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Originally Posted by CavaliersFTW
Hmmm yah I can keep my eye out for some and post it, it I'm sure I can come accross a few highlights of that type of defense against him. Just a heads up newspapers and interviews by other players suggest it was typically a tactic almost exclusively implemented by the Boston Celtics of the early 60's when Wilt's teams were structured to depend on his scoring abilities but not when Wilt played for teams coached by Alex Hannum as a high-post facilitator because they knew he would pass off to the open man as soon as a double came to him. This would explain why both 1964 NBA finals and 1967 NBA finals games of Wilt doesn't showcase much double-teaming from the Celtics. Seeing as how there is only limited footage of Wilt in the early 60s when his job was to score (and no games), it is probably why such little footage exists of these alleged double-teams but I'm confident that it was true and that I do have footage of it in my library.
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What is hilarious is watching Wilts college games.
On every possession the entire defense would gravitate to Wilt. Some guys would be in back of him and two in front of him to try to deny a pass, and the second he caught it the entire team collapsed on him.
Re: Any interest in watching the 1969 NBA all-star game?
