Chamberlain played for three teams in his career. Starting out with theWarriors, playing there for 3 seasons before the franchise relocated to San Francisco where he only played one season. during the 1964 season Chamberlain was traded by the Warriors to the 76ers who had just started playing ...
Chamberlain starred in the NBA from 1959 through 1973, when he played for the Philadelphia (later the San Francisco) Warriors, 76ers and Lakers. The 31,419 points Chamberlain scored during his career stood as a record untilKareem Abdul-Jabbarbroke it in 1984. Chamberlain, who never fouled out...
But it is what Chamberlain accomplished in 1961-62 that likely will never be surpassed. That's when he averaged 48.5 minutes (the Warriors played 10 overtime periods and he played all but eight of 3,890 minutes that season) and 50.4 points, becoming the only player to crack the 4,000-p...
Wilt Chamberlain would be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979. His number was retired by every single franchise he played for (Warriors, 76ers, Lakers, and Globetrotters) Wilt has also been named to the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th-anniversary teams. Sports Team History takes...
thing interesting to note is that the Lakers center Darrall Imhoff was the center when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points. Imhoff was a solid player who made one all-star team in 1967 while playing for the Lakers. He had a 12 year career from 1960 until 1972 playing for six NBA teams. ...
Wilt Chamberlain played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. Click for more.
Big numbers would always define his life, but for many the paltry two championships would define his career. This was unfair in light of the teams he played on and against. Particularly against the Celtics, he faced a superior team, even while he statistically dominated Russell. He tried to...
But Chamberlain didn't mind "The Big Dipper," or "Dipper," a nickname given to him by friends because he had to duck his head when passing through a doorframe. When it came time for college, Chamberlain was sought after by many top college basketball teams. He chose to attend the ...
To combat Chamberlain’s dominant play, opposing teams devised various tactics to stop him, including double and triple-teaming, and holding the ball for long periods of time to deny Chamberlain chances at offense (the shot clock was not used in college basketball at the time). He also didn...
For example, for all his masculine swagger and the sexual stats, Chamberlain counted many women among his friends and personally financed women's track and volleyball teams. He was a devotee of women's tennis. In a phrase almost...