In the scuffle, Wilt injured his hand, and Philadelphia lost the next two games. In his defense, Warriors coach Frank McGuire said "Wilt has been simply super-human", and pointed out that the Warriors lacked a consistent second scorer, a playmaker, and a second big man to take pressure off Chamberlain. [86] However, the Celtics rallied back, winning Games 5 and 6 122–104 and 114–106 respectively, powered by a spirited John Havlicek and helped by the Sixers' terrible shooting.[86]. In an interview entitled "My Life in a Bush League", he criticized his fellow players, coaches, and NBA administrators. The Celtics prevented a sweep by winning Game 4 with a 121–117 victory, but in Game 5, the Sixers simply overpowered the Celtics 140–116, which effectively ended Boston's historic run of eight consecutive NBA titles. [21], In Chamberlain's third and final Overbrook season, he continued his high scoring, logging 74, 78 and 90 points in three consecutive games. "[80] He contributed with 17.7 ppg and 28.7 rpg against fellow future Hall-of-Fame pivot Nate Thurmond, never failing to snare at least 23 rebounds in the six games. [71] Chamberlain later commented that he could see in hindsight how the interview was instrumental in damaging his public image. I watched Wilt pass the ball to Hal Greer, Luke Jackson, and Billy Cunningham. His stellar performance led Kansas to an insurmountable lead, and he rested on the bench for the final 3:45 remaining in the game. Chamberlain was also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, where he was the president of his pledge class. "[23] Chamberlain himself often said: "Nobody roots for Goliath. "[102] In 1967, recently retired NFL star Jim Brown acted as Chamberlain's manager, but Ali's manager Jabir Herbert Muhammad backed out of the Chamberlain-Ali match which was slated to take place at Madison Square Garden. For this to be true, he would have had to have had sex with 1.37 women per day from the age of 15 up until the year of the autobiography's publishing, a rate of over nine women a week. [132] The 1972 NBA Finals MVP is holder of numerous official NBA all-time records, establishing himself as a scoring champion, all-time top rebounder and accurate field goal shooter. [110] However, prolific outside shooter Lucas helped New York to win Game 1, hitting nine of his 11 shots in the first half alone; in Game 2, which the Lakers won 106–92, Chamberlain put Lucas into foul trouble, and the Knicks lost defensive power forward Dave DeBusschere to injury. [52] The 76ers had the best record in the league for the third straight season. [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. Chamberlain led the league several times in points, accuracy, rebounds and minutes. It's pretty exhausting to think about it. [110] But in that game, he fell on his right hand, and was said to have "sprained" it; it was actually broken. "[31] Nevertheless, Chamberlain averaged 30.1 points for the season and led the Jayhawks to an 18–5 record, losing three games while he was out with a urinary infection:[31] because KU came second in the league and at the time only conference winners were invited to the NCAA tourney, the Jayhawks' season ended. He became the first player to break the 3,000-point barrier and the first and still only player to break the 2,000-rebound barrier for a single season, grabbing 2,149 boards. [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. [91] In the 1969 NBA Playoffs, the Lakers dispatched Chamberlain's old club, the San Francisco Warriors 4–2 after losing the first two games, and then defeated the Atlanta Hawks and met Chamberlain's familiar rivals, Bill Russell's Boston Celtics. The Midwest regional was held in Dallas, Texas, which at the time was segregated. I saw the team win a championship for the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967. Van Breda Kolff benched him several times, which never happened in his career before; in mid-season, the perennial scoring champion had two games in which he scored only six and then only two points. [29] By this time, he had developed several offensive weapons that became his trademarks: his finger roll, his fade-away jump shot, which he could also hit as a bank shot, his passing and his shot-blocking. [5] Cherry has speculated, however, that this loss was a watershed in Chamberlain's life, because it was the first time that his team lost despite him putting up impressive individual stats. [177] In response to public backlash regarding his promiscuity, Chamberlain later emphasized that "the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. This page was last changed on 13 October 2020, at 21:04. In all, he claimed 60 athletes with aspirations of expanding to 100. [63] Backed up by valuable rookie Thurmond, Chamberlain had another good season with 36.9 ppg and 22.3 rpg,[52] and the Warriors went all the way to the NBA Finals. Rare footage of Ali with Wilt 'The Stilt' Chamberlain interview with Howard Cosell. He had been working on the screenplay notes for over a year at the time of his death. [3] Among others, UCLA offered Chamberlain the opportunity to become a movie star, the University of Pennsylvania wanted to buy him diamonds, and Chamberlain's Panthers coach Mosenson was even offered a coaching position if he could persuade the center. [96] In Game 1, Abdul-Jabbar outscored Chamberlain 32–22, and the Bucks won 106–85. [5] Additionally, in an April 1965 issue of Sports Illustrated Chamberlain conducted an interview entitled "My Life in a Bush League" where he criticized his fellow players, coaches, and NBA administrators. For the final play, Dick Harp called for Ron Loneski to pass the ball into Chamberlain in the low post. [122] When million-dollar contracts became common in the NBA, Chamberlain increasingly felt he had been underpaid during his career. [152] Russell's Celtics won seven of eight playoff series against Chamberlain's Warriors, 76ers, and Lakers teams, and went 57–37 against them in the regular season and 29–20 in the playoffs. He had outstanding foot speed throughout the game, and several times led the fast break, including blocking a shot near the basket and then outracing the field for a layup. Again, the Lakers charged through the playoffs, and in the 1970 NBA Finals, the Lakers were pitted against the New York Knicks, loaded with future Hall-of-Famers Willis Reed, Dave DeBusschere, Bill Bradley, and Walt Frazier. [52] After defeating the Cincinnati Royals led by Oscar Robertson in the 1965 NBA Playoffs, the Sixers met Chamberlain's familiar rival, the Boston Celtics. [46], In the 1962–63 NBA season, Gottlieb sold the Warriors franchise for $850,000 (equal to about $7.18 million today)[note 1] to a group of businessmen led by Marty Simmons from San Francisco, and the team relocated to become the San Francisco Warriors under a new coach, Bob Feerick. The 1972–73 NBA season was to be Chamberlain's last, although he didn't know this at the time. "[155] Russell won 11 NBA titles in his career while Chamberlain won two. That's the reason why I was single. Going ahead 3–2, the Sixers defeated the Knicks 115–97 in Game 6 after Chamberlain scored 25 points and 27 rebounds: he had a successful series in which he led both teams in points (153), rebounds (145) and assists (38). [52] It was, however, the first season in which he failed to reach 20 rebounds per game. ", "Toronto Raptors vs. Los Angeles Lakers recap", "ESPN: Top N. American athletes of the century", "DAILY DIME: SPECIAL EDITION The game's greatest giants ever", "Chat Transcript: Celtics Legend Bill Russell @ celtics.com", "Wilt was Philadelphia's greatest athlete", "N.B.A. He ran the 100-yard dash in 10.9 seconds, shot-putted 56 feet, triple jumped more than 50 feet, and won the high jump in the Big Eight track and field championships three straight years.[30]. However, Boston easily won the first two games on the road, winning 115–96 and 114–93; Chamberlain played within his usual range, but his supporting cast shot under 40%. "[37], Chamberlain was the first big earner of basketball; he immediately became the highest paid player upon entering the NBA. He hated the ones that called attention to his height, such as "Goliath" and "Wilt the Stilt". 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. [35], On October 24, 1959, Chamberlain finally made his NBA debut, starting for the Philadelphia Warriors. [108] Jerry West called it "the greatest ball-busting performance I have ever seen. [94], However, the hero of that Game 7 was Willis Reed. For the tip-off, he sent his shortest player, Tommy Kearns, in order to rattle Chamberlain, and the Tar Heels spent the rest of the night triple-teaming him, one defender in front, one behind, and a third arriving as soon as he got the ball. [29] Leading a talented squad of starters, including Maurice King, Gene Elstun, John Parker, Ron Lonesky and Lew Johnson, the Jayhawks went 13–1 until they lost a game 56–54 versus Oklahoma State, who held the ball the last three and a half minutes without any intention of scoring a basket, which was still possible in the days before the shot clock (introduced 1984 in the NCAA). "[17] It was also in this period of his life when his three lifelong nicknames "Wilt the Stilt", "Goliath", and his favorite, "The Big Dipper", were allegedly born. [153] Russell's teams won all four seventh games against Chamberlain's—the combined margin was nine points. Prior to Game 3, things became even worse for the Lakers when Keith Erickson, West's stand-in, had an appendectomy and was out for the season; with rookie Jim McMillian easing the scoring pressure, Chamberlain scored 24 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in a 118–107 victory, but the Bucks defeated the Lakers 117–94 in Game 4 to take a 3–1 series lead. Cherry remarks that there was a certain tension within the team: Greer was the formerly undisputed leader and was not willing to give up his authority, and Jackson, a talented center, was now forced to play power forward because Chamberlain blocked the center spot; however, as the season progressed, the three began to mesh better. [19] During summer vacations, he worked as a bellhop in Kutsher's Hotel. [97] Although Chamberlain lost, he was lauded for holding his own against MVP Alcindor, who was not only 10 years younger, but healthy. [170] In addition, he would often stay out late into the night and wake up at noon,[104] a point that became notorious in the 1965–66 NBA season. [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. [110] In Game 3, Chamberlain scored 26 points and grabbed 20 rebounds for another Lakers win, and in a fiercely battled Game 4, the Lakers center was playing with five fouls late in the game. [52] On March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt scored 100 points, shot 36 of 63 from the field, and made 28 of 32 free throws against the New York Knicks. In the third overtime, the Tar Heels scored two consecutive baskets, but Chamberlain executed a three-point play, leaving KU trailing 52–51. [44], In his first NBA season, Chamberlain averaged 37.6 points and 27 rebounds, convincingly breaking the previous regular-season records. 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. Ex-Lakers teammate Jerry West remembered him as an utterly dominant yet friendly and humorous player, and fellow Hall-of-Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Johnny Kerr, Phil Jackson and Wes Unseld called Chamberlain one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. [24] In the end, after visiting the University of Kansas and conferring with the school's renowned college coach Phog Allen, Chamberlain proclaimed that he was going to play college basketball at Kansas.[24]. [104] Furthermore, he told Chamberlain to use his rebounding and passing skills to quickly initiate fastbreaks to his teammates. Additionally, he was on the hardwood for an average of 48.53 minutes, playing 3,882 of his team's 3,890 minutes. At 7 feet 1 inch, he was the tallest and heaviest player in the league for most of his career, and he was one of the most famous people in the game for many years. In what Cherry calls a tumultuous locker room meeting, Hannum addressed several key issues he observed during the last season, several of them putting Chamberlain in an unfavorable light. In the first game, the Jayhawks played the all-white SMU team, and KU player John Parker later said: "The crowd was brutal. That is totally ridiculous."[33]. [29] Teammate Monte Johnson testified to his athleticism: "Wilt ... had unbelievable endurance and speed ... and was never tired. In his first game, he scored 52 points and grabbed 31 rebounds, breaking both all-time Kansas records in an 87–69 win against Northwestern, who had Chamberlain's future NBA teammate Joe Ruklick. [48], Chamberlain again failed to convert his play into team success, this time bowing out against the Syracuse Nationals in a three-game sweep. [67] In the following 1964–65 NBA season, the Warriors got off to a terrible start and ran into financial trouble. Every time Chamberlain went to bed with a different woman, he put a check in his Day-Timer. Around this time, he has been quoted as saying: "There's been a lot of conversation, since people have been trying to get my jersey number retired, that I have some dislike for the University of Kansas. [8] He played occasional matches for the IVA Seattle Smashers before the league folded in 1979. [52] Despite his individual success, the Warriors lost 49 of their 80 games and missed the playoffs. Wilton Norman Chamberlain (/ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn/; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player who played as a center and is considered one of the greatest players in history. [6], Chamberlain was known by several nicknames during his basketball playing career. The Lakers committed costly turnovers and lost the game 108–106, despite a triple-double from West, who had 42 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. Although a sickly child who almost died from pneumonia, Wilt would grow into a huge athletic body that enabled him to dominate … He also won 4 NBA Most Valuable Player awards and was placed in the Basketball Hall of Fame. On March 2nd, 1962, Wilt accomplished something that to do this day still seems unreal. [47] But in Game 6, Heinsohn got the last laugh, scoring the decisive basket with a last-second tip-in. The press called it an even matchup in all positions, even at center, where Bill Russell was expected to give Chamberlain a tough battle. Browse our great selection of Wilt Chamberlain t-shirts, hoodies, shoes and much more gear to complete your wardrobe. Chamberlain often invited Russell over to Thanksgiving, and at Russell's place, conversation mostly concerned Russell's electric trains. [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. Instead, he was an avid track and field athlete: as a youth, he high jumped6 feet… In his early years Chamberlain was not interested in basketball, because he thought it was "a game for sissies". As his lawyer Seymour "Sy" Goldberg put it: "Some people collect stamps, Wilt collected women. While actively promoting the sport in 1982, Chamberlain claimed he was considering a return to athletic competition, but not in basketball, in Masters athletics. [34][90] Laker Keith Erickson observed that "Butch catered to Elgin and Jerry ... and that is not a good way to get on Wilt's side ... that relationship was doomed from the start. Inside the Insane World of Sports Today (1997), in which he harshly criticized the NBA of the 1990s for being too disrespectful of players of the past. Wilt Chamberlain. Sharman introduced morning shoot-arounds, in which the perennial latecomer Chamberlain regularly participated (in contrast to earlier years with Dolph Schayes) and transformed him into a defensive-minded, low-scoring post defender in the mold of his old rival Bill Russell. [37] After his basketball career, volleyball became Chamberlain's new passion: being a talented hobby volleyballer during his Lakers days,[112] he became a board member of the newly founded International Volleyball Association in 1974, and then its president one year later. [92] During the ninth game, however, he had a serious knee injury, suffering a total rupture of the patellar tendon at the base of his right kneecap,[93] and missed the next several months before appearing in the final three games of the 82-game regular season. "[109], In the 1972 NBA Finals, the Lakers again met the New York Knicks; the Knicks were shorthanded after losing 6'9" Willis Reed to injury, and so, undersized 6'8" Jerry Lucas had the task to defend against the 7'1" Chamberlain. [9], Chamberlain was born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a family of nine children, the son of Olivia Ruth Johnson, a domestic worker and homemaker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman. Chamberlain once again broke the 2,000-rebound barrier with 2,052. "[181] Celtics contemporary Bob Cousy even assumed that if Chamberlain had been less fixated on being popular, he would have been meaner and able to win more titles. He was writing a screenplay about his life. [187], American basketball and volleyball player, Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors (1959–1965). [87] Chamberlain then asked for a trade, and Sixers general manager Jack Ramsay traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers for Darrall Imhoff, Archie Clark and Jerry Chambers. His fouls per 36 minutes (a stat used to compare players that average vastly different minutes) was a remarkable 1.6 per game. 0. [46], The Warriors entered the 1960 NBA Playoffs and beat the Syracuse Nationals, setting up a meeting versus the Eastern Division champions, the Boston Celtics. "[100] Chamberlain also acknowledged that he never came close to marrying and had no intention of raising any children. In 1955, Chamberlain entered the University of Kansas. [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. According to sportswriter Roland Lazenby, a journalist close to the Lakers, Chamberlain was angry at Kosloff for breaking the alleged Richman-Chamberlain deal,[34] but according to Dr. Jack Ramsay, who was the Sixers general manager then, Chamberlain also threatened to jump to the ABA after Hannum left, and forced the trade himself. [45] The Warriors lost the series 4–2. [120], Chamberlain played a villainous warrior and counterpart of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Conan the Destroyer (1984). [90] In return, the center blasted Van Breda Kolff as "the dumbest and worst coach ever". Chamberlain would help lead the Lakers past Abdul-Jabbar and the Bucks in six games. As a sidebar, Wilt was a huge hero of mine—my supreme basketball hero, as a kid and to this day. After losing Elgin Baylor to an Achilles tendon rupture that effectively ended his career, and especially after losing Jerry West after a knee injury, the handicapped Lakers were seen as underdogs against the Milwaukee Bucks of freshly crowned MVP Lew Alcindor, and veteran Hall-of-Fame guard Oscar Robertson in the Western Conference Finals. [111] Chamberlain averaged 13.2 points and 18.6 rebounds, still enough to win the rebounding crown for the 11th time in his career. 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. 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. [13] But according to Chamberlain, "basketball was king in Philadelphia", so he eventually turned to the sport. [13] Chamberlain's prospects of playing under Allen ended, however, when the coach turned 70 shortly after and retired in accordance with KU regulations. 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. [53] Cherry noted that Chamberlain was "difficult" and did not respect coach Neil Johnston, who was unable to handle the star center. [74], Prior to the 1966–67 NBA season, the friendly but unassertive Schayes was replaced by a familiar face, the crafty but firm Alex Hannum. [52] However, Jack Kent Cooke was pleased, because since acquiring Chamberlain, ticket sales went up by 11%. He later tied that on February 21, as he recorded 58 points to go along with 24 rebounds in a 131-121 over the visiting Knicks. If you lose, everybody says, 'How could he lose, a guy that size?' What followed was the first of three consecutive controversial and painful Game 7s in which Chamberlain played. [6] In that season, the center again dominated his opposition by recording 33.5 points and 24.6 rebounds a game, leading the league in both categories. In that year, Wilt set several all-time records which have never been threatened. This caused sports journalist Joe McGinnis to comment: "The Celtics played like champions and the Sixers just played. [5] Chamberlain was so dominant on the team that he scored almost 32% of his team's points and collected 30.4% of their rebounds. The Sixers won the first two games, with Chamberlain and Greer taking credit for respectively defensive dominance and clutch shooting, but San Francisco won two of the next three games, so Philadelphia was up 3–2 prior to Game 6. [156] Chamberlain was named All-NBA first team seven times to Russell's three, but Russell was named league MVP—then selected by players and not the press—five times against Chamberlain's four.

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