Reading up on Wilt, he was that nikka :wow:

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Checked the Wiki, here's some quotables:


Wilt Chamberlain Wiki

In his early years Chamberlain was not interested in basketball, because he thought it was "a game for sissies".[11] Instead, he was an avid track and field athlete: as a youth, he 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 broad jumped 22 feet.

Because Chamberlain was a very tall child, already measuring 6 feet at age 10[14] and 6 feet 11 inches when he entered Philadelphia's Overbrook High School
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In Chamberlain's third and final Overbrook season, he continued his high scoring, once logging 74, 78 and 90 points in three consecutive games

During summer vacations Chamberlain worked as a bellhop in Kutsher's Hotel.... Red Auerbach, the coach of the Boston Celtics, spotted the talented teenager at Kutscher's and had him play 1-on-1 against Kansas University standout and national champion, B. H. Born, elected the Most Valuable Player of the 1953 NCAA Finals. Chamberlain won 25–10; Born was so dejected that he gave up a promising NBA career and became a tractor engineer ("If there were high school kids that good, I figured I wasn't going to make it to the pros"),[20]....

Sent nikkaz to early retirement :wow:

As he did at Overbrook, Chamberlain again showcased his diverse athletic talent. He ran the 100-yard dash in 10.9 seconds, shot-putted 56 feet, triple jumped more than 50 feet, and won the high jump in the Big Eight track and field championships three straight years
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Chamberlain became a member of the Globetrotters team which made history by playing in Moscow in 1959, enjoyed a sold out tour of the USSR and prior to the start of a game at Moscow's Lenin Central Stadium, were greeted by the General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev.[34] One particular Trotter skit involved Trotters captain Meadowlark Lemon collapsing to the ground, and instead of helping him up, Chamberlain threw him several feet high up in the air and caught him like a doll.
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In Game 5, with his hand back to normal, Chamberlain scored 50 points on Bill Russell.
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Chamberlain was less dominant, taking only 14% of the team's shots (in his 50.4 ppg season, it was 35.3%), but extremely efficient: he averaged a career-low 24.1 points, but he led the league in rebounds (24.2), ended third in assists (7.8), had a record breaking .683 field goal accuracy
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Chamberlain never fouled out of a regular season or playoff game in his 14-year NBA career.
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Chamberlain, who reportedly had a 50-inch vertical leap,[138] was physically capable of converting foul shots via a slam dunk without a running start (beginning his movement at the top of the key).
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He voted Republican
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Look at the photo of this nikka, sh*t looks like a statue:

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F*ck Lebron, will we ever see another athlete like Wilt?
 

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Lebron against unathletic 5,9'' white men :dead: that'd be a good luck breh :huhldup:

Nikka, he scored 50 on Bill Russell, arguably the GREATEST defensive player of all time? How many white boys you see guarding Wilt in that photo? Nate Thurmond was no slouch himself. Let's be reality, Wilt was more athletic than Lebron.
 

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Even far beyond his playing days, Chamberlain was a very fit person. In his mid-forties, he was able to humble rookie Magic Johnson in practice,[104] and even in the 1980s, he flirted with making a comeback in the NBA. In the 1980–81 NBA season, coach Larry Brown recalled that the 45-year-old Chamberlain had received an offer from the Cleveland Cavaliers. When Chamberlain was 50, the New Jersey Nets had the same idea, and Chamberlain declined again.
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Nikka, he scored 50 on Bill Russell, arguably the GREATEST defensive player of all time? How many white boys you see guarding Wilt in that photo? Nate Thurmond was no slouch himself. Let's be reality, Wilt was more athletic than Lebron.

come on brah Bill was 6 ft 9 and 210 pounds he was the goat defensive player for the time but was no match vs Wilt
 

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cuz he wasnt pushed down everyones throat didnt have commercials and didnt have inner city kids killing each other over shoes

MJ is one of the most overrated players breh. MJ hype is because he's smaller, exciting style like a swan, and his image. People could relate to him more than Wilt. If this as all about Hoops, Wilt would be #1 100 out of 100 times in comparison to MJ. So would KAJ.
 

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Appropriate place to post - I've uncovered the specific historical details of Wilt's free throw dunking tall tale and dug up all the ORIGINAL sources (None of the second hand account rubbish):

The NCAA Coach's Committee Proposal For 1956 NCAA Rule Changes
March 24, 1956
(Nationally Circulated Story)
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Near the end of the 1955-56 NCAA season, the Coaches Committee appears to have organized, and voted on taking 4 new rule change suggestions too the next level up (The Rules and Regulations Committee) in the hopes for some new changes that would further diminish the dominance of athletic big men in college basketball. This curtails 2 rule changes that were made the prior season to address the big man dominance of Bill Russell and the other (now forgotten) NCAA stud at the time Bill Uhl. Both of whom were graduating in the next few months - these new rules are quietly focused on the up and coming NCAA big man, Wilt Chamberlain. Highlighted, is 2 rule proposals that are important to note. Releasing the ball from behind the free throw line, and no inbound passes above the backboard.

Two days later: Basketball Rules and Regulations Committee Approves Rule Changes
March 26, 1956
(Nationally Circulated Story)
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Highlighted: Another rules change says no player may have his foot into the free throw lane when a free throw is attempted until the ball hits the cylinder or backboard. Previously a player could leap into the lane so long as his foot did not touch the floor until the ball hit the cylinder or backboard. "This caused some cheating" said Hayes. "The man on the free throw line would leap into the air and dunk the ball in."
Interestingly, although they mention Wilt directly in the beginning of this article there is still no specification as to who the cheating free throw dunker/'s is/are. But they definitely are convinced one/some exists. Who could he/they be?... Hmmm....

Eight Months Later, A Northwest Ohio Newspaper Runs A Story That Reveals The Previously Unspecified Free Throw Dunker
November 28, 1956
The Toledo Blade
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The Devil is in the details... And now we've got some. It looks like a fellow by the name of Tex Winter (the coach at Kansas State) was the first man to complain of Wilt Chamberlain dunking free throws to the Coaches Committee.
It seems Wilt has an unorthodox method of shooting free throws. The big guy takes aim at the basket from several feet behind the line. Then he takes about three giant steps, leaves his feet before reaching the line, and stuffs the ball through the hoop. Under the old rule, it was perfectly legal as Wilt never touched the floor before letting go of the ball. In addition his percentage was fantastic. "Why, he would have had a free throw percentage of 100," said [Tex] Winter. "He never missed." Incidentally the rules committee did not mention Chamberlain by name as a reason for the change. The rule change was made, according to the committee, "to prevent freak activity."

Thirty-Three Years Later, Wilt, For The First Time In His Life, Publicly Makes Mention That He Used To Dunk Free Throws As A Freshman In College
The Leaping Legends Of Basketball : Some Of The Names Will Jump Out At You, Others Won't; But All Of Them Took Their Games To Lofty Heights - Page 5 - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
February 12, 1989

"When I was a freshman, I fooled around with shooting free throws this way: For some reason, I thought you had to stay within the top half of that free-throw circle, so I would step back to just inside the top of the circle, take off from behind the line and dunk. They outlawed that, but I wouldn't have done it in a game, anyway. I was a good free throw shooter in college."
Actually he was a 62% free throw shooter, which is poor except in comparison to his 51% as a pro.

This is the first time Wilt publicly mentions free-throw dunks.

Fifty-Five Years Later Tex Winter Recalls His Eyewitness Account In Detail In An Interview About Coaching Against Wilt Chamberlain (conversation about event begins at 3:45 minute mark)
BBall Breakdown
August 1st, 2011


Literally, almost word for word what he says perfectly matches every event that previously was recorded in history.

By the way, the way Tex describes Wilt taking just 3 strides before he dunked from behind the foul line? Well, take a look at Wilt's high-jump form @ the 0:42 mark. He takes EXACTLY 3 long strides for his high jump approach (I've seen several track meet films of his, he always used 3 strides), I'd bet that's exactly how he approached the free throw line. Closest thing we'll ever see to the feat.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwvdsi6gLl8[/ame]
 
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Bill Russell was Lebron's height bruh and he looked 7'3 against them cacs, stop it.
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Lebron: 6-7 and 1/4 inch w/o shoes, 7 foot and 1/4 inch wingspan

Russell: 6-9 and 5/8ths w/o shoes, 7 foot 4 inch wingspan.

:rudy: Sorry not even close.
 
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