“In the history of professional team sports in America, there is no statistical equal of the Dipper’s hundred-point game, no other individual accomplishment in a single game so remarkable and out-sized.”
Gary M. Pomerantz, Wilt, 1962
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I wonder if this was Wilt’s most prolific year for scoring…with the ladies!
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D…
Here’s what Pomerantz writes about Wilt’s other historic, and unattainable, number:
“”Yes, that’s correct, twenty thousand different ladies,” Chamberlain wrote in A View From Above, a memoir published by Villard in 1991, eight years before his death. “At my age, that equals out to having sex with 1.2 women a day, every day since I was fifteen years old.” His literary agent had asked “Are you sure you want to do this? That’s all people will talk about.” But Chamberlain replied, “Any publicity is good publicity.”?
If you look at it that way, D, that number might not be as fictitous as it seems.
100 points is nothing. 20,000 women? That’s something. That statistic shows me who the ultimate scoring champion is.
Here we are trying to have a serious conversation about basketball history and all you guys want to talk about is poonani.
Must be the weekend.
Wilt was a man whom the term “larger than life” seems appropriate.
Cheers bruh!
Here’s something on Wilt that sticks to basketball…
http://dubsism.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/nine-unbreakable-records-which-prove-wilt-chamberlain-is-the-greatest-basketball-player-ever/
Aer…
The author also obviously discusses the Wilt-Russell dynamic.
It was a pretty decent read if you’re at all interested.
I remember that post, Dub. Good stuff and hard to argue with.
Although I still can’t say Wilt was the greatest basketball player ever. Never saw the guy play.
Is most dominant the same as greatest?
You make it sound like poonani is a bad thing. We can talk about my Washington Capitals sending the Bruins packing like a used hooker if you want 🙂
When I was a kid my books of choice(and yes they had books way back then) were all about sports. One of those featured Wilt, Russell, and Willis Reed. Needless to say I was pretty damned impressed.
Stay thirsty my friend!
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Most dominant would make one of several good definitions for “greatest.”
No, D, as we both know very well, it happens to be one of my favorite subjects.
And let’s see how your Caps do the rest of the way out. Since my Lightning never even made it, I don’t really have a dog in the hunt, so best of luck.
Aer…
On a side note, does Willis Reed go down as a greater Knickerbocker center than Patrick Ewing?
Discuss amongst yourselves.
Dub…
When I get the chance, I’m going to take a closer look at Wilt’s numbers, which I know were obviously dominant.
But did you know, Kobe Bryant will likely surpass Chamberlain for fourth on the all-time NBA scoring list next season?
And you know who he’s going for after that, don’t ya’?
Great nostalgia. I remember betting NBA in junior high and listening to the WCAU Philadelphia broacast of Sixer games. The late PA Announcer Dave Zincoff would roll Wilt’s nickname off his tongue after a basket. He would embarrass all other 7 footers he played against. WAIT, not quite all. Bill Russell with a strong surrounding cast would hold his own and then some against the “Big Dipper”.
Thanks for the memories Gary,Chris and Wilt.
I don’t even wanna get into the “who was better” arguement between different eras. One thing for certain, Wilt is a HOF’er in any era.
Records are certainly meant to be broken, therefore on that basis, Wilt’s hundred-point game will be surpassed by another player. It’s hard to believe that it could be, but in this current time of how the NBA is played, there is definitely a possibility. More and more players are taking free-throws and one day there will be that one person that gets to say he managed to break the unbreakable. Hopefully we’re all alive by then.
RB…
Very well said, sir.
BS…
Hmmm, 100 points, huh?
Tough one. I’d say, if anyone did have a chance, it’d be Durant, but Westbrook takes too many shots.
LeBron’s a scoring machine but he’s got Wade.
Derrick Rose maybe?
I don’t see Kobe getting anywhere close to 80 again. Maybe a few more fifties in his pocket but he’s getting up there in age.
I don’t know, man. 100 is a damn lot of points.
FYI, here was Wilt’s line that night.
48 minutes
38-63 FG (second most attempts was teammate Paul Arizin with 18)
28-32 FT
Oh… and he also had 25 rebounds.
And two assists, proving he’s not a ball hog, he he.
Chris
One of the truly great feats in NBA history .
Not much more needs to be said about this particular Hall of Famer . His NBA career simply speaks for itself .
tophatal ……
It was a pretty good book, Al, definitely some good summer reading if you find the time.
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