It would be insane to exclude him from the top 5. He remains a valid contributor to the discussion of the greatest of all time. You should reconsider your top 5 if Wilt isn’t among them.
In actuality, how good was Wilt Chamberlain?
Wilt was so skilled that there was a time he won a game with NO shots at all.
Wilt made the decision to make a point in 1967.
He failed to shoot the ball once during the whole 76ers game against the Warriors.
Remember that this player previously finished a season with an average of 50 points per game.
and the very next year, he scored 44 points a game.
He could score whenever he pleased.
Whence, then, did he not shoot that game?
For precisely that reason – he was accused of scoring excessively.
and failing to involve his teammates in anything other than posting pointless scoring totals.
Do you recall when he averaged 50 points per game in 1961–1962?
That year, he also only contributed a pitiful 2.4 assists per game.
Wilt made the decision to PROVE that he could do anything on a basketball floor during the 1967–1968 season.
He ended with 18 rebounds and 13 assists in the game against the Warriors (steals and blocks weren’t kept track of back then).
0 points, on 0–0 field goal.
He did, however, make one free throw. He scored precisely one point, so in a way he did “shoot” the ball that game, I suppose.
Additionally helped his team
He did, however, make one free throw. He scored precisely one point, so in a way he did “shoot” the ball that game, I suppose.
That enabled the Sixers to defeat the Warriors by seven points.
(SIDE NOTE: In a 1973 game, he finished with zero points after going scoreless in both field goals and free throws. However, Wilt did so toward the conclusion of his career, and the Lakers fell short in that game by a single.)
Recall that during the 1967–68 season, he attempted to demonstrate a point by passing more.
In the end, he finished the season with the most assists across the league.
and scored an 8.6 APG on average, a far cry from his peak scoring years when he scored an average of 2 or 3 APG.
