In actuality, how insane was Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA career?

In actuality, how insane was Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA career?

No one can top Michael Jordan. This viewpoint is so widely shared among NBA players and supporters that it’s almost a catchphrase in barbershops and basketball communities across the globe. The Jordan name and heritage are now so well-known that they represent the gold standard. Jordan was known as “Black Jesus” by many of his peers, and his career was as close to flawless as it got. But a lot of people overlook the fact that Jordan’s career began much earlier in the NBA. In the NBA, there was a new sheriff before his Airness. Wilt Chamberlain was his name.

For the average NBA fan, Chamberlain is merely a statistical guru who was never able to reach his full potential as a champion. Even though Chamberlain only had two championships—in 1967 and 1972—he had a much more successful career. The NBA players of Wilt Chamberlain’s era were dwarfed by the inhabitants of Lilliput in Gulliver’s Travels, to begin with. Being a physical beast, he might have been a standout member of any team or individual in almost any sport.

This is due to the fact that Chamberlain was, as social media users like to remark, “built different.” In the NBA, the average center was slightly over 6’9″ and 225 pounds; he was 7’1″ and 275 pounds. Wilt’s team was able to take use of this intimidating frame in addition to using it as a tool for intimidation.

More than 85 pounds than Shaquille O’Neal’s maximum weight, who is considered by many to be the most physically powerful player of the contemporary era. The league would have been in the same situation as me attempting to protect LeBron James if Chamberlain had decided he didn’t need a finesse game. “The best thing that happened to the NBA is that God made Wilt a nice person… he could have killed us all with his left hand,” said NBA coach and contemporary Jack McMahon.

Among his other ridiculous athletic achievements are his 10.9-second 100-yard sprint time, 56-foot shot put throw, 50-foot triple jump, and what is purported to be the biggest vertical in NBA history—48 inches. Among the most striking features.

is that they were achieved while wearing converses, a shoe that offers next to zero foot support. To put it very simply, if you go to your local YMCA and see someone lacing up a pair of Chuck Taylor Converses, one of two things are bound to happen. They are either gonna play one game of pickup basketball and then quit sports altogether or you are about to be humbled by your local Uncle Drew.

Despite the unfortunate lack of game film of Chamberlain, multiple celebrities have given the NBA legend extremely high praise, validating his statistical output that looks like an outlier in every category.

Actor and well regarded bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger declared him to be the strongest man he had ever seen. Even the Terminator has to give Chamberlain credit, especially after witnessing firsthand how he was able to lift his 240-pound body with one arm and do 180-pound tricep extension reps.