I hate to agree with a hall of shame poster but I've recently come to the same conclusion. Every time I look more closely into Wilt's history as a player, the more I consider that the he-always-got-beat-by-Bill-Russell-and-underperformed angle is way overrated. Winning championships is one thing, being a great player is another. The context matters too.
Wilt was already one of my favorite players in terms of personality but he was really truly special as a player and it's just very unfortunate that he played in an era where his games weren't widely broadcasted in HD. People forget because of the records that he really was just another regular human being. He was just that dominant. Wilt's the definition of legend.
Also,....
It is never mentioned.
Red got a chance to scout and develop a way to always beat wilt. As he surveyed wilt as a developmental player every step of the way till he became a pro. As wilt played with the Celtics in warmups in his steps to the league as an amateur.
So the actual general story of how wilt lost and how those losses were constructed is not generally known as well.
Hard to best red when he surveyed and had all the talent.
Plus could prepare exactly with what talent he needed.
If you know of the celts and red in history.
You should know the iron gauntlet .
Red had as an admin and exec in the totality of all basketball played in that era.
Art Barr
mfs watch a compilation of ugly ass fade-aways and come here and type this dumb shyt
