Wilt Chamberlain averaged 37 and 27 as a Rookie

[Beard]

He was the League MVP as a rookie.

I think we should all just take a moment to reflect

[Sky_Knicks]

Wow

[Darain]

Waaay Faster pace, all centers were less then 7 feet tall, most of the other players werewhite, no charging line, less athletic, no advance defensive gameplans,

[Boognish]

Praise be to our Lord and Savior, Wilton Norman Chamberlain

[dirkster41]

That "Carmelo Anthony soaking everything in" avatar that I have seen here seems appropriate.

[[GR]]

Wilt played Russell in 142 games. He averaged 28.7 pts and 28.7 rebounds.


Praise be to the most high.

[J~Rush]

Wilt was bout dat life

[DusterBuster]

How many games were in a NBA season back then. Doubt it was the 82 game schedule they have now.

[HappyBrownie]

Waaay Faster pace, all centers were less then 7 feet tall, most of the other players werewhite, no charging line, less athletic, no advance defensive gameplans,

i'll be the first to jump on this as logical rationale for why Wilt acceled

[J~Rush]

How many games were in a NBA season back then. Doubt it was the 82 game schedule they have now.

http://www.nba.com/history/players/cham ... stats.html

72

[Guy986]

How did a 7 foot 2 player with a 50 inch vertical and enough strength/courage to beat up a mountain lion shoot 46% in his rookie year?

He should've be able to fly all over the court and dunk on people's face all the time.

[anish23]

well..

thats just... Insane.

but then again, he wouldnt do that in today's league. Even though the he would kill all the bigs.. not that.. not that kind of numbers. thats just... i dont know what that is.

[MassDaIllest]

Wilt shot Under 50% in several seasons....


I think his Era is overrated.

[richboy]

Account for Pace and lower fg% and his numbers are still great but not nearly that.

[Dupp]

Wilt played Russell in 142 games. He averaged 28.7 pts and 28.7 rebounds.


Praise be to the most high.

Thats intresting. What about in playoffs?