Happy Birthday Wilt Chamberlain:

[CavaliersFTW]

One of the Greatest Athletic marvels that ever lived and due to sheer individual dominance, will always have a case as an NBA "GOAT":

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOBX9ikNzEk

[CavaliersFTW]

AHEM! :coleman:

[HomieWeMajor]

Happy birthday to this man who was 6'11 barefoot :applause:

[SpanishACB]

Will you still celebrate once he is dead?

[MP.Trey]

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[JimmyMcAdocious]

How old is he now?

[CavaliersFTW]

How old is he now?
Would have been 78

[HomieWeMajor]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/089/4/1/skyhookgif3_by_dantheman9758-d4uenol.gif
Dat goaltend

[Marchesk]

Most Dominant Ever

[Hey Yo]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/089/4/1/skyhookgif3_by_dantheman9758-d4uenol.gif
KAJ was on CBS sports radio not long ago and claimed that his sky hook had never been blocked.

[kennethgriffin]

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both of those shots were slightly on the way down when he blocked them

[MP.Trey]

both of those shots were slightly on the way down when he blocked them
That's ridiculous. :oldlol:

The first one is barely out of his hand before he blocks it. The second one is debatable but looks right at the apex to me.

[TheReal Kendall]

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I know KAJ was frustrated during that sequence.


It kinda looks like a goaltend when he blocked the sky hook

[Marchesk]

KAJ was on CBS sports radio not long ago and claimed that his sky hook had never been blocked.

The old ones stay salty.

[senelcoolidge]

Happy Birthday to the GOAT center.

[fpliii]

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[G.O.A.T]

From SI about Wilt's arrival to the NBA...


The best guess is that Wilt is 7 feet 2 inches tall. It is a guess, because there has never been an official, public measurement of this giant of a man. But there have been taller basketball players in recent years, and it is not Wilt's height alone that inspires fear and respect among prospective opponents. The important thing is that he is also a strong, fast, well-coordinated athlete. Consider the following: he has run the quarter mile in 49 seconds flat, bettered 6 feet 7 in the high jump, put the shot 51 feet, can lift 265 pounds in the clean-and-jerk and 210 in the military press. For none of these feats did Chamberlain prepare himself through normal training; they were casual, offhand achievements by an athlete who has always devoted his free time and effort to basketball.

As a teen-age boy he was already a fine player at Philadelphia's Overbrook High, where he set all manner of scoring and rebounding records. In his first game as a collegian at Kansas, he blocked a dozen shots and scored 52 points against a 6-foot-10 opponent who said afterward: "He made me feel like a little boy out there." In preseason exhibition games thus far against NBA teams, his performances have brought similar comment. St. Louis' Clyde Lovelette, 6 feet 9 and one of the best shooters in the game, says: "A small man like me doesn't have much chance with Wilt. He's the toughest offensive pivot man in the league right now and he hasn't played his first official game." Much of Chamberlain's value to a team is obvious, even to nonbasketball fans. But a great deal more can be simply described. Because of his quickness, reach and great spring, he is a constant threat to all rival players, not just the man he is assigned to guard. The best of opposing shooters must carefully note where Wilt is before firing or risk having the ball batted clear of the basket. His own teammates, therefore, can often play their men loosely and gamble on stealing the ball because Chamberlain is sure to be around to help them if they fail. This is a luxury that players for the Boston Celtics have enjoyed for several years now, because the great Bill Russell performs a similar function on that team.

[PHILA]

Some nice outlet passes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHskN2mt-Y0&t=46s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO1nB2FUxvE&t=6m6s


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