Basketball Jesus: CHAMPION!
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about 1 year ago
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Wilt Chamberlain
MVP: 4
MVP Voting: Two 2nd place finishes, one 3rd place finish, two 4th place finishes, one 5th place finish
NBA Championships: 2
All-NBA First Team: 7
All-NBA Second Team: 3
7 Scoring Titles, 11 Rebounding Titles, 1 Assists Title
Recently, Jordan's become the de facto choice for number 1. Most casual fans immediately proclaim MJ to be the greatest player of all time. Others allege that Wilt is the greatest of all time, but for the wrong reasons. I'll try to be as objective and impartial as possible in my analysis of why I consider Wilt to be better than Jordan, Russell, Abdul-Jabbar, and everyone else.
Wilt's put up the most dominating, and perhaps the most untouchable statistics in not only NBA history, but perhaps professional sports history. His rebounding numbers will never be surpassed.
Most Career Rebounds
1. Wilt Chamberlain- 23924
2. Bill Russell- 21620
3. Moses Malone- 17834
Chamberlain beats out Russell by over 2000 rebounds, and Malone by over 6000 rebounds. Incredible. Granted, there were a lot more opportunities to grab rebounds, but Chamberlain still beat out his contemporaries consistently. The only man capable of matching Wilt rebound for rebound was Russell, yet Russell only won 4 rebounding titles to Chamberlain's 10. Other than Russell though, Chamberlain towered over the competition.
Note: I chose 1959-1969 for the upcoming comparison because it encompasses the time Russell and Chamberlain had overlapping careers