Is Wilt Chamberlain HUMAN!? ● Strength Stories You Won't Believe

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[@FoobasSports]

Has anyone ever matched Wilt Chamberlain's strength in the NBA?

[@BeastSquad-uq1wh]

No

[@danielandersson7485]

I'd say he'd not only the strongest in total, but also from the pound-by-pound point of view. 7,1 feet plus that "farmer strenght" lol overkill

[@manumalia]

I don’t think so

[@Maximillian200HP]

Nowhere close. Ben Wallace was pretty strong, but not to the level of Wilt. Even Shaq wasn't as strong as Wilt.

[@bossplayermfs5972]

Hell Naw.

[@kelvinkloud]

that shot put story is nuts.... those guys were the best in the world.... wilt simply an absolute physical once in a century freak.

[@dimitrisfarmakis7572]

Do you know he was throwing with both hands? Stop the bullshit.

[@enigma9971]

​@@dimitrisfarmakis7572where are you getting this information? 🤣 He threw it with both hands?! Like his massive hand couldn't handle a shot put. You're funny

[@poindextertunes]

@@dimitrisfarmakis7572that doesn’t even makes sense from a kineses stand point. just say you don’t like the guy. no need to make shxt up

[@ronbonora7872]

@@dimitrisfarmakis7572 if there is any bull here it is you fool.

[@enigmoxical]

I started watching Wilt play in 1968. I can still remember a nationally televised game on Christmas Day that year where he blocked 23 shots. He was my favorite player to watch back then and is still the greatest player I ever watched. RIP Wilt … you are greatly missed.

[@kevinmadden1645]

Were games in any sport broadcast on Christmas Day in 1968?

[@enigmoxical]

@@kevinmadden1645 Search it out. Use the key words "Wilt" "23 blocks" "Christmas". I tried to post a link but the YT censorship police blocked it.

[@lancethedragonmaster8562]

​@@kevinmadden1645 ABC broadcasted christmas games from 1967 - 1972

[@rday710]

Most don't realize just how good Wilt rreally was. In a game on March 18, 1968...he had an unofficial quintuple double, since they didn't count steals and blocks at the time. In that game he had 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 11 steals and 24 blocks!!! GOAT.

[@kevinmadden1645]

Anyone who thinks Russell was a better player doesn't know what he is talking about .

[@Stuntman-Jeff]

24 blocks??? Insane!

[@user-xu9rm6tr3x]

Yes, but in all fairness he was playing against white guys half his size

[@c99kfm]

@@user-xu9rm6tr3x If that's how you want to call Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, sure. He got his quintuple against the Lakers led by Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside, with an average player height of 6'5". Mel Counts, their 7' center had already won two rings in 65 and 66. This Lakers team would get into the '68 Playoffs, beat the Bulls in 5 games, sweep the Warriors in 4 before losing the Finals to the Russell-led Celtics in 6 games with a point differential of only 9 points.

[@toddhanley6982]

​@@user-xu9rm6tr3xLike Walt Bellamy, Artis Gilmore, Willis Reed, Bill Russell, and Wes Unsell. Or are you content to sound as stew pit as you do

[@johnkoziol7425]

To put it succinctly: Wilt Chamberlain was an ABSOLUTE phenomenon!!!

[@vernonleewarren280]

This man was absolutely incredible!!! Wilt is definitely the Goat!

[@BlahMcJones]

Agreed. Simply unfathomable athletic ability and strength.

[@joelhoulette3244]

@@vernonleewarren280 i agree that wilt was one of the best but he won 2 championships. Bill russell won 11. Russell is the goat.

[@joemysterymusic]

These Wilt stories are fantastic, Probably the greatest pure athlete of all time let alone basketball player. My favorite player.

[@christhembones8244]

Shaq looks caught off guard how strong Wilt’s handshake was.

[@scottfeuerhammer3595]

Shaq can't handle Wilt.

[@stay4rmme413]

Shaq hole body shook

[@mitchelll3879]

Wilt was massive strong.. shaq is just fat

[@John-ct9zs]

I can't tell if Wilt's normal handshake is just so abnormally strong, or was Shaq's reaction because Wilt intentionally gave Shaq a power handshake. Some guys do that, they like to show off how manly they are to other men and practically tear your arm off. I know an old man that does it, he's nearly 80 years old but likes to give power hand shakes. So it's hard to tell if Shaq's reaction was "bro, do you really need to give an unnecessary handshake like that!?" Would Wilt shake the hand of non-NBA players like that?

[@John-ct9zs]

@@mitchelll3879 Shaq only got fat from 2004 and after or so, before that he was a beast of muscle. This clip is from the 90s, and Shaq was lean skinny guy.

[@rameinaussie]

WILT the myth ,the legend, the God of basketball. let others fight as to who wants to be a GOAT

[@LordNuDTru141]

A 25 YEAR OLD WILT VERSUS A 25 YEAR OLD MICHAEL JORDAN IS A COMEDY SHOW! WILT WAS FASTER THAN JORDAN, MUCH LONGER AND JUMPED HIGHER AND 3X AS STRONG! HE WOULD HAVE BLOCKED EVERYTHING THAT JORDAN WOULD HAVE TRIED. IN A GAME OF 100, WILT 100 JORDAN 40!

[@ks-vy2mi]

@@LordNuDTru141 get some help

[@AlexanderMoen]

Y'all misunderstood. When he said he was attacked by a cougar and got those back scratches, he was talking about one of the 20k women or however many he said he slept with

[@francus7227]

Bah ha ha ha....

[@vainfreeland5884]

He indeed had big scratch marks on his back. U can see in some interviews where he wear his fam t-shirt.

[@spaltersar]

Interesting fact: Wilt himself never told the cougar story. It was told by Cal Ramsey, Knicks Announcer.

[@EttorealbertoGelli-vr6sz]

The duel with a cougar Is a Warner cartoon

[@MJRazza]

The greatest athlete of all time, truly the outlier of outliers.

[@jackfanning7952]

Secretariat was the greatest athlete of all time. Wilt was #2.

[@Ry3nel]

​@jackfanning7952 the horse?

[@jackfanning7952]

@@Ry3nel Do you know any other Secretariat?

[@mikewilliams9069]

Lmaostewpid comments

[@joshportie]

Not even close. Best in american history perhaps. Certainly better than anything after him.

[@jamesrobinson7381]

Wilt was naturally strong. Plus an athlete

[@williamjohnrigneyjr1839]

Wilt Chamberlain was a freak of nature. NO ONE ELSE WAS CLOSE! Guys like LeBron are only legends in their own minds.

[@katberry_]

Thats so stupid to say Lebron isnt a legend why put others down to elevate who u personally idolize

[@hubertivlerbautista9752]

Wilt was practically a genetic super human

[@diaz-juan-cablo-paolo-loui1460]

Wilt was stronger than an ox A true freak of nature There will never ever be another Wilt Chamberlain !

[@George-gk7nc]

The REAL GOAT 🐐

[@hardbodytv7706]

The Almighty Wilt Chamberlain

[@Christian13740]

Wilt was a Mix of the Incredible Hulk and Herman Munster ! 😳😃

[@Mik-xq2co]

People tend to equate Shaq’s size (weight - over weight he was) to strength. There are a lot of big (fat) guys out there that are not necessarily strong. Don’t get me wrong, Shaq was big and strong, but not freakishly strong like Wilt. His bull rush style of play would not have been allowed back in the 60’s. Wilt was just blessed with an unequaled combination of athleticism, agility, strength, stamina, quickness and strength! Unfortunately TV was not prevalent back in the 60s so much of Wilt’s accomplishments have no video footage. He is similar to Ruth in being an anomaly that is hard to fathom due to not a lot of video.

[@JardoniJovonovich]

Wilt was the greatest athlete to ever walk the earth.

[@thedarksage328]

Wilt Chamberlain holds the most NBA records, including the record for the most regular-season records, a 100-point game, and the NBA rebounding record of all time

[@syncmonism]

He SHOULD also hold just about every blocking record too, but they didn't formally record those. However, it is widely known that he could block more than twenty shots in a good game, and his average blocks per game over his entire career was very likely roughly 7 per game.

[@billyjohnson1977]

Wilt did unimaginable things. Without modern training and technology. Imagine if he'd had that.

[@francus7227]

Imagine if he played with ATTITUDE instead of kindness. What if he had Bill Laimbeer's Ndamukong Suh's approach....???

[@timd4408]

We helped build Wilt's house in Los Angeles on the top of Mulholland. One day I was delivering large doors that weighed 125 lbs each, when I pulled Wilt was there and asked if he could help me. I was caught off guard, No Mr. Chamberlain, I can do it. He didn't listen to me, he grabbed four of them ( 500 lbs. ) and carried them into the house.

[@FoobasSports]

Amazing!

[@MikeKeenan-qr8lp]

Damn

[@Maximillian200HP]

Love all these clips from former players telling stories! Lots of stuff I'd never seen before and I watch almost EVERY Wilt Chamberlain video that anyone I'm subbed to uploads. Good job digging all this stuff up that I'd never seen before.

[@BrehBruhBrehBruhBreh]

If they put his Volleyball games on TV they 100% would have put his lifts on TV. I believe he was even offered to prove them and he cowardly ran away from it. Just like how he ran away from Ali. Dude was a complete fraud.

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

@@BrehBruhBrehBruhBreh "You can come out now Wilt!" 🤕

[@a-rod279]

I recently heard the phrase “Many walked healthy in the NBA because of Wilt's great patience and mercy.”

[@jamesrandolph6021]

In 1981 was working the door at the Blue Water Cafe on Waikiki. I was used to seeing huge people since there are plenty of professional athletes who would come to Hawaii on vacation as well as some really big Hawaiians and Samoans who worked as bouncers in the clubs. Wilt walked in one night and I basically had to reprogram myself to what I had always thought of as being really big. I shook his hand and remember that he seemed to cradle my hand like an adult might do to keep from hurting a child. I had always thought of myself as being pretty strong because I pretty much lived in the gym back then. I'll never forget how I went from feeling strong to feeling almost powerless when I was next to Wilt.

[@diesel1344]

A friend of mine and I, with some lady friends, were in a restaurant on the Wharf in 1968 in SF when Wilt walked in and sat at the next table. Sitting down he looked like a really strong guy of maybe 6'6". He was so well proportioned you could not believe it when he stood up. We said hello and he was extremely polite and shook our hands and I think he could have wrapped his hand twice around mine. He then left with the three gorgeous ladies that accompanied him. Saw Russell two weeks later at Cala foods in Berkeley.

[@charlieb3943]

Greatest player ever!

[@joelhoulette3244]

@@charlieb3943 bill russell is the greatest then michael jordan.

[@cestlavie5713]

Wilt once said that the only man to ever beat him in arm wrestling is the Late NFL Great, Jim Brown. That also shows how strong Jim Brown was. 🤔😉

[@andrzejzborowski4920]

Andre the Giant could handle him too

[@allistermcginlay6476]

Who took 28 minutes to do it, according to an observer! Wilt would have learned the basic technique of arm wrestling and been a much better competitive opponent...

[@Hentai-Semite]

And Jim Brown confirmed tha it was Ali who backed out of a Box fight with Wilt Chamberlain. no joke - you can find the video on YT

[@kevinmadden1645]

@@andrzejzborowski4920 Don't be so sure!

[@dunningkruger3774]

Jim Brown was friends with Angelo Dundee. He thought he could whump Ali and wanted to fight him. Ali saw Jim in the park and said "so I hear you think you can whump me? I want you to try to hit me as hard as you can." Jim swung for the fence for a full minute with Ali dodging every punch. Then like lightning, Ali slaps the hell out of Jim. Jim said....."ok, I get it now".

[@paysour1]

I actually started to cry. I am thankful that someone made a video to highlight this superhuman.

[@charlesjohnson536]

WILT CHAMBERLAIN#13 .. THE BEST .. THE MOST ATHLETIC .. AND MOST DOMINANT PLAYER IN NBA HISTORY ..

[@jecmeister]

The Stilt!!!!

[@alanbaum6690]

Simply put he is the greatest physical specimen known to have ever walked the face of the Earth

[@lilbru]

Wish I knew wilton Norman Chamberlain as a teenager..not the athlete but the person. He died when I was 15 but he's been one of my favorite player besides Kobe and kg but once I learned more about wilt..I was won over

[@nonamewillbegiven1217]

Sounding like you wanna marry him. Weirdo

[@bluebeastsrt]

Wilt was incredibly strong. I seen him and Arnold lift a solid stone wall.

[@enigma9971]

🤣 that was impressive

[@wpl8275]

A real life Paul Bunyan.

[@lilbru]

Naw the real life wilt Chamberlain..get it right

[@gerardrbain1972]

I think Wilt was more like Goku

[@nonamewillbegiven7228]

Like a true fanboy

[@nonamewillbegiven7228]

@@gerardrbain1972 Goku is a fictional alien smooth brain. Nice try

[@gerardrbain1972]

@nonamewillbegiven7228 Goku is one of the most famous fictional characters ever. Therefore me drawing comparison between a transcendental player like Wilt Chamberlain and a transcendental fictional character would be a reference most people would get. I am sorry my reference went over your head. I hope me expounding further on my point cleared up your confusion

[@BruceMusto]

Wilt would be scoring 100 a night in today's league.

[@peterbulloch4328]

I saw an interview with Phil Jackson where he told a story about Shaq asking him about Wilt and whether he could have matched todays players. Phil said there's one stat of Wilts if Shaq could match it he would consider if todays players could match Wilt and that is to play every minute of every game for a season. So Shaq took the challenge but after 8 games of playing every minute he sent someone to ask Phil to drop his minutes back off as before!😁😂🤣😃

[@gynandroidhead]

He definitely could palm a 16-pound ball without the holes in it.

[@francus7227]

With either hand.

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

16 lb. Bowling ball with no holes in it, Wilt would bowl with? So then his life was like Gulliver's travels, havin' fun with all these Lilliputians! What a character.

[@gynandroidhead]

@@user-kh2ig7ew3w No, he could palm it.

[@donaldlewis1347]

Love this. When I was around 12 or thirteen years old, my twin brother and 1st cousin were in San Francisco on a trip to California and met Wilt. Not only was he a Giant but a real gentleman.

[@OdelinSerrano-zu5fo]

This fantastic creature is just amazing. I'm a huge fan. When even the BEST defender ever in NBA history had no answers for him, I can only imagine what he'll do with these lollipop centers playing today.

[@peace-yv4qd]

I never really thought about Chamberlin's strength just his play. I watched him play the LA Lakers in LosAngeles during the mid 60's. He was playing for the San Francisco Warriors and had a fade away bank shot that was unstoppable. When he was on his game his team won that night.

[@brianhornsby4627]

Greatest body and ability any human soul has ever inhabited. Wilt.

[@gainlabs]

I don't care about no basketball bro a mountain 🦁lion that gets my attention, my respect!

[@peace7482]

Even MJ feared Wilt's confidence.

[@TobyKBTY]

Wilt wasn't just an athlete. Dude was a demigod lol

[@Hentai-Semite]

What a top athlete is to normal people Wilt was to top athletes

[@jcice131949]

I remember hearing Walt Hazzard tell a story about Wilt, he said Wilt was in the lane and was getting ready to dump the basketball Walt said he put one hand on the top of the ball and the other hand on the bottom of the ball to stop wilt from dunking, Chamberlain went up to dunk the ball, and Hazard was still holding on once he got a couple of feet in the air. He said he let go because he didn’t want to be the first human being to be dunked lol

[@leroymould3708]

I saw Wilt once at the Forum drag 2 guys from the other team across the floor-- all 3 holding the ball-- but Wilt dragged them both and their feet were bouncing on the floor. I don't remember who they were playing, but I will never forget seeing that.

[@Moishe555]

i did a book report on Wilt Chamberlain's autobiography in 4th grade. My mom was really not happy with my choice, but my dad was thrilled.

[@jmaxim80]

Just by his body shape and physical build, I believe he had some of that, ancient mighty men of old DNA in him. It doesn't get expressed like it used to 100 to 200 years ago but from time to time it gets awakened to this day.

[@philiptaranto8828]

I have to laugh when people name other people the GOAT and that Wilt only played against small white guys - Russell, Lanier, Reed, Thurmond, Unseld - and he dominated. They have no idea just how great he was.

[@anthonytobias5459]

If he was that strong and that athletic without the training facilities. He would do the same thing against anybody in any era.

[@johnnyv.5142]

Many people don't realize that Wilt played in an era of great centers, Bill Russell, Willis Reed, Wes Unseld, Nate Thurman, and Kareem just to mention a few! Wilt put up massive numbers against worthy centers!

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

Bob Lanier!

[@Alexander-nb1rz]

Wilt stated that the toughest player he played against was Nate Thurman as big as he was.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen320]

⁠@@Alexander-nb1rzI thought he said Walt Bellamy was his toughest matchup

[@marcus813]

Wilt was so great that the NBA implemented rules to make things more fair for the rest of the players!

[@johnjacobjingle7177]

Im telling you Wilt is the greatest basketball player to ever live. Yall dont know and he has been forgotten by many but that dont mean he wasn't the best. They changed the games rules so wilt wouldnt totally dominate it. Wilt was the first to dunk from the free throw and it wasn't that hard for him. He was ao dominate that they told him he scored to much so he became an assist machine that year. He could have done whatever he wanted. The man scored 100 points. The record of 20k is in question but the fact the conversation is had means he was like modern day genghis khan😂

[@basketball1652]

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[@manumalia]

He was the greatest for sure.

[@mikewilliams9069]

Lmao more stewpidcomments. Even dummer that none of you even saw him play

[@mikewilliams9069]

@@manumaliamore dummkoments

[@joeldriver-sp2rg]

The most basic fundamental of the game is shooting and he's one of the worst in history. I'm sorry but you're not the greatest basketball player of all time if you can't even shoot.

[@Treborstuben]

Wilt is the all time super Jayhawk!

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

I believe he is far stronger 💪 than shaq ever was, wilt chamberlain was a true decathlon athletic a true freak of nature with animal strength running speed endurance stamina ect he could play any sport he set his mind to.

[@bubufubu]

That man-child's name does not belong in any discussions about Wilt Chamberlain. Don't mention him again.

[@basketball1652]

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[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

​@@basketball1652🤡

[@manumalia]

Did you see the video of Wilt shaking Shaq’s and Ewing’s hand? He almost took Shaq’s arm. Not even close. I understand Shaq is big and they couldn’t stop him, but Wilt is in a class by himself.

[@mikewilliams9069]

@@bubufubuquit being soft, wilt is apoozy

[@ronaldedson496]

Dad friend played against wilt chamberlain in Philadelphia during hs. Friend was 6'8"

[@vinces5761]

The true 🐐

[@allistermcginlay6476]

Wilt chamberlain, when he was building his mansion in California. He had some work done by a local artisan for his kitchen and when the deliverymen arrived he helped them unload the vehicle, it took normally four men to move one of these items, it was either wood or stone-work and Wilt picked up two under his arm effortlessly and walked into the house.... in Wilts case he really worked at it....his three school friends talked about Wilt having a three hundred pound dumbbell set in his bedroom at 15 and at 16 Wilt under an assumed name played against full grown adults averaging 40 points a game....

[@djo-dji6018]

Hilarious fake stories.

[@allistermcginlay6476]

​@djo-dji6018 All his teammates are fake? Arnold Schwarzenegger is fake? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is fake who talks about Wilt being held by multiple basketball players and still dunking!

[@waynemartin8925]

​@@djo-dji6018he played against equivalent of farm league baseball basket teams.he got paid and had excellent stats..

[@MegaMma4life]

The goat rest in paradise wilt we miss you

[@zacheryarchie4765]

whos the goat in Mma

[@leejcheyta]

This 🥷🏽 was a cyborg or sum 😭😭

[@iess2006]

GOLIATH - I'll never forget the first time I saw him at 5 years old. Glued to the TV I saw a giant of a man.

[@nonamewillbegiven1217]

No you didn't. Trolll

[@jonathontuttle]

Another great video, thank you!

[@FoobasSports]

Much appreciated 🙏🙏

[@daveforgot127]

I like the way you did the video. most videos are the same thing. You made it more creative and added a few new pictures.

[@JoeBuck-uc3bl]

Imagine being caught in a small locked room where Wilt Chamberlain and Andre The Giant suddenly break into a violent fist fight.

[@23aceballer]

They were both very gentle giants and decent, kind men though I doubt either of them would be violent.

[@msolomon1781]

​@@23aceballeryeah, but you're leaving out the part of one of them being a known racist. (Andre) 😏🥱

[@Ease54]

@@23aceballer Let's imagine a "last piece of pizza" scenario.

[@gregamerson9172]

​@msolomon1781 if u gotta bring that s**t up then it shows that ur the same Thing Keep throwing dat race card BOY

[@sambo416]

​@msoltomon1781 they met in real life on conan the barbian set and were cool.

[@The-Dom]

Andre and Wilt are the two most athletic giants of all time. To be that big, that strong, and that agile is unheard of.

[@donerickson7305]

Wilt seemed like a nice guy too

[@patricktully1874]

He was the original BO JACKSON wilt could have played any sport or could have been a gold medalist in multiple events

[@EriPages]

I was only going to watch a few seconds. A few seconds later, the entire 10 minute video ended leaving me wanting MORE.

[@FoobasSports]

I guess I could do a part 2.

[@sy5599]

MJ is what he is because David Stern and NBA Entertainment made him. Wilt was the greatest to play the game bar none. Politics is why Wilt's legacy, by and large, is ignored in comparison to other players.

[@RG-ct6qz]

No NBA player would disagree.

[@popdafourliketupacshakur6256]

All fax

[@PoliticusRex632]

You don't make money marketing a dead guy.

[@manumalia]

I pretty much agree with your statement. I also think winning two rings is unfairly used against him. He was clearly better than Russell. I just wanted to ask you about his politics. I wasn’t aware of that.

[@manumalia]

@@RG-ct6qztrue.

[@robertjohnson4401]

If you needed to pick an all around athlete in all of recorded history to represent earth in the Universe Olympics, the clear choice would be Wilt Chamberlain.

[@jimmyjameson8705]

He's a Bigfoot....him and Andre the giant

[@davidmcdonald9374]

We love you Bill Walton Throw it down big fellow Throw it down 😅

[@kiercebarrington949]

Black superman

[@MikeKeenan-qr8lp]

Wilt the Stilt, Wilt the Goat! When Wilt played the rules were against him, when MJ played they changed the rules to benefit him

[@irishgrl]

Shaq WISHES he was Wilt.

[@jonathanglabman]

Wilt Chamberlain trained Chuck Norris

[@KALICOE]

I always said if his bench and 40 time plus vertical and everything else is true we still never seen another player like him it's been plenty LeBrons and shaqs and kobe but nobody built like wilt

[@dawoool]

I got to see him play in person in the '71 finals. Also in that series Pat Riley and Phil Jackson played against each other.

[@nylesfrench3568]

Wilt was probably scared of Killing someone. These stories are Real yet sounds like something from the Trials Hercules . Then there's his Ancient Olympic Mythical Athletic ability

[@flatcat47]

On TV I saw him break up a fight by wrapping the other team's fellow up from behind and carrying him to the other end of the court. Other fellow was calmed down by then! AND...Wilt was set for a dunk when the opposing (250 lb.) center decided to foul him instead. He stood face-to-face with Wilt and grabbed both his wrists. WILT CARRIED THE GUY UP TO MAKE THE DUNK. ('Course he probably missed his free throw.)

[@johngalt7958]

The Big Dipper the best there ever was!

[@bp4187]

Wilt was an extraordinary natural athlete. Few know he could run like a deer: He ran the 440 yd dash (400 meters) in under 50 seconds at Kansas as an undergraduate. A noteworthy feat in the mid 50's, but amazing for someone not on the track team.

[@jimshepard8822]

Wilt was fast, he ran the 100yd dash in 10.9 sec ! That’s just short of impossible, for a 7 footer !!

[@daryljay7057]

I stood next to Chamberlain at a Laker/Sonics game in Seattle years ago. I was going to ask for an autograph, but I chickened out completely when I saw just how MASSIVE the man was! Now, I'm NO shrimp! 6' 1" & 180lbs. Nobody's called me shorty in a while. He wasn't just tall, he was ENORMOUS! Nothing but a giant muscle, the likes of which I have never seen before or since! An absolute colossus of a human being! Terrifying man!

[@ItsBenRoyboy]

I've never seen Wilt play, he was before my time, but I believe he was the best and most dominant big man ever, arguably the best basketball player. I saw Jordan so I ride with him tho.

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

Look up "Larry Brown tells a Wilt Chamberlain story." There's a perfect example!

[@gripitandripit]

I’ve seen other people tell stories about Wilt Chamberlain, and they along with Wilt often embellish stories when you look at the evidence if there is any. The biggest issue I see with Wilt’s stories is there’s rarely any evidence to back it up so you have to take somebody’s word for it. And what I’ve noticed is that when other people tell the same stories the numbers sometimes get bigger.

[@ronbonora7872]

keep dreaming fool and troll. Wilt is the King of both basketball and Volleyball!

[@ayv-]

We need Wilt reincarnated.

[@johnrains8409]

There is absolutely NO argument about the basketball G.O.A.T. Wilt Chamberlain would run rough shod over today's NBA. With Wilt under the basket, today's players would all have to resort to 3 pointers.

[@S0CD0C]

Dude made Andre the giant look small

[@ji5340]

Not really, he was taller by an inch or two. But Andre was much wider

[@larrycrawford1978]

Rest In Peace big guy

[@LouisHansell]

My dad took me to Warrior games. At a Celtics game, Jim Luscatoff of the Celtics had been all over Wilt, and no fouls were called. You could hear Wilt complain to the refs, he was getting pissed. At one point, Luscatoff is holding Wilt contesting a rebound. Wilt shrugged and tossed Luscatoff from flying from the court into the second row. You could feel the fans' awe at seeing that.

[@diesel1344]

Jungle Jim was no match for Wilt.

[@bradreid6057]

Wilt was super strong, no doubt about it. I interviewed '56 Silver/'60 Gold Olympic shot put medalist, Bill Nieder, about 25 years ago for a biographical article and he told me what actually happened by the dorm one day. Wilt used an overhand, 2-hand "put" where one stands backward and slings it overhead. You see shot-putters often do this as a warm-up. Bill, was right-handed, but the bet required him and Al Oerter (also right handed) to use their left hands. I don't mean to demean Wilt but no one can seriously believe he could out-throw the Olympic silver medalist, soon to be gold medalist shot putter. Too, Al Oerter thought Wilt had great potential in the discus because of his arm span, worked with him but Wilt never progressed as much as he thought he might, his height making a discus ring look like a sewer plate. But, Wilt was a superman. He was also an excellent high jumper and I believe he tied an SMU jumper for 1st place at the Kansas or Drake Relays one year at around 6'7". As best I know, he wasn't his conference's high jump champ. Unbeknownst to many, Bill Russell actually had a better high jump. I believe he jumped 6'9" while he was in college. Bill was just a shade behind the top high jumper in the USA but chose to go to the '56 Olympics as a basketball team member and passed on the '56 Olympic Trials in the high jump. Wilt's supposed weight lifting? Nah! Most of it is gross hyperbole. There is no video evidence of Wilt doing giant lifts. Anyway, he was one in a hundred million and way ahead of the pack early on in his pro basketball days and he played well and stayed athletically active all the way to the end. He really seemed to like to compete. Most of his teammates will tell you he was a man of tall stories about himself, had a giant ego. One of the greats!!!

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

Wilt, I understand cleared 6'6" in the high jump. But I heard on one of these videos that he led the Big 8 Conference in the high jump three years in a row at 7'1". When Bill Russell was in high school in San Francisco his arch rival in the high jump was singer Johnny Mathis, who was better, and was the one invited to the Olympics, which he turned down.

[@bradreid6057]

@@user-kh2ig7ew3w No, Wilt never high jumped 7'1" at least not in a competition. I think the 6'6" or an inch or so more was his best. If he had specialized? Sure! And, Bill Russell had a legitimate chance to win a berth to the '56 Games but chose not to choosing basketball over T&F. No, Johnny Mathis wasn't better than Russell; his best was 6'5.5". People aren't invited to the Olympics, they have to qualify by winning a spot at the Olympic Trials. Mathis didn't compete at the '56 Olympic Trials. Chose singing. Both men were fine athletes; both made the proper decisions!!!

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

No sir I meant he led the Big 8 three years in a row in the high jump. With a personal best of 6'6". With him at a standing height of 7'1".

[@bradreid6057]

@@user-kh2ig7ew3w Gotcha! Yes, he might've competed 3 yrs. Hard to say what the basketball coach allowed not wanting him to get injured.

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

@@bradreid6057 I saw footage of his high jumping! He had to extend both his arms and legs forward down to land like a cat in that 'below sea level' sand pit! And he did it like takin' a Sunday stroll. I sure hope they came up with a better mouse trap by the '68 Olympics, or Dick Fosberry must've used his Gold Medal as an Endswell!

[@jdm2339]

10,000 reasons to agree.

[@scottnewton9046]

All the Chuck Norris stories are true, only they got the name wrong. The name is Wilt Chamberlain.

[@stamy74]

The answer to this question is 100% yes.

[@jaymoon5906]

I remember him throwing Kareem jabbar around like a toy rag doll

[@johnbernacki6155]

Wilt blocked his sky hook twice in one possession

[@onztufan828]

The strongest Human to ever grace the earth!

[@ngc-fo5te]

What a silly statement.

[@user-kh2ig7ew3w]

​@@ngc-fo5teGrace? Like one guy said about Andre the Giants lingering flatulence "Big man, big farts!"

[@nonamewillbegiven1217]

Silly statement indeed

[@charlesbadrock]

Wilt was the GOAT in basketball Case Closed!

[@bp4187]

Agreed. Wilt is no. 1 and it is a long way to no. 2, whoever that is.

[@SeauT]

Awesome….simply awesome.

[@scottfeuerhammer3595]

Stronger than Shaq. Seriously, Wilt was a real life folk hero. I just feel bad, because Wilt just wanted to be loved by the public. And to this day, he isn't appreciated. He would say, "Nobody likes the Giant". He would fuck up Shaq, and Shaq knows this if he has any brains.

[@FoobasSports]

He knows.

[@mobydoug]

Wilt was the Big 8 high jump champ 3 years running .....back in the days of the scissorlegged jump. ...Just one example of his phenomenal athleticism. He was a first rate sprinter and quarter miler, too. Makes me wonder if he could have gotten his giant body over a pole vault bar. For sure he could handle, at a world class level, all the other decathlon events without even prepping for them!

[@ngc-fo5te]

No he didn't. It was the Big 7 back then and he won it once - with an unimpressive height. You have fallen for the Wilt Track & Field list of exaggerated bullshit. He was no sprinter, his 440yd times were no great and neither was his high jump that great.

[@scottgager5490]

I watched him kill 3 sasquatches with his bare hands

[@tylersimpson239]

Who is the Greatest Of All Time LeBron James or Michael Jordan? I don't know...ask Wilt Chamberlain!