'...While everybody was milling around and celebrating, Wilt and Michael Jordan were off by themselves, seated at a side table. They were arguing vociferously about who the greatest of the 50 Greatest was. And they were going back and forth. Nobody paid them any mind, as it was like, Come on, let’s go, we’re here, and what could be better? Every time I looked back at Michael and Wilt, neither one would give it up. Finally David Stern comes in-with his list. And he starts lining everybody up in TV order to make it just right, the way the NBA always does things. As David is going about his business, he keeps glancing over at Wilt and Michael, who are still going at it. And David is getting exasperated, since this is going to be a live TV event that will wait for no one. So finally, up against the moment of truth and the clock one more time, David gets sternly serious as he barks at Michael and Wilt, “Come on, guys! Enough! Wilt! Michael! Come on, we have to go, NOW!” So these two timeless and epic giants finally do cut it off and slowly rise to their feet-and start their solemn walk to their rightful and designated places in line. Suddenly, Wilt stops and pivots backward to face Michael and all of us. The room becomes eerily quiet, because we all know that Wilt always had to, and did, have the last word. “Michael,” he says as he looks a young, little Michael Jordan skeptically up and down. Then he pauses as he looks up and down the line at all of us. Everybody is holding their breath. “Michael,” he says so all can hear, “just remember. When you played, they changed all the rules for you to make it easier for you to dominate!” Then Wilt glanced up and down the line one more time. He closed it out: “When I played, they changed all the rules to make it harder for me.” Wilt, now satisfied, proudly went and took his place, and we all marched out to take the court together.' Bill Walton, Back From The Dead (2017)
@@andybilakshow260 IF ANYONE TELL U JORDAN IS BETTER THAN WILT JUST TELL THEM : SEARCH JABBAR VS ERVING 1 VS 1 . SEE HOW 7'2 DEAL WITH 6'6 GUARD OR 6'7 WINGS PLAYERS. JABBAR RETIRED WITH ERVING . BUT THAT 1 VS 1 GAME OF THEM SHOWS HOW CENTERS ARE UNSTOPPABLE. WILT HAKEEM AND JABBAR ARE GOATS.
@@PIP...33 I have seen that matchup. It was not regular game it was charity. But Jabbar won 11-2 I think 2 games in a row Erving couldn't score 2 pts. Jabbar drain his stamina Erving couldn't hit any layup. As you said...Centers are not to mess with them, they are GOAT 's of the ''tall sport'' !! Jordan is just 6'6 he literally can't do nothing vs Admiral, Shaq, Ewing , Moses and especially Olajuwon, Kareem and Wilt. Chamberlain is not human. His stats his power his speed his vertical all that for 275 to 300 lbs. Just look Zion now he is 285 he can't play 1 full year or 20 games in a row. Wilt is alien for sure. Mythological creature.
Also, Wilt Chamberlain when interviewed watching the All-star game for the 50th anniversary... referring to Michael Jordan "You know, I am in awe, just like everyone else."
If Wilt Chamberlain Block Shots could be counted, he would average a triple double for his entire Career. Both in the regular season and in the playoffs.He’s just ridiculously unbelievable
@Charles 'Chisel' Carfagno Chisel how when mj stats read higher than wilts in every category but rebounds and blocks amd we are comparing a guard to a Center!!! It seems you make the argument against Wilt and not for him but oddly state otherwise and then call it absurd........ how absurd is that?
The only time I've ever seen Mike mildly intimidated and with no trash to talk. The two best that's ever played basketball. Two freaks of nature. Love them.
Mike was thrown off because Wilt was totally unscripted and unfiltered. MJ was used to his contemporaries being deferential to him, even Bird to some degree. Wilt was off the grid and could say and do what he wanted.
Wilt was a decent person didn't snub fans and didn't go out of his way to be an asshole to his fans. Michael always seemed a little more closed off with an entourage. Magic is beloved by so many because he was accessible or approachable with a huge smile and a wave or a hug.
@@hparas1 No, I think you mean Jordan played against 6'5" white guys. The average height for a center during Wilt's era was 6' 10 1/2". And that's who played against, other centers: Nate Thurmond, Walt Bellamy, Willis Reed, etc., eventually even Lew Alcindor (Abdul Jabbar). Against Bill Russell, considered the greatest defensive center in league history, Wilt averaged 41 points a game. FORTY ONE POINTS! PER GAME! AVERAGE! Again, if Jordan even scored 41 points in a game, it was front page sports news!
I watched Zelmo Beaty 6 9" center for the St. Louis hawks jump high and grab the ball for a defensive rebound. Wilt jumped up at the same time and grabbed the ball and dunked it with Beaty's hands still on it. The man had incredible strength.
That's fucking insane, and unheard of. Another point to prove that he was the most physically-imposing and strongest player ever. How old are you, if you don't mind me askin?
@@dennisrobinson8008 They were both in the air at the same time. It wasn't like Wilt lifted him off the ground. But Zelmo had his hands partially around the ball and Wilt just dunked it. I have never seen this happen again to anyone.
@@joedoe5231 yea but if zelmo was originally holding the ball he would be thrown off balance from Wilts force. I know he didn't break his hands off at the wrists as he dunks the ball with him still hold it.
I've never seen MJ look so intimidated than when he was in Wilt's presence. I'm sure Wilt got some satisfaction out of that. Lots of mutual respect between those guys.
Great point by David Stern. The media golden age arrived after Wilt and Russell Dominated and etched their records in history. If they were there before recording Wilt scoring 100 points and Russell winning 11 rings the media today would have gone crazy witnessing that.
@@rollandcurtis874 bro combined? Combine wilt and Russell together you have 13 rings something like 16 finals appearances a guy with stats and winning teams. Combine them 2 together no man is beating them.
@@UntouchableBreakdowns... Reason being is because of Russell and his team. Jordan has more of a complete skillset than those two combined. Wilt should have learned to strengthen his freethrow shooting and Russell should have learned that as well as his shooting percentage from the field. Jordan had no weaknesses. Remember that!
Wilt chamberlain is one of the greatest people I think ever In history to learn about. His records, outside of sports, his athletic ability, mythical status, abnormal ability’s. You name it wilts probably got something to do with it. Wilt was a the unstoppable force, whether fans discredit what he did or not.
@@donttreadonme1423 I LEARNED HOW OLDER PLAYERS ARE STRONGER MORE DURABLE AND BETTER PLAYERS. ONE GUY ABOVE IN COMMENTS MENTION ZION TODAY IS SIMILAR WEIGHT AROUND 280 LBS HE CANT EVEN PLAY 1 FULL SEASON OR 10 , 20 GAMES JUST IN A ROW FOR ONCE.
@@donttreadonme1423 Probably his volley ball ability and how he sort of got beach volley ball off its feet and introduced it to a wider audience. He was actually a pretty good player and even though he was on his 40s he still performed incredibly for his age and picked up everything pretty well. What scares me more is what he would of looked like as an actually volleyball player at like 25 or something. We’ve all seen clips and videos of wilt blocking shots 13 feet up straight out of the air and imagining wilt 13 feet of the ground spiking a ball directly downwards. Idk it’s a scary thought especially since he’s so strong to begin with
Not everyone knows that Wilt was track&field champ (sprints, high jump, shotput), weightlifter (bench press 500lbs) and played point guard for Harlem Globetrotters before joining the NBA. No one in the league had such credentials which are perfect for NBA goat-ness.
The goat. But the 500lb. bench press defies physics, and there's no photo or video evidence of it. I've competed at World powerlifting meets (raw and drug-tested). 500lbs. with Wilt's build is an absurd notion.
When the Great Wilt Chamberlain appears, even Michael Jordan looked like a son talking to a father. A few years before that, when he showed up in MSG, Ewing and O’Neal were put into perspective.
Jordan was the bigger star, but Wilt was the bigger everything! Mythical figure. Otherworldly stats and records. Giant physical presence! It must have been a slightly intimidating encounter for Mr Jordan. Two kings!! Two legends!! 💯💯👑👑🏀🏀
@@stevem2323 if Wilt played in Jordan's era (1984-2002) Jordan wouldn't have ten scoring titles. He would have three. I was a big Jordan fan and I'm sure Jordan was a big Wilt fan. Numbers are numbers. Dominance is dominance. If Jordan played in today's era all of the last ten scoring champs have to take a back seat. These are just the facts. No way Wilt Chamberlain doesn't dominate the era Jordan played in. Slightly different rules, but still a slow enough (center dominant era) for Wilt to do damage in. Today's era, maybe not so much.
@@christophermcclean4885 I don't see it like that at all, he would be dominating MJ that's for sure, others in MJ era possibly. Would he would possibly be close to MJ in terms of dominance, sure.
@@stevem2323 agreed that there were multiple HOF level centers to guard Wilt, but if we accept that he was a stronger, faster, more athletic version of Shaq will we still doubt he could dominate the 80's and 90's? Shaq made a mess of many centers of his era and Wilt was a better player than Shaq. The same way Jordan (20 years after his retirement) is still considered better than anyone playing today.
David Stern answered everything during the interview beautifully. He said it all. If there was media coverage today the way there wasn't back then then the “Young Uns” of today would see just how incredibly awesome Wilt Chamberlain was!
Growing up, Wilt's parents always instructed him to not physically hurt others. Good thing. He was a mountain. And the most athletically gifted mountain the world has ever seen.
I’ve always felt that will Chamberlain was one of the best athletes ever . Indoor volleyball, Beach volleyball, racquetball, world-class, sprinter, high jump there’s not a sport he didn’t excel at.
@@26bisket50 Jordan never played against a team like Boston...when he played against Birds Celtics...what happened? 😂 Swept in the first round twice...get off your knees
@@grimhunter2223 86 Celtics wipes the floor with any old Boston team… yawn jordan lost against hall of fame teams with no help, same shit happens to any other star in his shoes
@jeffreyr.gilbertjr.1321 If Jordan had indeed on 9 championships he would still have won fewer championships than Bill Russell. By your logic Russell is the greatest ever.
If it wasn’t for Bill, there isn’t a open discussion/argument of GOAT it’d be Wilt hands down, nobody dominated like him he just couldn’t get over that amazing dynasty
Not only is wilt the clear cut goat despite bill Russell existing, but he literally got over that amazing dynasty snapping its 8-0 streak with half the hall of fame help with the greatest performances ever. Clear goat
@@ericjordan6059 u would think in 2023 these types of fans would’ve caught on by now that there’s no need for ifs to make points like the OP is trying to make
@@26bisket50 Sha would run out of gas in less than 2 minutes if he tried to defend Wilt back then. And, I am saying that as a Shaq fan. It's just that I saw Wilt play live many times.
@@southsideman4891 CRAIG EHLO, STEVE KERR, TIM LEGLER ETC ETC JORDAN OPPONENETS IN PLAYOFF. KAREEM , NATE THUIRMOND , RUSSELL REED ETC ARE WILT OPPONENTS. GUESS U R BLIND
@@southsideman4891 CRAIG EHLO, STEVE KERR, TIM LEGLER ETC ETC JORDAN OPPONENETS IN PLAYOFF. KAREEM , NATE THUIRMOND , RUSSELL REED ETC ARE WILT OPPONENTS.
Jordan was not at all used to be the lesser of two anything. Jordan was a physical beast, but nothing compared to Wilt. Jordan was witty, but Wilt had bulldozer like bluntness. However, Ali ran circles around Wilt in their interview together so there is levels to this.
David Stern was a smart guy. He was asked some direct questions and his answer was absolutely perfect. Basically Stern was asked if the NBA is any good without Jordan and Stern responded there is only one Jordan, but there is also only one Barkley and other great players. Also the players of the past such as Wilt and Russell were also outstanding. Great answer and very eloquently communicated that even Jordan who was listening was quite impressed. A bigger question is what happened to Bob Costas? Is he only announcing baseball games since you never see him anymore.
Good points and, even more, he proved to be right, as new stars emerged and were promoted etc. He just couldn't say it openly. We must admit he changed the NBA.
Interviewer: You won't always be able to ensure that the great players are on the winning teams and meeting each other in the finals Stern: Free agency, referees, have you heard of them?
That statement by Bill Walton was 100% accurate. The game was changed back then because of Wilt's dominance. Three seconds was implemented in the lane, goal tending, staying stationary at the foul line. Wilt would dunk his free throws. The game was changed to give Michael an advantage. If you breathed on Michael, a foul would be called. This is not taking anything away from Michael's talent. The revenue in the NBA changed because of Michael. TV rights, advertising, etc was in the millions. It was about the moolah, so MJ was not going to get hurt. Also, remember when Lew Alcindor, Kareem Abdul Jabaar went to UCLA they outlawed the dunk. If Wilt had played for 20 years instead of 14, he probably would have scored over 40,000 points. Michael was good, but the Big Dipper is the greatest basketball player of all time. He was born on Mt. Olympus. He ate breakfast with Hercules and Zeus.😊
They changed the rules so that the game wasn't boring from one guy being 7'1 and the rest being 5'6 while hogging the basket. wilt is one of the greats, but diminishing Jordan for rules being made softer is not true. Jordan's PPG dropped considerably through the years and he still won the scoring championship, so the rules were not benefiting him. Same goes for the rules in today's era. They changed them so Shaq could win?
@@highlanderc Good points. Tired to read that rules were changed because of Wilt, like they were just trying to make it more difficult for him. MJ got a serious beating for 2-3 years in the row, yet the rules only changed many years later. And so on. Of course each one was great and dominant in their time.
Per game all-time at his position MJ is 1st pts,1st blk,2nd stl,3rd reb & 5th in ast. That’s top 5 in every category,top 3 in 4 outta 5 categories.He’s the only player in nba history to accomplish that. He’s* #1 all-time* in P.E.R. in both regular season and playoffs. He’s #1 all-time in win shares per game/48 min in both regular season and playoffs. He’s #1 all-time in BPM in both regular season and playoffs. He’s #1 all-time in VORP per game in both regular season and playoffs. He has the most scoring titles all-time He made the most all-def 1st teams all-time He lead the league in scoring and made all-def 1st team at the same time 9 times.Wilt never did it once in his career.Neither did Lebron,Russell,Kareem,Bird,Magic,Kobe,Hakeem,Tim Duncan,Shaq,Steph,Kd,Giannis,Jokic,Luka and so many more all-time greats never did it once in their career.MJ also has a season where he lead the league in scoring and won DPOY at the same time.Wilt along with everybody I named has never done that either. MJ has the most trophies all-time with 22 in 1,072 games. For context Bill Russell and his 11 championships is 2nd all-time with 17 trophies in 963 games. Lebron is 3rd all-time with 16 trophies in 1,413 games so far. Kareem is 4th all-time with 15 trophies in 1,560 games. And for the brand new Wilt fans out there he’s 10th all-time with 9 trophies in 1,045 games. MJ is the best most complete player in nba history...and it’s not close.
He’s easily the most complete player ever. And being the most complete player doesn’t mean you’re the best at everything.But MJ was always a great rebounder. He’s 3rd all-time in rebounds per game for SG’s.
Well, now that I've studied every NBA player, from bill Russel to Bird to MJ to MJ and Wilt, Kareem, Shaq, Kobe, LeBron, I must say, Wilt Chamberlain was the best player that's ever played. My number one draft pick in heaven... If I get to be GM for one day, and he makes it there lol
Alright, you pick Wilt, it's a solid pick, but, which are the rules? Will they play with pre merge NBA rules? Or 2020 rules? Because that changes everything.
@@victorcox581 everyone flops today too, he would overpower everyone. He’d be in better shape than every other big man too. Imagine Jokic trying to guard him, he’d be worn out by the end of the first quarter with his dad bod physique. Embid would get some sort of injury because he always does. Giannis would be an interesting matchup though. He could match his conditioning but Wilt is bigger and stronger. Anthony Davis would pull a hamstring and bow out. There’s simply nobody playing today that could consistently match up with him and stop him. You’d have to go back in time to when this video was made and get David Robinson from 1997. Or Hakeem from about the sane era. Those guys were big and in phenomenal shape.
@@gregrowe1168 well said,a season average of 60 points if he played in his prime today is not impossible. He would get more calls, even though if the game is close they would foul him worse than when he did play.
Of what?? Per game all-time at his position MJ is 1st pts,1st blk,2nd stl,3rd reb & 5th in ast. That’s top 5 in every category,top 3 in 4 outta 5 categories.He’s the only player in nba history to accomplish that. He’s #1 all-time in P.E.R. in both regular season and playoffs. He’s #1 all-time in win shares per game/48 min in both regular season and playoffs. He’s #1 all-time in BPM in both regular season and playoffs. He’s #1 all-time in VORP per game in both regular season and playoffs. He has the most scoring titles all-time He made the most all-def 1st teams all-time He lead the league in scoring and made all-def 1st team at the same time 9 times.Wilt never did it once in his career...Neither did Lebron,Russell,Kareem,Bird,Magic,Kobe,Hakeem,Tim Duncan,Shaq,Steph,Kd,Giannis,Jokic,Luka and so many more all-time greats never did it once in their career. MJ has the most trophies all-time with 22 in 1,072 games. For context Bill Russell and his 11 championships is 2nd all-time with 17 trophies in 963 games. Lebron is 3rd all-time with 16 trophies in 1,413 games so far. Kareem is 4th all-time with 15 trophies in 1,560 games. And for the brand new Wilt fans out there he’s 10th all-time with 9 trophies in 1,045 games. MJ is the best most complete player in nba history.
@@dc4690 Who cares if he's #1 or #2 at his position in various categories? Wilt and MJ are (essentially) tied for #1 in points, Wilt is #1 in rebounds, and probably #1 in blocks of anyone, any position. (per game of course). For assists per game, they're both in the 100s. Not all time greats no matter how you slice it there. For rebounds per game, again Wilt is #1. Jordan isn't even in the top 250. For steals Jordan is #4 for blocks he's #227. Unfortunately we'll never know Wilt's blocks and steals numbers, but like I said he is likely #1 in blocks. He had 8.8 blocks per game from a 112 game sample. Most probably later in his career too. That's mental even if it was his prime. Wilt is a more complete player. You get more points, rebounds, and blocks out of him than Jordan could ever make up in steals and assists. PER is a meaninless statistic. It's a made up math formula (not a law of the Universe or an easily defined stat like a point or an assist), and guess what, it's made up to make sure MJ is #1. If MJ wasn't #1 they would rewrite the formula. The NBA is about marketing, and Jordan is still selling more stuff than Wilt or his estate (since he's no longer with us). Win shares is a made up stat too. And he's not even #1, KAJ is. Those other formulas are just that: made up formulas too. Most scoring titles of all time: this is a good stat to list finally. I'd argue it's not that important though, obviously a player will join the game, improve their craft, then eventually leave due to age or injury. Wilt had a shorter peak then Jordan and kind of lost it after the knee injury. I think peak statistic is more important than longevity. Who would you rather have? 1961-1962 Wilt or 1986-1987 MJ? I think you'd be nuts to take MJ. Also Wilt has 7 scoring titles, that ain't too far behind 9 lol. He was also asked to not score so many points after 7 seasons too lol. All defensive teams: didn't exist for most of Wilt's career, how is he supposed to do better in a stat that can't exist? He probably would have been all defensive team for much of the 1960s. Don't be disingenuous, how is Wilt supposed to do that when it didn't exist? lol. How about this stat: When WIlt was scoring a lot of points, he lead the league in field goal percentage. MJ was never more than #10 in field goal percentage in his best year. Wilt was #1 NINE TIMES out of his 13 seasons. MJ was #1 ZERO TIMES. Wilt has almost as many 60 point games as the entire NBA - combined (32 out of 82). 8 times more than Jordan. For every game Jordan dropped 60 on a team? Wilt did it 8 times. Jordan's field goal percentage is less than 50%. Wilt's is higher. So all those points Wilt scored? He did it on less shots than Jordan, lol.
You crazy? I think MJ is definitely the GOAT for sure, but they both have massive egos, which is why they argued for hours about who the GOAT was. Neither would ever possibly think someone is better than them. Would never happen.
Wilt could bench press 500 pounds, was more angile and faster than many guards and had a 48 inch vertical and that was in an era when many movie stars had beer bellies. If he played today with modern sports medicine, training and nutritional knowledge he would make prime Shaq look like kwame brown.
@@gew2027 I’m so sick of kwame soothsayers. Guy sucked plain and simple I mean he fumbled half the passes he got Especially considering he was picked before tony Parker and pau gasol who won championships with so called “ball hog Kobe”
Famed football coach Hank Stram. When asked if Jerry Rice was the best wide receiver ever, coach Stram had someone else in mind. "Second best... I had a guy come to camp one year and ran a 4.4 sec 40yrd dash in dress shoes. He was faster than Rice and had huge hands that could catch a football like nobody I ever saw. He was the greatest leaper I ever saw and he could go up and get a pass that nobody could defend." "Why didn't you sign him?" "He wanted to play QB." "What was his name?" "His name was Wilt Chamberlain" Hank Stram, "They're Playing My Game"
Wilt was a cheat code , ain't no way shaq was more dominant. Nba should thank wilt for being a nice guy and didn't dunked the ball every single time. Wilt will remain a myth of a basketball. Nba record books are Wilt's resume
Rules against Wilt: • Lane widening from 12 to 16 feet; • Ban of offensive goaltending; • Inbounding rule; • Free throw rule. Rules in favor of Jordan: • Trent Tucker Rule; • Implementing the flagrant foul; • Implementing the "Five-point" flagrant foul; • Ejection of player who commits two flagrant fouls; • Enforcing hand-checking rule; • Increasing technical foul fines; • Changing "Clear path" rule; • Forbidden use of the forearm in defense in the frontcourt; • Expanding the "no-charge area".
except he wasn't. Let's be a buck. He was dominant, but in a league with Kareem and Russell and Walt Bellamy. He's not even the best center of his era. But physically the man was gifted beyond measure
Wilt was very skilled as well. He was the best individual player by far in his era. He said that Bill won because he fed his team and Wilt didn’t because his team fed him. Team basketball will always beat great individuals. Track it
This is amazing i was born in the MJ era so i saw MJ play i never saw wilt play i wasnt born in his era but seeing this interviews and old clips of wilt and how imposing he is physically and mentally and skill in basketball he may convince me that he is the GOAT even over the great MJ.
Wilt is the Goat! His stat lines and career stats can never be topped! If blocks & steals would’ve counted towards his stats he would’ve been the all time greatest in that stat line too!
The NBA disagrees with you…..Michael Jordan MVP Award Trophy! The Rookie of the Year Award was renamed after Wilt Chamberlain. So the NBA renamed the most prestigious and greatest individual NBA award after Michael Jordan. Idk 😅
@@rollandcurtis874 IF ANYONE TELL U JORDAN IS BETTER THAN WILT JUST TELL THEM : SEARCH JABBAR VS ERVING 1 VS 1 . SEE HOW 7'2 DEAL WITH 6'6 GUARD OR 6'7 WINGS PLAYERS. JABBAR RETIRED WITH ERVING . BUT THAT 1 VS 1 GAME OF THEM SHOWS HOW CENTERS ARE UNSTOPPABLE. WILT HAKEEM AND JABBAR ARE GOATS.
@@rollandcurtis874 JORDAN WON VS BIRD 1 GAME ?? IF U SAT THAT VBIRD HAD BETTER TEAM THAT MEANS DREXLER IS GOAT BECAUSE JORDAN NEVER WON VS DREXLER WITHOUT PIPPEN. JORDAN IS NOBODY. FIRST HE NEED TO SEE 2ND ROUND AND WIN FEW GAMES IN PLAYOFF VS GREAT TEAMS AS AN UNDERDOG.
@@rollandcurtis874 NBA WHO ?? BIASED SELL OUT. EVEN KENDRICK PERKINS WORKS IN TELEVISION. I DONT CARE WHAT MEDIA SAY I CARE WHAT I SAW AND LEARN. WILT IS GOD GOAT. JORDAN IS DWARF. NO PIPPEN NO 2ND ROUND IN CAREER.
Wilt was a 'once in a lifetime' phenomenon' as well. He once averaged 50pts a game for a entire season! Once had 55 rebounds in a single game! And, this was during an era when there were a number of legit centers in the league. Unlike today.
Realize Wilts stats, as well as other players from the 60s, are highly inflated. There is a reason players of the 80s and onward don’t avg 20+rebs or 50ppg per game. Because back then, teams took 115-120fga per game. In the 80s and on ward, teams avg in the 80fga range. Imagine what MJ would avg if his team had an extra 40fga?
@@holypoop88 no one after Wilt has played every minute of every game for an entire season. no foul outs, no 5 minute breathers. every minute possible he was playing.
@@holypoop88or maybe MJ wouldn't be able to keep up with that speed and injur himself. Hard to say, different eras. You can compare physical and Wilt was as fast, as good of footwork, stronger, had more stamina and could get his fingertips to the top of the backboard in game when no highlight ever shows MJ even close to the top of the box. MJ's top 3 biggest highlight was running from past half court to take off from foul line to dunk in All star competition. They changed the rules about foul shots because Wilt was standing dunking from the foul line over and over. What other athlete ever could do that?
Wilt Chamberlain is concentrated testosterone, pause he scored points off the court to be Bruce banner to live a normal life but he was the hulk smash on the court and off 😂😂😂😂
WILT CHAMBERLAIN IS THE GOAT...Basketplayer & all-around athlete ~ far beyond Jordan or anyone else in any sport EVER!!! Do the research on the things Wilt achieved as a sprinter, hurdler, javelin and discuss thrower, triple jumper, high-jumper, and shot putter. He ran a 4.6 40-yard dash at 280 lbs. His vertical leap is believed to have been 45-plus inches. He was also a world-class professional volleyball player. He bench pressed nearly 600 lbs. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wilt was by far the strongest human being he had ever met ~ that Wilt could LITERALLY lift Arnold off the ground with one hand. Wilt got tired of leading the league in scoring n rebounding, so one year he decided to lead the league in assists, and he DID!!! Without the thre-point shot and the way they packed into the paint and played defense in the days of Wilt, Bill Russell et al... Jordan wouldn't have put up half the numbers he did in the ragtag schoolyard NBA of the late 80s & 90s. David Stern, in so many words, said in the video, had Wilt & Russell a fraction of the hyper-media coverage Jordan, Magic, Bird, etc, had the GOAT conversation would be much different. Shaq would be no match for Wilt's ungodly strength & athleticism. While shaking Shaq's hand, Wilt nearly pulled Shaq's arm out of its socket. The force of one Wilt dunk broke an opponent's foot as hit the court. Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest athlete of all time PERIOD!!!
With all due respect to Wilt there's no way he bench pressed almost 600 lbs. I've powerlifted professionally and lifted heavy for 35 years. I'd bet my life he didn't do that.
@@jeremybiewer5465 There are witnesses... Dominique Wilkins speaks of it among others. Can't compare yourself or anyone else as baseline to Wilt. He was from and in another dimension.
@Charles 'Chisel' Carfagno Chisel No way. If he'd done that much he'd be close to a world record. Bill Kazmaier who was the world's strongest man in the late 70s and early 80s had the world record of 660 lbs. No chance in hell he was as close as strong as Bill Kazmaier. Wilt was an unbelievable athlete but he wasn't benching that.
@@jeremybiewer5465 I'm a lifter too with 51 years in the iron game behind me as a bodybuilder, powerlifter, trainer, and gym manager and I am NOT convinced that Wilt could bench press 600 Lbs. HOWEVER, I have seen some tall guys in the gym who were surprisingly strong. Arnold himself worked out with Wilt and stated this in an interview... “He took a whole stack of weights on the Universal Gym and did triceps extensions with 240 pounds like it was nothing.” That quote from Arnold does make me wonder. Wilt should have been able to easily double on the bench press what he could do on triceps pushdowns which means he could bench press 480 for ten reps. Understand that I am not easily impressed as I have met many of the greats such as Lee Haney, Boyer Coe, Chris Dickerson,, and others. I even went to high school with the great powerlifter Mike Bridges and trained in the same gym as him for years, we were even neighbors for awhile and ran the bars together after my divorce. I once personally witnessed Mike Bridges do a legal squat with 1,025 Lbs. at a body weight of 180 but it was a training lift in the gym and he never duplicated that in competition so people don't believe me when I tell them what I saw.. Unfortunately the legend of Wilt's bench press is something that we cannot either verify or outright dismiss.
@CaneFu Awesome that you've been around so many greats. I've been around some too including Scott Mendelson who had the world record for a while. With all due respect just because you can do x weight on triceps exercise doesn't mean you can bench x amount. Triceps are hugely important but there is more to benching big than just triceps strength. I benched 525 lbs raw with a pause at 240 lbs so I know a thing or two about benching big(720 lbs with a shirt).
MJ was a bully, but he was fuckin amazing. The GOAT. But it is nice to see someone like that look like he's being humbled. Wilt is an intimidating son of a bitch.
Wilt pulled up to Mike like an unscrupulous business agent or manager muscling an intimated Mike with a contract that guarantees either Mike’s signature or brains will be on the dotted line.
I have never even heard once what rules were changed to make it easier for Mike. On a separate note, check out MJ's body language with Wilt: when Wilt first shakes his hand MJ gives him eye contact. But the rest of the time, Wilt is looking directly at Mike and Mike is looking down while talking to Wilt. Makes Wilt look like the alpha in that room.
the iso rule change was because of jordan the flagrant foul rule was made because the pistons were belting jordan and the spin travel move that became illegal which jordan always used was never called whenever jordan did it the .3 second defensive rule in the paint was also because of jordan making it easier for him to get to the basket
@@ComeQuicklyYeshua Probably not, but he's 6-0 in the finals. The dude threepeated twice. Wilt was great. In fact, you could make an argument that he was the most gifted athlete the NBA has ever seen. However, it's not about personal stats. The reason I pick MJ is because even his peers say that in addition to the rings, his skill level was on another beyond them. Not to mention all his intangibles. The more I learn about Wilt, the more I realize that he didn't actually live up to his full potential. He could have done more.....a lot more. This dude would have been able to get the better of Olojuwan more often than not and totally dominate Shaq. But, it seems like he took his foot off the gas pedal. Jordan never, ever did that. He was NBA John Wick. Just my opinion.
@@pcj8029Wilt came into the NBA in 1959, when the Boston Celtics were in the middle of winning 8 straight ad 11 out of 13. They had 7 HOF players during that time, no one was beating them. Individual players don't 3 peat, teams do. And if you have just an okay team, you are not going to do much against a super team, even if you are the best player ever. 2 great players
That’s why MJ never said he was the GOAT out of respect for Wilt. Both Wilt and MJ were gifted with almost superhuman athleticism. Both in their primes playing against each other would have been magical.
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Amazing video as always!! David Stern said it beautifully… Jordan is just the marketing dream along with the times…! Noway is he better, more dominant than the big dipper! Keep dropping these gems & knowledge 🤘🏻
So doesn't that come along with his skills? Didn't Wilt say he was in awe of Jordan? Didn't he say players should give Jordan 10% of their checks? Didn't Oscar and West perform during Wilt's time in the NBA? This narrative of comparing Jordan to Wilt and Russell and Bird and Magic and perfection all at the same time is foolishness. Jordan had more skillset and did more, as well as put up numbers all across the board for his size and position.
I think he was more irritated. Wilt is a bit heavy handed, not the kind of banter MJ is used to with Bird, Magic, and Barkley. But MJ also knew he had to acknowledge Wilt. So I read MJ as more irritated than intimidated.
