People think Wilt put up those numbers against 6' janitors but Wilt actually dominated HOF players like Bill Russell, Walt Bellamy, and Nate Thurmond. That's how great Wilt was.
no you cant say that cause players today cant play a full 89 games or play 41 minutes a game 89 times like Wilt did. So how are they more physically fit today? The rule changes allowed players to do more. You have to take todays player and put them back in time and see how they would do with the rules that Wilt had to play with. Ask them to play 41 minutes a game and play all 89 games and see how productive they are.
I saw Wilt play in a preseason double-header in Seattle in the late 1960s when he was beyond hid prime. After playing in the first game he came sat in the stands to watch the second game. I was among several kids who swarmed him to get his autograph. He kindly and patiently signed autographs for everyone. I will never forget the moment. Bless you Mr. Chamberlin.
I started watching NBA about 1970(we finally got a TV....hehe), he was so big, and just dominated at times, so self assured, I was in awe. One Sunday afternoon, after church, the Lakers were playing the Bulls....Wilt was going against Tom Borwinkle a big 7 footer. at one point they were fighting for a rebound along the baseline, Borwinkle was banging against Wilt and Wilt gave him a shove with his forearm as he(Wilt) grabbed the ball... no lie, Borwinkle literally flew into the seats. The announcer was astounded... They showed it in slo mo.... smack. Ole Tom literally lifts off the floor and crashes into the seats.... I think he had to go sit down on the bench after he got up.... Point is... Wilt was really strong. and go watch Wilt in the 72 semi finals game 6 against Jabbar in the 4th Q. Wow! Wilt just dominated Jabbar. So many stories I could tell.... Artis Gilmore was a Wilt look a like, 7'2" and just as big(weight), ok...he was black too. hehe Wilt just knocks him around in that All Star NBA/ABA game... and then you realize WIlt hardly ever used his massive frame and strength to push his way in like Shaq always did... Wilts game was finesse and quickness and leaping ability.... and even leading fast breaks in the early years!! Ok... nuff said!
MJ is legendary, and inspires us to be better. Wilt is mythical, and cautions us that no matter how much you try, there's a freak of nature out there that will whup your ass regardless.
@@areguapiri i think any all time great player can be put on a decent team and boost them to championship level. Bird was the Celtics, without him they werent winning anything. Same goes for Kobe, MJ, Shaq, Magic, etc. Wilt is basically Rudy Gobert size with Giannis type athleticism or better and had a killer instinct to prove he could do anything in the league, even leading the league in assists and getting over 50 rebounds on Bill Russell in a game. If a 43 year old Wilt was dominating James Worthy 1 on 1, a young Wilt would join a team today and get 50 pts every other night while also being the best defender on the court and dominating the paint while being stronger than even Steven Adams and having a 45+ inch vertical at 7'1 and a 7'8 wingspan i say he takes any team in today's league to an instant finals appearance every year without those dominant 60s celtics in the way
Get this, the man shot free throws, jumped over the FT line, and DUNKED! All while in the air. The NBA made this illegal, they couldn't have Wilt dunking his free throws. Just think, every FT an NBA Slam Dunk contest winner.
@@pob-4810 Lebron have one of the best fadeaway of all time, he just played so many seasons you still think it’s 2009 lol. In 2018 alone he made more impressive fadeaway than any of these guys and even in his 2 seasons with the Lakers he has multiple 10minutes video of fadeaway or Logo 3´s … Lebron is right there, and his fadeaway is much more impressive than Wilt.
Baseball will NEVER let you forget about Babe Ruth and Wayne Gretzky is hockey but when it comes to Wilt Chamberlain the NBA does this man a great disservice
Babe ruth is not regarded as the 'goat' or anything more than a guy that hit home runs and called his shot, while being fat. Gretzky was highly skilled. And a competitor that talked less and did more. Wilt is Babe ruth. And is regarded as such. This video shows very little filling the lane giving him layups, against 6'3 defenders. Wilt gets exactly the amount of credit he deserves. If he was 6'3 you wouldn't remember wilt at all.
@Iconic Props Babe Ruth is absolutely regarded as the goat. For you to reduce his abilities and historical significance to merely being fat and hitting home runs, only serves to display your ignorance.
“He thought and rightfully so, that he was the greatest basketball player that ever lived.” - Bill Russell Bill Russell said that and he’s got 11 championship rings. That is a big statement that I appreciate as an NBA fan because of how much of rivals Bill and Wilt were on the court but how GREAT of friends they were off the court. Rest in peace to these legends I hate edits but Thanks for ❤️ my comment, that little smile Bill gives after he says it also makes me smile
Did you all know that Wilt Chamberlain never once fouled out of a game? Not once during his time in high school, college, and in the NBA. He never fouled out of a game ever.
@@laartwork I see what you are saying but why is Ali allowed to do that? Ali is beloved and rightly so,but he was an arrogant jerk to more than a few of his opponents early on. If Wilt had said" I'm the greatest basketball player who ever lived" when he was in his prime, he would have been pilloried, trashed etc.
My grandpa played in a pickup game with Wilt at a resort in upstate New York in the Summer of 1958. He was 20 and Wilt was just going into his rookie year with the globetrotters. My grandpa is only 5'7" and managed to fake Wilt away with a pump fake and hit a jumper on him. According to him, Wilt looks at him and goes, "Nuh-uh." After that point, nobody but Wilt scored again for the whole game and his team won easily😂 My grandpa got a picture with him though, and has it to this day🧡
@@samuelogunlere6589 To be fair a lot of NBA(not the majority) could do the same exact thing. The difference between normal people and NBA players is insane. There was an exhibition game(older players usually don’t care much about them while younger players do) in which a rookie started trash talking Micheal Jordan right at the end of the first half. Micheal then went on to score 40 points in the second half when the rookie scored 0.
Wilt athleticism(on film): th-cam.com/video/gt-eypvq4YE/w-d-xo.html Wilt chamberlain's defense: th-cam.com/video/uJGCySdvlPo/w-d-xo.html Wilt chamberlain's league leading passing skill: th-cam.com/video/A0EPblJCcM8/w-d-xo.html Wilt dunking prowess: th-cam.com/video/WGllSScyi_g/w-d-xo.html Wilt Chamberlain shots from 3 point range: th-cam.com/video/h0IC8Nwkd1w/w-d-xo.html Wilt chamberlain spot up: th-cam.com/video/dKXWdyF--hE/w-d-xo.html Wilt chamberlain shooting range: th-cam.com/video/8O9MgNfcGJA/w-d-xo.html He was the inventor of a lot of the moves we see today The post fade, post spin, drop step, up and under, scoop shot etc… Wilt's moves were not “pretty” but they were effective. Wilt would get open with a plethora of head, body and pass fakes. Faking a pass left then spinning around right. Faking a pass right then hitting a turn around jumper. Faking a behind the back pass, then turning around and dunking on you Wilt chamberlain post moves: th-cam.com/video/L5LiRNJMHC8/w-d-xo.html wilt vs Kareem th-cam.com/video/L2U4JSrpO78/w-d-xo.html
@@kiwi-qu3fp duuuuude I just looked this up and the NBA had to ban dunking from free throws because of Wilt. I mean wtf that's slam dunk contest winning shit and that was his go-to for a FREE THROW! He was more amazing than I realized...
When you take into account size, strength, speed, quickness, and overall athleticism, Wilt was the greatest athlete ever created by god! He played in the era when sports was still just a seasonal pastime in america, instead of a year-round obsession and big-time business it is today. If Wilt had played in the bright lights of the modern NBA with its hero-worshiping sports media and fanbase, the likes of Michael Jordan and Lebron James would be afterthoughts. His athletic prowess was so legendary that you would had to have been there to believe it. Just think: 5...year in year out...insane! If you weren't around in his day and thus had no familiarity with his exploits - on and off the court - you'd have a hard time deciding which story about him was more believable: his stat line of 50 points/25 rebounds/48 minutes per game, or his having slept with over 20,000 women.
Bro javale mcGee is way more faster and way more athletic than wilt and they're about the same height, wilt is stronger than javale and that's it, their is nothing that wilt can do that javale can't
Humans have remained the same in 100 years and if you could see evolution work in such a short timeframe you wouldn't have people claiming it isn't proven today. No, even a thousand years ago we were basically undistinguishable, put a person from today in that era and develops the same way and the only difference is immunity and tolerance to some diseases, but in regards to how fast and athletic they are there won't be a noticeable difference. Tarmac, nutrition, training regimes, equipement, medicine, transportation, that's what's made the difference, so Javal traveling coach and wearing Converse wouldn't be any better at the game than Russell or Wilt.
I’m glad to see people finally give Wilt more credit. Couple years ago people would scoff at you if you talked about just how insane wilt was athletically
Yea the more fans from that era die off the fewer naysayers will remain to point out to u fools who buy into the fiction of wilts goat status how uninformed and misguided u all are...wilt was a big part of the reason his team annually lost its final game even in college and the stats illustrate that fact...he averaged 30ppg for his reg season career yet only avgd 22.5 in playoff games...there is no more obvious of a reason for his team losing than the fact that he wasnt able to score at the same rate/pace as he did against inferior, less motivated reg season opponents. Even in 62 when he averaged 50ppg he then only avgd 35ppg in playoffs without compensating by increasing his apg avg...how was his team supposed to make up those 15ppg he stopped scoring? Yes the best team typically wins but mj and others have proven the best player can still dominate in a losing cause by averaging 40ppg against boston for 2postseasons in a row...wilt wasnt the best...russell was the better player...he played his best when it mattered most...wilt almost never did.
Damn, didn't know that Wilt's that good. Those fade aways are unstoppable even in todays NBA. Just a complete player. I honestly feels that he will dominate in any era.
Wouldn`t have been able to get that shot off in the modern NBA. He only turned over his right shoulder to shoot that shot and never really set it up. Guards would have been hunting the strip down low and big contesting up high.
Dude literally played all 48 minutes like a track athlete. Ran the floor and moved more than anyone. Doesn’t compare to the condition of other big men.
Doesn't compare to any other player big or small, basketball or any other sport. 48 per game for an entire season, having to be the leading scorer, rebounder, shot blocker and sprinter from rim to rim is not fathomable! It is, by far, the single greatest record ever achieved in any physical competition of sports or games.
This is my first time seeing this. I though Wilt was just too big against others but DAMN, big guy is SKILLED. Those fades are fire. My GOAT list just changed.
Fr they keep sayin wilt only got that many score he been guarded by a small guys and what I saw is most of his opponent guarding him are also big they just look small cause wilt is a legit 7'2 with a 7'8 wingspan
@@Gamers_onlyy36 It's funny because there aren't even good bigs today, there's only 2 guys above 7 ft who are actually great players right now, embiid and jokic. And both of them are barely even 7 feet tall.
It’s a crime that wilt is widely known as “just a dunker”. He clearly was ahead of his time many more ways than just athleticism. Thanks for uploading!
That little backhand flip he did was a thing of beauty. To see how much finesse had played with to be so intimidating physically is amazing. Those hook shots he made looked like he was just bored. When you talk about NBA all time players, there is Wilt and everybody else fighting for second.
It's so fascinating watching how young him moves. It's so gazelle like. People say athletes get better with time but who in our era moves like that at his height? I think Giannis on some level, but still doesn't have Wilt coordination, grace or even super diverse skillset. I don't think time matters or necessarily means better athlete. Greats are greats. Thanks for posting this!
It's crazy how the young generation won't accept that there were athletes years ago that pocessd natural ability that was comparable or better than athletes today. Hmm I wonder if they feel they same about Einstein or Tesla to name a few, the only learn about Musk Gates or Besos What are schools teaching kids nowadays.
People also forget that these guys were running around in heavy leather chucks for the most part. Way harder to move around and stop on a dime without really messing up your ankles and knees. If a guy like Wilt were able to play in modern-day basketball shoes he would probably be moving around like prime David Robinson. Also, the dribbling rules were a lot more strict (couldn't even really put your hand on the side of the ball) and offensive fouls were called way more often. Otherwise, Wilt would basically be allowed to body everyone like Shaq did in the low-post.
Wilt is simply the greatest, and there's not a sliver of doubt in my mind. The biggest, tallest, fastest, strongest, most explosive athlete the game has seen. Wilt is the best at all of these categories: Scoring, Rebounding, Shot Blocking, and Defense. Everyone bends the knee to the true GOAT.
Yoo wilt fade away was immaculate been looking for his highlights in color for a while This is legendary I haven’t seen nobody this close to his skill level besides bron
The most amazing stat in my opinion is that Wilt never fouled out of a game in his life in high school, college or the NBA, and he played all 48 minutes of every game in the NBA. He also blocked 27 shots in one game and had 55 rebounds in one game against Bill Russel.
Considerando la forma de marcar por lo que se ve en el video no eran tan férreas los defensas ,ves a los Bad Boys y otros equipos en los 80 te cagaban a trompadas era más físico la marca .
This video is a real treasure for younger people like us that didn't have the privilege of watching him play. I've heard the stories, and I often see his name placed amongst NBA royalty, but seeing him alive and in color brings his legend to life!
He just didn’t hang on the rim back then cuz he would have broken them all. That makes his dunks look a bit more passive. In todays game? He would have made SHAQ look passive!
@@Freeblood100bucks I'll tell you how long his arms were. There's a clip I saw some time on TH-cam, don't know if it's still up, where he has his head under the backboard. He's actually ducking to avoiding hitting it. And... at the same moment, he's reaching his arm around to the front of the basket and slam dunking.
For sure. I’m guessing 95% of us watching this were born long after Wilt retires. I’d never believe any of the stories I’ve heard if it wasn’t for the footage like this that I’m seeing
Bill Russell opening by saying “he thought, and rightfully so….that he was the greatest basketball player that ever lived” is maybe the most GOAT thing I’ve ever heard.
The person with the most rings to say that, says alot. Village is awesome. Bit even he knew. He got lucky that wilts coach was stupid. They didn't okay him to max effect. Bill had a better team. Wilt was isolated to be a one player savior. That's not a team game. Just imagine if a better coach would have been there. Can you imagine? A smart coach spreading it out.
@@vennexx wilt had 4hof teammates in 1961 while losing to russells celtics..wilt played alongside 8different hofers over the course of his career but fans like u refuse to accept that fact and instead conjure bs excuses blaming everyone except him even tho he averaged 8fewer ppg in playoffs than in reg season and avgd a lower apg and a lower fg%avg in playoffs as well...its not wilts coachs fault that in game 6 of the 69finals with a 3-2series lead wilt scored merely 8pts on 1-5 from the field despite being perfectly healthy and let boston tie the series and then lost in game7...lakers were the heavy favorites in that series
@@dp233332u mean to tell me wilt who put up 37 and 23 in the playoffs in the 1960-61 is somehow responsible for them not beating the Celtics that years? And yes wilt had a bad game 6 in 1969 but he almost destroyed his knee in that finals and his own coach would not sub him back in with 5 minutes left in the 4th in game 7 costing them the game, his game 6 performance wouldn’t have even mattered had he been allowed to play in the last minutes of game 7 And all of wilts hof teammates were either when he was young, they were old, or he was old He never played with more than 1 hof in his prime while they were in thier prime Bill played with prime hof COMING OF THE BENCH also wilts number of hof doesn’t matter as if that number isn’t close to the Celtics then he never stood a chance regardless Could’ve played with 20 if bill had 40 wouldn’t have mattered.
Yeah, he was mobbed by the defense when they did manage to get to him in time, so he developed other shots other than the dunk. If one is even a casual b-ball fan, they should at least once in their lifetimes take a $15 basketball from Wal-Mart or Dick's Sporting Goods and go to their local park that has b-ball courts. Try hitting these shots -- even basic free throws. It's difficult. Plus chasing rebounds, running the court, dribbling, passing and receiving passes, etc.. He would dominate Shaq whether in the old era or the modern era.
Timmy Duncan hopefully have dat iconic mega athlete his flowers b4 he went 2bed🙏🙏👑👑 classic Bank shot, rarely used but very efficient once u master it's function!!!!
I've never appreciated just how good he was before seeing this video. What a beautifully restored and well edited compilation (I love the music too). No doubt he would dominate in any 'era'
Teams were averaging 125+possessions per game during Wilts era and hit a lower fg%...thats around 30 more possessions per game and accounts for the fact that 6different players from Wilts era avgd 20+rpg for an entire season at least once something rodman NEVER did...the stats are inflated and he wasnt able to dominate like that in the playoffs...never scored 60or more in a playoff game in fact avgd 8fewer ppg in playoffs than reg season at a lower fg,% and a lower apg avg...wasnt clutch...got held by russell to 8pts on 1-5fgs during his game 6 loss of the 69finals with a 3-2series lead had 2 of the games 5best stars on his team...he had 4future hofers alongside him on his team in philly in 1961 still came up short regardless...wilt played alongside 8different HOFers same as Russell he just didnt make them become better players and champions the way russell consistently did. Wilt would be an all star in any era but would not put up the gaudy numbers he produced during the 60s against the more modern far more athletic and significantly less white talent pools of the 1980s 90s and 2000s...
@@bossshxtonly stop lying wilt was listed at 275lbs at his heaviest as a player....wilt couldnt even win during his own era which like it or not was the infancy of the NBA there were quotas limiting the number of black players playing and wilt losing the ncaa champ to an all white team that featured 0 legit nba players is embarrassing. No1 cares who benched more at all it proves is he was better at bench pressing it doesnt negate the fact that shaq had 30-70lbs on wilt and better footwork/post moves and a much stronger lower body...like it or not the game evolved and the skillsets got exponentially better as did the number of players with size and outstanding athleticism...whether or not any 1 player was as great an athlete as wilt isnt relevant the fact that he played before the game was being played above the rim by the majority of players in the league is a massive factor...if he played during the 80s 90s or 2000s there would be a half dozen big men in each era who could make it difficult on at least 1 if not both ends of the court for wilt like Kareem and russell did as well as 1-4players on the court in every game who are capable of dunking over him or of blocking his shot especially as help defenders who sneaking up from behind wilt while hes busy attempting to score 1on1 over his counterpart defender. Yes there were some big men during wilts era and some if not many players who could slam dunk the ball but any1 who tries to suggest that the league had even half as many who truly played above the rim during the 60s and early 70s is absolutely delusional and/or shamefully dishonest..furthermore many if many if not most of the other big men during his era cept for Kareem and Russell were plodders with cement feet...if hes playing during the late 80s and thru the 90s for example hes got 1on1 matchups against Robinson Olajuwon Shaq Ewing Parish Kareem Mutombo Moses Sampson eventually Duncan and lesser talents at center who were actually taller than wilt like Rick Smits Manute Bol S.Bradley Yao Ming and big George...Wilt would be an all star in any era but he would not be the statistical record setter that he was during his own era in any category incouding ppg and rpg.
That turnaround fadeaway jumper is a nightmare to defend. And his speed from end-to-end is crazy for someone that size. And then he's stronger than you too. He was like a combination of Shaq and David Robinson.
@@MrALLSTAR26 My thoughts, also, since he was way before either. I think Wilt has a rental space in Shaq's head, to some degree, from a few things he has said on some interviews.
This is an excellent piece. Excellent. Wilt is looking down and smiling. How can someone over 7 ft tall float like a ballerina.? Absolutely the 8th wonder of the world. Wonderful wonderful. Dedication doesnt even describe him. I'm a huuuge Durant fan. Even bigger Wilt fan. Averaged 50 pts a game.
@@tyjohnson3111 wouldn’t have to shoot so often if he had decent teammates around him. And let’s not act like Wilt didn’t rebound most of his misses and score anyway!
@@jude305 ********************************** Kareem’s Bucks (1970-75): Big O was an All Star from 1961-1972 Dandridge was an All Star in 1973 & 1975 Robinson was an All Star in 1970 Price was an All Star in 1975 Kareem’s Lakers (1976-1989): Nixon was an All Star in 1982 Wilkes was an All Star in 1981 & 1983 Magic was an All Star in 1980 & 1982-91 Worthy was an All Star from 1986-92 ---------------- KAJ- (‘71-74, ‘76 & 77, ‘80 & 81, ‘84 & ‘86 1st; ‘70, ‘78 & 79, ‘83, ‘85 2nd Team) Oscar- (‘70 & ‘71 2nd Team) Bob- N/A Robinson- NONE Price- NONE Nixon- NONE Wilkes- NONE Magic- (‘82 2nd Team; ‘83-89 1st) Worthy- N/A ********************************* ********************************* ********************************* Wilt’s Warriors (1960-1965): Arizin an All Star his whole career 1951-1962 Gola an All Star from 1960-65 Rodgers an All Star in 1963 & 1964 Meschery an All Star in 1963 Wilt’s 76ers (1965-1968): Greer an All Star from 1965-1968 Walker an All Star in 1966 & 1967 Jackson an All Star in 1965 Costello an All Star in 1965 Wilt’s Lakers (1969-1973): Jerry an All Star his whole career 1961-1974 Elgin an All Star in 1969 & 1970 Gail an All Star in 1972 & 1973 ------------------ WILT- (‘60-62, ‘64, ‘66-68 1st Team; ‘63, ‘65, ‘72 2nd Team) Arizin- N/A Gola- N/A Rodgers- NONE Meschery- NONE Greer- (‘65-68 2nd Team) Walker- NONE Jackson- NONE Costello- N/A Jerry- (‘69 2nd Team; ‘70-73 1st) Elgin- (‘69 1st Team) Gail- N/A ********************************* ********************************* ********************************* Bill’s Celtics (1957-69): Cousy was an All Star from 1951-1963 Heinsohn was an All Star his rookie year (same as Bill 1957) and from 1961-1965 Sharman was an All Star from 1953-1960 Jones was an All Star in 1962, 1964-66, & 1968 Hondo was an All Star from 1966-1978 Howell was an All Star in 1967 ------------------ BILL- (‘59, ‘63, ‘65 1st Team; ‘58, ‘60-62, ‘64, ‘66-68 2nd Team) Cousy- (‘57-61 1st Team; ‘62 & ‘63 2nd Team) Heinsohn- (‘61-64 2nd) Sharman- (‘57-‘59 1st Team; ‘60 2nd) Jones- (‘65-67 2nd) Hondo- (‘64, ‘66, ‘68 & ‘69 2nd) Howell- (‘63 2nd) ********************************* Since you wanted to talk about supporting cast……
@@jude305 1962 ECF Bill: 22/26/4 on 40% FG & 71% FT Wilt: 34/27/3 on 47% FG & 65% FT Celtics-Bill: 242/643 on 38% FG & 147/206 on 71% FT Warriors-Wilt: 183/516 on 35% FG & 145/188 on 77% FT Celtics had 5 players over 10PPG compared to 4 for the Warriors ----------- 1962 RS Wilt averaged his famous 50/26/2 line on 50% FG (20/40 per game career high in makes & attempts) & 61% FT (10/17 per game career high in makes & attempts) in the unfathomable 49 MPG Yet as you see above-got held to 34/27/3 on 47% FG (13/27 per game) & 65% FT (8/13 per game) against Bill 1962 Game 7 v Celtics (L 109-107): 48 MP, 7/15 FG & 8/9 FTs for 22/22/3 and had his teammate Meschery outscore him by 10 on 10/19 FG & 12/13 FTs; playing 48 MP as well. So even at Wilt’s peak offensively In the playoffs he got severely reduced offensively in terms of production in large part due to Bill’s defense & Wilt’s terrible FT% •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Wilt’s 100 Point Game: 36/63 from the field (57% FG) & 28/32 from the line (88% FT) Closest player with the next most FGA in one game is Kobe with 50 in 2016 Only Dwight, Drummond, and Deandre Jordan have more FTA in one game than Wilt. That historical season amounted to what though? 🤔
hard to blame the defenders on those. most coaches today (and probably then?) would say they are doing a good job. it's almost like there is some advantage to using the backboard. hmmmm.
This is incredibly footage, thank you for sharing. Wilt was more than just a big guy that could dunk, he had grace, IQ and basketball skills. That off the backboard bank fade away takes a tremendoues amount skill and touch. Only a few in the modern era (such as Tim Duncan) have been able to master that shot with any consitency. That's not a shot you can hit just because your taller than everybody else.
You have people that go 'Oh, he was taller and bigger than everybody else, that's why he scored so much!' Ok, so using that premise, Both George Mueresan and Manute Bol should have wrecked the record books! Both were 7'7', Wilt was 7'1', he would have been great at 6'5". He was a GREAT player, period!!
@@cbone1982 Doping tests did not exist in his time so he was taking drugs!! He wouldn’t survive or play today. Chamberlain was a myth, the NBA was not a professional league in the 50s and 60s they couldn’t compete with Baseball and Pro Football or even college basketball… Amatuer era!!! Blocks and steals were not counted until the 1974 season. Watch the full footage of every game hidden and you would see how overrated Wilt was playing in a 8 team league full of plumbers and Jewish white dudes!
Thanks for this video. I thought that Wilt only played against short competition, but this video shows that he did play against other bigs and still dominated. Also, he was way more than just dunking.
I'm a defensive minded player and one thing I'm noticing is he has tremendous control of the ball with one hand. This isn't just palming the ball. When he goes up to shoot it's almost like he knows exactly how much spin to put on the ball before the release. Most guys when they shoot they have to be in one motion and in rhythm. That slight pause before the release is everything, doesn't even matter the angle. Even if he were hit I don't think it would bother his shot. This guy is incredible.
Earl Monroe had that skill with two hands- he could show you the ball and move it around in the air. People do not realize how huge Wilt was- he looks thin in the videos, but he was ginormous.
wilt was one of those guys who would dominate in any era he got a great feel for team basketball, being physical against him would just unleash his physicality more which you wouldn't want, most athletic athlete i have ever seen, unstoppable post fade, a great post and help defender (it's like how giannis impacts the defensive side through all the help defense he does, he prolly watched some wilt/russel clips for sure), one of the most diverse skill sets a player had (relative to his position) i could on and on he's just built like and i honestly think he is the greatest "player" that ever lived.
Your opinion doesn't mean much. No one needs your opinion to know Wilt was great. The fact Wilt didn't jump from superteam to superteam chasing rings already makes him a much better player and man than you.
@@bossshxtonly Well the 60s players and teams had no problem stopping Wilt. He won 2 champoinship and in not 1 of those championships was he the first scoring option. Hes a great defender due to his size but offensvily hes very overrated his game was very limited
The epitome of domination. I’ve been watching NBA basketball 45 years and have never seen this kind of presence. No doubt he would still amaze today. No doubt. The GOAT, regardless of the free-throw issue. Today, there are training techniques that would solve that. Greatest athlete of the 20th century.
I was able to watch Wilt at the Cow Palace when he played for the Warriors. In those days, fans were allowed to walk down to court level during warmups. So imagine a a 9 year old (me) walking up to Wilt. It was like looking up one of those giant redwood trees. Just amazing what he did during his career.
Before watching this I thought he had the numbers only because of the era he was in. Now I think he would still own it in this era. This guy is a monster
Fantastic footage.. Thank you for modernizing this 60 year old footage upscaled and in color. Helps others like myself further appreciate how revolutionary Wilt was. Just incredible.
And could leap better than any center ever off 2 legs, had impeccable timing, tremendous desire, superhuman stamina,smarts, strongest center in the league..Dude had it all.
@@meowymeow282 ? Wilt was an all around world athlete, Duncan is no where close. And trust me Duncan is on my Mt Rushmore, but sorry Wilt would dance all over anyone like The Dream did, except Wilt was taller and stronger. Duncan was a beast but not thru agility, he did it thru practice and execution of technique. Top athletic bigmen ever Wilt Chamberlain Shaq The Dream
Yes, I'm in disbelief looking at how agile and fluid he was in this video at that size. Smh I would have loved to see him playing in the modern era from the Michael Jordan era going up against Shaquille Oneal up to this modern era today with him going up against Embiid. The great Bill Russell said that Wilt was the most physically imposing man he ever saw, but I believe that Shaq was a incredible physical specimen in his prime. But I don't think Shaq was as agile and fluid at moving and running the court like Wilt was, but the big Aristotle could move for his size. Lol Wilt looked like the better passer also.
People often ignore the fact that Wilt was an incredible shot. Nobody could ever stop his fade away jumper. Imo, he was the most dominant and most unstoppable player in the league’s history.
Shaq couldn't bank a shot to save his life. The nerve of Shaq to think that he ranks with the like of Wilt. Shaq only has a career because the refs let him get away with murder. What an insult to the great Wilt for Shaq to even be mentioned, compared to a guy who would have exposed Shaq for the scrub he was.
And Wilt picked out Stockton as the best point guard at the height of the Magic Johnson era. Since you can't separate Stockton from K. Malone, the ultimate starting five is 3/5 locked up. The other two are icing on the all time dominant cake.
Damn, say goodbye to reality. At the very minimum It would be a dream for both Wilt and Stockton. If you put Lebron and Malone in there there's quite literally nothing capable of stopping that offense. Especially if Stockton and Lebron alternate who initiates the pick and roll and with who other.
Wilt is the greatest 7 foot defensive center in NBA history. The late, great Harvey Pollack did keep track of blocked shots when Wilt played for the Warriors/76ers. And despite the 76ers in the 1980s later discarding a good number of those statistics that Pollack kept in his notebooks he estimated that the Big Dipper averaged 8-10 blocks a game during his prime years. In Chamberlain's last 2 seasons with the 76ers and his 5 years with the Lakers, sportswriters (e.g., UPI, AP, Sixer/Laker beat writers) were being more diligent about keeping track of blocked shots. This was especially the case in the playoffs. Examples include... 1967 PLAYOFFS 21.7 PTS 29.1 REBS 9.0 ASTS 9.2 BLKS FG% 57.9 1968 PLAYOFFS 23.7 PTS 24.7 REBS 6.5 ASTS 9.7 BLKS FG% 53.4 1969 PLAYOFFS 13.9 PTS 24.7 REBS 2.6 ASTS 8.5 BLKS FG% 54.5 1971 PLAYOFFS 18.3 PTS 20.2 REBS 4.4 ASTS 6.0 BLKS FG% 45.5 1973 PLAYOFFS 10.4 PTS 22.5 REBS 3.5 ASTS 6.9 BLKS FG% 55.2
@@alp6675 you think wilt played against McDonald's janitors? You don't know basketball. You don't know his era. I guess Bill Russell Elgin Bailer nate Thurmond Willis Reed Kareem Abdul Jabarr were McDonald's janitors get a fucking clue
Nevermind all the trolls saying he's overrated. All you have to do is listen to the people who actually saw him play. Those guys know basketball better than any randos on TH-cam and if that's not enough just look at the damn footage. This guy is as big as JaVale McGee, moves like Zion, passes like Ben Simmons, shoots like Jokic around the rim, blocks shots like AD, AND he doesn't get hurt? Legend! Sign me up all fucking day and night!
he's so boring to watch... just like watching a bully playing with a bunch of small kids... how could you be so entertained by this? No finesse, not graceful at all... seesh.
@@jordanthedoge535 It was fun to watch Shaq bully weaker players in his hay day. It was fun to watch Zion dominate in college. I don't know, when I see a physical freak, I get excited. He definitely had finesse, just look at the turnaround jumpers, and hook shots. You can tell he's got good hands and good bball IQ. It would have been great to see him against the best, but unfortunately, this is all we have.
@@TheDarkestMarcus you are so right and just think competition makes us better the only competition he had was Bill Russell he would have dominated in this era or any era
@@jordanthedoge535 No finesse, Not graceful? Graceful dont get you career 30.1 pts almost 24 rebounds per game average. If they counted blocks, he would of averaged just about a triple double a game for his career. And its been said he slept with over 20000 women so dont tell me he had no finesse. Just sayin, yo.
People talk about Kareem's skyhook but Wilt's fadeaway and his sweeping hook shot were both really effective and unstoppable away from the basket. Around the basket, there absolutely no stopping Wilt in his prime.
@@l1ll4rd48 Lmmfao are you kidding? Everyone shoots 3’s including the centers. There’s no mental or physical skill needed. Run up shoot boring as shit. Larry bird/magic era was the best mental era. We seen some of the best basket ball we ever seen. Wilt/Russell era was the most physical by far, AND the hardest. They played better players more often because they had less teams. Wilt was “stat padding” (as the young’s say) against HOF’s lmao
I can see why he has the most points in a game. Those bank shots allowed him to basically shoot from any angle, plus his height and fade away it seems like it would be unstoppable even in todays game. Tim Duncan has been consistent with using he back board throughout his career, imagine Wilt.
"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." - Wilt To Jordan. Wilt underrated Goat 🐐
@@soundmindandbody4186 It wasn't the fact that they were plumbers because they were bad players, they were plumbers because the NBA didn't pay like it does today having them to resort to other means of income.
@@BlahBlah-uh2yi In Wilt's day he couldn't bowl people over and hop step. I'm a Laker fan,but Shaq got away with more than any star ever. Imagine being 7'1 330 plus pounds, athletic, and allowing him to a 3 foot hop step from five feet away ..it's ridiculous.Yet he did it all the time in his prime.
There will never be another Wilt, an athletic giant. As an avid track and field athlete, Chamberlain high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and long jumped 22 feet. A 7'1" that can jump, and not just jump but really jump and also extremely strong.
That fade away in and around the lane would be unstoppable in any era. Incredible touch and finesse for such a large man. Shit, he would kill it today. On one frame 4 guys were hacking away at him and he still hit that fade away.
@@rodneymckinnon9075... pump your Brakes....2-4 NBA Finals Competition no even 50%, Horrible FT shooter 57% at best, Further more where were the 100PT GAMES IN THE PLAYOFFS N FINALS COMPETITION 🤔..did I prove u wrong?
@@anthonykyles4310 true tho. LeBron scored 51 against Warriors in the finals, while MJ averaged over 30 PPG in every championship run. Plus, these two guys are clutch on both ends and can elevate the team. That's the real GOAT stuff. Wilt may be better than the rest, but he cannot be better than MJ and James.
Had Wilt been born 3000 years ago and made it to Greece, he would have been described as a Zeus, Hermes, Helios ... A straight-forward description would have been seen forever afterward as wild exaggeration. We know of no other athlete ever like him.
I think Wilt's biggest adjustment to today's game would have been guarding players out to the 3 line. However, Wilt was very mobile for most of his career and could have guarded players out to the 3 point line well. Of course, Wilt would've been able to guard a few steps in from of the 3 because of his quickness and jumping ability. Back in the day Wilt would let players shoot while playing off them then get way up and swat the shot. That's part of the reason Wilt blocked so many shots and never fouled out!
Top 5 player of all time? I would put him in top 50 rather put him in top 5! There’s no one in his era or any era who came close to him in any aspect of the game.
@@announceramyhayes bro bro bro no fucking way. Bill Russell, artis Gilmore, Kareem, Wes unseld, Bob macadoo who averaged 34 and like 16 boards. He played in the golden age of centers. He would fucking kill jokic and embiid. Bro even led the league in assists cuz he wanted too.
The guy did not dunk all those points either. Look at that fade away. Deadly! And that dude was on the floor for all 48 minutes, night after night, year after year, a superb athlete with no oxygen debt.
@@djohnson4321LOL? What's "LOL" is you forgetting that he led the league in rebounding and shot blocking. Oh, he led the league in scoring but that was all "dunking", as if body strength had nothing to do with getting position under the net. And is it my imagination or didn't he lead the league in assists once or twice? Try going over to hockey, "LOL".
@djohnsontheking No, that's Shaquille O Neal. You weren't even allowed to overpower your defender in the 60s or else it was an offensive foul or charge. Every center had to have a finesse game. You sound Ignorant.
In 1968, Wilt is the only player to have recorded a quintuple double: 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 24 blocks, 11 steals, according to the game statistician. Name another player capable of putting up numbers like these in a single game. I won’t hold my breath..
Wilt Chamberlain is an all-time greatest basketball player to ever play the game. He played at a very high level and he was very talented at everything he did on the court. Nobody could stop him at all. Salute to #13 Wilt Chamberlain!!!
Wilt Chamberlain can score 100 points back then and if he was playing in modern day NBA. He would had 40 rebounds, 15 blocks, 10 assists. Imagine if he played in the NBA today with the likes of Shaq, Kobe, or Dwyane Wade.
The NBA made a league wide choice to retired #6 for all NBA teams in the honor of Bill Russell. Russell’s No. 6 is the third jersey to be retired league-wide in one of the major American professional sports leagues. MLB has retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42, and the NHL has retired Wayne Gretzky’s No. 99.
Wilt went up against Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit, John Havlicek, Willis Reed, Rick Barry, Elvin Hayes, Hal Greer, Walt Frazier, Pete Maravich, Nate Thurmond, Bob McAdoo, Sam Jones, Dave Cowens, Jerry Lucas, Bob Lanier, Dave Bing, Billy Cunningham, Bob Cousy, Walt Bellamy, Dolph Schayes, Wes Unseld, Jo Jo White, Spencer Haywood, Gail Goodrich, Earl Monroe, Connie Hawkins, Lenny Wilkens, Tom Heinson, Lou Hudson, Dave Debusschere, Chet Walker, Gus Johnson, Joe Caldwell. Anybody that says Wilt didn't have competition is either too lazy to do research and doesn't know anything about basketball, or they are old school haters.
Glad they took down the last video so we could recieve this one!! Slight changes here & there along with commentary make it all that better. Favorite TH-cam Channel! Thank you for all your hard work & dedication. Super excited for your future projects. Foobas & Wilt 🐐
As an avid track and field athlete, Chamberlain high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and long jumped 22 feet.
I’m glad this video released. Now people will see he didn’t just push dudes out the way and dunk his way to 40s and 50s. Wilt had a true arsenal for scoring. Hooks, Drop Steps, Up & unders… and when you do somehow find a way to keep him from getting close to the rim, his right shoulder fade was money. Shooting that shit over the bigs with ease just like KD does.
@@dustincobb5718 he reminds me of hakeem Olajuwon because he was super skilled . its funny that he was compared to shaq lol. he plays nothing like shaq and its an insult to his skillset
@@ryanr20091 you know I actually had an idiot argue with me that Shaq was better than Hakeem. No no Wilt is the greatest center, but there's no way Shaqs better than Hakeem
Wilt is one of my favorite basketball players of all time, even though I never watched him play live. Wilt was very special and amazing when he played. RIP Wilt 🕊
There's so many crazy things about wilt that absolutely blow my mind. The man went on to become a member of the volleyball HOF after his stellar career. He really was built different. Ty for this compilation 🔥🔥
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Wilt Chamberlain Statistics (1959-1966)
Minutes: 47.0
Points: 39.6
Rebounds: 24.8
Assists: 3.4
Blocks: 10.3* (based off 28 games of available data)
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What the heck?! That's GOAT stats!
So he averaged a triple double lmao
Wilt was the Most gifted human physically of modern era 💪💪💪💪
People think Wilt put up those numbers against 6' janitors but Wilt actually dominated HOF players like Bill Russell, Walt Bellamy, and Nate Thurmond. That's how great Wilt was.
Imagine Wilt playing today, with the level of science nowadays, proper training, fitness workout, proper food, understanding the game better....
Exactly.
no you cant say that cause players today cant play a full 89 games or play 41 minutes a game 89 times like Wilt did. So how are they more physically fit today? The rule changes allowed players to do more. You have to take todays player and put them back in time and see how they would do with the rules that Wilt had to play with. Ask them to play 41 minutes a game and play all 89 games and see how productive they are.
It would be similar to what you see with Giannis
And fouls being called on players hacking him.
Hell even todays shoes would make him even more incredible
I saw Wilt play in a preseason double-header in Seattle in the late 1960s when he was beyond hid prime. After playing in the first game he came sat in the stands to watch the second game. I was among several kids who swarmed him to get his autograph. He kindly and patiently signed autographs for everyone. I will never forget the moment. Bless you Mr. Chamberlin.
Are u related to Gail Goodrich because it was around that time when him and Wilt played together
Damn you old!!
I started watching NBA about 1970(we finally got a TV....hehe), he was so big, and just dominated at times, so self assured, I was in awe. One Sunday afternoon, after church, the Lakers were playing the Bulls....Wilt was going against Tom Borwinkle a big 7 footer. at one point they were fighting for a rebound along the baseline, Borwinkle was banging against Wilt and Wilt gave him a shove with his forearm as he(Wilt) grabbed the ball... no lie, Borwinkle literally flew into the seats. The announcer was astounded... They showed it in slo mo.... smack. Ole Tom literally lifts off the floor and crashes into the seats.... I think he had to go sit down on the bench after he got up.... Point is... Wilt was really strong. and go watch Wilt in the 72 semi finals game 6 against Jabbar in the 4th Q. Wow! Wilt just dominated Jabbar. So many stories I could tell.... Artis Gilmore was a Wilt look a like, 7'2" and just as big(weight), ok...he was black too. hehe Wilt just knocks him around in that All Star NBA/ABA game... and then you realize WIlt hardly ever used his massive frame and strength to push his way in like Shaq always did... Wilts game was finesse and quickness and leaping ability.... and even leading fast breaks in the early years!! Ok... nuff said!
@@Davek7110 woooow what a story, omg
Dude his entire career was his prime
MJ is legendary, and inspires us to be better. Wilt is mythical, and cautions us that no matter how much you try, there's a freak of nature out there that will whup your ass regardless.
There's always a bigger fish.
@@FoobasSports facts
But Lebron James is the only player ever who could lead ANY team to a championship!
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@@areguapiri i think any all time great player can be put on a decent team and boost them to championship level. Bird was the Celtics, without him they werent winning anything. Same goes for Kobe, MJ, Shaq, Magic, etc. Wilt is basically Rudy Gobert size with Giannis type athleticism or better and had a killer instinct to prove he could do anything in the league, even leading the league in assists and getting over 50 rebounds on Bill Russell in a game. If a 43 year old Wilt was dominating James Worthy 1 on 1, a young Wilt would join a team today and get 50 pts every other night while also being the best defender on the court and dominating the paint while being stronger than even Steven Adams and having a 45+ inch vertical at 7'1 and a 7'8 wingspan i say he takes any team in today's league to an instant finals appearance every year without those dominant 60s celtics in the way
In my opinion, Wilt Chamberlain is definitely the greatest athlete of all time. He would dominate in any era.
Hell no
Great athlete no doubt
@@Laboom-editsno explanation = invalid opinion
@@KommieKaze he definitely isn’t the best athlete he isn’t the fastest or strongest he would not dominate today because all he does is layups
@Laboom-edits I'm from that time. You couldn't be more wrong. He had a turnaround jump shot, was a great rebounder, and could run the floor.
The colorized footage in 4K reveals his size and strength, Wilts athleticism and skill set would transcend any era.
Yeah. He be giannas. But finesse and better
@@joekolpe9849 wilt was 7'1 and stronger
@@redeyejedi9504 7’2 w/shoes
way stronger, athletic and better overall earlier in his career in comparison to Giannis
@@joekolpe9849 Giannis gave us a Glimpse of what Russell and Wilt would do in this era from both ends of the floor..
Get this, the man shot free throws, jumped over the FT line, and DUNKED! All while in the air. The NBA made this illegal, they couldn't have Wilt dunking his free throws. Just think, every FT an NBA Slam Dunk contest winner.
It’s so amazing with the colouring that you’ve added we can see more of what it used to look like
Thank you! It's all about perspective.
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Wilt, Russell, Hondo etc colorized are a dream, so enjoyable to dream at the contrast with the times and what if.
This is a app of an Israeli girl
@@omrigolan9881 the colorizer?
That fade is there with MJ, Kobe, Dirk. Just unstoppable
Dirk?! Not LeBron? Lol
@@weirdo4653 dont bring LeBum into this convo
@@weirdo4653 he said FADE. Tf you talking about
@@pob-4810 Lebron have one of the best fadeaway of all time, he just played so many seasons you still think it’s 2009 lol. In 2018 alone he made more impressive fadeaway than any of these guys and even in his 2 seasons with the Lakers he has multiple 10minutes video of fadeaway or Logo 3´s … Lebron is right there, and his fadeaway is much more impressive than Wilt.
@@cultofpersonality2002 10minutes of Fadeaway 😉 th-cam.com/video/l0LnabDt6QU/w-d-xo.html
The respect Bill has for Wilt is just great.
Wilt was the real GOAT of basketball 🏀. Even better than Michael Jordan.
Bill Russell & wilt ❤️ each other alot
@@saleemkirmani5583 well, that better than Michael Jordan is objectively correct, but he ain't the GOAT. LeBron is.
@@themainmanphi1246 I respect your opinion, but I disagree with it.
Baseball will NEVER let you forget about Babe Ruth and Wayne Gretzky is hockey but when it comes to Wilt Chamberlain the NBA does this man a great disservice
Babe ruth is not regarded as the 'goat' or anything more than a guy that hit home runs and called his shot, while being fat. Gretzky was highly skilled. And a competitor that talked less and did more.
Wilt is Babe ruth. And is regarded as such. This video shows very little filling the lane giving him layups, against 6'3 defenders.
Wilt gets exactly the amount of credit he deserves. If he was 6'3 you wouldn't remember wilt at all.
@Iconic Props Babe Ruth is absolutely regarded as the goat. For you to reduce his abilities and historical significance to merely being fat and hitting home runs, only serves to display your ignorance.
It's not Kareems if wilt did it first
Tiger with golf. Brady with football. You’re fucking right dude. Damn
You can blame the cult of Jordan for that i think....
This is literally so beautiful to see Wilt Chamberlain in his prime especially in color this video needs more views
Could play in any era and dominate, can never convice me otherwise
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I totally agree with that 100.
Yeah look at Giannis.
They say Shaq could play in any Era. But wilts fadeaway would be the made reason he is unstoppable. He would beat Shaq just with that fadeaway.
@@dcomputers his fadeaway was sick,
Plus he had the durability and stamina to play intense defense as well
“He thought and rightfully so, that he was the greatest basketball player that ever lived.” - Bill Russell
Bill Russell said that and he’s got 11 championship rings. That is a big statement that I appreciate as an NBA fan because of how much of rivals Bill and Wilt were on the court but how GREAT of friends they were off the court. Rest in peace to these legends
I hate edits but Thanks for ❤️ my comment, that little smile Bill gives after he says it also makes me smile
The quality of this footage is genuinely incredible. A real historical artifact. I'm blown away. Thank you for putting this together!
Thank you 👍
1:43 he faked that pass so good I fell for it. Arms crazy long
Yes. Technology is incredible.
That fadeaway is smooth and unstoppable..you cannot guard this shot
Like Kareem's sky hook,
@@zikemdg I'm pretty sure wilt used to block the skyhook
Fading away probably helped soften the shot up, should have tried it from the free throw line
Wilt was the definition of a "Go-To Move" couldn't stop him even when you knew what he was going to do.
Wilt wheeling ( tornado move) towards the 🧺 basket in the low post 📫 unstoppable,
Only Athlete to be inducted into 3 different sports Hall of fames...Track,Volleyball and Basketball. GOAT
Wow. Amazing 🔥❤️🏀
1:43 he faked that pass so good I fell for it. Arms crazy long
ALSO HOF IN HARLEM GLOBE T'S
@@Freeblood100bucks he really didn’t even have to fake that tho 😂
Did you all know that Wilt Chamberlain never once fouled out of a game? Not once during his time in high school, college, and in the NBA. He never fouled out of a game ever.
His fade away, finger roll, his passing, rebounds, blocks, steals, dunks does it all this man a machine talk about skill
Don’t forget that hook shot
He was ridiculously good. The best ever but the fact that he called himself that is what rubbed people the wrong way. Kinda like Rickey Henderson.
Troll
@@laartwork the best ever is Jordan you simpleton. Get it right
@@laartwork I see what you are saying but why is Ali allowed to do that? Ali is beloved and rightly so,but he was an arrogant jerk to more than a few of his opponents early on. If Wilt had said" I'm the greatest basketball player who ever lived" when he was in his prime, he would have been pilloried, trashed etc.
My grandpa played in a pickup game with Wilt at a resort in upstate New York in the Summer of 1958. He was 20 and Wilt was just going into his rookie year with the globetrotters. My grandpa is only 5'7" and managed to fake Wilt away with a pump fake and hit a jumper on him. According to him, Wilt looks at him and goes, "Nuh-uh." After that point, nobody but Wilt scored again for the whole game and his team won easily😂 My grandpa got a picture with him though, and has it to this day🧡
shows how dominant he is
@@samuelogunlere6589 To be fair a lot of NBA(not the majority) could do the same exact thing. The difference between normal people and NBA players is insane. There was an exhibition game(older players usually don’t care much about them while younger players do) in which a rookie started trash talking Micheal Jordan right at the end of the first half. Micheal then went on to score 40 points in the second half when the rookie scored 0.
as some would say, wilt took it personally
@@DarthSpock9940 lmao you're talking about Reggie Miller i heard about that XDD
Sure he did.
That 4k colorized film is amazing.. quite literally brings everything to life.
This is by far the best compilation of Wilt plays we've seen. Great job to who ever created it
Thank you! 👍
Wilt athleticism(on film):
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Wilt chamberlain's defense:
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Wilt chamberlain's league leading passing skill:
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Wilt dunking prowess:
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Wilt Chamberlain shots from 3 point range:
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Wilt chamberlain spot up:
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Wilt chamberlain shooting range:
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He was the inventor of a lot of the moves we see today
The post fade, post spin, drop step, up and under, scoop shot etc…
Wilt's moves were not “pretty” but they were effective. Wilt would get open with a plethora of head, body and pass fakes. Faking a pass left then spinning around right. Faking a pass right then hitting a turn around jumper. Faking a behind the back pass, then turning around and dunking on you
Wilt chamberlain post moves:
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wilt vs Kareem
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I never realized how much style Wilt played with. That finger roll...
Developed it because they made dunking illegal because he used to just dunk on everyone.
@@kiwi-qu3fp duuuuude I just looked this up and the NBA had to ban dunking from free throws because of Wilt. I mean wtf that's slam dunk contest winning shit and that was his go-to for a FREE THROW! He was more amazing than I realized...
It was so disrespectful 😆 think about it. To just back u down than put a finger roll right in your face 🐐
Best footage of Wilt I’ve ever seen. I didn’t know he was such a finesse player.
When you take into account size, strength, speed, quickness, and overall athleticism, Wilt was the greatest athlete ever created by god! He played in the era when sports was still just a seasonal pastime in america, instead of a year-round obsession and big-time business it is today. If Wilt had played in the bright lights of the modern NBA with its hero-worshiping sports media and fanbase, the likes of Michael Jordan and Lebron James would be afterthoughts. His athletic prowess was so legendary that you would had to have been there to believe it. Just think: 5...year in year out...insane! If you weren't around in his day and thus had no familiarity with his exploits - on and off the court - you'd have a hard time deciding which story about him was more believable: his stat line of 50 points/25 rebounds/48 minutes per game, or his having slept with over 20,000 women.
We didn't know because his STANDARDS were too high to reach !
Because of his size, speed and athletic ability I believe Wilt would have been great in any era.
Bro javale mcGee is way more faster and way more athletic than wilt and they're about the same height, wilt is stronger than javale and that's it, their is nothing that wilt can do that javale can't
@@linggodz9408 people don’t realize that we humans evolve
Humans have remained the same in 100 years and if you could see evolution work in such a short timeframe you wouldn't have people claiming it isn't proven today. No, even a thousand years ago we were basically undistinguishable, put a person from today in that era and develops the same way and the only difference is immunity and tolerance to some diseases, but in regards to how fast and athletic they are there won't be a noticeable difference. Tarmac, nutrition, training regimes, equipement, medicine, transportation, that's what's made the difference, so Javal traveling coach and wearing Converse wouldn't be any better at the game than Russell or Wilt.
Wilt is faster, longer, bouncer, smarter than javale mcgee. Javale literally is just good size thats it
It's fun to imagine him playing in a modern era.
I’m glad to see people finally give Wilt more credit. Couple years ago people would scoff at you if you talked about just how insane wilt was athletically
AI man. It's going to restore a lot of previously indiscernible footage
Yea the more fans from that era die off the fewer naysayers will remain to point out to u fools who buy into the fiction of wilts goat status how uninformed and misguided u all are...wilt was a big part of the reason his team annually lost its final game even in college and the stats illustrate that fact...he averaged 30ppg for his reg season career yet only avgd 22.5 in playoff games...there is no more obvious of a reason for his team losing than the fact that he wasnt able to score at the same rate/pace as he did against inferior, less motivated reg season opponents. Even in 62 when he averaged 50ppg he then only avgd 35ppg in playoffs without compensating by increasing his apg avg...how was his team supposed to make up those 15ppg he stopped scoring? Yes the best team typically wins but mj and others have proven the best player can still dominate in a losing cause by averaging 40ppg against boston for 2postseasons in a row...wilt wasnt the best...russell was the better player...he played his best when it mattered most...wilt almost never did.
Damn, didn't know that Wilt's that good. Those fade aways are unstoppable even in todays NBA. Just a complete player. I honestly feels that he will dominate in any era.
now that you actually saw him and who he played against its undeniable. Crazy thing is he was being nice to everybody.
@@TrevorHamberger He wasn’t being nice, the offensive foul rules forced him to play with finesse.
@@z4bando421 i wasn't really talking about that. He would have and could have hurt people if he didn't hold back
Wouldn`t have been able to get that shot off in the modern NBA. He only turned over his right shoulder to shoot that shot and never really set it up. Guards would have been hunting the strip down low and big contesting up high.
@@trainerrob1622 are you actually serious? You are horse shit at basketball in real life if you actually believe this
Dude literally played all 48 minutes like a track athlete. Ran the floor and moved more than anyone. Doesn’t compare to the condition of other big men.
Wilt is a legit track athlete--
He’s literally in the track hall of fame
Doesn't compare to any other player big or small, basketball or any other sport. 48 per game for an entire season, having to be the leading scorer, rebounder, shot blocker and sprinter from rim to rim is not fathomable! It is, by far, the single greatest record ever achieved in any physical competition of sports or games.
And he did that in the most trash court shoes.
HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO PLAY AVERAGE 47 MINUTES WHEN BASKETBALL HAS 40 MINUTES? PLEASE TELL ME SOMEBODY THANKS
Thanks for sharing this amazing compilation. How is he not considered the greatest??
@@troofseeker5173 Much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏 Honestly, Wilt Chamberlain can't be comprehended. So they dismiss him.
This is my first time seeing this. I though Wilt was just too big against others but DAMN, big guy is SKILLED. Those fades are fire.
My GOAT list just changed.
Fr they keep sayin wilt only got that many score he been guarded by a small guys and what I saw is most of his opponent guarding him are also big they just look small cause wilt is a legit 7'2 with a 7'8 wingspan
@@Gamers_onlyy36 It's funny because there aren't even good bigs today, there's only 2 guys above 7 ft who are actually great players right now, embiid and jokic. And both of them are barely even 7 feet tall.
Good TH-cam video about this. "Top Six NBA Centers of the 1960's"
Luka
Jordan
Wilt
Me to, this guy was the real deal.
It’s a crime that wilt is widely known as “just a dunker”. He clearly was ahead of his time many more ways than just athleticism. Thanks for uploading!
Thank you for watching 👍
Reminds me a lot of Time Duncan.
he played multiple sports. clearly very athletic and smart
Chalk that up to the ignorance and inexperience of today’s fan!
That little backhand flip he did was a thing of beauty. To see how much finesse had played with to be so intimidating physically is amazing. Those hook shots he made looked like he was just bored. When you talk about NBA all time players, there is Wilt and everybody else fighting for second.
It's so fascinating watching how young him moves. It's so gazelle like. People say athletes get better with time but who in our era moves like that at his height? I think Giannis on some level, but still doesn't have Wilt coordination, grace or even super diverse skillset. I don't think time matters or necessarily means better athlete. Greats are greats. Thanks for posting this!
Thank you!
It's crazy how the young generation won't accept that there were athletes years ago that pocessd natural ability that was comparable or better than athletes today. Hmm I wonder if they feel they same about Einstein or Tesla to name a few, the only learn about Musk Gates or Besos What are schools teaching kids nowadays.
Exactly the closest person to him is Gianis but he still doesn't move like him...
@@patrickmurphy3308 crazy thing is, Wilt was taller and bigger than Giannis lol.
Wilt was a physical anomaly.
People also forget that these guys were running around in heavy leather chucks for the most part. Way harder to move around and stop on a dime without really messing up your ankles and knees.
If a guy like Wilt were able to play in modern-day basketball shoes he would probably be moving around like prime David Robinson.
Also, the dribbling rules were a lot more strict (couldn't even really put your hand on the side of the ball) and offensive fouls were called way more often. Otherwise, Wilt would basically be allowed to body everyone like Shaq did in the low-post.
Amazing footage. If it wasn’t for the Celtics dynasty he would be the undisputed GOAT in all of NBA history
Wilt is simply the greatest, and there's not a sliver of doubt in my mind. The biggest, tallest, fastest, strongest, most explosive athlete the game has seen. Wilt is the best at all of these categories: Scoring, Rebounding, Shot Blocking, and Defense. Everyone bends the knee to the true GOAT.
Yoo wilt fade away was immaculate been looking for his highlights in color for a while
This is legendary I haven’t seen nobody this close to his skill level besides bron
The most amazing stat in my opinion is that Wilt never fouled out of a game in his life in high school, college or the NBA, and he played all 48 minutes of every game in the NBA.
He also blocked 27 shots in one game and had 55 rebounds in one game against Bill Russel.
...he also blocked Lew Alcindor's sky hook more than once ...which tells you the level of athleticism he had on defense...which was incredible!...
Considerando la forma de marcar por lo que se ve en el video no eran tan férreas los defensas ,ves a los Bad Boys y otros equipos en los 80 te cagaban a trompadas era más físico la marca .
what the fuk that’s actually insane. heard of 27 rebounds before but BLOCKS.
If a guy stops trying on defense when he gets 5 fouls to protect his streak, it's not a positive thing and in fact becomes extremely exploitable.
@@thestradiosmiles lol... he didn't stop at 5. He just didn't foul much. Geez
This video is a real treasure for younger people like us that didn't have the privilege of watching him play. I've heard the stories, and I often see his name placed amongst NBA royalty, but seeing him alive and in color brings his legend to life!
1:43 he faked that pass so good I fell for it. Arms crazy long
He just didn’t hang on the rim back then cuz he would have broken them all. That makes his dunks look a bit more passive. In todays game? He would have made SHAQ look passive!
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@@Freeblood100bucks I'll tell you how long his arms were. There's a clip I saw some time on TH-cam, don't know if it's still up, where he has his head under the backboard. He's actually ducking to avoiding hitting it. And... at the same moment, he's reaching his arm around to the front of the basket and slam dunking.
For sure. I’m guessing 95% of us watching this were born long after Wilt retires. I’d never believe any of the stories I’ve heard if it wasn’t for the footage like this that I’m seeing
I remember as a kid watching Wilt play on tv. He was an amazing player. A lot of great players came from that era.
Bill Russell opening by saying “he thought, and rightfully so….that he was the greatest basketball player that ever lived” is maybe the most GOAT thing I’ve ever heard.
The person with the most rings to say that, says alot. Village is awesome. Bit even he knew. He got lucky that wilts coach was stupid. They didn't okay him to max effect. Bill had a better team. Wilt was isolated to be a one player savior. That's not a team game. Just imagine if a better coach would have been there. Can you imagine? A smart coach spreading it out.
@@vennexx wilt had 4hof teammates in 1961 while losing to russells celtics..wilt played alongside 8different hofers over the course of his career but fans like u refuse to accept that fact and instead conjure bs excuses blaming everyone except him even tho he averaged 8fewer ppg in playoffs than in reg season and avgd a lower apg and a lower fg%avg in playoffs as well...its not wilts coachs fault that in game 6 of the 69finals with a 3-2series lead wilt scored merely 8pts on 1-5 from the field despite being perfectly healthy and let boston tie the series and then lost in game7...lakers were the heavy favorites in that series
come on, who was Russell with only 11 rings? What the hell would he know that Stephen A. doesn't know?
Now those 2 are balling in heaven
@@dp233332u mean to tell me wilt who put up 37 and 23 in the playoffs in the 1960-61 is somehow responsible for them not beating the Celtics that years?
And yes wilt had a bad game 6 in 1969 but he almost destroyed his knee in that finals and his own coach would not sub him back in with 5 minutes left in the 4th in game 7 costing them the game, his game 6 performance wouldn’t have even mattered had he been allowed to play in the last minutes of game 7
And all of wilts hof teammates were either when he was young, they were old, or he was old
He never played with more than 1 hof in his prime while they were in thier prime
Bill played with prime hof COMING OF THE BENCH
also wilts number of hof doesn’t matter as if that number isn’t close to the Celtics then he never stood a chance regardless
Could’ve played with 20 if bill had 40 wouldn’t have mattered.
I didn't realize Wilt Chamberlain had such agility. And what a bank shot.
His bank shot was perfect and on point
His bank shot as a big man is right there with Duncan's
Dam I'm a Spurs fan to
Yeah, he was mobbed by the defense when they did manage to get to him in time, so he developed other shots other than the dunk. If one is even a casual b-ball fan, they should at least once in their lifetimes take a $15 basketball from Wal-Mart or Dick's Sporting Goods and go to their local park that has b-ball courts. Try hitting these shots -- even basic free throws. It's difficult. Plus chasing rebounds, running the court, dribbling, passing and receiving passes, etc.. He would dominate Shaq whether in the old era or the modern era.
Timmy Duncan hopefully have dat iconic mega athlete his flowers b4 he went 2bed🙏🙏👑👑 classic Bank shot, rarely used but very efficient once u master it's function!!!!
I've never appreciated just how good he was before seeing this video. What a beautifully restored and well edited compilation (I love the music too). No doubt he would dominate in any 'era'
Much appreciated 👍
Teams were averaging 125+possessions per game during Wilts era and hit a lower fg%...thats around 30 more possessions per game and accounts for the fact that 6different players from Wilts era avgd 20+rpg for an entire season at least once something rodman NEVER did...the stats are inflated and he wasnt able to dominate like that in the playoffs...never scored 60or more in a playoff game in fact avgd 8fewer ppg in playoffs than reg season at a lower fg,% and a lower apg avg...wasnt clutch...got held by russell to 8pts on 1-5fgs during his game 6 loss of the 69finals with a 3-2series lead had 2 of the games 5best stars on his team...he had 4future hofers alongside him on his team in philly in 1961 still came up short regardless...wilt played alongside 8different HOFers same as Russell he just didnt make them become better players and champions the way russell consistently did.
Wilt would be an all star in any era but would not put up the gaudy numbers he produced during the 60s against the more modern far more athletic and significantly less white talent pools of the 1980s 90s and 2000s...
@@bossshxtonly stop lying wilt was listed at 275lbs at his heaviest as a player....wilt couldnt even win during his own era which like it or not was the infancy of the NBA there were quotas limiting the number of black players playing and wilt losing the ncaa champ to an all white team that featured 0 legit nba players is embarrassing. No1 cares who benched more at all it proves is he was better at bench pressing it doesnt negate the fact that shaq had 30-70lbs on wilt and better footwork/post moves and a much stronger lower body...like it or not the game evolved and the skillsets got exponentially better as did the number of players with size and outstanding athleticism...whether or not any 1 player was as great an athlete as wilt isnt relevant the fact that he played before the game was being played above the rim by the majority of players in the league is a massive factor...if he played during the 80s 90s or 2000s there would be a half dozen big men in each era who could make it difficult on at least 1 if not both ends of the court for wilt like Kareem and russell did as well as 1-4players on the court in every game who are capable of dunking over him or of blocking his shot especially as help defenders who sneaking up from behind wilt while hes busy attempting to score 1on1 over his counterpart defender.
Yes there were some big men during wilts era and some if not many players who could slam dunk the ball but any1 who tries to suggest that the league had even half as many who truly played above the rim during the 60s and early 70s is absolutely delusional and/or shamefully dishonest..furthermore many if many if not most of the other big men during his era cept for Kareem and Russell were plodders with cement feet...if hes playing during the late 80s and thru the 90s for example hes got 1on1 matchups against Robinson Olajuwon Shaq Ewing Parish Kareem Mutombo Moses Sampson eventually Duncan and lesser talents at center who were actually taller than wilt like Rick Smits Manute Bol S.Bradley Yao Ming and big George...Wilt would be an all star in any era but he would not be the statistical record setter that he was during his own era in any category incouding ppg and rpg.
He’s fundamentally perfect. Respect to that turnaround. Unguardable.
Lol seriously, it's like MJs but he's 7'2.
That turnaround fadeaway jumper is a nightmare to defend. And his speed from end-to-end is crazy for someone that size. And then he's stronger than you too. He was like a combination of Shaq and David Robinson.
I was thinking the same..I think his game resembled more Robinson's than Shaq's !
@@Herbalizer28
That use of the backboard is Tim Duncan-esque and his shooting motion reminds me of olajuwons
@@Herbalizer28 shit he played first maybe rhey seen him
Thats exactly what he looks like! Great comparison. In playstyle and physically too
@@MrALLSTAR26 My thoughts, also, since he was way before either. I think Wilt has a rental space in Shaq's head, to some degree, from a few things he has said on some interviews.
Woah!!! His court vision was insane!!! I was not aware of how good of a passer he was!!!
Outstanding
Man, you did just a GREAT job putting this together. I've seen a lot of these clips before but the colorization and scaling just make them pop.
Thank you!
This is an excellent piece.
Excellent. Wilt is looking down and smiling. How can someone over 7 ft tall float like a ballerina.?
Absolutely the 8th wonder of the world.
Wonderful wonderful.
Dedication doesnt even describe him.
I'm a huuuge Durant fan. Even bigger Wilt fan. Averaged 50 pts a game.
On 40 shots a game from the field…efficiency & production 🤔 I don’t think so especially come playoff time
@@tyjohnson3111 wouldn’t have to shoot so often if he had decent teammates around him. And let’s not act like Wilt didn’t rebound most of his misses and score anyway!
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Kareem’s Bucks (1970-75):
Big O was an All Star from 1961-1972
Dandridge was an All Star in 1973 & 1975
Robinson was an All Star in 1970
Price was an All Star in 1975
Kareem’s Lakers (1976-1989):
Nixon was an All Star in 1982
Wilkes was an All Star in 1981 & 1983
Magic was an All Star in 1980 & 1982-91
Worthy was an All Star from 1986-92
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KAJ- (‘71-74, ‘76 & 77, ‘80 & 81, ‘84 & ‘86 1st;
‘70, ‘78 & 79, ‘83, ‘85 2nd Team)
Oscar- (‘70 & ‘71 2nd Team)
Bob- N/A
Robinson- NONE
Price- NONE
Nixon- NONE
Wilkes- NONE
Magic- (‘82 2nd Team; ‘83-89 1st)
Worthy- N/A
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Wilt’s Warriors (1960-1965):
Arizin an All Star his whole career 1951-1962
Gola an All Star from 1960-65
Rodgers an All Star in 1963 & 1964
Meschery an All Star in 1963
Wilt’s 76ers (1965-1968):
Greer an All Star from 1965-1968
Walker an All Star in 1966 & 1967
Jackson an All Star in 1965
Costello an All Star in 1965
Wilt’s Lakers (1969-1973):
Jerry an All Star his whole career 1961-1974
Elgin an All Star in 1969 & 1970
Gail an All Star in 1972 & 1973
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WILT- (‘60-62, ‘64, ‘66-68 1st Team;
‘63, ‘65, ‘72 2nd Team)
Arizin- N/A
Gola- N/A
Rodgers- NONE
Meschery- NONE
Greer- (‘65-68 2nd Team)
Walker- NONE
Jackson- NONE
Costello- N/A
Jerry- (‘69 2nd Team; ‘70-73 1st)
Elgin- (‘69 1st Team)
Gail- N/A
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Bill’s Celtics (1957-69):
Cousy was an All Star from 1951-1963
Heinsohn was an All Star his rookie year (same as Bill 1957) and from 1961-1965
Sharman was an All Star from 1953-1960
Jones was an All Star in 1962, 1964-66, & 1968
Hondo was an All Star from 1966-1978
Howell was an All Star in 1967
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BILL- (‘59, ‘63, ‘65 1st Team;
‘58, ‘60-62, ‘64, ‘66-68 2nd Team)
Cousy- (‘57-61 1st Team; ‘62 & ‘63 2nd Team)
Heinsohn- (‘61-64 2nd)
Sharman- (‘57-‘59 1st Team; ‘60 2nd)
Jones- (‘65-67 2nd)
Hondo- (‘64, ‘66, ‘68 & ‘69 2nd)
Howell- (‘63 2nd)
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Since you wanted to talk about supporting cast……
@@jude305 he had a similar level of help compared to Bill 🤔 I’m pretty sure the Warriors had a championship before drafting Wilt.
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1962 ECF
Bill: 22/26/4 on 40% FG & 71% FT
Wilt: 34/27/3 on 47% FG & 65% FT
Celtics-Bill: 242/643 on 38% FG & 147/206 on 71% FT
Warriors-Wilt: 183/516 on 35% FG & 145/188 on 77% FT
Celtics had 5 players over 10PPG compared to 4 for the Warriors
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1962 RS
Wilt averaged his famous
50/26/2 line on 50% FG (20/40 per game career high in makes & attempts)
& 61% FT (10/17 per game career high in makes & attempts) in the unfathomable 49 MPG
Yet as you see above-got held to
34/27/3 on 47% FG (13/27 per game)
& 65% FT (8/13 per game) against Bill
1962 Game 7 v Celtics (L 109-107): 48 MP, 7/15 FG & 8/9 FTs for 22/22/3 and had his teammate Meschery outscore him by 10 on 10/19 FG & 12/13 FTs; playing 48 MP as well.
So even at Wilt’s peak offensively
In the playoffs he got severely reduced offensively in terms of production in large part due to Bill’s defense & Wilt’s terrible FT%
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Wilt’s 100 Point Game:
36/63 from the field (57% FG)
& 28/32 from the line (88% FT)
Closest player with the next most FGA in one game is Kobe with 50 in 2016
Only Dwight, Drummond, and Deandre Jordan have more FTA in one game than Wilt.
That historical season amounted to what though? 🤔
Wilt ,in his prime was the most dominating player ever.If he played today,he would rule the court.
That fadeaway was a work of art. It’s mechanically perfect.
And his finger roll rivaled that of Ice Man Gervin
1:43 he faked that pass so good I fell for it. Arms crazy long
hard to blame the defenders on those. most coaches today (and probably then?) would say they are doing a good job. it's almost like there is some advantage to using the backboard. hmmmm.
This is incredibly footage, thank you for sharing. Wilt was more than just a big guy that could dunk, he had grace, IQ and basketball skills. That off the backboard bank fade away takes a tremendoues amount skill and touch. Only a few in the modern era (such as Tim Duncan) have been able to master that shot with any consitency. That's not a shot you can hit just because your taller than everybody else.
Thanks for the great footage.
You have people that go 'Oh, he was taller and bigger than everybody else, that's why he scored so much!' Ok, so using that premise, Both George Mueresan and Manute Bol should have wrecked the record books! Both were 7'7', Wilt was 7'1', he would have been great at 6'5". He was a GREAT player, period!!
Best ever by far. Unbelievable talent we may never see again.
@@cbone1982 Doping tests did not exist in his time so he was taking drugs!! He wouldn’t survive or play today. Chamberlain was a myth, the NBA was not a professional league in the 50s and 60s they couldn’t compete with Baseball and Pro Football or even college basketball… Amatuer era!!! Blocks and steals were not counted until the 1974 season. Watch the full footage of every game hidden and you would see how overrated Wilt was playing in a 8 team league full of plumbers and Jewish white dudes!
Thanks for this video. I thought that Wilt only played against short competition, but this video shows that he did play against other bigs and still dominated. Also, he was way more than just dunking.
I'm a defensive minded player and one thing I'm noticing is he has tremendous control of the ball with one hand. This isn't just palming the ball. When he goes up to shoot it's almost like he knows exactly how much spin to put on the ball before the release. Most guys when they shoot they have to be in one motion and in rhythm.
That slight pause before the release is everything, doesn't even matter the angle. Even if he were hit I don't think it would bother his shot. This guy is incredible.
Excellent observations.
Earl Monroe had that skill with two hands- he could show you the ball and move it around in the air. People do not realize how huge Wilt was- he looks thin in the videos, but he was ginormous.
Without question...THE greatest sheer, all-around athletic talent in human history, bar none!
Bo Jackson and Pele, i think are ahead of him, maybe LeBron as well. WIlt just didnt have AS much finesse and control as they did.
wilt was one of those guys who would dominate in any era he got a great feel for team basketball, being physical against him would just unleash his physicality more which you wouldn't want, most athletic athlete i have ever seen, unstoppable post fade, a great post and help defender (it's like how giannis impacts the defensive side through all the help defense he does, he prolly watched some wilt/russel clips for sure), one of the most diverse skill sets a player had (relative to his position) i could on and on he's just built like and i honestly think he is the greatest "player" that ever lived.
No your better
He dominated regular season but was dominated when it counted.
Your opinion doesn't mean much. No one needs your opinion to know Wilt was great. The fact Wilt didn't jump from superteam to superteam chasing rings already makes him a much better player and man than you.
@@meg-k-waldren stop being a "skip" using the greatness of others to discredit someone else
@@azwanazmi1484 yeah since no matter how good you are the better team always wins
My absolute favorite center. His combination of athleticism and skill were unmatched. He had it all.
Plus he played 48 minutes a game.
Skill, what skills are u watching. Hakeem should be ur favorite center
@@bossshxtonly Well the 60s players and teams had no problem stopping Wilt. He won 2 champoinship and in not 1 of those championships was he the first scoring option. Hes a great defender due to his size but offensvily hes very overrated his game was very limited
The epitome of domination.
I’ve been watching NBA basketball 45 years and have never seen this kind of presence.
No doubt he would still amaze today. No doubt.
The GOAT, regardless of the free-throw issue.
Today, there are training techniques that would solve that.
Greatest athlete of the 20th century.
I was able to watch Wilt at the Cow Palace when he played for the Warriors. In those days, fans were allowed to walk down to court level during warmups. So imagine a a 9 year old (me) walking up to Wilt. It was like looking up one of those giant redwood trees. Just amazing what he did during his career.
lucky you
@@jennifursun3303 Yep, good time to be a kid. San Francisco was a great city then.
That mid range fade away off the glass is just butter everytime.
Before watching this I thought he had the numbers only because of the era he was in. Now I think he would still own it in this era. This guy is a monster
@@trey6879do you see that fadeaway shot ? Nobody stopping that
@@donsantos1885Joel embiid if he jumped at his fullest could stop that or Giannis
@@cailloucaillou9217 No they couldn't. Y'all just don't know. Nobody is stopping Wilt besides Bill Russell.
@@bossshxtonlyhé was 275lbs and had a 38 ich vertical
@cailloucaillou9217 right bro. These dudes today r built different
There have been five 50-point, 40-rebound games in NBA history. Chamberlain is responsible for all of them.
But of course he was. Who TF else could even do it once?
Inflated era
40 frickin rebounds in one game. That's almost incomprehensible. And he did it multiple times.
@@hex1343Only him achieved that.
@@hex1343 yes...but could lbj do it against a HS team? Nope. Not even close.
Fantastic footage.. Thank you for modernizing this 60 year old footage upscaled and in color. Helps others like myself further appreciate how revolutionary Wilt was. Just incredible.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
7’1, and as agile as a cat, Wilt is special.
And could leap better than any center ever off 2 legs, had impeccable timing, tremendous desire, superhuman stamina,smarts, strongest center in the league..Dude had it all.
Strong as an ox, just watch Arnolds interviews about Wilt being on set picking up stuff that the The Barbarian was having issues with.
@@meowymeow282 ? Wilt was an all around world athlete, Duncan is no where close. And trust me Duncan is on my Mt Rushmore, but sorry Wilt would dance all over anyone like The Dream did, except Wilt was taller and stronger. Duncan was a beast but not thru agility, he did it thru practice and execution of technique.
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Yes, I'm in disbelief looking at how agile and fluid he was in this video at that size. Smh I would have loved to see him playing in the modern era from the Michael Jordan era going up against Shaquille Oneal up to this modern era today with him going up against Embiid.
The great Bill Russell said that Wilt was the most physically imposing man he ever saw, but I believe that Shaq was a incredible physical specimen in his prime. But I don't think Shaq was as agile and fluid at moving and running the court like Wilt was, but the big Aristotle could move for his size. Lol Wilt looked like the better passer also.
Wilt chamberlain, beyond any reasonable doubts was beyond incredibly gifted athlete. He's worthy of dignity, admiration, respect and appreciation.
People often ignore the fact that Wilt was an incredible shot. Nobody could ever stop his fade away jumper. Imo, he was the most dominant and most unstoppable player in the league’s history.
Shaq couldn't bank a shot to save his life. The nerve of Shaq to think that he ranks with the like of Wilt. Shaq only has a career because the refs let him get away with murder. What an insult to the great Wilt for Shaq to even be mentioned, compared to a guy who would have exposed Shaq for the scrub he was.
Imagine Stockton with Wilt in the pick n roll.
Love it!
Stocktons season avg with Wilt be about 22.3 assists.....👀
And Wilt picked out Stockton as the best point guard at the height of the Magic Johnson era. Since you can't separate Stockton from K. Malone, the ultimate starting five is 3/5 locked up. The other two are icing on the all time dominant cake.
Exactly, Wilt knew the play style of Stockton was a dream for him
Damn, say goodbye to reality.
At the very minimum It would be a dream for both Wilt and Stockton.
If you put Lebron and Malone in there there's quite literally nothing capable of stopping that offense.
Especially if Stockton and Lebron alternate who initiates the pick and roll and with who other.
I can watch his fadeaway bank shots all day. That is art.
Wilt faraway bank shows in low post unstoppable early 1960s
This is the FIRST video ive ever seen to actually show how complex the game was back then. He was setting plays that would work today EASILY.
There will never be another Wilt Chamberlain. What an athlete!!! Players today would have a hard time guarding Wilt.
The G.O.A.T. he's also unofficially the true triple double king, with approximately 600 to 700 triple doubles.
Wilt also has the most 20-20-20 games in NBA history along with his countless other triple-double and quadruple records.
Wilt is the greatest 7 foot defensive center in NBA history. The late, great Harvey Pollack did keep track of blocked shots when Wilt played for the Warriors/76ers.
And despite the 76ers in the 1980s later discarding a good number of those statistics that Pollack kept in his notebooks he estimated that the Big Dipper averaged 8-10 blocks a game during his prime years.
In Chamberlain's last 2 seasons with the 76ers and his 5 years with the Lakers, sportswriters (e.g., UPI, AP, Sixer/Laker beat writers) were being more diligent about keeping track of blocked shots. This was especially the case in the playoffs. Examples include...
1967 PLAYOFFS 21.7 PTS 29.1 REBS 9.0 ASTS 9.2 BLKS FG% 57.9
1968 PLAYOFFS 23.7 PTS 24.7 REBS 6.5 ASTS 9.7 BLKS FG% 53.4
1969 PLAYOFFS 13.9 PTS 24.7 REBS 2.6 ASTS 8.5 BLKS FG% 54.5
1971 PLAYOFFS 18.3 PTS 20.2 REBS 4.4 ASTS 6.0 BLKS FG% 45.5
1973 PLAYOFFS 10.4 PTS 22.5 REBS 3.5 ASTS 6.9 BLKS FG% 55.2
Of they kept blocks and steals he is the king of the quintuple double aswell being the only player to ever achieve that feet
@@alp6675 legend
@@alp6675 you think wilt played against McDonald's janitors? You don't know basketball. You don't know his era. I guess Bill Russell Elgin Bailer nate Thurmond Willis Reed Kareem Abdul Jabarr were McDonald's janitors get a fucking clue
Nevermind all the trolls saying he's overrated. All you have to do is listen to the people who actually saw him play. Those guys know basketball better than any randos on TH-cam and if that's not enough just look at the damn footage. This guy is as big as JaVale McGee, moves like Zion, passes like Ben Simmons, shoots like Jokic around the rim, blocks shots like AD, AND he doesn't get hurt? Legend! Sign me up all fucking day and night!
he's so boring to watch... just like watching a bully playing with a bunch of small kids... how could you be so entertained by this? No finesse, not graceful at all... seesh.
@@jordanthedoge535 It was fun to watch Shaq bully weaker players in his hay day. It was fun to watch Zion dominate in college. I don't know, when I see a physical freak, I get excited. He definitely had finesse, just look at the turnaround jumpers, and hook shots. You can tell he's got good hands and good bball IQ. It would have been great to see him against the best, but unfortunately, this is all we have.
@@TheDarkestMarcus you are so right and just think competition makes us better the only competition he had was Bill Russell he would have dominated in this era or any era
@@TheDarkestMarcus I can't believe the stupidity of people out there today they can't actually believe that Taco Fall Would dominate Will Chamberlain
@@jordanthedoge535 No finesse, Not graceful? Graceful dont get you career 30.1 pts almost 24 rebounds per game average. If they counted blocks, he would of averaged just about a triple double a game for his career. And its been said he slept with over 20000 women so dont tell me he had no finesse. Just sayin, yo.
Would love to see him play in todays game. He'd make a fool out of centers today. Those fadeaways and finger rolls are kinda unstoppable.
He is playing, his name is Joel Embid
Hm... I'd say he'll be playing 3, 4, and 5 in today's NBA.
@@maysjackson6754 😂
That’s laughable
@@maysjackson6754 he'd shit on Embid 😂😂😂
Wilt leading fast breaks, dude was on another level..... The real GOAT
Athletically..... way ahead of his time. I never realized he used that bank shot so often. He would clearly dominate in any era he played in
People talk about Kareem's skyhook but Wilt's fadeaway and his sweeping hook shot were both really effective and unstoppable away from the basket. Around the basket, there absolutely no stopping Wilt in his prime.
He's much too lumbering to dominate now. He's DeAndre Ayton.
More like Giannis Antetokounmpo than Deandre Ayton
@@8dollars276 huh? 😂
Wilt is the goat. He still to this day has dozens of records that will never be broken.
One word: ERA
Wilt is trash, he played against plumbers
@@l1ll4rd48 yeah your right todays era is weak as fuck
@@shanebroussard6262 mentally, yeah, physically? Nah, 2022 is the most loaded NBA in history,
@@l1ll4rd48 Lmmfao are you kidding? Everyone shoots 3’s including the centers. There’s no mental or physical skill needed. Run up shoot boring as shit. Larry bird/magic era was the best mental era. We seen some of the best basket ball we ever seen. Wilt/Russell era was the most physical by far, AND the hardest. They played better players more often because they had less teams. Wilt was “stat padding” (as the young’s say) against HOF’s lmao
I can see why he has the most points in a game. Those bank shots allowed him to basically shoot from any angle, plus his height and fade away it seems like it would be unstoppable even in todays game. Tim Duncan has been consistent with using he back board throughout his career, imagine Wilt.
That's the best montage I've seen on Wilt. Kudos.
Yea that man is a beast.
@@joeypierantonis7576 🙏🙏🙏
"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." - Wilt To Jordan. Wilt underrated Goat 🐐
Wilt also played with plumbers and highschool pe teachers
@@soundmindandbody4186 It wasn't the fact that they were plumbers because they were bad players, they were plumbers because the NBA didn't pay like it does today having them to resort to other means of income.
@@Manny-nm8dh why would NBA pay multi millions on plumbers and pe teachers to play ball? NBA aint even have $100 million revenue to afford that
@@soundmindandbody4186 yea but he was skilled, you give him the same training staff as giannis the results might be even greater.
@@soundmindandbody4186 the average height was 6 foot 5
That's only 1 inch shorter than today
He was great. One of very few that could play in any era.
So apparently he had kareem's skyhook, Jordan's fadeaway, and Tim Duncan's bankshot. What a God.
Bonified beast
Did he have theirs or did they have his???
Imagine if he abused his size and strength like shaq did?
@@BlahBlah-uh2yi In Wilt's day he couldn't bowl people over and hop step. I'm a Laker fan,but Shaq got away with more than any star ever. Imagine being 7'1 330 plus pounds, athletic, and allowing him to a 3 foot hop step from five feet away ..it's ridiculous.Yet he did it all the time in his prime.
@@stephenwhite5444 they clearly have his hey
There will never be another Wilt, an athletic giant. As an avid track and field athlete, Chamberlain high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and long jumped 22 feet. A 7'1" that can jump, and not just jump but really jump and also extremely strong.
Wilt was living way ahead of his time , this man is like a giannis combine with shaq , you get wilt the greatest 🔥🔥🔥
That fade away in and around the lane would be unstoppable in any era. Incredible touch and finesse for such a large man. Shit, he would kill it today. On one frame 4 guys were hacking away at him and he still hit that fade away.
Greatest player of all times. Rest In Peace.
Nobody better as a player ! Prove me wrong !
@@rodneymckinnon9075... pump your Brakes....2-4 NBA Finals Competition no even 50%, Horrible FT shooter 57% at best, Further more where were the 100PT GAMES IN THE PLAYOFFS N FINALS COMPETITION 🤔..did I prove u wrong?
@@anthonykyles4310 nope
@@trollkenobi6727 I rest my case...
@@anthonykyles4310 true tho. LeBron scored 51 against Warriors in the finals, while MJ averaged over 30 PPG in every championship run. Plus, these two guys are clutch on both ends and can elevate the team. That's the real GOAT stuff. Wilt may be better than the rest, but he cannot be better than MJ and James.
Had Wilt been born 3000 years ago and made it to Greece, he would have been described as a Zeus, Hermes, Helios ...
A straight-forward description would have been seen forever afterward as wild exaggeration.
We know of no other athlete ever like him.
That makes me think that maybe many guys like him have inspired those legends.
Love it the the Curry quote about the 3pt line 😆
Imagine Wilt playing with today’s spacing
I think Wilt's biggest adjustment to today's game would have been guarding players out to the 3 line. However, Wilt was very mobile for most of his career and could have guarded players out to the 3 point line well. Of course, Wilt would've been able to guard a few steps in from of the 3 because of his quickness and jumping ability. Back in the day Wilt would let players shoot while playing off them then get way up and swat the shot. That's part of the reason Wilt blocked so many shots and never fouled out!
Wilt had a great hook shot outside
@@jackson5781 Wilt's hook was unblockable too.
Yea he would do better today than he would have in the 90’s.
Wilt would be hitting hook shots from the 3pt line. It's so nuts to even say that but there's film of him hitting some.
If it was that easy everyone would have done it. Wilt was special. Top 5 player all time
That's the realest comment on here if scoring that much or rebounding like he and Russell did
If it was that easy alot of players would have done it
Top 5 player of all time? I would put him in top 50 rather put him in top 5!
There’s no one in his era or any era who came close to him in any aspect of the game.
@@announceramyhayes bro bro bro no fucking way. Bill Russell, artis Gilmore, Kareem, Wes unseld, Bob macadoo who averaged 34 and like 16 boards. He played in the golden age of centers. He would fucking kill jokic and embiid. Bro even led the league in assists cuz he wanted too.
@@Squiggles222 he just wouldn’t I swear he’s overrated
@@faltrz4850 facts
Wilt’s passing is hella underrated, especially for big men in that era
The guy did not dunk all those points either. Look at that fade away. Deadly! And that dude was on the floor for all 48 minutes, night after night, year after year, a superb athlete with no oxygen debt.
@@djohnson4321LOL? What's "LOL" is you forgetting that he led the league in rebounding and shot blocking. Oh, he led the league in scoring but that was all "dunking", as if body strength had nothing to do with getting position under the net. And is it my imagination or didn't he lead the league in assists once or twice? Try going over to hockey, "LOL".
@djohnsontheking No, that's Shaquille O Neal. You weren't even allowed to overpower your defender in the 60s or else it was an offensive foul or charge. Every center had to have a finesse game. You sound Ignorant.
His fade away is unbelievable 💪
In 1968, Wilt is the only player to have recorded a quintuple double: 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 24 blocks, 11 steals, according to the game statistician. Name another player capable of putting up numbers like these in a single game. I won’t hold my breath..
MJ would average 100 ppg on %100 FG and 3p against plumbers lol.
@Ethan Hill Most of the players came to nba and played like 2-3 years and retired in Wilt era lol.
There were more Big men in that era too.
@@alp6675 go back and look at how many hall of famers there are from that era and you'll think 2x
@@jackson5781 They are hall of famers only in plumber era.
Wilt Chamberlain is an all-time greatest basketball player to ever play the game. He played at a very high level and he was very talented at everything he did on the court. Nobody could stop him at all. Salute to #13 Wilt Chamberlain!!!
Wilt Chamberlain can score 100 points back then and if he was playing in modern day NBA. He would had 40 rebounds, 15 blocks, 10 assists. Imagine if he played in the NBA today with the likes of Shaq, Kobe, or Dwyane Wade.
Except for Bill Russell's11 Championships.
The NBA made a league wide choice to retired #6 for all NBA teams in the honor of Bill Russell. Russell’s No. 6 is the third jersey to be retired league-wide in one of the major American professional sports leagues. MLB has retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42, and the NHL has retired Wayne Gretzky’s No. 99.
He is the best in his position ever!
Bill Russell had him in jail for over a decade. #NOTTHEGOAT
Wilt went up against Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit, John Havlicek, Willis Reed, Rick Barry, Elvin Hayes, Hal Greer, Walt Frazier, Pete Maravich, Nate Thurmond, Bob McAdoo, Sam Jones, Dave Cowens, Jerry Lucas, Bob Lanier, Dave Bing, Billy Cunningham, Bob Cousy, Walt Bellamy, Dolph Schayes, Wes Unseld, Jo Jo White, Spencer Haywood, Gail Goodrich, Earl Monroe, Connie Hawkins, Lenny Wilkens, Tom Heinson, Lou Hudson, Dave Debusschere, Chet Walker, Gus Johnson, Joe Caldwell. Anybody that says Wilt didn't have competition is either too lazy to do research and doesn't know anything about basketball, or they are old school haters.
Proved your point.
@@djohnson4321 You don’t know basketball😭 and that’s bad
Bill Russell is known as one of the greatest defenders ever. So yeah Wilt was unstoppable
Wilt was great but Bill Russell would always win when it counted. Russell had his psych out number . Russell is the GOAT. No one else is even close.
@@SWFLBOATING189 Not always, cuz Wilt and co. knocked him and the Celtics out of the postseason in 1967
Thank God Wilt was always a gentleman on the court. He was amazing.
The record that everyone forgets: Chamberlain NEVER fouled out of a game. The most dominant defender ever seen, and he never fouled out.
That’s not that hard
@@whowannaentanglement3681 Name the other stars who have achieved that.
@@d.e.b.b5788 metta world peace
@@whowannaentanglement3681 u are not comparing him to Wilt....
@@kenneth7826 he not comparing he just stating other players who also did that
Glad they took down the last video so we could recieve this one!! Slight changes here & there along with commentary make it all that better.
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Foobas & Wilt 🐐
Why they took down the last video? I liked that video even more than this, maybe music copyrights? I would like to have a copy of that version.
As an avid track and field athlete, Chamberlain high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and long jumped 22 feet.
I’m glad this video released. Now people will see he didn’t just push dudes out the way and dunk his way to 40s and 50s. Wilt had a true arsenal for scoring. Hooks, Drop Steps, Up & unders… and when you do somehow find a way to keep him from getting close to the rim, his right shoulder fade was money. Shooting that shit over the bigs with ease just like KD does.
Alot of people are surprised if you say Wilt used the euro step. People just refuse to believe he wasnt just a tall brute.
1:43 he faked that pass so good I fell for it. Arms crazy long
@@dustincobb5718 he reminds me of hakeem Olajuwon because he was super skilled . its funny that he was compared to shaq lol. he plays nothing like shaq and its an insult to his skillset
@@ryanr20091 you know I actually had an idiot argue with me that Shaq was better than Hakeem. No no Wilt is the greatest center, but there's no way Shaqs better than Hakeem
Trash
His agility and athleticism for his size is unbelievable !!
Wilt is one of my favorite basketball players of all time, even though I never watched him play live. Wilt was very special and amazing when he played. RIP Wilt 🕊
There's so many crazy things about wilt that absolutely blow my mind. The man went on to become a member of the volleyball HOF after his stellar career. He really was built different. Ty for this compilation 🔥🔥
Much appreciated 👍 Here is a video of his volleyball career:
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