NBA Legends Explain Why Wilt Chamberlain Was Better Than Everyone 

And a shit ton of free throws as well.

@@ZappakeR Yeah..maybe THE ONE THING Wilt Chamberlain wasn't great at...

@@brettrobinson2901 he used to be awesome at free throws, but then the NBA outlawed dunking from the free throw line during free throws. That brought Wilt's FT% waaayyyy down.

@@ZappakeR great point.

@@brettrobinson2901 but when needed he his percentage was better. Besides when you score as much as Wilt on and off the court some aspects will be lacking a little lol.

had a torn meniscus and still played in the Finals.

Played professionally as a teen under false name

He didn't take any time off and played all games. Now on top of that, off-court he scored 20,000 lifetime record sleeping with women. Mere mortal or Zeus?

The best. End of story. He would have eaten Shaq alive. Great post Frank !

And never fouled out!!

He also still has the strongest bench press ever. Beats Shaq (#2 all-time at 450 lb) by 50 lb. Dude was a Demi-god

Facts!!!

THERE IS NO WAY SHAQ WAS MORE DOMINANT THAN WILT.

Duh.....7 foot 1, lol

@@pickzkickz and tacko falls is 7’6 so why isn’t he good

Dominated in the shot-put, as well.

That's easy when your a foot taller than everyone else you played against... Shaq was more Dominant.. We're talking about a 7'1 330 pound man that had the agility of a cat..Wilt was not stopping Shaq

​​@@AnthonyScarpa-er3sq haha if shaq was a cat then wilt was a cat on steroids. he could run faster, jump higher, had more stamina, was a better defender, stronger.. shaq never faced anyone that he couldn't physically dominate and wilt is probably the only player in history that was his physical superior. wilt would toy with him. and he holds 70+ NBA records to this day, who was more dominant is not even a question, shaq himself puts wilt over him.

@@AnthonyScarpa-er3sq wilt Chamberlain would block everything o Neal would attempt to put up wit ☝️

The argument that Wilt was a foot taller than anyone he played against just doesn’t hold water. There were far fewer teams in the NBA and every team had a TRUE center that was 6’9-6’11. And at least 7 of them are in the HOF. Look it up!

I didn't know _anyone_ thought Shaq was better than Wilt.

Love it Bruh!

Because his team needed it. Coach told him they needed to spread the ball around to win, so he did and they did. I was lucky enough to see him play. It was almost unfair how good he was. But there was always the Celtics.

@@joemagarac405 the 67 Philadelphia 76 er

​@@JosephScott-ct9sw, only Shaq thinks he is better than Wilt, but Shaq is delusional.

Also, Wilt never fouled out of a game and played every minute of many games.

How do you rate Bill Russell?

@@michaelcorenzwit8118 That just proves how inflated his stats are. Put him in todays league playing 45 minutes and your team won't win a single game. Back then you just fed the ball to the big man and won.

@@stephen8797 not inflated. that makes it even MORE impressive. today's athletes are pathetci whiners who are prima donnas who get all that modern dient and trining and can't perform after 38 minutes of playing lol. wilt did int in the faststed pace era ever and never wore down. and still shot a very high percentage among thehighest ever even after all that time on the court.

@@stephen8797 Sure, except Wilt was always an assist leader in the league, leading the league in that category at least once. He had the ball in his hands a lot, but he wasn't the only weapon on those teams.

Shaq love too many Krispy Cream and got fat and out of shape. Kobe would get totally frustrated with Shaq because of his conditioning. Wilt bench press 650 lbs and 600 at age 59. High jump in college ran the 400 meters on the Kansas University track team. Played the whole game all 48 minutes 82 game season for 13 seasons and never fouled out of the game. He would expend so much energy that half time he would eat a whole two layer cake or consume a whole apple pie. Sometimes on the off season he would water fast for 10 days at a time. ALWAY in shape and condition, no "load management" a very kind but confident man. A man who holds all the records and could play in any Era. Also the first player in the NBA to get $2 million dollar contract. Champion volleyball player at age 53. Stop it and do your homework Shaq knows who Wolt really was. Peace.

@@shafiqshabazz2462 , you know i "almost" believe until you said "82" games 🤦🏻‍♂️. As i read history., there were.only "62" games during that time ... yeah i am having a hard time seeing Wilt all that, BECAUSE i only started watching NBA in late 70s till now 2022, and watched Jabbar, Shaq, Olajuwan, Ewing,and Giannis as greatest 🏀 CENTERs .. and hearing many stories of Jabbar, not really hearing much about Wilt except as a name in cartoon Harlen Gobotrers .... and my relatives did not really like Wilt because they say Wilt was a ONE MAN TEAM, only "give me the ball" pushing his teamates, did not like sharing the ball, like Kobe-Mamba. Well i am only 60, and my Uncles played street TEAM basketball in the 60s-70s, in my island Guam, most of them dead now, they be like 76+ age older if still alive. Everyone i know (and read/see on ESPN, Sports illustrated, Bleacher, forgot the 4th name), reported by "paid professionals writers/reporters said SHAQ is the MOST DOMINANT CENTER IN NBA HISTORY, and the thing is "i saw it" , and to include NBA COACHES said "they do NOT have an answer to BEAT SHAQ. But NOW watching this video, i just do not really know, but hearing Jabbar talk about Wilt is AMAZING. I know that Wilt only have 2 Rings, and many record breaking, BUT LETS FACE IT "RINGS and STATs are IMPORTANT" to be in "TOP 10 NBA GOAT" between over 75 years of NBA players, that is a lot of PLAYERS to compare against. You can NOT. ignor that pass 6-7 years, the NBA players are FASTER, QUICKER. HIGH FLYING ABOVE RIM!, SLAM DUNKING ACROBATIC MOVEs, and absolutely crazy amazing shooting abilities COMPARED to 60's. GSW Chef S. Curry is so small at only 6'4" Shooting Guard, is unquestionable the GOAT SHOOTER. Basketball as we know has always been a BIG TALL MAN GAME, but Air Mike, and NOW Chef Curry is changing the game,.NBA coaches are scatching thier brains how to BEAT THIS 3pt scoring threats by smaller/quicker players. So based on this video i am NOW looking at Wilt differently. Someone said Wilt had 4 MVPs ? What years if you know ? I still think Air Jordan is.GOAT because he has 6-Six Rings and 6-Six MVPs plus STATs 👍🏽.

Shaq would destroy wilt in both of their primes

@@gregcampbell3052 Yeah, if he gets deep in the paint. But if he’s not in position, he will have to work for it but it’s all speculation. We don’t know. Even Rodman delt with Shaq and sometimes did ok

@@gregcampbell3052 How? Wilt Vertical leap = 48 inches Shaq Vertical leap = 42 inches Wilt 40 yard dash = 4.4 seconds Shaq 40 yard dash = 5.8 seconds Wilt would have been far stronger and also had a bigger wingspan. Shaq would have looked like a clown compared to Wilt.

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mine too

Often imitated never duplicated!

Over 70 records yet and it would be more if they kept steals and blocked shots back then. Jordan never held more than 26.

This is the comparison Wilt Chamberlain played against guys that was in the fifth grade Shaq played against guys that was pro

@@ronnieturner3110 BULLSHITT

@@ronnieturner3110 I actually think that Wilt was born to play basketball. He would have exceeded expectations in any era. I believe he never really was shaped by the best coach. Nobody had as much raw talent before or since.

Which of course is a joke. He faced better talent on a nightly basis, in part because there were only a third of the teams in the league then. As a result he faced Russell, Thurmond, Beatty, Bellamy and later Reed and Unseld 12 times each, annually.

Wilt scored 40l points grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked 15 shots every day that's 100points from one person to

Jerry Brown telling that story Wilt and 4 college kids against Magic and the starting lineup of Lakers champ team. 13-0. 50 yr old Wilt BLOCKED EVERY SHOT !

What do U mean by padded?

@@averyce2 the home teams primarily would add rebounds and assists to their star players, no doubt, there was little to no oversight up until the late seventies when the ABA merged with the NBA. No slight to Wilt he was the greatest, but Dominique's story of Wilt bench pressing 650 lbs. is hard to swallow. Those who get to that level have shorter arms and thick barrel chests so they only have to move the bar a foot or less.Wilts long arms would have him holding the 650lbs. for close to 2 feet on the way down and back up. Dominique was my favorite most exciting player to watch, saw him 3 times at MSGarden ,I have stories about him as well but this claim ...... Wilt said himself with laughter that he could bench 600lbs. but it left me wondering if he was exaggerating!!

And other Hall of famers

When u speak of his dribbling, remember he was a Globe Trotter at one point.

@@squireboi318 wilt can do tricks with the basketball 🤣☝️

A lot of All Stars and hall of famers back then 🙄☝️

@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq I don’t know but what I’m saying is he had to have some type of handles. lol

O Neal is no wilt 🤨

Early 1960s wilt, unbeatable arm wrestling, bench press 500 pounds with reps etc etc

He also blocked prime Kareems skyhook twice in a row.... How many players where able to block that shot let alot back to back

@@davidjriley no on back to back but Larry got him on the way up from behind once. Wilt was after his prime then too. He wasn't fresh as Kareem at the time. He was getting older but still the best big out there in my opinion. I also heard he was the best at forty something years old when he played pick up games against NBA champions and shit

Wilt did the whole league like that

I think Shaq can claim to be the second best *Laker's* center, since he played 8 seasons in his prime while Wilt effectively played his last 4 seasons with them.

If Shaq got play under the rules Wilt did you don't think he would put up Wilt numbers?

@@kevinthomes1046 how did the rules benefit Wilt?

@@kevinthomes1046 Shaq played with rules more suited to his brute force than Wilt did. Shaq would have been called for offensive fouls more with the 60s rules.

@@UnconventionalReasoning so u dont think he couldnt adapt to those pussy rules?

That was a cool moment

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Yeah, but hearing people stating that the game was different... Yeah, it was different, but it was MORE difficult in many ways. It's best not to pay attention to those guys. They are also saying that people like Jordan wouldn't be able to play today. TODAY. In snowflake era. They are a joke.

It is still basketball

Wilt was incredible in many ways; but I doubt that he benched 600 lbs. There is no real evidence of it. All that there is are stories that get passed round and round. Big time power lifters of the time barely did that. No way Wilt benched 600; especially with his body type; with those long arms.

@@anthonyjulianelle6695 You don't have evidence of anyone lifting anything. I can use plastic weights in a video of me lifting 300 pounds. You wouldn't know whether I'm really doing that. Point is, too many people testified in favor of Wilts enormous strength for that not to be true. Arnold even said that Wilt practiced certain muscle types with weights that the strongest guys in the world couldn't manage, and he did it effortlessly. So yeah, he was strong, definitely. Clearly a one in a billion athlete.

Nice one!

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His height, his vertical, his high jump record, his 400m time, his bench max, nothing has changed about all that. He is an awesome athlete, period. Nothing to do with eras or the game changing.

@@HIMCULES competition was meh in 60s most of them was 6"5 white boys with second job😃and his best season he shoot 50%fg😂prime shaq in 60s would have over 70%fg

@@ziginaigra Learn to have conversation. You replied to none of what i said. Competition in the 60s is irrelevant with what i said. Shaq with 60s rules, would be fouling out on offensive fouls alone. Shaq's game is way too limited to even consider comparing him to the best centers. He is a lousy free-throw shooter, who Yao Ming ridiculed, because as soon as Shaq lost the size advantage, he had nothing else. Blocked him three times in a row. Forget it.

@@HIMCULES he top 10 player every what are u talking about ?he was limited ?😆so u didnt watch shaq play ?he didnt have good low post game? he just could dunk?better check stats in those game where he played vs yao,btw that was past prime oneal

@@ziginaigra calm down, because i don't understand your comment. What does "he top player every" mean

Kareem is 7 2 with a hook shot

@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq and your point is ??

@@KliqDon1983 that wilt blocked Kareems skyhook thats all im saying 🙄☝️

Don't forget the 56 foot shotput.

You know what, I used to say during Shaq's early years that he was Dawkins allowed to be the team stud and not picked on by officials. I'd say guys, imagine if Shaq was drafted by the Bulls and would get called for offensive fouls every single time his shoulder dipped to absorb contact.

@@johnhenry2903 💯

50 points for a season with 50%fg😀>stat padder

As strong as shaq? He was 10x stronger