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Wilt Chamberlain's unstoppable fadeaway
Posted on 7/4/15 at 10:54 am
Posted on 7/4/15 at 10:54 am
A redditor compiled this video. It's pretty incredible.
I think sometimes we are led to believe that Wilt just physically dominated players who were smaller and less athletic, and that he would just be a regular player today. But this is nonsense. He was so skilled.
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I think sometimes we are led to believe that Wilt just physically dominated players who were smaller and less athletic, and that he would just be a regular player today. But this is nonsense. He was so skilled.
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Posted on 7/4/15 at 10:58 am to SwaggerCopter
We had a long discussion/argument about Wilt recently in relation to his athleticism and ball-skills compared to Anthony Davis. The guy was an absolute freak.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:01 am to SwaggerCopter
for someone here acknowledging there was an NBA before 2005, let alone 1975.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:07 am to SwaggerCopter
His skill often goes undersung. Just to put it into perspective, if I were playing a 5-on-5 48-minute game with nine 12-year-old girls, I'd be the best player on the court, but I probably still wouldn't score 100 points. Meaning, the difference between me and the average 12-year-old girls' basketball player is not as big as the difference between Wilt and his average contemporaneous NBA peer. It's amazing.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:09 am to mattz1122
Help defenses were pathetic back then. Today a help defender would go for the ball. Wilt was amazing for his time a probably would have adapted but the power Dibble move that brings the ball down to a guards level is useless today
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:11 am to mattz1122
He had a really odd shooting motion. Half the time it looks like he was shooting with one hand.
Also noticed at the beginning that a lot of people didn't challenge the shot. It was weird. Not taking anything away, it was a different game, but some of those guys in the first minute or two were putting on a James Harden defensive highlight reel.
Also noticed at the beginning that a lot of people didn't challenge the shot. It was weird. Not taking anything away, it was a different game, but some of those guys in the first minute or two were putting on a James Harden defensive highlight reel.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:11 am to SwaggerCopter
That was an awesome video. I have to say it though, he might as well have been in a gym by himself in 70% of those plays.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:13 am to SwaggerCopter
I've been subscribed to that guy's station for a long time and I love all of his stuff.
My favorite video of his because this guy NEVER gets talked about:
Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson
My favorite video of his because this guy NEVER gets talked about:
Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:16 am to SwaggerCopter
You may question how his unstoppable fadeaway would play today but no doubt his unstoppable penis would still be a force.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:27 am to SwaggerCopter
And yet he couldn't hit a free throw to save his life.
Obviously, that is an edited highlight video.
He wasn't someone who could hit fadeaway jumpers on a regular basis.
And I know the guy who puts out these Wilt Chamberlain videos on Youtube. He's obsessed with Wilt Chamberlain and does everything he can to make him larger than life. He posts on different message boards to talk about how great Wilt is almost like he's spreading propaganda.
Wilt was a great player, but this guy has edited videos with some kind of video editing software to make him appear larger to win arguments with people on the internet that he was bigger than Shaq. Not just taller, but more muscular.
He also likes to pump up Bill Russell. But not because he cares about the legend of Bill Russell... but it makes Wilt look better if he was doing so well against a worthy opponent.
Like I said, Wilt was a great player, but don't think he was like Dirk Nowitzki or Hakeem Olajuwon shooting the fadeaway. It wasn't the case.
Obviously, that is an edited highlight video.
He wasn't someone who could hit fadeaway jumpers on a regular basis.
And I know the guy who puts out these Wilt Chamberlain videos on Youtube. He's obsessed with Wilt Chamberlain and does everything he can to make him larger than life. He posts on different message boards to talk about how great Wilt is almost like he's spreading propaganda.
Wilt was a great player, but this guy has edited videos with some kind of video editing software to make him appear larger to win arguments with people on the internet that he was bigger than Shaq. Not just taller, but more muscular.
He also likes to pump up Bill Russell. But not because he cares about the legend of Bill Russell... but it makes Wilt look better if he was doing so well against a worthy opponent.
Like I said, Wilt was a great player, but don't think he was like Dirk Nowitzki or Hakeem Olajuwon shooting the fadeaway. It wasn't the case.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:30 am to ghost2most
quote:That's because he couldn't shoot.
He had a really odd shooting motion.
He's a career 51% free throw shooter.
To put that in perspective, Shaq was a career 52.7% free throw shooter. Dwight Howard is a career 57% free throw shooter.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:32 am to PrimeTime Money
Damn, dude. It's okay. There were good players in the past. I don't know why marvelling over those players is such a trigger for you.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:37 am to mattz1122
Nothing wrong with marveling over great players from the past.
But these kinds of videos give people an inflated sense of a player's actual skill... which is what the guy who edited the video was going for.
If it was a highlight video highlighting Michael Jordan or Hakeem Olajuwon's fadeaway skill, then that is fine since it is known that they were both skilled in that department.
But to put together a video of Wilt shooting fadeaways is like someone putting together a video of Dwight Howard sinking free throws.
But these kinds of videos give people an inflated sense of a player's actual skill... which is what the guy who edited the video was going for.
If it was a highlight video highlighting Michael Jordan or Hakeem Olajuwon's fadeaway skill, then that is fine since it is known that they were both skilled in that department.
But to put together a video of Wilt shooting fadeaways is like someone putting together a video of Dwight Howard sinking free throws.
This post was edited on 7/4/15 at 11:39 am
Posted on 7/4/15 at 11:44 am to SwaggerCopter
If wilt played today he would be a big time all star. But dont think he didnt benefit immensly from who he played against back then. Shaq playing back those days would have been able to do whatever he wanted basically........ Except shoot free throws i guess.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 12:05 pm to Palm Beach Tiger
Many of the players of the past were better all around athletes, not the same thing as physically gifted, than the players of today. They played basketball during basketball season, and they played other sports other seasons. Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell, who were a physically gifted as any basketball players, were standouts in track and field. How many of today's big men would be competitive in running and jumping events?
People on this site laud Deandre Jordan as one of the best centers in the game. Jordan can't do any of the things that Chamberlain or Russell did nearly as well as either of them.
quote:He was able to do it when he actually played, and he would be able to do it today. So it is not a stretch to say he could have done it in the past as well. The same applies to all of the greats. Abdul-Jabbar would be a dominant player in any era. The same for Chamberlain and Russell who would have learned the game differently, and developed their skills more appropriate for today's game style.
Shaq playing back those days would have been able to do whatever he wanted basically........
People on this site laud Deandre Jordan as one of the best centers in the game. Jordan can't do any of the things that Chamberlain or Russell did nearly as well as either of them.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 12:12 pm to mattz1122
Mattz, come on. Wilt could obviously not compete with the superior athleticism of DeAndre Jordan.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 12:13 pm to VA LSU fan
quote:Help defenses were illegal back then. You would be called for a technical foul if you strayed too far from the man you were guarding. I know it is hard to believe, but watch how defenders of the past stuck with guys while they were out where the 3 point line is today, even if the offensive guy was not a threat to shoot from that distance.
Help defenses were pathetic back then.
Rather than change the no help defensive rules the NBA tried to neutralize Chamberlain by widening the lane to make him set up on the low post farther from the basket.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 12:17 pm to SwaggerCopter
Wilt is one of the greatest athletes of all-time and a true genetic freak. He could run a 1:59 800 M. No human that big should be able to do that.
It is obviously very difficult or even impossible to compare eras, but there is no doubt that Wilt is one of the true greats. I would only put Jordan, Kareem, and Lebron (if he dominates for the next few years) ahead of Wilt.
It is obviously very difficult or even impossible to compare eras, but there is no doubt that Wilt is one of the true greats. I would only put Jordan, Kareem, and Lebron (if he dominates for the next few years) ahead of Wilt.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 12:38 pm to Poodlebrain
quote:Watching the video it was funny how little attempt there was by defenders to push him out of that position prior to catching.
Rather than change the no help defensive rules the NBA tried to neutralize Chamberlain by widening the lane to make him set up on the low post farther from the basket.
I've never argued there weren't great players in the past. I will argue that there was limited defensive emphasis, the Celtics excluded.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 1:03 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
people under estimate Wilt Chamberlain. wilt was rumored to be really strong and athletic Schwarzenegger talks about how strong wilt was. It is also said that wilt dislocated Gus Johnson shoulder with a block
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