿♂️. Not playing from the perimeter like Jordan
@@Boss2164 also jordan didnt really take 3s he was close to the basket, dunking, or taking mid range shots
Wilt also 40+ shots per game.
I can hear Stephen A Smith saying “Wilt keep losing to Bill Russell stop it” lmao
Bill's team was littered with HOF players..trade wilt for bill and wilt got those rings. No denying this either.
Yeah but Wilt was a one man team he's the greatest athlete to ever live, imagine if he had today's technology and training, he'd be unstoppable
@@yessirrr5182 man would be banned for being to good
@@babatunde8463 11 Rings + 100 pt game +55 rebounds 😳
@calvin shimoli Jerry West Elgin Baylor Oscar Robertson Bill Russell Willis Reed Nate Thurmand John Haviliceck Bob Cousy Tommy Heinson and at the end he played prime Kareem, that’s just off the top of my head
Funny how Wilt died at 63 when the average lifespan of a goat is only 15.
Good try bruh
Stupid remark I don't even know why you're up there you don't have no class
Then me isn’t a goat either joking
Wilt had 13 seasons MJ had 13 full seasons obviously the two Goats were around that Lifespan
Tosser hulk
a lot of ppl have him outside their top 5 ever but considering his stats are just mythical he deserves to be in the g.o.a.t. conversation
Wilt said "there a lot of guys on those NBA championship teams who've done nothing." That's a pure fact
Except MJ was 6 times Nba finals mvp 6 championship. The only player that had better numbers in playoffs than regular season and even more better numbers in finals than playoffs. Respect to Wilt. But Jordan Era was the best no doubt.
@@sportvibes4121 MJ was mostly carried by his team amtes thro9ughout the season whereas Wilt was carrying from harder position.
Funny how in his second championship Jerry West carried Wilt. That is a pure fact.
jorbum was carrried by pippen!
@@theuserme2024 Wilt choked in big games and couldn't make simple free throws.
Everybody wants to believe that their era was the best era of basketball. With the best players, the best stars etc. Why don't we appreciate that basketball is basketball no matter the era you enjoy watching and come together trough our love of this sport.
The curse of reaching such a high level of stardom is that it's incredibly difficult to lose that ego after you've competed for so long. I appreciate all the greats. It's my opinion Wilt is the GOAT. Others may say Kareem, Shaq or whoever. The real winner is Basketball for hosting such incredible athletes.
Another thing to take into account is the eras were so different. You couldn’t even dribble the ball like we do today or it could be called a travel. Basketball history is a very interesting thing to look at
@@FoobasSports well written 👏
@Cadillac Kadafi young man..you were not born so you don't know..do your research....I don't take you guys seriously..no there were no 5 footers in the NBA....end of story..peace..wear your mask...this virus is for real....vote
LeBron is my goat in my era and my generation
Bruh this is like whats going on with MJ & Bron now lol 😂😂😂
Except MJ was the goat then too🙃
You noticed MJ was mentioned twice.
@@fuzzdaq235 yes bcz he was in the middle of those two era wise
Naaa real ones still see Jordan and Kobe... LeBron isn't built like them and never was or will be.
@@traplivesmatter1462 He doesn't need to be built like them, Lebron is a breed of his own. He has the best attributes on almost anything, look at him passing Hall of Famer's records one by one, the ones set by both the era of Wilt and Jordan, even Wilt's and Jordan's themselves. He is statistically undoubtedly the GOAT. Only thing he needs is 2 more rings so all Jordan fangirls stop bitching about it.
The reason Wilt talked and acted this way IMO was his insane level of competitiveness. He comes across as arrogant and braggadocios but he just wants to win the GOAT argument.
And Michael doesn't. Literally Michael, wilt and LeBron say arrogant stuff. It's is competitiveness not braggadocios
Wilt has the most individual records of all time .... If it's about team accomplishments then Bill Russell is the GOAT
They clearly said, "the best player of all time". Word for word. Nothing about team accomplishments, and Wilt was and still is the best individual player the NBA has ever seen. They record books tell it all
If you want to bring team into. Let’s bring team into it. Wilt was good enough to consistently take his team to the finals over & over again only to be beat by the Celtics super team. If you can’t hold that against Lebron you can’t hold that against Wilt. The reason why people hold so much against Wilt is the fact he was so dominant. Nobody can change my mind about that
@Jama Kamarian Wilt averaged 30 & 23 against Russell .
.. Russell just had the much better team
This is one of the best cases I’ve ever seen on wilt & one of the best cases I’ve ever seen of the “Goat” conversation th-cam.com/video/Ybm_ql373GM/w-d-xo.html it’s worth the watch
@Michael Jordan - Michael Jordan making the case for Wilt as the most dominant player ever. Priceless!
Two entirely different Era’s. Different positions. Also, imagine how many more fans were around for MJ. Probably 100 to 1 compared to Wilt. He was international star.
It same with bron and mj. Yet, people still talk down on bron.
@@blackwind6317 I see it the other way around. To be in the GOAT conversation is an achievement only 2 players have reached. MJ and LBJ. Kobe is my favorite player of all time, but he will always come in at best, 3rd among the masses. In order for Lebron James to be considered the GOAT by all, he needs to win over the public. Not a fair feat by him, but it can be done. I hope the Lakers repeat next year.
@@GatCat the public will always pick Jordan
Jordan has been in the four highest rated NBA Finals of All Time, thats more than twenty years ago
this years Finals was lowest rated Finals of all time and people were FORCED to stay at home and watch tv. this years Finals LOST ten million viewers compared to last year, because LeBron was in it and he did it with one of the most storied franchises in all of basketball, the Lakers and Lakers Nation. the public dont want to see constant whining, travelling, and the same play over and over every single second of every game Drive and Dish. in fact LeBron has in in the TWO lowest rated Finals of all time, this year and his first one
the public already picked thier GOAT over twenty years ago. 74% of all modern players TODAY picked Jordan as GOAT and most of them have never seen Jordan play. sorry but, LeBron ever being called GOAT is as good as a snowballs chance in hell if hell were all lava and was in the center of the Sun during a supernova
@@youboob6297 LBJ is a much greater all around player than MJ ever was, and for much longer don't ever forget it! Was MJ double teamed every fuckin' play? NO! Did MJ have to board and bring the ball up and set u[p the offense every play? Hell No! 17 years in no one has ever come close to doing what LBJ is doing now.
@@vernpascal1531 you know nothing
did LeBron ever have an ENTIRE TEAM designed to stop him? ive heard of Jordan Rules but ive never heard of LeBron Rules. ive also heard that LeBron is afraid to be guarded one on one by Patrick Beverly, Kawhi and Kevin Durant. when LeBron hears that Kawhi is going to shut him down he pisses himself and hides from Kawhi all ballgame
Jordan was never double teamed? Ha hA HA ha HaH ha hA !! are you on crack? its obvious you have never watched a Jordan video, even one single time in your whole life and only watched Jordan on NBA2K ha ha ha! omfg, Jordan never been double teamed looololol, thats rich!!
are you seriously TRYING to sound ignorant, because you are doing a really good job of it. saying Jordan was never double teamed is like saying nobody ever defends Steph Curry at the three point line. its just something that proves to everyone you know nothing about basketball and just want to troll others
nice try kid, but i dont fall for things like that, that easily
Wilt would’ve had Bron over Jordan lol
That would have been interesting to see who he'd pick.
Wilt was so good the NBA had to make new rules........... bruh imagine how good u gotta be for that to happen...... 😂😂😂
He's the only player to have ever lead the league in points ,assists and rebounds... (yes minutes too..)
I mean charles barkley and allen iverson also made people change the rules and I don't think of them as better then Jordan.
I was looking at the 1996 Playoffs between Bulls vs Magic and my father said; "See all that guys? Wilt Chamberlain use to score more points than Jordan, grab more rebounds than Rodman, was more athletic than Pippen and was stronger than Shaquille O'neal.
@@ivanarrache5154 when competition sucks and your very talented great things come.
@@hrothgr52 I know, because Lebron James have 4 championships.
Wilt has more swag than anyone else in history!
Let's not forget that he averaged 50 points and 25 rebounds for an entire season and no one has even had a single 50 point and 25 rebound game in decades!
@@jarenrosedotcom6402 your point?
@@jarenrosedotcom6402 no one cares. A lot of people have scored 60 points in one game. NAme the last player to have 50 and 20 in one game. exactly.
@@eddyecho donkey he got 81 points in modern time with rules unlike wilt man sat in the key under the net and just cherrpicked kobe scored 81 point doing mostly jump shots so its better then have 50 and 25 reb guy had 2 rings against 8 teams kobe 3 peated and won 5 in the hardest era
@@eddyecho weasel
Then his stats with Women will blow you away
Wilt played in an era where the talent to fill rosters wasn’t so diluted.
EXACTLY MY POINT.
what, league had tons of scrubs back then, couldn't shoot well at all. centers where 6'8".
@@dft1 shut up and go look up the facts.
Wilt played in an era when 6'10" unathletic white dudes who couldn't make the NBA today were starting centers.
stop it, theres no way you just said that
Nobody going to talk about how he dislocated a guys shoulder by blocking him?!
And, is that the best way to describe it? Because, looking at video, it seems like Gus fell, and dislocated his shoulder on the floor. The contact might've been all ball, which might make it ok to describe the block did the dislocation.
Interestingly, it would have been great to see him go against Shaq. Assuming Shaq could take the physical play brought by Wilt, I think it would be interesting, at least for the first 15 minutes because Shaq would be gassed. I think Wilt would still dominate, but it would be interesting to see if it would be more of a battle and to see Wilt push him around.
Wilt would have destroyed Shaq
wilt is much stronger then shaq, it is just a fact sadly. He dosent have the dribble moves like shaq but hes faster and stronger than shaq. so it wouldnt be fair
@@jamesknight1833 There is no way in hell wilt was stronger than shaq
All these old timers have legends on how unhuman these guys were only because if how unverifiable the era was and how easy it was to make up garbage. Wilt didnt sleep with 20k women, bench 500 pounds, etc.
@@AICaliceinchains you know hes dominant when he was called a behemoth in a steroid using era.