Thread: Wilt Chamberlain: The Greatest NBA Athlete?
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Old 07-12-2006, 05:51 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Re: Wilt Chamberlain: The Greatest NBA Athlete?
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Originally Posted by kflo
i will guarantee you wilt did not bench 550 pounds while a 20 year old rookie. his vertical, i guarantee you was not 48 inches. he was fast, strong, and could jump high, but don't believe the stuff that makes him out to be superman. put those numbers down to even 350 and 35 and you've still got pretty much an unprecedented athlete, even today (at 7'1). back then, it's simply absurd.
Agreed. 550 is probably impossible/near impossible for a 7 footer.

With a 48 inch vertical, his head would be a foot above the rim for rebounds. There have been no accounts or proof of that. I have seen black and white photos/footage of him and there was no way he had a 48 inch vertical. High jump does not equate to vertical.

350 and 35 would make him a 7 foot, 280 pound Amare Stoudemire, isn't that enough for a legendary athlete?
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