OT: Wilt Chamberlain

[Aluminny69]

Just heard this on the radio: Besides scoring 100 points in a game against the Knicks (which I listened to on the radio), on November 24, 1960, Wilt had 55 rebounds against the Celtics, in a losing effort.

Both records still stand today.

 

[John Glass]

he has other records that will never be broken, Namath tried

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Trying to remember(no google allowed) who guarded Wilt(hahaha) on that night? Ray Felix?

 

[Icebear]

Wilt, also, led the league in assists one year. Purportedly he did it out of spite after being criticized by sports writers the previous season as a selfish player.

 

[uconnfan68]

Wilt, also, led the league in assists one year. Purportedly he did it out of spite after being criticized by sports writers the previous season as a selfish player.

He could anything he wanted... except shoot free throws.

 

[John Glass]

He could anything he wanted... except shoot free throws.

Wilt made 28 out of 32 free throws in his 100 point game

 

[DrDos]

Just heard this on the radio: Besides scoring 100 points in a game against the Knicks (which I listened to on the radio), on November 24, 1960, Wilt had 55 rebounds against the Celtics, in a losing effort.

Both records still stand today.

>> Wilt had a ginormous bedspread made out of the nose fur of Arctic wolves! OUCH!

 

[Phil]

Wilt made 28 out of 32 free throws in his 100 point game

So he left four points on the table, just like Bria.

 

[baggerbob]

He also the year he led the league in assists, led the lakers to a 33 game win streak which included 16 on the road, still stands today.

 

[DriveLH]

Wilt averaged 50 pts per game for the entire season

 

[uconnfan68]

Wilt made 28 out of 32 free throws in his 100 point game

Yup, exception always proves the rule.

 

[alexrgct]

And didn't win anywhere near as many championships as his prodigious talent should have dictated...

 

[Aluminny69]

And didn't win anywhere near as many championships as his prodigious talent should have dictated...

That was due in large part to Red Auerbach and the Celtic machine.

Here's an interesting anecdote from Wikipedia:

"When he was in High School, during summer vacations Chamberlain worked as a bellhop in Kutsher's Hotel. Red Auerbach, the coach of the Boston Celtics, spotted the talented teenager there 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"),[19] and Auerbach wanted Chamberlain to go to a New England university, so he could draft him as a territorial pick for the Celtics, but Chamberlain did not respond.[19]"