[77] The motivation for this move remains in dispute. It was a small consolation that he was again named an All-American, along with future NBA Hall-of-Famers Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson plus old rival Guy Rodgers. Ex-soldier Hannum, who later entered the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, was a crafty psychologist who emphasized defense and passing. [6] By the time Chamberlain was 21 (even before he turned professional), he had already been featured in Time, Life, Look, and Newsweek magazines. [12] Instead, he was an avid track and field athlete: as a youth, he high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches; ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3; put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches; and long jumped 22 feet. [35] One particular Globetrotter skit involved Globetrotter captain Meadowlark Lemon collapsing to the ground, and instead of helping him up, Chamberlain threw him several feet high up in the air and caught him like a doll. [172] Chamberlain lived alone,[173] relying on a great deal of automated gadgets, with two cats named Zip and Zap and several Great Dane dogs as company. With Chamberlain, the Warriors vaulted from last to second and faced the Boston Celtics in the 1960 NBA Playoffs. And as if to prove that he was not a selfish player, he had the NBA’s highest assist total in 1967-68. [85], In the 1968 Eastern Division Finals, the Sixers yet again met the Boston Celtics, again with home court advantage, and this time as reigning champions. He once skipped a game to sign autographs for the book. [183], More hostile was Chamberlain's relationship with fellow center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, eleven years his junior. At the time of his final substitution, he had scored 18 points (hitting seven of his eight shots) and grabbed 27 rebounds, significantly better than the 10 points of Mel Counts on 4-of-13 shooting. Chamberlain had become a great team player, complementing the styles of guards Jerry West and Gail Goodrich and forwards Happy Hairston and Jim McMillian. He scored 32 points and led Overbrook to a 19–0 season. He was born in 1936 in Philadelphia and grew up to be 7-1 and 275 pounds. Chamberlain had a bad relationship with Allen's successor, Dick Harp, fueled by resentment and disappointment: Chamberlain biographer Robert Cherry has doubted whether Chamberlain would have chosen KU if he had known that Allen was going to retire. In his 90-point game he scored 60 points in 12 minutes of the second half. [74] Prior to Game 5, Chamberlain was nowhere to be found, skipping practice and being non-accessible. Clutch, back to the address of Magic and Kareem, back to the digs of Kobe and Shaq. [86] Chamberlain later blamed coach Hannum for the lack of touches, a point which the coach conceded himself, but Cherry points out that Chamberlain, who always thought of himself as the best player of all time, should have been outspoken enough to demand the ball himself. Bill Russell regularly feared being embarrassed by Chamberlain,[34] Walt Frazier called his dominance on the court "comical",[122] and when 6-ft 11-in, 250-pound (in his early years)[168] Hall-of-Fame center Bob Lanier was asked about the most memorable moment of his career, Lanier answered: "When Wilt Chamberlain lifted me up and moved me like a coffee cup so he could get a favorable position. Chamberlain often invited Russell over to Thanksgiving, and at Russell's place, conversation mostly concerned Russell's electric trains. The Sixers' center scored 29 points, 36 rebounds and 13 assists and was highly praised by Celtics Russell and K.C. Wilt Chamberlain, aka “The Big Dipper” is regarded by many NBA historians and erudites as the most dominant offensive player to ever play. The press called it an even matchup in all positions, even at center, where Bill Russell was expected to give Chamberlain a tough battle. [2] In addition, Chamberlain was seen as a freak of nature, jeered at by the fans and scorned by the media. That is totally ridiculous."[33]. The division finals saw the 76ers matched up against the Celtics — and Chamberlain matched up against Russell once again. [88], On July 9, 1968, Chamberlain was the centerpiece of a major trade between the 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers, which sent center Darrall Imhoff, forward Jerry Chambers and guard Archie Clark to Philadelphia, making it the first time a reigning NBA Most Valuable Player was traded the next season. Meschery got it again, faked again, and got it blocked again. [2][6] He was subsequently enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and in 1996 he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. His lifelong on-court rival and personal friend Bill Russell stated "the fierceness of our competition bonded us together for eternity", and Celtics coach Red Auerbach praised Chamberlain as vital for the success of the entire NBA. On Oct. 12, 1999, Chamberlain passed away at the age of 63 due to heart failure at his home, which he named Ursa Major after the constellation containing the stars forming the Big Dipper, his trademark. Of course, Chamberlain didn’t retire. [91] In Game 7, the Lakers trailed 91–76 after three quarters. [91] Among others, Bill Russell didn't believe Chamberlain's injury was grave, and openly accused him of being a malingerer: "Any injury short of a broken leg or a broken back is not enough. In his 1991 book A View From Above, Wilt Chamberlain claimed he'd slept with 20,000 women over the course of his career. Only Wes Unseld would duplicate Chamberlain’s feat of winning Rookie of the Year and MVP honors in the same season. In a physically tough matchup, the Sixers lost sixth man Billy Cunningham with a broken hand, and Chamberlain, Greer and Jackson were struggling with inflamed feet, bad knees, and pulled hamstrings respectively. [94] In Game 5, with the Knicks trailing by double digits, Reed pulled his thigh muscle and seemed to be done for the series. After attending the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr., Chamberlain called out to the angry rioters who were setting fires all over the country, stating Dr. King would not have approved. So, building an extensive Chamberlain collection can be tough, but David Kohler, president an… Milwaukee closed out the series at home with a 116–98 victory in Game 5. [99] In a 1999 interview, Chamberlain stated that boxing trainer Cus D'Amato had twice before, in 1965 and 1967, approached the basketball star with the idea, and that he and Ali had each been offered $5 million for the bout. In a closely contested Game 7, Chamberlain tied the game at 107 with 16 seconds to go, but Celtics shooting guard Sam Jones hit a clutch shot with two seconds left to win the series for Boston. Although he suffered a long string of NBA Finals losses during his career,[5] Chamberlain had a successful career, winning two NBA championships, earning four regular-season Most Valuable Player awards, the Rookie of the Year award, one NBA Finals MVP award, and was selected to 13 All-Star Games and ten All-NBA First and Second teams. Chamberlain's 4,029 regular-season points made him the only player to break the 4,000-point barrier;[2] the only other player to break the 3,000-point barrier is Michael Jordan, with 3,041 points in the 1986–87 NBA season. [18] In that game, West Catholic quadruple-teamed Chamberlain the entire game, and despite the center's 29 points, the Panthers lost 54–42. (While blocked shots were not an official NBA stat at that time, announcer Keith Jackson counted the blocks during the broadcast. Half the fouls against him were hard fouls.”. The Sixers would post a 55–25 regular season record, and for his strong play, Chamberlain won his second MVP award. [80], On the hardwood, Chamberlain continued his focus on team play and registered 24.3 points and 23.8 rebounds a game for the season. [note 1] When Chamberlain left the Warriors, owner Franklin Mieuli said: "Chamberlain is not an easy man to love [and] the fans in San Francisco never learned to love him. [171] Designed according to his preferences, the house was constructed with no right angles, and had an "X-rated" room with mirrored walls and a fur-covered waterbed. In 1955, the NBA created a special “territorial” draft rule that allowed a team to claim a local college player in exchange for giving up its first-round pick. [175], Although Chamberlain was shy and insecure as a teenager, he became well known for his womanizing when he was an adult. As part of our series on the 10 Greatest NBA Players of all-time, we turn our attention to the man himself, Wilt Chamberlain. [60] This also meant, however, that the team broke apart, as Paul Arizin chose to retire rather than move away from his family and his job at IBM in Philadelphia, and Tom Gola was homesick, requesting a trade to the lowly New York Knicks halfway through the season. [67] In the following 1964–65 NBA season, the Warriors got off to a terrible start and ran into financial trouble. Then with our great Laker team in 1972, he concentrated on the defensive end", said Sharman. During a game against the Detroit Pistons, Chamberlain recorded 58 points, 42 rebounds and 4 assists in a winning effort. In 1978, his first year of eligibility, Chamberlain was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 1996-97 he was selected to the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. "[171] Swedish Olympic high jumper Annette Tånnander, who met him when he was 40 and she 19, remembers him as a pick-up artist who was extremely confident yet respectful: "I think Wilt hit on everything that moved ... [but] he never was bad or rude. In Game 2, the Bucks won again despite the Lakers center scoring 26 points, four more than his Milwaukee counterpart. [45] In Game 5, with his hand healthy, Chamberlain recorded 50 points and 35 rebounds in a 128-107 win over the Celtics, extending the series to a Game 6. [84] Winning 62 games, the Sixers easily took the first playoff berth of the 1968 NBA Playoffs. Eclectic didn’t begin to describe his activities. [45] Chamberlain broke eight NBA records, and was named NBA MVP and Rookie of the Year that season, a feat matched only by fellow Hall-of-Famer Wes Unseld in the 1968–69 NBA season. [91] Going into the series as 3-to-1 favorites, the Lakers won the first two games, but dropped the next two. In Game 6, the Celtics won 99–90, and Chamberlain only scored 8 points; Cherry accuses him of choking, because if "Chamberlain had come up big and put up a normal 30 point scoring night", L.A. would have probably won its first championship. Meschery had the ball in the line and put up four fakes before attempting his shot. [182] During most of his NBA career, Chamberlain was good friends with Bill Russell. Playing the Warriors in the 1967 NBA Finals, the Sixers came away with the championship, winning the series in six games. Chamberlain made his debut for the Jayhawks’ varsity squad in a game against Northwestern on Dec. 3, 1956. [52] It was, however, the first season in which he failed to reach 20 rebounds per game. “I look back and know that my last seven years in the league versus my first seven years were a joke in terms of scoring,” he told the Philadelphia Daily News. [159], Chamberlain's impact on the game is also reflected in the fact that he was directly responsible for several rule changes in the NBA, including widening the lane to try to keep big men farther away from the hoop, instituting offensive goaltending and revising rules governing inbounding the ball and shooting free throws (such as making it against the rules to inbound the ball over the backboard). San Diego had wanted him to be a player-coach, but legal entanglements prevented that, and Chamberlain soon became bored with a coach-only role. 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[114] However, the Lakers sued their former star and successfully prevented him from actually playing, because he still owed them the option year of his contract. [108] Jerry West called it "the greatest ball-busting performance I have ever seen. [52] The 76ers had the best record in the league for the third straight season. I hear people today talk about hard fouls. [77] Cherry observes a strange pattern in that game: in a typical Sixers game, Chamberlain got the ball 60 times in the low post, but only 23 times in Game 7, and only seven times in the third and only twice in the fourth quarter. However, it also became evident that he was an atrocious free-throw shooter, making hardly half of his foul shots. [8] He played occasional matches for the IVA Seattle Smashers before the league folded in 1979. After years of frustration, Chamberlain finally got by his arch rival as Philadelphia raced by Boston in five games, ending the Celtics’ eight-year stranglehold on the NBA title. That was how the 20,000 number came into existence. But the most outstanding figures are his scoring records; Most games with 50+ points, 118; Most consecutive games with 40+ points, 14; Most consecutive games with 30+ points: 65; Most consecutive games with 20+ points: 126; Highest rookie scoring average: 37.6 ppg; Highest field goal percentage in a season: .727. He wished people would understand that their roles were different. Although North Carolina beat Kansas by one point in triple overtime, Chamberlain was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. [29] As he did at Overbrook, Chamberlain again showcased his diverse athletic talent. [184], Chamberlain denounced the Black Panthers Party and other black nationalist movements in the late 1960s, and supported Republican Richard Nixon in the 1968 and 1972 presidential elections. He famously hobbled up court, scored the first four points, and inspired his team to one of the most famous playoff upsets of all time. Everything about Wilt Chamberlain was larger than life. Cherry described how Celtics coach Red Auerbach ordered his forward Tom Heinsohn to commit personal fouls on Chamberlain: whenever the Warriors shot foul shots, Heinsohn grabbed and shoved Chamberlain to prevent him from running back quickly; his intention was that the Celtics would throw the ball in so fast that the prolific shotblocker Chamberlain was not yet back under his own basket, and Boston could score an easy fastbreak basket. He set NBA single-game records for most points (100), most consecutive field goals (18) and most rebounds (55). [52] It was the ninth time Chamberlain would lead the league in field goal percentage. Regardless of where you put The Big Dipper in the NBA pantheon, the fact of the matter is that he was a Hall of Famer, a four-time league MVP and … The Lakers then stormed to the championship with a five-game triumph against New York in the 1972 NBA Finals. After the third swing, Chamberlain said, “That’s enough,” and Meschery stopped. But midway through the following season, he was sent back home to Philadelphia. [90] While he was on cordial terms with Jerry West, he often argued with team captain Elgin Baylor; regarding Baylor, he later explained: "We were good friends, but ... [in] black culture ... you never let the other guy one-up you. Spot the Big Dipper. In Game 1, the Sixers beat Boston 127–112, powered by Hal Greer's 39 points and Chamberlain's unofficial quadruple double, with 24 points, 32 rebounds, 13 assists and (unofficially counted) 12 blocks. Prior to the start of a game at Moscow's Lenin Central Stadium, they were greeted by General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev. "[23] Chamberlain himself often said: "Nobody roots for Goliath. [3][160] Chamberlain, who reportedly had a 50-inch vertical leap,[161] was physically capable of converting foul shots via a slam dunk without a running start (beginning his movement at the top of the key). [120], Chamberlain played a villainous warrior and counterpart of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Conan the Destroyer (1984). Because Schayes did not want to risk angering his best player, he scheduled the daily workout at 4 pm; this angered the team, who preferred an early schedule to have the afternoon off, but Schayes just said: "There is no other way. [7] After his professional basketball career ended, Chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived International Volleyball Association, was president of that organization, and is enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame for his contributions. [16] According to ESPN journalist Hal Bock, Chamberlain was "scary, flat-out frightening ... before he came along, very few players at the center position possessed his level of athleticism, stature, and stamina. [96] In Game 1, Abdul-Jabbar outscored Chamberlain 32–22, and the Bucks won 106–85. "[155] Russell won 11 NBA titles in his career while Chamberlain won two. [114] After the season, Chamberlain retired from professional basketball. What more needs to be said about the league's all-time leading rebounder? Voted in as one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978. [110] Chamberlain was named Finals MVP,[52] and was admired for dominating the Knicks in Game 5 while playing injured.[110]. ... Classic images of 'The Big Dipper' NBA During his prep years, he scored 2,206 points and had individual games in which he scored 90, 74 and 71 points. In addition, he shot an NBA record 0.727 for the season, bettering his own mark of 0.683 from the 1966–67 season. Chamberlain often criticized Abdul-Jabbar for a perceived lack of scoring, rebounding, and defense. "[29] KU won 73–65 in overtime, after which police had to escort the Jayhawks out. By conventional wisdom, Chamberlain now should have dominated against little-used Knicks backup centers Nate Bowman and Bill Hosket or forwards Bradley and DeBusschere, who gave up more than half a foot against the Lakers center. He later faced Unseld, Abdul-Jabbar, Dave Cowens, and Elvin Hayes. [citation needed] Particularly, Chamberlain was lauded for his performance in Game 6, which the Lakers won 104–100 after trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter: he scored 24 points and 22 rebounds, played all 48 minutes and outsprinted the younger Bucks center on several late Lakers fast breaks. In response, Chamberlain "had everybody put all the pens in the middle of the floor and stepped on them. [8], In 1976, Chamberlain turned to his interest in movies, forming a film production and distribution company to make his first film, entitled Go For It. His first contest with the freshmen was against the varsity, which was favored to win its conference that year. The Sixers charged their way to a then-record 68–13 season, including a record 46–4 start. In retrospect, Gottlieb remarked: "My mistake was not getting a strong-handed coach. [21], In Chamberlain's third and final Overbrook season, he continued his high scoring, logging 74, 78 and 90 points in three consecutive games. In Philadelphia, he joined a promising 76ers team that included Hal Greer and Larry Costello in the backcourt and Chet Walker and Luke Jackson up front. Winning the regular season with 66 wins, the Bucks were seen as favourites against the depleted Lakers; still, many pundits were looking forward to the matchup between the 34-year-old Chamberlain and the 24-year-old Alcindor.
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