Did Lebron have one of the greatest debuts in NBA history?

[SourPatchKids]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m0_f...eature=related

[WeGetRing2012]

Who the fu.ck cares it took him a lifetime & luck to win a ring...

[HardwoodLegend]

I remember everyone around me was saying he wouldn't be shit and that he was overhyped coming out of St. V St. M.

I watched every televised high school game of his and knew he would be special. He was a sure thing in my eyes.

I wish he was still this good though. He made some unbelievable shots in that debut that he wouldn't be able to duplicate today.

[jlauber]

Too bad we don't have footage of Chamberlain's debut game. 43 points, on 17-27 shooting, with 28 rebounds, and a reported 17 blocked shots.

[HardwoodLegend]

Too bad we don't have footage of Chamberlain's debut game. 43 points, on 17-27 shooting, with 28 rebounds, and a reported 17 blocked shots.

"One of the greatest".

No need to get defensive and hype up Wilt, haha.

[Clippersfan86]

What's crazier to me is just how different his game was. Attacking the paint nonstop and he had a very streaky jumper. Also had a more herky jerky style.

[blood yes]

Too bad we don't have footage of Chamberlain's debut game. 43 points, on 17-27 shooting, with 28 rebounds, and a reported 17 blocked shots.

Damn, 17 blocks#!@!@#@#!@#!@#!!@#@#!@#!

That is an insane amount, especially considering that was Wilt's FIRST game??@#??????

Give me a link, that seems too good

[Deuce Bigalow]

Too bad we don't have footage of Chamberlain's debut game. 43 points, on 17-27 shooting, with 28 rebounds, and a reported 17 blocked shots. *

*Weak Era

[HardwoodLegend]

*Weak Era

I don't get why people insist on holding Wilt's era against him. He had no control over that. Not his fault he was just so ahead of his time.

At 7'1 with the kind of athleticism he had, he would extremely effective in any era.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Lebron-Miles-Davis-Boozer-Big Z was the starting lineup. Still remember Peja going off that game.

[riseagainst]

25/9/6/2 shooting 60%

[che guevara]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFWJI1iEBkQ&feature=plcp

Another game from his rookie year, when he was still 18. He took over the game down the stretch in this one, scoring 12 points in the last 3-4 minutes including a ridiculous fadeaway to seal it. But he was never clutch until 2012, right?

I was impressed by the balance on his jumper in some of his rookie games, it seems like his shooting form improved drastically the next couple years while his balance got worse.

[jlauber]

Damn, 17 blocks#!@!@#@#!@#!@#!!@#@#!@#!

That is an insane amount, especially considering that was Wilt's FIRST game??@#??????

Give me a link, that seems too good

There are several sources, but I just grabbed the first I could find...

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/g...ames-wilt.html

The NBA records do not include Wilt's blocked shots and steal totals, because the league didn't officially keep track of those stats until 1973-74, the year after he retired. But it was reported that he had 43 points, 28 rebounds and 17 blocks in his first NBA game in 1959 and he had 24 points, 29 rebounds and 10 blocks in Game5 of the 1972 NBA Finals, at age 35 while leading the Lakers to the title despite a fractured wrist.

[Deuce Bigalow]

I don't get why people insist on holding Wilt's era against him. He had no control over that. Not his fault he was just so ahead of his time.

At 7'1 with the kind of athleticism he had, he would extremely effective in any era.

Jlaub compares stats from that era to this era, as if they are the same.

[jlauber]

*Weak Era

Can you imagine the numbers he would put up in THIS era...the era of the NONE CENTER?