#wiltchamberlain #nba #goat - The film has been colorized from black and white, the frames have been corrected for natural flow and the clips were up-scaled to 4k. - Music: Audiomachine - Being Alive
Wilt would dominate todays nba also I loved ur videos foobas sports but wilt is a dominant force + no one plays defense today so I say wilt would average 35 ppg along with 15 rpg and 4 blocks
That fadeaway on 1:31 almost make me cry. He invented the fade fall away and then added unstoppable of the glass board bank shoot. Dude sank 3 in a row hook then for 5$ got another almost from 3 pts line.
Truly the Greatest of them all. He might not have as many rings as Russell, or dominated as much as Michael, or played as long as Lebron. But he wrote the NBA record book.
And 1other Historical Point to Remember " Muhammad Ali Talked ~ aLotta Trash & like Bill Russell WON! All THis Hercules did was Ride around on NBA Trains all of His Career while Kickin' & Bitchin' about Everything!! 😢 😂
"Just remember Michael. When you played they changed all the rules to help you to dominate. When I played they changed all the rules to make things harder for me" - Wilt Chamberlain.
MJ won in the best big man era ever and they said a guard couldn’t win you championships. That’s how Mike changed the game. How many championships did “the most dominant player ever” Wilt win?
@isaachaze1 so they didn't change hard fouls? They didn't ease up on hand checking? They didn't move the 3pt line in for 3 years? They couldn't even play zone defense. If you watched basketball, Jordan was walking to the basket, never doubled.
The definition of "built different." A team couldn't make something called the "Wilt rules" and apply aggressive, physical basketball to stop him. If anything, it would just piss him off given his history of actually taking it easy instead of going all out. I do understand the MJ aura given that he wasn't the tallest or the strongest on the court. He had the finesse, agility and mental focus that turned people's heads. Too many people today are so hyped up on needing their guy to be the greatest of all time, always arguing about goats all the time. Just appreciate the talent you get to witness in every era and quit always comparing everyone.
Wilt is the only player to score 100 points in a game, and he averaged over 50 points a game in the ‘61-‘62 season. He has 5 of the top 7 best season scoring averages in NBA history. From that perspective, he is a GOAT player. Would love to have seen prime Wilt vs prime Shaq. Still favor Jordan though, because his aerobatics and smoothness were amazing, and if he hadn’t had his baseball diversion, likely would have won 8 championships in a row in the ‘90s. As a Mavs fan, was sick of the Bulls winning all the time back then, but there was no denying MJ’s greatness.
Larry brown is the one i heard day it, magic was playing with byron scott AC greeen and 2 othe rguys. wilt wsa 43 and playign with 4 freshmen. wilt dominated them
@@zincc9681Wilt was an athletic anomaly, similar to guys like LeBron being a world class athlete at damn near 40, when there’s billions of people in the world some are bound to be anomalies
@zincc9681 there's also footage of him picking up a grown ass man like he's a child😂 picks him up with both his HANDS like he's a toddler. it literally looks unreal
@@adolphinler6628 agree with eveything you just said. but he was a insane athlete for his height and u gotta put the context that he didn't have access to the same resources. He still deserve respect e would have been on joel embiid level toda.l
@@adolphinler6628 no shit, that’s why I said with Wilt growing up in today’s era. That natural athleticism with today’s training and evolution of the game. I know way more ball than you, played year round in my youth for over a decade and went to 8 BCI and AAU national tournaments with the likes of Team Texas and the Dallas Mustangs.
I’m currently 40. I never saw this man play .. I just gotta say “Thank you” to whoever put together this quality of footage. The addition of color and the fps (frames per second) help me as the younger generation , to witness the greatness of those who’ve played the game of basketball before us. I dont think Jordan would’ve wanted to see this guy
I guarded Wilt in a pick up game after he retired. I was young, strong and the best choice to guard him as I had guarded many big NBA and ex players He was the strongest human I have ever played against, impossible to stop if he desired to go to the basket He complimented my effort and defense and invited me to play with him on his beach volleyball team for a pick up game. I did and that power was present spiking a volleyball as well, Lol A very nice and respectful man that changed a young man’s game and gave him a great memory All this was in the 70’s in L.A.
Was he really as strong as everyone says he is? It's hard to see it on camera because he looks so slim. It's hard to imagine that he's stronger that modern day players who appear to be more stocky and muscular. Do you think he's stronger than Dwight Howard or Steven Adams?
@@smilyle Wilt Chamberlain is the strongest player to ever play in the NBA. Research Wilt’s athleticism. He was accomplished in weightlifting, track and field, shot putting and the long jump.
@@smilyle He could bench press 500 lbs. Which is pretty remarkable given his wingspan. Dwight Howard could only do 365. It's generally easier for shorter stockier guys with shorter arms because they don't have to move the weight nearly as far.
@@glen7137 I never saw Wilt play in person at a game, but I did have the opportunity to watch the live televised games in real time on ABC and CBS in the late 1960’s and early 70’s. When I was growing up, we didn’t have Videos or RU-vid like today. Unless you could afford to go to the games, we had to watch all the games on television. In my opinion, Wilt was the strongest and most dominant Big Man in NBA history. Had he played on better teams, idk? But, I will say Chamberlain was a force to be reckoned with.
@@user-li2ir5ss5pWow that's so cool I'm 17, about to turn 18 on july 26th, so he died before i was even born. I would do anything to watch his 100 points game.
Kareem also held Wilt scoreless and several times Single Digit points Kareem average 31pts/15rebs/3asts on 55% FG shooting vs Wilt for career...that ain't give him all he can handle
@@truthiscensored Put into context, an Old Wilt Chamberlain averaged 17ppg. and 18rbs. against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for his career. At age 35, in the deciding Game 6 of the 1972 WCF, Chamberlain locked down 24 year old League MVP Abdul-Jabbar. (Lakers won 104-100 4-2), Wilt held Kareem to 43 FG%, while Wilt had 20 points and 24 rebounds on 8-12 shooting while registering 9 blocks, with 3 blocks and 2 steals against Kareem. At age 35, Wilt played all 48 minutes and out-sprinted Kareem on several late game possessions. Wilt also held Kareem to 41% shooting in the last 4 games, including a scoreless 4th quarter in Game 3. The Lakers went on to advance and win the 1972 NBA Championship and Kareem packed his bags and went fishing! 🎣 😂 Btw, 35 year old Wilt Chamberlain was also named The 1972 NBA Finals MVP with averages of 19ppg., 23rbs. and 3blks. The Lakers went an astonishing 69-13 that season, a record that lasted 24 years before the 1996 Bulls went 72-10 and broke the Lakers record. The 1972 Lakers also recorded the NBA’s longest winning streak of 33 straight games, after 50+ years that record has still never been broken!!! Wilt Chamberlain retired in 1973.
Hol on hol on hol on This man is out there making hook shots casually from 20 feet 2:20 Just knew he was about to call Wilt a Jive Turkey over that $5 😂
He's not just making them, he is DRAINING THEM with flawless form. The net doesn't shoot back up like that unless you put that fucker dead center through
He was stronger than someone, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, who's best bench is 490 lbs. Wilt was still putting up 465 lbs at age 59, so imagine what he could put up when he was younger
Wilt Chamberlain would be in the gym - we eventually ended up doing a movie together, Conan the Destroyer," Schwarzenegger said. "I was a big fan of him because he came to the gym, he would do a tricep extension - the big guys, the strongest guys would do 120 pounds, let’s say - he would come and do 150, 170 pounds. That’s how strong he was. I remember that he lifted me up with one arm like nothing." Conan the barbarian came out in '82, Wilt would've been around 45-46 years old at this point.
But also not really because the game nowadays is so fast paced, all those smooth handles would turn into a lot of turnovers, maybe a couple a game but it cant be your base style
@@AnimationDunk Its really faster paced before, thats why the got more rebounds. Also, 90 % of the dribbles today were illegal back then. Don t underrate older generation game: the game was just a different game. Tell the guys today to play without hesis , wide crossovers, and puck to play against those maniac dribblers , like Pete Maravich. Not that clear to me that is a wipe out in either direction.
@@josemanuelcaballero1162 game was different yes and that includes how trash the comp back then was. excluding handles players today are still a lot faster, stronger, more athlethic, more hops, and shoot better
@@josemanuelcaballero1162 The pace has been the fastest in history now. Not back then. The reason there were so many rebounds back in the day was because those dudes sucked and missed so many shots.
Connie Hawkins talked about Wilt in a playground league game in NYC. Hawk had a young baller named "Jumpin'" Tony Jackson that could leap so high, he could pluck coins from the top of the backboard. So early in the game Hawk's coach suggested he block one of Wilt's hook shots so he did. Everyone was stunned, it was goaltending but even the ref didn't call it because no one had seen anything like that before. It infuriated Wilt who promptly came down on the next possession and slam dunked the ball so hard it bounced as high as the backboard. It had been a close game to that point but once Wilt took over, it was done for Hawk's team. They broke Rule #1: Never piss off Wilt Chamberlain.
@@BeerAndJointsAllDayolajuwon is top 2center everi even dare to rank him over jabbar despite im Admiral guy. But this dude is not human. U cant compare regular players to Wilt Chamberlain.
I think it's not only how many rings, but that's a huge part of it, for me, I look at how a player dominated, his numbers, winning percentage when it matters, then rings, for example I think Dominique Wilkins was better than Isiah Thomas
I don’t think it’s bullshit. To me, it dictates the difference between being the greatest athlete and being the greatest player. Will was the greatest athlete to ever play at his position in the NBA, but his rival, Bill Russell, was the greater player.
@@smoothALOEnobody thinks Bill Russell is the greatest player ever 😂😂😂 but he was a better center than Wilt. The Celtics just had a star studded team of HOFers.
@@ER1CNOIR is that a rhetorical question? By the way, if you go back to the NBA at its 50th anniversary Bill Russell was rated the highest of the players in the mix, with Wilt Chamberlain at 2nd. So, to say no one thought either of these players were the greatest is untrue. I’m not saying I agree, but people who saw them play at the time held them in the highest regard. At the very least, in my view, they are both among the 15 greatest by virtue of their legacies and respect for what they did for the game in their day.
This is crazy Wilt was a half a century ahead of his time !! He shot half court free throws, had sex with the best woman in every town, and retired from the NBA to become a professional volley ball player.
He retired from NBA to become a multi-millionaire business man and enjoying playing volley ball and acting (with Arnold Schwarzenegger) just for the pleasure.
Coach to Wilt: Can you lead league in scoring? Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you lead league in rebounding? Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you lead league in assists? Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you lead league in FG% Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you lead league in blocks? Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you lead league in multiple of those at once? Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you lead lead the league in triple doubles? Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you play at least 95% up to 100% of all minutes? Wilt: Sure no problem Coach to Wilt: Can you make sure to never foul out? Wilt: Sure no problem
@@ER1CNOIR LOL not the stuff top athletes have access to. Just because people suck down fried chicken and burgers all day doesn't mean its modern. We know way more about the benefits of nutrition now.
@@discostuchannel yeah but he would grow up for the first 20 years of his life eating worse than he did in his time. You’re not born a professional athlete or millionaire (unless you’re real lucky). Lol 😂 I mean, yes, Pros have ACCESS to nutritionists, and can eat whatever they want - that doesn’t mean they they’re going to eat super healthy, though, either. People like Tom Brady and Kobe and stuff.. yes they eat crazy. But MOST players don’t eat like they do. But he WOULD have better access to better training methods, medical treatments, and better coaching with new techniques, he would have better talent around him and more people to have learned from in the past. But most food today is way worse 🤣
Wilt is the GOAT. His high school team mate Vinson Miller (also chief scout for the 76ers 1967 -71) was my high school basketball coach at Frankford High in Phila. Coach Miller told me so many stories about Wilt at Overbrook High and how they destroyed other schools in the public league. R.l.P. Big Dipper and coach Vinson Miller.
That's interesting, I've never heard anyone that knew Vince call him "Vinson". You wrote that like it's copy and pasted. The man has been dead for nearly 15 years. Also, you're not listed on any Frankford HS roster ... ever. Might want to call Huck or Amaro and get them to update Silary, or just stop bullshitting on the internet.
@@LIBlurr Hahahaha. Funny to see this being commented on when this guy is in another thread saying he is from Mississippi born and raised. Guessing you're his second account.
4:00 I’m sorry but the new generation ain’t got no one that old still having a chance to play at that age closest is lebron but wilt was a special gift from god he was retired for 13 years and he still had game I love the old school ❤
Wilt is the GOAT and nobody wants to admit it. Idc what era you played in. If you score 100 in one game, average 50 pts a season, and average 30 pts a game for your career on top of average 20 rebs a game for your career, you’re the freaking goat
@@ER1CNOIR Winning is a Team accolade. Being the Best Player is a solitary accolade. Keep waiting. That doesn’t change that he individually is the greatest basketball player to ever live. The GOAT means put him 1v1 anyone else ever and he wins. That’s Wilt Chamberlain. Period.
You could pick the shortest guards today and they’d put up 200 because the game is more competitive with higher standards than ever before the competition he had back then would struggle against some high school teams because they were fucking plumbers and mailmen.
He had a sharp fallaway from the lane and either side of it. Much like Tim Duncan. However once he got to LA, he didn't shoot nearly as much and really focused as a defensive anchor, passer, pick setter. He certainly helped free West and Goodrich regularly.
I watched the Russell/Chamberlain match-ups on TV back 55 years ago. Wilt was a great athlete _for a man over 7 feet tall_ . If he were shrunk down to 6 foot tall, he would have been a good athlete, not a great one.
Wilt was a track star ..he ran the 100 in 10 seconds....Jerry West said it was amazing to watch him fly down the court in a few giant steps.....and Wilt could put a quarter on top of the backboard...he did the high jump and had over a four foot vertical with very long arms ...(great for blocking shots and goal tending)... Looking at him standing next to Shaq and Jordan...he towered over them ..even Arnold in Conan....he was the greatest
Plenty of phjotos of Wilt and Shaq together. its striking that not only is Wilt taller, he is noticeably wider at the shoulder, with a larger frame. Shaq is only fatter.
Wilt chamberlain was far a greater athlete than lebron James and Michael jordan, wilt chamberlain had functional athleticism he could had played any sport and be great at it he had hand eye coordination speed quickness reflexes court vision agility hops strength flexibility endurance and stamina he was a true decathlon type of athlete
i mean, lebron does too. wilt may be a greater athlete, but bron is cerainly a high level elite athelete as well. mj is up there not far behind either.
@@minkim707 🤡 wilt chamberlain was 3.5x the athlete lebron James I wilt chamberlain is hall of famers in 2 sports and was getting offer from the NBA at the age of 51 lebron won't be getting offer at that age
Can't blame them the NBA needed stars so they elevated Magic, Bird and Jordan pass Wilt. If we look at what he was able to do on the court and the fact that he still holds multiple unbreakable records, that makes him the GOAT.
I agree that the ring argument is overrated. I partially blame MJ fans for using it too much as the lazy go-to argument for GOAT convos. I still have MJ as the undisputed but Wilt was a generational athlete and proved his greatness. Top 10 easy.
@xDreMack no it dosent. Wilts records are because of his time. Jordan, Magic, and Bird all could've collected more stats & records if they wanted to. They valued winning. Greatness and winning is synonymous. Wilt underachieved. It's OK to admit
@@sideshowbobsaget8876 no they couldn't. Bird and Magic had their careers cut short because of health reasons, Jordan retired twice. Wilt didn't win because he went up against a stacked Boston team almost every year. Not to mention Bird and Magic only won because they were drafted to stacked teams.
Remember how Shawn Bradley was 7’6” when he played in the 90s? Bradley TRULY TOWERED over his opponents’ centers, and yet Bradley averaged only 8 points a game. Yao Ming was also 7’6” but only managed 19 points per game. In 1960, Swede Halbrook was 7’3”. Swede averaged 5 points per game. Wilt was 7’1”. Average height of an NBA Center from 1960-1973 was 6’10.5 while in 2024 the average height of a Center is 6’11”. Wilt dominated not because of height. He dominated because he was the single-most athletic player in NBA history. Btw, don’t use AI to look up average height of centers. AI says the average height of a Center in 2000 was 6’6”. LOL. That was the average height of ALL players including guards. You need to look into it further.
When you watch high quality footage like this it makes you understand that Wilt is the greatest individual player ever and it's not close. Mike is obviously the GOAT as far as leading a team and winning championships. But for raw individual dominance it's Wilt all the way. There are also clips of Wilt blocking Kareem's sky hook despite being 10 years older, and clips of him reaching the top of the backboard (about 13 feet in the air). Talent that would be mythical if it wasn't on film.
AI enhancement is great on concrete material. but it needs a lot of work on faces... I was a teenager when they had the NBA top 50 of all time at the all star game. I seen Wilt, not knowing that's the last time I would ever see him. I was too young to appreciate that moment.
You always hear about the legend of Wilt Chamberlain but this is the first time I've really seen footage of him playing. He's a massive specimen but his moves look so smooth. I wish we had some quality footage of some of his NBA games. Thanks for putting this together it's quite amazing to see.
❤❤❤❤ The Most High blessed one man to significantly be known as the best of the best of the BEST. MR . WILT CHAMBERLAIN THE REAL AND ONLY G.O.A.T. Enough said
Can you imagine if Wilt was in today’s NBA? He would dominate the paint, cover 1-5, and drop bombs from Curry-type range when you think he can’t hit them. He’d be impossible to stop in space, impossible to stop in the post, and could probably go end to end on Defense if he learned the Chase-down Block. He’d probably also would move out to the perimeter on switches and swat guards shots instead of drop. The only reason Wilt only has two Chips is because Russell & the Celtics - with a team full of All-Stars and a Top 5 coach all-time - won 10 of them and Wilts teams weren’t as good as the Celtics. Wilt would absolutely dominate in todays Space & Pace NBA. And he’d probably dominate FIBA and EuroLeague while at it.
Michael Jordan that’s a joke. He’s not the greatest of all time not even close. Will Chamberlain is the greatest of all time. One season he averaged 50 points for the whole season. How many records does this guy Will Chamberlain have? I don’t think Michael Jordan has 1/3 of Wilts records. When people say Michael Jordan is the greatest I kinda laugh Will Chamberlain could pick up Michael Jordan with two fingers. That’s how strong he was. There is any comparison whatsoever be real people in the NBA?
Yeah ok! All of that talent but he only won two championships and he played with Jerry West but you're going to shit on MJ. MJ played with less talent and it's not even close and he won without a dominant center and one all-star Scottie Pippen. Wilt definitely had great skills but you don't have to shit on MJ to prove your point.
funny you mention 1/3. like Wilt has 1/3 the championships MJ does. i'd take MJ's career and 6 rings over wilt's career and stack of personal records. i'll bet far and away the majority of nba players would too. it was commonplace for MJ become superman the last half of the 4th and carry his team to the win, especially in big games. Wilt's finals record, and LeBron's for that matter, don't say the same thing for them.
@@wildwillie5408 So then you would take Russell's 5+ more rings. Since you took Jordan's 4+ ring on Wilt. This is the part where you dump on Russell and move the goal posts away from rings like you Jordanettes always do.
They stopped the game and never finished his 100 point game...❤ He also AVERAGED 50.4 points a game for a whole season. He also had 55 rebounds in a game and never fouled out. ❤
Glad this video of Laker basketball great Wilt Chamberlain re-appeared... Now the young NBA players, LBJ basketball fans, Klutch Sports followers can a see forr themselves that Lebron James isn't that the ONLY "rare of basketball phenomenon"r at age 39 or 40"! Wilt was a more dominant player at age 50...and there are others that could have still played the game, but chose to do other things with their lives!!!
People underestimated his strength because of how tall he was, which made him look deceptively thin, but if you look closely at his arms, you can tell he was a specimen. Wilt at 50 could dominate in today's NBA.
Wilt would’ve been even better after the 60’s because he would be allowed to use his strength to his advantage. When Wilt was playing, he could never back down a player, do an aggressive drop step, or initiate contact when shooting, which limited what he could do, which is also why his moves are non-contact moves (fallaway, finger roll). If Wilt did a drop step on Embiid Poor Embiid.
