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He was probably a virgin when he left high school." (And you guys complain about Russell Westbrook chasing triple-doubles.). Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. Wilts rebounding anomalies extend beyond just that record. For his career Wilt averaged 30.1 points, 4.4 assists, and 22.9 rebounds. A lot of Chamberlain's records will be difficult to break. Prior to the 2006-07 season, the NBA announced that after 16 technical fouls in a season, an NBA player would be suspended for the next game without pay. At 7'1", Wilt Chamberlain may have been the most dominating and amazing basketball player of all time. 1 steal - 76ers vs Celtics 67 EDF Game 3 (2nd half), 0 steals - Lakers vs Knicks 70 Finals Game 7, 3 steals - Lakers vs Bucks 72 Reg season, 1 steal - Lakers vs Bucks 72 WCF Game 3 (part), 3 steals - Lakers vs Bucks 72 WCF Game 4, 3 steals - Lakers vs Bucks 72 WCF Game 6 (part), 1 steal - Lakers vs Knicks 72 Finals Game 5, 3 steals - Lakers vs Knicks 73 Finals Game 5, 3.33 steals per game vs. Kareem in 3.0 games. No team has averaged even 50 rebounds per game since 1977-78. We present them here for purely educational purposes. At least his totals stand alone, a numerical testament to the unassailable mix of right player, right time, and right place. It was Russell with around 3.5 steals and Wilt with 1.5 steals on around 100 games. At the end of a 19-year NBA career, John Stockton amassed an NBA record 15,806 assists and 3,265 steals. The owner of Wilt Chamberlain Archieve channell, don't remember his realgm nname, has large sample size of data about this. And later on, there is discussion of whether or not double-dipping is an acceptable way to eat! According to legend, he was intimate with 23 different women on one 10-day road trip. I've never seen Wilt stealing the ball from ball-handling guard and I've seen Bill doing that quite a few times. All rights reserved. 1y. Hakeem Olajuwon once recorded a quadruple-double. All my points are not only valid, but carry a level of weight that would sink a rubberized yellow plastic duck. Wilt Chamberlain, 7ft 2ins tall and 23 stone, was forced to play that role all his life. He shot 54% from the field and a weak 51% from the line. Russell's teams beat Wilt's in the playoffs five times in his first seven seasons, and Russell took home 11 titles in his 13 years. Matt and Craig talk Oscar tactics and more, then later end the show with a prediction about Chris Rocks live comedy special on Netflix, Rachel and Callie also talk all the Bravo news of the week, By submitting your email, you agree to our, Why No One Will Ever Top 40 Rebounds Again. Wilt Chamberlain is the All-Time leader in rebounds. As for his nemesis Bill Russell, in 1961, the man with 11 rings pulled off one of the most shocking quadruple doubles ever and it was against Wilt: 15 points, 25 rebounds, 13 blocks and 15 stealsnot assists but steals. Wilt's ascension as a . "No one can stop Wilt," Russel said. Re: Wilt Chamberlain steals per game data with additional film breakdown. The highest active player on the both these charts is Chris Paul with 9,653 assists and 2,233 steals. But because of rest minutes, that kind of pace is simply unsustainable over a full game, or even just a half. Before retiring, Chamberlain earned three MVP trophies, including Finals MVP and two NBA titles, in addition to MVP and Rookie of the Year. Along with all of the buckets, Chamberlain also grabbed 25 rebounds and found time to dish out two assists. He would have a lot more steals if every opposing big took the challenge of playing him 1 on 1 as Kareem does here: https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/status/1379037412291084288, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/status/1379037446818594825. He managed his money shrewdly, and found his reputation growing as his ground-breaking statistical domination came to overshadow his failure in championships. Wilt Chamberlain: Sample Average - 8.63 BPG Sample S.D - 4.05 Sample Size - 112 Estimate Career BPG (99% Conf Interval) - ~7.7-9.6 BPG If one believes that there is a "high" bias going on, taking out the 11 highest block numbers leads to a range of: Bill Russell - 6.7-8.0 BPG Wilt Chamberlain - 7.0-8.5 BPG Thats good! In his legendary career, Chamberlain scored 31,419 points, including the unbelievable. He scored 100 points in a single game. Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. Answer: I read up on Wilt. Neutral site games were not all that uncommon, but the scheduledid present achallenge for players. How The Sporting News covered Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, SN 50: Chamberlain's 1961-62 season set list of unbreakable records. In sports, and possibly even in life, that's true in about 90% of all instances. Give It To Wilt!". Wilt collected 55 of 149 total rebounds in his record game. Plenty of records are falling this NBA season, but this feat wont. The Alabama passer is one of the smallest QB prospects to be pegged as a first-round pick. Thats more than there have been total 30-rebound games from every NBA player combined since he retired. 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Hassan Whiteside did it four. Find out more about how we use your personal data in our privacy policy and cookie policy. Reggie Jackson is amazing and a killer in the clutch that's all. Or write about sports? Let's go back 60 years to learn more about Chamberlain's iconic performance. Heres why. So let us assume Wilt really started around the age of 18, which ups the average to 1.5 women per day for 37 years. More than 7 feet (2.1 metres) tall, Chamberlain was an outstanding centre . His basketball battles against his own personal David, Bill Russell, became a morality play which did neither man justice, but defined the essence of sporting success for generations of American fans. Back in those days, the NBA was working to gain a larger audience, and without the benefit of a massive TV deal, teams had to reach the fans directly. 2 in Wilts favor versus Drummond: Teams in 2019 dont miss enough shots. In 1960-61, when Chamberlain set the record, teams attempted ONE HUNDRED AND NINE shots per game. So, in 2015, Wilt Chamberlain would have: This exercise is meant to gaze in awe at Wilts statistical hegemony, not conclude that he was Drummond or Whiteside with a heavier workload in a different era. He scored 23 points in the first quarter and had 41 by halftime, then tallied 28 in the third quarter, when the fans began to chant, "Give It To Wilt! Wilt was also a lifelong insomniac, sometimes just not sleeping at all. So if there was ever a clue that I was going to have a hot day, this was definitely the clue.". His is a name I know, although I have never followed basketball. Drummond himself has done it 11 times. Either way, winning 11 out of a possible 13 is difficult in any professional sport. Born in Philadelphia, one of 10 children, Wilt began attracting attention after growing five inches the summer he entered high school. He was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers midway through the 1964-65 season. This is constrained. The first thing that jumps out immediately is Wilts ability to deny the post entry pass. Nate Thurmond, who played with and against Chamberlain, stated that Wilt was "7'2" and 290 lbs that season" (In the Wilt Chamberlain Scouting Tool video). I always knew Wilt blocked more shots than Russell. Allegedly this was the trigger that set Wilt off in the 2nd half. The Creed Franchise Has Stepped Out of Rockys Shadow at Last, With Sylvester Stallone removed from the equation, Creed III is the sternest test yet of Adonis Creeds appealand a new challenge for first-time director Michael B. Jordan, The Clock Is Already Ticking for Kyrie Irving and the Mavs, Dallas now has a costar alongside Luka Doncic but has precious little time to make it all work. I don't have steal numbers from available footage (yet) but I'm almost sure that Russell averaged more steals per game - he was Hakeem-esque in terms of disruption both down low and on perimeter. Please logout and login again. Which NBA players could break Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point record? But the time factor is an interesting point. The modern game has caused records to fall and statistical outliers to erupt at the same frenetic pace as its games are played. His skills revolutionised the game, yet his own prowess seemed to bore him, and he played best answering internal challenges. Thats a lofty number, but it didnt lead the league during that span, and it would place him behind four active players on the career leaderboard in Drummond, DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard, and Kevin Love. Give Naatu Naatu Best Original Song. One of my very old friends saw Wilt play many, many times and he always said, "If they kept track of blocks, Wilt and Russell would have averaged triple-doubles just like Oscar did." Wilt Chamberlain, in full Wilton Norman Chamberlain, bynames Wilt the Stilt and the Big Dipper, (born August 21, 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.died October 12, 1999, Los Angeles, California), professional basketball player, considered to be one of the greatest offensive players in the history of the game. As part of this record, the 1971-72 Lakers, which were led by legendary players likeWilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, and Gail Goodrich, won 16 straight games on the road also an NBA record. And what about turndowns? Great find. In both categories, Jason Kidd ranks second to Stockton with 12,091assistsand 2,684 steals. https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37281479139334, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37314924474370, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37346641813505, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37380640841738, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37412291084288, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37446818594825, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37502430830595, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37548207480836, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37597045944322, https://twitter.com/bullsmanguy/stat37633913921536. The NBA did not count steals and blocks at the time, so the record is unofficial. Let it Disturbing perimeter, on ball defence; Wilt was a rim standing guy like Eaton,Mutombo or Shaq. The irony of Wilts rebounding records is that more of todays centers are collecting a higher percentage of rebounds than ever before. I've (also) found out that having one woman a thousand different times is more satisfying.". 4. The NBA's weirdest triple doubles include some of the NBA's signature names, including Wilt Chamberlain and Jason Kidd. Chamberlain scored 41 points in the first half, not all that surprising considering he averaged 50.4 points per game over the entire season. LA Lakers' Elmore Smith was the first player to lead the NBA in blocks per game, with an average of 4.85 and 393 total blocks. I remember reading that someone kept a tally of Chamberlain's blocks one game, and he ended up with 26. Ultimately, while Drummond might expect to be on the court for about 60 rebound opportunities in the average 2019 game, his half-century-ago predecessor would have expected to be on court for about 110. This performance played a big role in how he's perceived by fans to this day. Chamberlains besting of Bill Russell on the boards wasnt just the most recent 40-rebound game; it was the last. Klay Thompson set a record by sinking 14 3s in a game, just two years after teammate Steph Curry set the record with 13. Additionally, he did have a six-month schedule, for 14 seasons, of playing professional basketball. From 1956 to 1969, only twice did they fail to clinch a championship 1958 and 1967. His basketball battles against his own personal . In Wilts final 40-rebound gamethe one celebrating its 50th anniversaryhis rebounding percentage was just 28 percent, as he benefited from playing all 53 minutes in a fast-paced overtime duel. According to statisticians, Chamberlain dropped 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 24 blocks, and 11 steals in a game against the LA Lakers. At the end of a 19-year NBA career, John Stockton amassed an NBA record 15,806 assists and 3,265 . 135 games for Bill Russell, 8.1 blocks per game: I am a far better poster than anyone else here. In his nine-year career, the . In an era when a black sportsman's success was inevitably attributed to "natural" talent, Chamberlain was an intelligent, articulate black man cursed with an unmistakable natural attribute. His "finger-roll" earned him the nickname Big Dipper, which he preferred to Stilt. Basketball games are 48 minutes long; Wilt averaged more than 48 minutes per game for an entire season, playing every minute of every game, including extra time. They would obviously not average anything close to that today, but they are still some of the most "transportable" vintage all time greats. Wed 13 Oct 1999 21.45 EDT. Maybe that tally isnt fair to Chamberlain, given that it comprises the end of his career rather than his peak. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Let alone the best depth too. Luckily, we can tinker with some available data from earlier in Wilts run. Chamberlain finished with 100 points on 36-of-63 shooting from the field (57.1 percent) and 28-of-32 shooting from the free . As in, final; complete; etched, essentially, with chisel in stone.