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Wilton Norman Chamberlain (Wilt, Wilt the Stilt, the Big Dipper)
Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-1 ▪ Weight: 275 lbs.
Born: August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: October 12, 1999
High School: Overbrook in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: University of Kansas
Draft: Philadelphia Warriors, 1959 NBA Draft (territorial selection)
NBA Debut: October 24, 1959
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1979 (Full List)
As Coach: 1 Yr, 37-47, .440 W-L% (Full Record)
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News -- May 2013
- 5/2 HoopsHabit: Miami Heat: Where Does LeBron James’ 2012-13 Season Rank In His Career?: What more is there to say about LeBron James that hasn’ [...]The post Miami Heat: Where Does LeBron James’ 2012-13 Season...
- 5/1 HoopsHabit: Miami Heat: Grading Each Part of LeBron James’ Game: LeBron James is the best player in the NBA. The numbers [...]The post Miami Heat: Grading Each Part of LeBron James’ Game appeared...
News -- April 2013
- 4/25 HoopsHabit: Philadelphia 76ers: 5 Worst Trades In Franchise History: The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the more storied fran [...]The post Philadelphia 76ers: 5 Worst Trades In Franchise History...
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- 4/20 Nets Take Over: Brook Lopez, "One of the True Centers in the Game": Brook Lopez has to be the most charismatic player on the Nets. He has the most compelling interviews and there is always some...
- 4/20 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Profile: Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was doing his [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Profile appeared...
- 4/18 Dancing With Noah: Guess Pau’s Strange: Induction into the 20/10 Club (and revisiting Charles Barkley): We used to get 20s & 10s more frequently than we do these days. In the 2000s, we’ve seen at least two players average twenty...
- 4/12 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch: 5 Most Valuable Player Candidates: The race for 2012-13 NBA Most Valuable Player award has [...]The post NBA Awards Watch: 5 Most Valuable Player Candidates appeared...
- 4/8 Dancing With Noah: Kobe Bryant: over 38 over 34: In a vacuum, I think all of us can agree that what Kobe Bryant’s doing in his 17th NBA season is mostly ridiculous. With a handful...
- 4/7 HoopsHabit: NBA Best of the Week Awards: NBA Best of the Week Awards. The week of March 28 throu [...]The post NBA Best of the Week Awards appeared first on HoopsHabit....
- 4/5 Sports Out West: Clippers forward Grant Hill may retire after this season: After a 19-year NBA career that includes seven All-Star appearances, 40-year-old Los Angeles Clippers forward Grant Hill may retire...
- 4/1 The Basketball Champs Belt: Kobe Passes Wilt and Takes the Belt: By Michael Hogan On Saturday, March 30, Kobe Bryant passed Kansas Jayhawk Wilt Chamberlain for the fourth spot on the all-time...
- 4/1 Sports Out West: Kobe Bryant will make retirement decision this summer: 17 years ago, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant needed his parents to co-sign his first NBA contract in the summer of 1996...
News -- March 2013
- 3/31 A Royal Pain: Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant Predicts Kings To Remain In Sacramento: There may not be a Los Angeles Laker more hated by Sacramento King fans than that of Kobe Bryant. However, last night, as the...
- 3/31 Cowbell Kingdom: CK Press Box Report: Los Angeles Lakers 103, Sacramento Kings 98Questionable judgment costs the Kings a chance to play spoiler in the Lakers' playoff hopes...
- 3/30 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 74 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles LakersPreviewing tonight's match-up between the Kings and Lakers...
- 3/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Heat's Streak by the Numbers: Unless you've been living under a rock since Groundhog Day, you probably heard how the Miami Heat put together an insane winning...
- 3/14 HoopsHabit: Miami Heat: Winning Streak One of NBA’s Best Ever: The Miami Heat extended their winning streak to 20 game [...]The post Miami Heat: Winning Streak One of NBA’s Best Ever appeared...
- 3/13 HoopsHabit: NBA: The Evolution of the Center Position: The NBA is experiencing an evolution in the center posi [...]The post NBA: The Evolution of the Center Position appeared first...
- 3/5 Foul Line Extended: Most “Super Seasons”: Most NBA “Super Seasons”, minimums of: 20 Player Efficiency Rating 10 Win Shares Rk Player From To Count 1 Kareem...
- 3/1 The High Phive: 76ers are “Competitive” but Fall to the Bulls 93-82: You know that you’ve reached the end of the line when the coach is using the word “competitive”. It’s over for the 76ers...
News -- February 2013
- 2/27 NBA Jerks: Hot Heads Disrupt NBA Fantasy League: Hibbert Proves His Worth As All-Star Shover It was almost Malice in the Palace 2.0 in Indy last night after Roy Hibbert and David...
- 2/22 HoopsHabit: NBA: Why True Big Men Are Becoming Extinct: Voting for the NBA All-Star Game proved a sad fact: Tru [...]The post NBA: Why True Big Men Are Becoming Extinct appeared first...
- 2/22 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #19: Triple-Doubles (2-22-13): On this week’s NBA Stat Central…Recording a [...]The post NBA Stat Central #19: Triple-Doubles (2-22-13) appeared...
- 2/20 StoopSports.com: The Fan: My Mt. Rushmores: Jesse Dougherty- Let’s just say that all this talk about Lebron, Jordan, Kobe and Scalabrine has me thinking more about...
- 2/11 HoopsHabit: Cleveland Cavaliers: Could Kyrie Irving become an MVP candidate?: Can Kyrie Irving become a candidate for the Most Valuab [...]The post Cleveland Cavaliers: Could Kyrie Irving become an MVP candidate?...
- 2/9 NBA Jerks: Dwama Continues Between Kobe and D. Howard: Dwight Howard is the kind of player we see only once an era. Except unlike Jordan or Lebron, the self-ascribed Superman has prin****...
News -- January 2013
- 1/31 HoopsHabit: NY Knicks: Most Important Knick Not Named Carmelo Anthony: Basketball has once again taken center stage in New York as the Knicks are having their best season since 2001. The Knicks are...
- 1/29 HoopsHabit: NBA All-Star Game: The 10 Best All-Star Teams Ever: NOTE: All statistics courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com. It was March 2, 1951, at Boston Garden when the tradition began. The...
- 1/26 The Basketball Champs Belt: Back to Bartlesville: The Untold Story of Oklahoma Hoops Legend Dallas Dobbs: By Michael HoganDallas Dobbs' number thirteen hangs in the rafters at the University of Kansas' Allen Fieldhouse, but the jersey...
- 1/25 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #15: Historical Comparison: On this week’s NBA Stat Central, we’re going to take a look at the 2012-13 leaders to see how they stack up in a historical...
- 1/24 Celtics Life: Ranking the top ten players in NBA history: I love rankings. Doesn't matter if someone is ranking their favorite bands, colors, fruits, ect. You rank it, I'll read it....
- 1/3 Tyler's Think Tank: NBA All Decade Team 1960s: PG Jerry West SG Oscar Robertson--Over Hal Greer and Sam Jones SF Elgin Baylor PF Jerry Lucas C Wilt Chamberlain--I'll...
News -- December 2012
- 12/22 HoopsHabit: Milwaukee Bucks: Larry Sanders Delivers Breakout Game in OT Win Over Boston Celtics: Could Larry Sanders have delivered the breakout game the Milwaukee Bucks have been waiting for since taking the 6-11 project out...
- 12/21 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #10: Awards Voting Gaffes: Voting on individual awards generally doesn’t spark a whole lot of controversy. The MVP races usually are a two-man race...
- 12/12 Dancing With Noah: What is this thing, hope? alternately: Drowning in our hubris: Back in September, the odds makers in Vegas or Jersey City or Macau or wherever it is they reside set the odds of a Lakers championship...
- 12/6 Z krainy NBA: Najmłodszy: Kobe Bryant został dzisiaj najmłodszym z pięciu zawodników NBA, którzy przekroczyli w swojej karierze granicę 30,000 punktów....
- 12/5 NBA Jerks: Kobe Bryant Becomes Fifth to 30,000 Points: To score 30,000 points in an NBA career is a remarkable accomplishment. Coming into play on Wednesday night, four people in the...
- 12/3 The Basketball Champs Belt: 1952: The Best Center of All Time is Born: As TBCB begins to prepare our 1952-53 NBA season summary, we set the stage by sharing with you related facts, stories, and highlights....
News -- November 2012
- 11/16 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #5: Records Not Meant To Be Broken: Welcome to NBA Stat Central, where we take a deeper look into NBA statistics for the 2012-13 season and many before. Each Friday...
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- 11/13 Dancing With Noah: Let’s Meet at the Crossroads of LeBron and Russell Jones: It started off on the island, aka Shaolin…it was November 9th, 1993, almost 19 years to the day that the Wu-Tang Clan dropped...
News -- October 2012
- 10/31 Miami Heat Index: LeBron James: Is He Still an Iron Man or are Leg Cramps a Crack in His Armor?: Are LeBron James' leg cramps a crack in his armor or will his legendary durability continue this season? For the second...
- 10/22 Back Picks: The Backpicks Top 50: This summer, as part of a project over at Real GM, I drafted my first GOAT list (Greatest of All-Time). The spirit of the project...
- 10/8 The Wages of Wins Journal: Missing Shots: Where Allen Iverson is an All-Time GreatDre breaks down Allen Iverson's terrible shooting on an epic scale. Continue reading →...
News -- September 2012
- 9/18 The Wages of Wins Journal: Bill Russell, Joakim Noah and What Wins GamesDre looks at a comment by Bill Russell on how Joakim Noah is contributing on offense. Continue reading →...
News -- August 2012
- 8/10 The Wages of Wins Journal: The Lakers always get their (big) manArturo breaks down how the Lakers always get their man and how Orlando is passing out wins. Continue reading →...
News -- June 2012
- 6/22 The Wages of Wins Journal: Quick takes on LeBron’s first ringDre looks at LeBron James' first ring and some of the stories that go with it. Continue reading →...
- 6/13 Chasing 23: 7 questions for the 2012 NBA Finals: On the eve of the 2012 NBA Finals, E-Dog offers his answers around some of the most pressing questions surround the main event....
- 6/13 Back Picks: The Best Playoff Series Since 1986: After LeBron James‘ classic Game 6 in the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals, he capped the series in Game 7 by scoring 31 more...
- 6/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Thoughts on Game 7: After a 94-90 Game 5 Celtics win down in Miami that was just as thrilling as it was improbable, hopes were high that this...
- 6/9 The Wages of Wins Journal: LeBron’s game was the best no-tomorrow win of all timeAlfredo looks at where LeBron's must-win game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals ranks. Continue reading →...
- 6/8 It Goes to XI: The King James Version: A Good Game in the First Half: Tom Robinson is almost certainly right: everyone would be better off with less sports talk radio in their lives (or even none...
News -- May 2012
- 5/23 Chasing 23: The Real Reason for the Lakers’ 2012 Playoff Exit? An Aging KobeThe NBA Realist identifies the real reason for the Lakers' playoff exit - An Aging Alpha Dog....
- 5/13 Chasing 23: 2012 NBA Most Valuable Player: Chasing 23 Writers’ PicksThe votes are in and it is unanimous. The MVP crown is back on its rightful place, The King. ...
News -- April 2012
- 4/9 Z krainy NBA: [Drużyna (bez) Pierścienia] Kilka kilogramów nadwagi i sporo kontrowersji… [vol.5]: Po krótkiej przerwie zapraszam na kolejne, tym razem świąteczne wydanie “Drużyna (bez) pierścienia”, w którym...
- 4/8 A Substitute for War: Searching for Bill Russell ~ Starring Anthony Davis (2012): The more I learn about basketball’s history, the more impressed with Bill Russell I am. Like many, I at one point found...
- 4/2 Miami Heat Index: Magic Johnson: Science & Politics of HIV/AIDS Research After His Announcement: A biomedical engineer and political scientist joined the Miami Heat Index to discuss their examination of how the science and...
News -- March 2012
- 3/2 Miami Heat Index: Black History Month: From Basketball Slave to 40 Million Dollar Slaves: From Basketball Slave to Forty Million Dollar Slaves, black players allowed white team owners to exploit their superior...
News -- February 2012
- 2/27 Z krainy NBA: Zapowiedź All-Star Game 2012 #2 – 10 najlepszych występów wszechczasów: Są takie dni, których nie zapomnimy do końca życia. Mimo, że All-Star Game jest mało istotne w kontekście walki o zdobycie...
- 2/26 Back Picks: Adrian Dantley, Chamberlain Theory and Overrating “Good Scorers”: Open up the NBA record books and Adrian Dantley‘s name will keep popping up in the most impressive of places. Dantley is...
- 2/23 Back Picks: Team Efficiency Estimates 1956-1973: We can use a simple method of pace estimation to calculate team offensive and defensive efficiency (points scored or allowed every...
- 2/16 Chasing 23: Tyson Chandler – The Backbone of the New York Knicks: While world has attributed the Knicks' recent success to "Linsanity", Lochpster sheds light on the their true offensive and defensive...
- 2/11 Back Picks: Dennis Rodman’s Rebounding Effect: Before the days of lineup data and statistical nerdom, there was an overwhelming belief that Dennis Rodman was the King of Rebounding....
News -- January 2012
- 1/27 Chasing 23: The Top 5 Old NBA Player Seasons of All Time: In the NBA it is said that longevity is a testament to greatness. But who has been the best of the best? Sean Cribben evaluates...
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- 1/7 Chasing 23: Why A Dwight Howard To Chicago Bulls Trade Makes Sense: Dwight Howard has identified the Nets, Lakers, and Mavs as his top 3 choices. However, The NBA Realist discusses why the team...
News -- December 2011
- 12/1 Z krainy NBA: Patrząc wstecz. 81 punktów Bryanta: To był 22 stycznia 2006 roku. Dzień, który Kobe Bryant zapamięta chyba do końca swoich dni. Właśnie wtedy, dokonał rzeczy,...
News -- November 2011
- 11/13 Miami Heat Index: HEATcast: NBA Lockout Fatigue, Jerry West Dream Game, Hall of Fame for Tim Hardaway & Week 10 NFL Picks: Bloggers from the Miami Heat Index and HeatFreak.com discussed NBA lockout boredom, Jerry West's dream game featuring the top...
News -- September 2011
- 9/29 Chasing 23: The Wilt Chamberlain Debate – Basketball’s Goliath Conundrum: Were Wilt Chamberlain's statistical accomplishments truly the measure of greatness? Or was he merely the beneficiary of playing...
- 9/15 Z krainy NBA: Warriors zastrzegą numer Mullina: Chris Mullin, dopiero co włączony do koszykarskiego Hall of Fame, dostąpi jeszcze jednego zaszczytu w najbliższym czasie....
News -- August 2011
- 8/25 Z krainy NBA: James Worthy – zawodnik który nie odczuwał presji: James Worthy – zawodnik na którego zawsze można było liczyć w wielkich spotkaniach, który swoje najlepsze mecze rozgrywał...
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- 8/12 Z krainy NBA: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Wielki zwycięzca: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – jeden z najlepszych i najsłynniejszych koszykarzy w historii NBA i całej koszykówki. Człowiek który...
- 8/3 Z krainy NBA: Durant zawładnął Rucker Parkiem: Jeśli nie oglądaliście filmu o historii Earla The Goat Manigaulta, to obejrzyjcie, bo naprawdę warto. Jeśli natomiast...
News -- July 2011
- 7/26 Chasing 23: The Wilt Chamberlain Debate – Basketball’s Goliath Conundrum: Were Wilt Chamberlain's statistical accomplishments truly the measure of greatness? Or was he merely the beneficiary of playing...
News -- June 2011
- 6/28 BBR Blog: Players & Coaches Who Won Championships With Multiple Teams: BBR user Kenneth asked: "I have a question regarding players and coaches with NBA titles--which player(s) and coach(es) have won...
- 6/17 Z krainy NBA: Bulls 95-96 najlepszym zespołem historii wg Sporting News: Gazeta Sporting News obchodzi właśnie rocznicę 125-lecia istnienia. Z tej okazji na podstawie głosów obecnych i byłych...
- 6/14 Back Picks: How Good is Tyson Chandler?: There is a notion floating around much of the Basketballsphere (neologism alert!) that great players need to be volume scorers....
- 6/13 Chasing 23: Why We Shouldn’t Judge a Player by the Rings on his Fingers: Why do NBA fans place so much emphasis on rings? Was Russell really better than Wilt? Or do we just make misguided conclusions...
- 6/10 Chasing 23: Why Lebron James Can’t Win: No matter the outcome of the 2011 NBA Finals, the legacy of Lebron James has taken an unfair beating and he finds himself in a...
- 6/4 BBR Blog: A 19-Bullet Salute to Shaq: As you no doubt know, Shaquille O'Neal, one of the NBA's greatest centers, announced his retirement earlier this week. In honor...
- 6/3 Chasing 23: Shaquille O’Neal Retires from NBA and the Fu-SchnickensA farewell to one of the most unique and celebrated Big-Men in NBA history....
- 6/3 A Substitute for War: Pippen’s Blasphemy and Cowardice of Critics: Scottie Pippen said: Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to ever play in the game. But I may go as far as to say LeBron...
- 6/3 BBR Blog: Mailbag: NBA MVPs and Their Rings: BBR reader Jamey wrote in with this question: "I'm watching the NBA Finals, and one of the hosts of the pre-game show said that...
News -- May 2011
- 5/29 BBR Blog: Miami-Dallas: The Strangest Finals Rematch Ever: Finals rematches usually involve a familiar cast of characters with a great deal of bad blood built up over past battles, right?...
- 5/7 A Substitute for War: Supersized Humans, Missing Giants: An article from the New York Times has cause a little bit of a stir in the basketball world, really because it gives more scientific...
News -- April 2011
- 4/25 Chasing 23: The 10 Greatest NBA All Star Game Performances EverRanking the Top 10 All-Star game performances of all time....
- 4/23 A Substitute for War: Howard is the DPOY, but he’s no Garnett: Dwight Howard just won his 3rd straight Defensive Player of the Year, and I don’t disagree with the choice. In fact, I don’t...
- 4/13 Chasing 23: Down Memory Lane: The 1991 NBA FinalsOne Fan's Recollection of Sports Debates, MJ vs. Magic, and the 1991 NBA Finals....
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