if you block me twice then good for you.

if you block me 7 times then shame on me.

I mean I would assume so no 3 point shooting in his era people just went at him hoping for something to drop. Basketball skillset to navigate a monster like wilt wasnt developed at all yet.

Everyone loves to cite Wilt’s offensive records, but he was even better on defense. Indeed, he didn’t win championships until he finally followed Bill Russell’s example and focused on defense.

In those days only the best shooters (Jerry West, Oscar Robertson) were accurate from more than 15 feet out. There was no three point line. Most teams ran plays designed to get a shot near the basket.

But Russell and Chamberlain could hang out in the paint all day. The big man they were defending was always trying to establish low post position, so they were always in position to block shots near the basket. In fact, the Celtics said they had a “Hey Bill!” defense because anytime they wanted they could call for Bill to help.

Bill Russell discovered this in college because he wasn’t a particularly good low post scorer, despite his size. But he was a great defender, and learned that he could win college and pro championships if he focused on defense.

Wilt was a much better scorer than Russell, no doubt. But that meant it took him a very long time to accept that scoring 40, 50, or 100 points a game was not the way to win championships in that era.

Huge Wilt Stan, and I do think he would be one of the top shot blockers in any era but a few things to consider. Pace was higher. No 3 point shot. Play in general was a lot closer to the basket back then. Regardless, imo Wilt is the greatest individual scorer, rebounder, one of the top passing big men, and one of the greatest defenders of all time.

I remember

It’s kind of too bad every current stat wasn’t recorded from the start of the nba. Seeing stuff like this makes you wonder how different the record leaders would be for blocks and steals. But at the same time it was a completely different era of basketball, something that baseball experiences with some of their unattainable records set prior to the live ball era.

Wemby fuming rn

Russell gotta be up there too 

Was this the season where he blocked two of Kareem’s sky hooks back to back?

Reddit would call 50% of them goal-tends if it were around back then.

One day we’ll find out he blocked 100 shots in a game

he blocked someone who was built like a young charles barkley but stronger so hard the impact dislocated his shoulder. he blocked the ball so hard that on its way down it broke someone’s foot  now let’s throw in the fact that he would dunk from the free throw line on a regular basis and teammates would put coins on the top of the backboard where he would grab them off the top of the backboard

Playing against janitors?