Wilt Chamberlain swishes four 3-point range hook shots in a row

[QUOTE=elementally morale]Indeed. I'm old enough to have 'starred' in more than one documentary. The TV guys arrived and asked if I could 'spontaneously' do this and that so that they can make the actual clip. The things they asked for were ones (or very similar to ones) that actually did happen... just not at the time the documentary was shot. I had this experience both in business-related and sport-related clips (krav-maga).

[SIZE="1"]BTW, you are right. I don't buy the official 9/11 story either. I have no idea as to what the fu(k really happened, but I can tell the official version stinks. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
Did people really go to the moon? Huge conspiracy there too. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories[/url]

[QUOTE]That clip doesn't exist to make money - it's not a MJ Nike commercial - it's nothing but 25 seconds taken from a low-budget documentary. There is ZERO incentive to fake it.[/QUOTE]


Why? Imagine this: Wilt did indeed sink 10 such shots in a row once. People saw that and thought to themselves: this should exist on film. So they made a clip. At the time the documentary was made, Wilt made some and missed some. So they chose to make the clip we see it. What we are able to watch now is a result of this. It is true and it is not at the same time. If anything, this is the most plausible scenario to me.

[QUOTE=josh99]Did people really go to the moon?[/url][/QUOTE]

The question is fine. Yes, I believe that story. It is convincing. Not seeing Wilt actually taking the the hook shots (except 1) is not that convincing. It MAY have happened. I doubt it did at the time the clip was made. It's hard to believe the camera having been there and choosing not to show us the actual shots.

[QUOTE=elementally morale]The question is fine. Yes, I believe that story. It is convincing. Not seeing Wilt actually taking the the hook shots (except 1) is not that convincing. It MAY have happened. I doubt it did at the time the clip was made. It's hard to believe the camera having been there and choosing not to show us the actual shots.[/QUOTE]
To be honest I'm not too worried either way about the video, one clip isn't going to make or break his legacy :confusedshrug:

The moon conspiracy is interesting though, I'm about 50-50 whether I believe it or not.

[QUOTE=josh99]To be honest I'm not too worried either way about the video, one clip isn't going to make or break his legacy[/QUOTE]


That's what I'm saying. Added to this, I'm not convinced the clip is legit.

[QUOTE=elementally morale]That's what I'm saying. Added to this, I'm not convinced the clip is legit.[/QUOTE]
Yea I wasn't sure when I first saw it but can't really see any motive for them to fake it. It's not like its a super amazing feat, its easy to get on a hot streak in practice.

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[QUOTE=elementally morale]I do believe he made such shots. I just don't believe it happened at the time this clip was made. It's pretty hard to believe. The camera is there. We are talking about Wilt. Hook shots. 3 point range. 4 in a row. We have a camera.

Yet, the actual shots themselves are not filmed (except 1). Why? It was simply unimportant? Then why have the camera there to begin with[/quote]

wilt had over 200 forty point games. None of them seem to have been recorded and shown in modern times. Some of them legendary finals games. why did they have cameras at those games to begin with? is it possible they didn't happen the way we are told?

because that's what shitty camera work, editing, and preservation from 40 years ago when nobody cared means right?

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]wilt had over 200 forty point games. None of them seem to have been recorded and shown in modern times. Some of them legendary finals games. why did they have cameras at those games to begin with? is it possible they didn't happen the way we are told?

because that's what shitty camera work, editing, and preservation from 40 years ago when nobody cared means right?[/QUOTE]

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The film went in the side of the camera.... They would have film in the camera but they would leave the door open so that it wouldn't waste film.

I mean they would broadcast NBA games live, but just leave the camera running and it was [B]not recording.[/B] Once the game had been broadcast, that was it. There was [I][B]never[/B][/I] film of a lot of games. They did that for years and years.

I know a lot wasnt recorded. but when you watch the old documentaries like the one this video was taken from its clear they have a lot of footage or at least had a lot of footage and it's lost or just never shown. You can find old news footage of games but never live footage.

I wish the NBA went through with that plan to archive everything they had a few years back.

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]I know a lot wasnt recorded. but when you watch the old documentaries like the one this video was taken from its clear they have a lot of footage or at least had a lot of footage and it's lost or just never shown. You can find old news footage of games but never live footage.

I wish the NBA went through with that plan to archive everything they had a few years back.[/QUOTE]

I'd like to see 70s games - Cowens, Bob Lanier, McAdoo, Tiny Archibald... there are the few highlight clips and some games on youtube but not much.

People say the greatest matchup of basketball, or one of them, was Chamberlain & Russell. But I never saw their early days, I started watching NBA about 66-67 season.. What I saw was Wilt destroying Russell, game in, game out. It wasn't really close at all. Regardless of what sportswriters who never saw them will tell you. To me that was no great matchup. Now the [I]teams[/I], the games? Oh yeah. But that's not the same thing at all. But there's no footage, or darn little.

The games I would like to see again are the early 70s games between Chamberlain, Thurmond, Lanier & Jabbar. Because Wilt declined severely after his knee blew out... he became... almost human. THOSE were MATCHUPS.

Nate Thurmond was a force on a court but here again, his knees. Willis Reed, same thing.

We truly live in an age of miracles. These knee injuries of David West, Al Jefferson and so forth... and I HOPE Ricky Rubio.... they come back better than ever it seem like!! Guys just weren't going to come back from those.

But yeah the NBA needs to show up on the subject of film. It's pathetic.

Wow. :eek: