Wilt Chamberlain, who scored a maximum of 100 points in a single game, averaged 50 points in the season, and beat 20,000 women, known as Zhang 20,000, are well-known figures.
1. The most painful failure of a career, the reason for dropping out of school
Chamberlain took his University of Kansas with the University of North Carolina on the stage of the college finals, Chamberlain has been defended by three players because there was no 24-second rule at the time, North Carolina tried to extend the time of each possession, just to make the ball fall into Chamberlain's hands as little as possible, but he still got 23 points and 14 rebounds, was named the best player in the tournament, but lost by 1 point, and years later he admitted that this was the worst defeat of his career. He left college because he didn't like the way college basketball was, and from the 1950s to 1971 you couldn't join the NBA if you didn't graduate in four years of college. Because he couldn't play in the NBA yet, he traveled the country to improve his basketball skills.
2. Athletics champion in college
Chamberlain is more talented, he won more than 200 university scholarships, but he finally chose the University of Kansas because only this university allows him to participate in athletics competitions, athletics is his favorite sport besides basketball, height 2.16m, it is said that Chamberlain 100 meters score of 10.9s,
He also dominated the shot put, high jump, long jump and triple jump, winning the A-division track and field championships for three consecutive years.
3. Chamberlain stayed up all night before scoring a hundred points.
Chamberlain spent the night with a lady in New York, played a few pinball games in the office, spent the night with a pretty girl, and then took the train to Philadelphia early in the morning and scored 100 points.
4. Played semi-professional basketball under a pseudonym in high school
Chamberlain averaged 36.9 points per game at Overbrook High School, was the most talked about athlete at the time, and soon Chamberlain received an invitation from the semi-professional league, as a high school student with money to earn, but he will lose his college qualifications, his NBA dream may be shattered, but in order to make some money and improve himself, he changed his name, George Marcus, played 15 games, averaging just under 54 points per game.
5. After retiring from the NBA, he became a volleyball star
After his NBA career, instead of lying on the couch all day idly by, he developed a keen interest in volleyball, and in addition to playing professional games himself, in 1975 he became president of the International Volleyball Association.
He actively promoted the cause of volleyball and was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame, making him one of the few members of the Multiple Sports Hall of Fame. He also runs marathons and has his own athletics club.
4. One year coaching career.
Coaching a team in the ABA, the San Diego Conquest, with an annual salary of $600,000, the ABA league has been trying different rules to grab seats with the NBA, but his coaching job never really took up his time, and he left the team a year later.
5. Discuss with Michael Jordan who is the best player
At the 1997 NBA's Greatest 50 Players Awards Ceremony, they had a discussion, and Chamberlain said that when I played, the league could only limit me by changing the rules, and Jordan didn't answer because he knew Chamberlain was right.
3. Playing in Philadelphia but living in New York
Chamberlain, who spends 2 hours a day from New York to Philadelphia for competitions or training, says he prefers the lights of New York, where people are prettier.
2. Run a nightclub and get rid of financial difficulties
Because he has the specialty of dating different women, simply buy a nightclub, in the Harlem district of New York, called bigwilt, little paradise, Chamberlain was already in financial difficulties when he took over, he spent 18 hours a day in a new place to learn business, of course, can also enjoy the scenery, soon because of Chamberlain, nightclubs become famous, boxing king Ali, pop singers will patronize.
1. Fight with the boxer Ali
At that time, the boxing champion Ali had reached an agreement with Chamberlain to have a big fight, and many NBA legends in the last century said that Chamberlain had stopped basketball practice at that time and concentrated on boxing training. Unfortunately, Ali was later imprisoned, and the game ended without success.