Was Wilt Chamberlain the Strongest Athlete to ever play in the NBA

[Wacky D]

the only thing shaq has on wilit, is the fact that shaq is more modern, so he benefits from era bias.

wilt was stronger, way more athletic, had more dimensions to his game, much better scorer & rebounder.

dude would run PG on the globetrotters, and do track & field. hes the goat athletic specimen.

 

[VegasCAC]

Wilt was the best athlete to ever play basketball, or probably any sport for that matter

 

[KingJay]

I think in terms of pure strength it's close, Wilt certainly had the potential to be stronger than Shaq if he already wasn't. You have to account for how much weight training has changed and improved over the years.

Wilt was unquestionably the superior athlete though, and probably the most athletic man to ever step foot in the NBA.

 

[#StarkSet]

are you kidding me?

7'1

675 lb dead lift

49 second 400 meter dash

1:58 half mile

Clean & jerk 325 lbs

Off this alone he is hands down the greatest athlete ever from a physical standpoint. This shyt is crazy I always thought he was overrated because of his competition, these measurables are mindblowing. He would have wrecked anyone in any era.
Literally Up in the gym with Arnold Schwarzenegger making him look like a bytch. Could you imagine him with 2017 nutrition & training technology?

Literally the definition of freak

 

[#StarkSet]

@dantheman9758

 

[Alpha Male]

Would have eaten Wilt alive.

no one will ever understand how rough those other centers had it back then

when you know you gotta guard shaq

 

[homiedontplaydat]

Chris Dudley

I mean it's just hard for me to imagine someone stronger and more dominant than Shaq on the basketball court. I wasn't alive to watch wilt play so I can't give an honest opinion

 

[Ohene]

Would have eaten Wilt alive.

watching this mixtape i forgot how much i loved shaq. shame that his post nba career has made me dislike him

 

[OneTimeforTheMind]

Lol Shaq being stronger than Wilt...find shaq numbers...wilt was stronger and quicker than saw in his prime, stop disrespecting the goat athlete.

Shaq at 40 couldn't even beat Charles Barkley in a bench press contest on tv smh Wilt was benching 600 at almost 50...still could of played in the league.. doubt Shaq today can play

 

[Malta]

Lol Shaq being stronger than Wilt...find shaq numbers...wilt was stronger and quicker than saw in his prime, stop disrespecting the goat athlete.

Shaq at 40 couldn't even beat Charles Barkley in a bench press contest on tv smh Wilt was benching 600 at almost 50...still could of played in the league.. doubt Shaq today can play

Wilt was not stronger than Shaq during his playing days, no fukking way. Yall are taking the Wilt after he retired and got into serious weight lifting for Conan and attributing that to prime Wilt days. This is what Wilt looked like in his physical prime -

That is not the frame of a man who is stronger than Shaq, that is the frame of a dude that would get bullied, drop stepped and dunked on like everyone else that guarded Shaq.

All these Paul Bunyon tales about Wilt get old and they're never challenged because so little video of him exists, and the video that does exist does not show a man that is as physically dominant as Shaq, it does not show a man who appears to be as strong or as fluid with his movements as Shaq.

 

[PhonZhi]

I wonder where a prime Ben Wallace would rank on a strongest athlete list

That dude

 

[FabTrey]

Wilt was not stronger than Shaq during his playing days, no fukking way. Yall are taking the Wilt after he retired and got into serious weight lifting for Conan and attributing that to prime Wilt days. This is what Wilt looked like in his physical prime -

That is not the frame of a man who is stronger than Shaq, that is the frame of a dude that would get bullied, drop stepped and dunked on like everyone else that guarded Shaq.

All these Paul Bunyon tales about Wilt get old and they're never challenged because so little video of him exists, and the video that does exist does not show a man that is as physically dominant as Shaq, it does not show a man who appears to be as strong or as fluid with his movements as Shaq.

that's young wilt tho. lakes wilt was legit.

and if you talk about frame wilt got a giant frame. he was just skinny in shaq's standard

but shaq's still stronger

 

[Malta]

that's young wilt tho. lakes wilt was legit.

but shaq's still stronger

Lakers Wilt wasn't his physical prime, he was much slower and more plodding then, especially after his knee injury.

 

[Rigby.]

it really don't matter who's stronger in the gym. there are ton of TEs and LBs stronger than gronk in the gym. but ain't nobody more freakishly stronger than gronk on the field.

aint nobody not even wilt can match the power/speed combo of shaq

Wilt is visibly faster than Shaq in every single measurable way. Its moreso about can he win the battle in the post. He's burning Shaq to the rim if they're playing a game of 21 or something almost every time though.

 

[Malta]

Wilt is visibly faster than Shaq in every single measurable way. Its moreso about can he win the battle in the post. He's burning Shaq to the rim if they're playing a game of 21 or something almost every time though.

David Robinson was faster than Shaq too





There isn't a single solitary clip of Wilt with the ball in a halfcourt set as impressive as the speed/power and explosiveness in that move from Shaq.