Ok he wasn't ready but Shaq felt that . Wilt didn't put that much into it. You can see he would be as strong as Shaq. In my mind stronger. No way Shaq runs him over . No way .
Entourages: Chamberlain also warned of the “entourage,” the hangers-on whose best interest usually does not coincide with the athlete’s best interest (I also think of Whitney Houston as I type this). Wilt said that while the size of an athlete’s entourage may increase the athletes’ self-perception of importance, all it really does is demonstrate overcompensation for feelings of inferiority. Wilt added that the best NBA players do not have entourages - so if you have an entourage, you’re not there. He went on to describe a seminal type in a typical entourage. “You’re also surrounded by parasites who will appear day and night and be at your beck and call, no matter what. You get confused as to who’s a friend and who’s a parasite because a lot of parasites are pros at what they do - they can fool you, believe me.” “There are not enough people in the world who are willing to give you a lift without taking you for a ride,” was a “Wiltism” in the book. Wilt added he never wanted any “yes-men,” people who would tell him what they thought he wanted to hear as opposed what he needed to hear. Tony Wroten has been exposed to some of this stuff, and continually told how good he is, since the eighth grade. He has had the good fortune thus far of having caring people, including Lorenzo Romar, screening him from grasping, heartless users. Hopefully by the time he goes pro, he’ll have enough maturity and experience to make the right decisions. Eschewing an entourage would be a good start.
Foul Trouble: Wilt changed the rules of the game. He was the man responsible for the goal-tending rule, lanes being widened and no inbound passes over the backboard. But in spite of rules meant to corral Chamberlain, Wilt made it his mission to never foul out of a game and, like most everything else, he was successful. “It was not by accident that I never fouled out of a game, either. I was taught early in my career by an old Philly coach that my value was on the court, not on the bench…So I worked extremely hard from making dumb, over-the-back fouls.” The whole foul thing is a game in itself but someone good at playing basketball also knows how to play the foul game.
Showboating: Wilt had some other interesting comments. He didn’t like showboating (sometime watch the musical Showboat with embarrassing racial stereotypes, and compare with present showboating behavior). While Chamberlain liked natural “flair” (he used Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan as examples), going beyond that was not O.K. Chamberlain said, “When I was playing…you respected your opponent, you did nothing overtly to embarrass him, and you believed in fair play. Today too many athletes are not sportsmen but assholes…I understand enthusiasm and I’m all for it, but these things are in bad taste and should not be accepted.” That from the athlete who, of all athletes, might have had the most justification for showboating.
"He [Wilt] stopped me dead in my tracks with his arm, hugged me and lifted me off the floor with my feet dangling. It scared the hell out of me. When I went to the free-throw line, my legs were still shaking. Wilt was the strongest guy and best athlete ever to play the game." -- KC Jones
"One time, when I was with Boston and he was with the Lakers, Happy Hairston and I were about to get in a scrape. All of a sudden, I felt an enormous vice around me. I was 6-7, 235, and Wilt had picked me up and turned me around. He said, 'We're not going to have that stuff.' I said, 'Yes sir.' -- Paul Silas
"You obviously never saw Wilt Chamberlain play who undoubtedly was the greatest scorer this game has ever known. When did MJ ever average 50.4 points per game plus 25.7 rebounds? (Wilt in the 1962 season when blocked shot statistics were not kept). We will never accurately know how many shots Wilt blocked. Oh, by the way in 1967 and 68, Wilt was a league leader in assists. Did MJ ever score 100 points in a game? How many times did MJ score more than 60 points in a game? MJ led the league in scoring in consecutive seasons for 10 years but he did this in an NBA that eventually expanded into 30 teams vs. when Wilt played and there were only 8 teams." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in an open letter to Scottie Pippen after Scottie Pippen referred to Michael Jordan and Lebron James as the greatest scorer and greatest player, respectively.
My favorite quote from Chamberlain on why Jordan couldn't be the NBA goat was this one, “The difference between you and me is that they had to change the rules for me so I couldn't dominate. They changed the rules so that you could.”
This Dude is out of his mind he would get killed when Kareem came in he killed him players like ( Gilmore,Thurman,Reed, ) then when the 80’s came those groups of Center’s ( Olajuwon,Ewing,Shaq,Robinson,Mourning, Mutombo,Sampson, ) would take care of him without any problems he’s always talking about his fade away shot you was playing against people that you were ( 5 to 7inch ) taller than who had better Offensive Abilities than you had back then they wasn’t dunking a lot until Kareem came in those centers that I mentioned would be dunking on him without any problem everything that he said that he could do is made up people don’t believe anything he has said plus I seen him play in person many of times he ( Self Promoted ) himself all the Time .
So I grew up in Portland as a child. They totally nailed how it was back then! It’s still that way a little bit but there’s also a lot more of the bad stuff… the bad stuff happened then too, but it wasn’t as much as it is today. The friendliness is still here tho if you look. Lol! Even when I travel I think I still got some of that Portland spirit! Just chatting with random people because it’s fun. I noticed other cities don’t do that as much (I drive a semi and I’ve been everywhere basically…) Anyways, van houten and dolph are a little further away from the others. Quimby, lovejoy, Kearney and Flanders are pretty close to each other. It kinda surprises me though because Portland has a simpson street. And it’s a pretty prominent street. I mean, if Matt saw van houten and dolph, it would make sense to me that he’d seen simpson street and potentially named the shoe and title characters after it. But, it could’ve been coincidental too. Lastly, I’d love to see Portland put the faces of the characters on the respective street signs. A little bit of fun and character for a city that is going through (and seemingly pulling out of) a rough phase…
I just asked ChatGPT "What has four eyes and sings through its nose?" Its answer: The answer to the riddle, "What has four eyes and sings through its nose?" is "Mississippi." This is a play on words, where "four eyes" refers to the double letter "i" in the spelling of "Mississippi," and "sings through its nose" is a humorous way to describe the Southern accent often associated with people from Mississippi. It's a classic example of using homophones and wordplay to create a clever and amusing riddle.
i respect the fact he went out and grabbed 20-30 rebounds per game that gives a team a whole lot of extra tries to score imagine him and jordan on the same team it would be insane way better then shaq and kobe
coming from a person who averaged 50 points per game and had ot have the rules changed saying micheal has done the most for basketball and says if you want to say micheals the best he deserves it is probably the biggest compliment ever
