Michael Jordan wasn’t the best basketball player of all time, as Chamberlain explains.
Wilt Chamberlain disagreed with the majority of basketball fans when they said that Michael Jordan was the best player of all time. “Wilt The Stilt” made the implication that other players would be viewed in the same light as Jordan if they were placed in MJ’s shoes and given the same opportunities. Wilt believes that it was just a coincidence that so few superstars made as many shots as the Bulls icon did.
“You should be hitting a high percentage of shots if you take them all. In an old interview, Chamberlain stated, “There are guys like Charles Barkley who shoot 54 to 50 percent efficiently; if he shot as much as Michael, he’d be scoring more points.”
What does Wilt want to convey?
Chamberlain is attempting to refute the standards by which people choose who is the greatest of the greatest, not Jordan’s GOAT thesis in and of itself. The two-time champion disagrees that the top scorer ought to be honored without question. He explained so by drawing comparisons between his circumstances and MJ’s
“They compare me to Michael, who has a lifetime average of 31 points; I had an average of 30 points until I stopped scoring. I would have probably averaged 40 points during my lifetime if I had kept up my scoring. Does that mean I’m the top scorer now? I’m not sure, but one thing I do know is that throughout the years, even though I was frequently scoring a lot of points, I was also the league leader in % shooting, according to Chamberlain.
Assume that the GOAT discussion is based on accolades received. Wilt has a strong argument in that situation considering that he is the only player in NBA history to score 100 points, in addition to being a 13-time All-Star, four-time MVP, seven-time scoring champion, and 1960 rookie of the year. Even though hearing this argument about awards is tiresome, there are particular reasons why Jordan is better than everyone else in the GOAT debate.
Wilt’s greatest athlete
In his 2004 book “Wilt: Larger Than Life,” Chamberlain stated that one of the sport’s pioneers, Meadowlark Lemon, was his greatest athlete. Lemon was the most amazing basketball player Chamberlain had ever seen, according to him. Included in the Hall of Fame, the “Clown Prince” was a member of the 22-year Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, which participated in over 16,000 games.
Though everyone of us has our own standards for determining who the all-time great basketball player is, Lemon was undoubtedly an intriguing pick by Chamberlain. For Wilt, it goes beyond simply being one of the greatest scorers of all time and capitalizing on situations that other players aren’t afforded.
