My FIRST Reaction to Wilt Chamberlain Highlights | THE GOAT IN HIS PRIME | 4K

[@ronbonora7872]

The footage is accurate. Wilt is the GOAT and the NBA record books proves it! It is great to see that young fans are getting a basketball education!

[@yellavincent5248]

Exactly… people ALWAYS say… “he was bigger than everyone, they were all small”! I always say, “So was Yao Ming, Shawn Bradley, Manute Bol, Rick Smits, Artis Gilmore, etc… why didn’t they put up these ridiculous numbers against other professionals like he did”? Because he was 1 of 1

[@keithharris6442]

They weren't small then, 6-10 to 7-1 in sneakers. Same as today.

[@danreed5171]

mm

[@guidosegalla82]

Because they didn't play in the 60s

[@23aceballer]

Nate Thurmond, Walt Bellamy, bill Russell, Zelmo Beaty, Willis reed, bob Lanier, Wayne embry all comparable to size of “modern centers” Tbh most of those guys looked a lot stronger than the guys today. Bob Lanier was about 6’11 280 and his famous quote was saying that wilt chamberlain moved him like a coffee cup to get a better position in the post. If wilt were playing today there would be no question who the goat is. Dude used to play 48 mins a game drinking big gulps and playing in chuck taylors lol

[@danreed5171]

word and they played in CANVAS Chuck Taylor sneaks........@@23aceballer

[@anthonymuex8387]

Wilt played on the Harlem Globetrotters the year before he went to the NBA

[@Johnadams20760]

one of the reasons he shot so many fadeaways , he had amazing skills at shooting. highest FG percentage of all time .people called him goliath and everyone roots against goliath and judged him for being bigger faster and stronger then anyone. he wanted to prove he had skill. honestly if he had not done that and just went to dunk the ball all the time, he would have had like 70 ppg

[@teutonicwarrior5295]

Back then, you couldn't push the defender on post or charge into him normally, because the rules were stricter. It would be called an offensive foul, so Wilt had to do fadeaway and move around the player to avoid offensive fouls. There are even rules that even doing normal crossovers were considered palming (carrying) violation. The rules were stricter in Wilt's time, so when people ask if Jordan, Bird, or LeBron would dominate Wilt and the NBA in the past, they would have difficulty in the past due to the strict rules in the NBA. It gives you an appreciation that Wilt truly made himself great in a time where we would not imagine anything we do today would be considered violations or fouls. He was truly the greatest player to ever play basketball. (Note: Wilt admitted that he avoided being aggressive on offense because if he was careless with his dunks or other moves, he could easily injure his opponents. He said he avoid these stuff because he was a nice guy and didn't want to use his physique like Shaq did in his plays)

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

I'm 73 years old and I greatly appreciate the facts you shared 🏀👍🏾

[@johnswanson8823]

Also he was well aware of his mediocre free throw shooting and the fade away eliminated the fouling

[@realtan9026]

He did this wearing construction boots

[@Johnadams20760]

that is right. that is why shaq qould fould out shortly after the 2nd quarter started 90 percent of the time in his day and why jordan would never do what he did in the 80s, 90s

[@23aceballer]

@@Johnadams20760 exactly and Shaq also wouldn’t be able to keep up with the pace, he used to get gassed even in the dead ball era. In the 60s they used to take like a million shots a game, that’s just the way it was. Just like they take 3s like crazy now the game has changed.

[@spaltersar]

10:40 you have to understand, there were only 8 teams in 60s NBA and players were measured barefoot (from 1973-2019 players were measured with shoes). There were several 6'11" centers in that era. Nobody in NBA history faced more HoF players on his position per game than Wilt did.

[@yellavincent5248]

5:22 he was just that GooD!!! He knew he’d score 70-80 every game if he just used brute force and dunk! So he shot the ball more.

[@MovieGuy666]

Here is a list of the players who played in Wilt's NBA who were 6-11 or taller... Ray Felix 6-11 Chuck Share 6-11 Walter Dukes 7-0 Swede Halbrook 7-3 Walt Bellamy 6-11 Nate Thurmond 6-11 Reggie Harding 7-0 Mel Counts 7-0 Walt Wesley 6-11 Hank Finkel 7-0 Craig Spitzer 7-0 Craig Raymond 6-11 Otto Moore 6-11 Rich Niemann 7-0 Tom Boerwinkle 7-0 265 Dave Newmark 7-0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7-2 Greg Fillmore 7-1 240 George Johnson 6-11 245 Bob Lanier 6-11 250 Elmore Smith 7-0 250 Tom Payne 7-2 240 Vic Bartolome 7-0 230 Jim McDaniels 6-11 William Smith 7-0 George Johnson 6-11 (yes another G. Johnson) LaRue Martin 6-11

[@pointsur67]

That's only some of the players but that's not all of them. Wilt played against almost forty players that were six eleven and taller. He played against more hall of famers than any other center.

[@Johnadams20760]

you can take these numbers and add 1.5 inches to all those heights to make them comparable to measuring in shoes which they did for jordan and anyone after. . they measured without shoes at this time. so you could even at 6'10 players to the list or at least 6'10.5

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

Actually STEPH, WILT was right at the moment of 3pt. Glory: 1973/74. San Diego CONQUISTADORS. ABA❗

[@jeffclark4870]

One should keep in mind while watching this old footage is, basketball was designed as a non contact sport. This is why you do not see as hard of defense, fouls were called with way less contact. Every player today would probably foul out in first quarter if the rules were followed in this era. This is why there is no good way to do comparisons. Let do an experiment and run NBA season with all players mandated to where Chuck Taylors and no 3 point line for a season and see what the difference in abilities. They are also traveling every game with the crossover dribble and being able to take 3 steps. They made scoring easier to promote the game.

[@edinshealtiel3754]

THE GOAT DEBATE IS ANYONE OUTSIDE OF WILT ..... TO COMPARE ANYONE IS A INSULT TO SPORT.

[@kurtadams3021]

I couldn't of said it better 👏🏾

[@Kenton1313]

There were only eight teams when he started so he played against a seven footer almost half the time.

[@Johnadams20760]

that one season he average 50.5 points per game. he once socred 50points twice in one game, his 100 point game :) btw, you should react to Wilt chamberlain, the most athletic giant ever

[@anthonymuex8387]

Wilt Chamberlain 's(along with Shaq,Yao Ming, the late Mark Eaton) standing reach was 9-6,so they could stand flat footed, reach up, and be only 6inches from the rim! From what I read, Ralph Sampson was9-11.Tacko Fall and Manute Bol(s) probably higher than that.I think Wilt said he played 300 -310lbs

[@yellavincent5248]

Wilt is THE GOAT!!! No question in my opinion

[@Flametree1492]

Remember, there were only 8 teams in in 1960, 4 teams were added a few years later. Also, remember he was playing against the best ball players in the world at that time but he was so much better. Also, there were no real centers so wilt did not have anyone to emulate or copy growing up, player of the early 60s were creating modern basketball!

[@casualcausalityy]

3- 7' centers out of 8 teams is a reasonably high percentage, plus lots of 6'11 stars like Nate Thurmond and Walt Bellamy

[@c99kfm]

Not to mention 6'10" Bill Russell, arguably the greatest defensive center of all time.

[@ronbonora7872]

Wilt was one of the greatest athletes in history period!

[@keithharris6442]

Chamberlain was unbelievable. Far stronger , much faster than his modern comparison Shaq. He would have destroyed Shaq, who would have been out of breath gaurding Wilt in his prime.

[@danreed5171]

Dude Wilt has 88 ALL TIME RECORDS................next best in this category is 5 or 7 all time records by 1 man, so 88 to 7............Wilt is not a goat.....he is BBall GOD!!!!!!!!!

[@yellavincent5248]

Watch “Making the Case.. Wilt Chamberlain”

[@wmden1]

The goals were 10 feet. Wilt had an easy 40 inch plus vertical and was a high jump champion in college. At 7'1", with an almost 8' span, he made it look short, when he jumped. In basketball, he did his highest jumping on blocks and rebounds, not shooting, or dunking. He didn't have to max out to get his elbow above the rim. He could dunk, one handed, with his body under the backboard, as seen in a couple of videos on here. He also got many players in foul trouble, including Russell, and they had to back off or go out of the game, is why the soft defense, in some cases. They couldn't stop him, even with fouling. There were plenty of 6'10" and 6'11" centers then and other 7 footers. Why didn't any of them even come close to the scoring and rebounding of Wilt? Only Russell was very close on the rebounding, but not scoring.

[@Johnadams20760]

btw. Wilt still owns just under 70 NBA records 50 years since he last played a game. not to mention they never officially counted blocks and steals at this time. But staticisians did track them. one guy in particular had his stats from 112 random games, almost all of them the 2nd half of his career inwhich his last year and a half came after a major Patalla tear knee surgery. in those 112 games he average 8.8 blocks per game. it is likely he average 11-12 blocks per game for his whole career though. he had 26 once against the pistons. and one time on a televised game that peopl could watch on Christmas he blocked 23 so he would have every single blocking record there is. he would have 10x the triple doubles of the 2nd highest person as is. he would have many quadruple doubles and he once actaully had a qunitple double. they made i think 7 rule changes to try to stop wilt 1. they changed the court. IE i think Bellamy who precede him caused them to go from 6 foot lane to 9 feet. after wilt started they expanded it to 12 orsomething like that 2. they created the rule for foul shooting where you have to releast the ball while still standing behind the line becasue in college one year during the summer pick up games, people saw him taking 2 steps from behind the fould line and dunking free thows. they also created offensive and defensive goal tending they created rules about inbouding becasue people would inbound by throwint the ball over the back board ,wilt would just jump up and put it in on the inboud. there was probably 1 or 2 others i can't even rememter.

[@kurtadams3021]

In my opinion theres Wilton Norman Chamberlain and then whoever you decide

[@photoscottsb]

4K in the 60s was actually motion picture film, not video, which didn't exist yet. The film that does exist represents about 1% of Chamberlain's actual playing time. That's one of the reasons it's difficult to evaluate the game from a modern perspective.

[@wpl8275]

You have to also understand that Wilt was 7'1" in bare feet. That's how they measured players. Today their official measurements are in shoes not bare feet. Joel Embiid coming into the league was measured as 6'11" and he weighed 240lbs and his wingspan was 7'5". Wilt coming into the league was 7'1", weighed 259lbs and his wingspan was 7'8". Oh yeah and he had a 40" vertical and could shot put 56 feet and run a sub 11 seconds 100 yard dash. And he could shoot fade away bank shots like Tim Duncan.

[@spaltersar]

since 2019 players are measured barefoot again. Difference in average height of starting players 1963 compared to 2021 is less than a half inch.

[@FUBAR1986]

OK this is a re-post. I saw this the other day….. but I’m here to support your channel and take a chill pill do go smoke one😂😂❤❤🎉🎉

[@KingBeckwood]

same here bro 😂

[@7footreacts]

Thanks and yes I did fix the audio in the first video!

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Wilt was made for basketball

[@Johnadams20760]

and also, his rebouidng/ blocks were a combo of his height and his mimmum 35 inch vertical, some have stated as high as50

[@felixmalcherek2919]

Consider how many individual records Wilt holds... And then remember that blocks and steals were not recorded throughout his career XD If I remember right, the blocks were only kept record of during his last season, where he averaged something like 4 or 5 a game :D

[@Troutprophet]

If wilt played in today’s nba, he would be the greatest player in the league by a lot.

[@DustinCobb-z9q]

The audios messed up wilts playing weight between 300 and 320 by the time he was in his prime. I believe he was 275 then in pros 290 a couple years and he was never under 300 after that.

[@joshuamorrison8332]

The reason that 60% of his shots were fade away was because he was fouled mercilessly with many not being called. To make it worse, he would get called for fouling if he played physically in the paint. With today's refereeing Wilt would absolutely be a nightmare in the paint. Jordan and James wouldn't even be in the GOAT conversation. That isn't hyperbole. It is truth.

[@edinshealtiel3754]

BEAT JIM BROWN 2 TIMES IN RACE.EASILY .... HAD A 48 OR 50 INCH VERTICAL, BENCH PRESS 680bls🤒🤒🤒

[@DustinCobb-z9q]

It was ten foot wilt could get to the top or above the backboard on a one step jump. In college wilts coach wanted to raise it two feet to be more fair to smaller players and make more skillful and not dunk as much. Wilt could dunk on it pretty well.

[@Johnadams20760]

the three other 7 footers is a misnomer. here is why. first of all there was only 8 teams for most of his playing time, then it was9 then 10 eventually 12 teams. but he playe dagainst 7-9 7 footers in his career actaully so there are 3 times as many teams now. so that is lik 21 7 footers using ratios. but the thing is. they measured people withough Shoes back than where as toay's states everything is "with" shoes. and shoes probably add 1-2 inches or 1.5 inches on avearge. he has tons and tons of guys that were 6'11 and 6'10 which if they were a hair above that tody they would be 7 footers. the reason he outrebounded and out blocked so much was A. yes, his height. B. had almost olympic level spriniting and long distance running skills, c. he won the Big 8 NCAA high jump three years striaght. D. he was the strongest guy to ever play in the NBA. E. had good timing.

[@Johnadams20760]

Here is a list of the players who played in Wilt's NBA who were 6-11 or taller... Ray Felix 6-11 65 Chuck Share 6-11 Walter Dukes 7-0 Swede Halbrook 7-3 Walt Bellamy 6-11 Nate Thurmond 6-11 Reggie Harding 7-0 Mel Counts 7-0 Walt Wesley 6-11 Hank Finkel 7-0 Craig Spitzer 7-0 Craig Raymond 6-11 Otto Moore 6-11 Rich Niemann 7-0 Tom Boerwinkle 7-0 265 Dave Newmark 7-0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7-2 Greg Fillmore 7-1 240 George Johnson 6-11 245 Bob Lanier 6-11 250 Elmore Smith 7-0 250 Tom Payne 7-2 240 Vic Bartolome 7-0 230 Jim McDaniels 6-11 William Smith 7-0 George Johnson 6-11 (yes another G. Johnson) LaRue Martin 6-11 Artis Gilmore 7-2 240 (yes, Wilt faced Gilmore in the 71-72 ABA-NBA All Star game, and more than held his own against him.) the listed the 6-11+ players because, as was already mentioned previously, players were generally measured in bare-feet in the 60's and 70's. So, the reality was, most all of the above would be listed at 7-0+ feet today. Granted, some of the above were scrubs, and some only played briefly. BTW, there a TON of players who were 6-10, as well. Furthermore, there were players in the 60's and 70's who were taller than their listed height. Bill Russell was listed at 6-10 in college, and only 6-9 in the pros. However, even he admitted he was 6-10. That, along with his 7-4 wingspan, and world-class leaping ability gave him the ability to reach heights that few ever have. And, the opposite has been true in the last 30 years. There was no way Hakeem was even close to 7-0. 6-10 was probably being generous. Ben Wallace himself would tell you he was 6-7, and not his listed 6-9. Dwight Howard and Kevin Love are NOT 6-11, and are probably actually closer to 6-9. Ralph Sampson was never 7-4, and in fact, Mark Eaton, who was a legitimate 7-4 claimed that Sampson was no more than 7-2 (and Sampson had very short arms BTW.) And I have seen a photograph with Shaq, Wilt, and Ewing, and there was no way Ewing was 7-0. Duncan is no taller than 6-11. Artis Gilmore's listed weight of 240 is a complete joke. He was nearly 300 lbs later in his career. Bob Lanier is listed at 250, but was playing at around 265. PHILA posted an article in which the 6-9 Luke Jackson came to camp at 272 lbs. In fact, you could probably easily add 20+ lbs to nearly every player who has ever played in the NBA.

[@kennyunderwood3602]

i made it about 1 min in.....and had to stop.......number one rule of a reaction video......never......never talk over the video.....pause and talk,then rewind.....

[@DustinCobb-z9q]

60 percent or more he said on fadeaways/fallaway is the same shot.

[@pointsur67]

Just a little suggestion, you keep talking over key points in the video (PET PEEVE: never, ever, talk over Bill Russell...ever). That is why you had to back up and hear that sixty percent of his shots came from fadeaways, which is very true.

[@danielamend4423]

Most dominant player physically shaq too

[@Johnadams20760]

wilt makes Shaq look like a nerdy teenager in comparison

[@kurtadams3021]

Agreed ​@@Johnadams20760

[@DustinCobb-z9q]

Whats crazy about wilt is only two coaches ever got him to practice. He only ever had two decent coaches really and i think the narrative with a great coach he wouldnt be better from the start like russell had is false and wilts just being humble because once a coach stood up to him and made him listen and actually gave him an equal team to russell. He won four to 1 in the playoffs.

[@Baselinehangtime8]

Awesome video reaction Your completely right the film don’t lie. And let’s just look at the facts right quick. No where in the history of the nbas existence has the best defender of an entire decade in general nor even the best defender of centers, been 7 footers nor has there been a magical established difference between 6’11 barefoot listed defender and 7 foot and up listed defenders as we see the best defenders of all time are 6’11 and below and only a couple 7 foot and above Best defender ever bill Russell is 6’10 barefoot and best defender of the bigs and best rebounder of all in jordan and shaqs era is 6’7 power forward Dennis Rodman and top 3 defender ever is 6’11 Nate thurmond so this is how silly it is to predicate any legitimacy of what wilt did on how many so called 7 footers were in his era at his time. But despite all that let’s look at the 7 footers in addition to the goat defender Russell and 6’11 Nate thurmond and 6’11 walt Bellamy U had 7’3 barefoot high jump champ suede Halbrook, 7 foot athletic freak and globetrotter who also did high jump Walter Dukes, 7 foot 2 plus Kareem, 7 foot Elmore smith, 7 foot Will Smith (no Jada pinkett), 7 foot 2 Tom Payne, 7 foot 1 Greg Filmore etc…. 7 foot hank finkel 7 foot Reggie Harding who was supposed to be the next wilt etc…. And none of them were remotely good enough to duplicate anything close to wilt in their primes even when going by the number of games each of them played and matching them with the same number of games from any part of wilts career you want proving it’s a dead argument to talk about 7 footers in any capacity to question Wilts dominance. And if u think a league full of hof athletic behemoths at every position like Russell, zellmo, Unseld, Reed, thurmond, Bellamy, Gus, Elgin, west, Cadwell, Sam Jones, KC, Kareem, Connie, Lanier, mcadoo, Dukes, Elmore, hondo, Randy etc…. Are janitors plumbers and firemen whom wouldn’t destroy the 90s-todays nba with far easier rules to play the game then you need to see a psychiatrist

[@Johnadams20760]

here is something a guy wrote, that bacily nullfies the 7 footer thing. as they measured without shoes, and shoes give players today at least an inch. also. given 8-12 teams you can on average triple this list to account for the concentration per number of players in the league Here is a list of the players who played in Wilt's NBA who were 6-11 or taller... Ray Felix 6-11 65 Chuck Share 6-11 Walter Dukes 7-0 Swede Halbrook 7-3 Walt Bellamy 6-11 Nate Thurmond 6-11 Reggie Harding 7-0 Mel Counts 7-0 Walt Wesley 6-11 Hank Finkel 7-0 Craig Spitzer 7-0 Craig Raymond 6-11 Otto Moore 6-11 Rich Niemann 7-0 Tom Boerwinkle 7-0 265 Dave Newmark 7-0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7-2 Greg Fillmore 7-1 240 George Johnson 6-11 245 Bob Lanier 6-11 250 Elmore Smith 7-0 250 Tom Payne 7-2 240 Vic Bartolome 7-0 230 Jim McDaniels 6-11 William Smith 7-0 George Johnson 6-11 (yes another G. Johnson) LaRue Martin 6-11 Artis Gilmore 7-2 240 (yes, Wilt faced Gilmore in the 71-72 ABA-NBA All Star game, and more than held his own against him.) I listed the 6-11+ players because, as was already mentioned previously, players were generally measured in bare-feet in the 60's and 70's. So, the reality was, most all of the above would be listed at 7-0+ feet today. Granted, some of the above were scrubs, and some only played briefly. BTW, there a TON of players who were 6-10, as well. Furthermore, there were players in the 60's and 70's who were taller than their listed height. Bill Russell was listed at 6-10 in college, and only 6-9 in the pros. However, even he admitted he was 6-10. That, along with his 7-4 wingspan, and world-class leaping ability gave him the ability to reach heights that few ever have. And, the opposite has been true in the last 30 years. There was no way Hakeem was even close to 7-0. 6-10 was probably being generous. Ben Wallace himself would tell you he was 6-7, and not his listed 6-9. Dwight Howard and Kevin Love are NOT 6-11, and are probably actually closer to 6-9. Ralph Sampson was never 7-4, and in fact, Mark Eaton, who was a legitimate 7-4 claimed that Sampson was no more than 7-2 (and Sampson had very short arms BTW.) And I have seen a photograph with Shaq, Wilt, and Ewing, and there was no way Ewing was 7-0. Duncan is no taller than 6-11. Artis Gilmore's listed weight of 240 is a complete joke. He was nearly 300 lbs later in his career. Bob Lanier is listed at 250, but was playing at around 265. PHILA posted an article in which the 6-9 Luke Jackson came to camp at 272 lbs. In fact, you could probably easily add 20+ lbs to nearly every player who has ever played in the NBA.

[@doobiedave9686]

I watched the video you posted yesterday of the beatboxing Uber driver, then you took it down. Now, you are reposting this Wilt video from a couple of days ago. Are just working out the bugs ? 🤔 I'm here with you either way, but it is a bit confusing. ✌️

[@7footreacts]

Yes it’s a repost! I fixed the audio problem!

[@FUBAR1986]

Smoke them if you got them

[@doobiedave9686]

​@@FUBAR1986 puff puff pass 🚬 🥴✌️

[@soramirez5473]

some of these dudes DID need an off season job due to much smaller salaries from the NBA.. Todays players are PAID, and PRACTICE all off season with modern facilites.. how would TODAYS players do in a MUCH tougher era (not just sports, but LIFE in GENERAL was much harder back then, dont even PRETEND to understand THAT) WITHOUT the benefit of modern technology?.. lol crazy how ppl from your gen say plumbers. plus the RULES were WAAAAY more limiting to a player back then..

[@DanYeLL2003]

Thank you!

[@soramirez5473]

@@goldenblue2208 "Winning is all that mattered, that’s what drove me. I subtly got better every year. We didn’t have the facilities to get better. We had to work in the summers to support our family. JJ should be very thankful that he’s made as much money as he’s made, and Bob Cousy, whom I played against a couple of years, not very long - I just think it’s disrespectful myself.” -Jerry West in his OWN words he said he had to work a summer job to support his family, and that they didnt have the facilities like they do now.. I dont know why you are arguing. you said what you said, just like Reddit did.. it was an ignorant remark but dont worry, its as ignorant from Redick as it is from you..

[@Johnadams20760]

yes. and the fact is. only like 2 or 3 guys had summer jobs and only the first year or 2 years wilt played 59 and 60 and they were the last players on the bench who got like 3 minutes of playing time per game if that anyway

[@ronbonora7872]

Do a Bobby Orr video and educated some young hockey fans! LOL

[@arravYT]

You got highlights?

[@alanfoster6589]

Can you see Shaq trying the high jump?

[@yellavincent5248]

Watch “Nobody Likes Goliath”

[@DustinCobb-z9q]

Nate thurmond kareem bill russell was actually around 6 11 not 6"9 i believe kareem and artis gilmore were 7"3 but theres a misconstrued odea that wilt couldnt score as well on kareem and wilt just stopped shooting as much on purpose after yr 6 or 7. Wilt outplayed artis gilmore his final yr in the aba nba star game i believe it was. Wilt was taught by the person he thinks was the greatest shooter and overall goat at all around skills. He said he was like magic but better with a 35 foot or beyond. Being funny or not madowlark lemon is goat or its goose tatum in my opinion and wilts the best nba only player ever. Hes not even the best street player they say but i disagree. He just didnt play on the street much and i think he just got unlucky when lost to Manigault in that street nba pro game. Id say had they played a series like the nba to 7 games if needed. Wilt wouldve beat them 4 to 1. Wilts era had less teams but with less teams only the best played in the nba. People like john paxson wouldnt even be in the league hed be watching in the stands. There was only room for the best and because of less teams wilt played an allstar caliber or close center everygame and he played great more often. Wilt played bill russell 86 or 96 times. Could you imagine mj playing drexler that many times. Or lebron playing kd that many times.

[@daveforgot127]

Reused copies of video 1000 time. Lol

[@kennyunderwood3602]

listen dum dum......never talk over the video......pause.....say whatever......and play.....