noThose who claim Wilt exclusively faced off against plumbers and Bill Russell are ignorant.
Allow me to present this gentleman to you. Thurmond is his name.
WILT: I’m not interested in competing against Nate Thurmond! Dude is the biggest source of business for me!
RUSSELL: I would rather not take on Nate Thurmond in a game! Dude is the biggest source of business for me!
KAREEM: I’d rather not take on Nate Thurmond in a game! Dude is the biggest source of business for me!
Maybe the greatest big man defender in 1v1 history is Nate Thurmond. In addition, he scored the first-ever quadruple double in history. One of the top 75–100 players of all time.
Wilt also had to perform nine times a year as Nate. Nowadays, top centers only need to play one another two to four times a year.
