Why do people not give wilt chamberlain the credit he deserves?

People who said that mostly are Jordan's fans who discredit Wilt's accomplishment simple using that excuse. (Wilt played in weak era) Heck the 60/70's era was the toughest era in the NBA, people don't know that Wilt had to deal with players who played just to kick his butt, and hack him. FYI, Wilt was thinking to retire in his early career because of that, he was frustrated with the hard fouls he getting from the opposite players, these days you hack Kobe and you'll get a foul or even a technical.

He shot 46% in his rookie year, and there were some reasons how did he shot 46% 1) Opponents were allowed to get away with unbelievable physical play against Wilt. They hacked him every time he got the ball 2) His coach, Neil Johnston, told Wilt to shoot it anyway. But the vast majority of the fouls against him went uncalled.

3) Despite the illegality of zone defenses, referees allowed opponents to double and triple team Wilt, even before he got the ball. Even still, Coach Johnston told him to shoot it anyway, even when double or triple teamed. The physical play against him was the biggest reason for his low FG%.

Today, if Dwight Howard gets hacked like that, he goes to the line and is not charged with a missed FG. But in Wilt's case, his opponents basically got away with murder out there. Clyde Lovellette of the Celtics knocked a couple of Wilt's front teeth into the roof of his mouth on one play.

Wilt suffered a serious infection, and the teeth were never set properly in the operation, and this caused Wilt to live with a good deal of pain for literally the rest of his life. At the time of his death in 1999, he had been scheduled to undergo surgery to (hopefully) fix those teeth (which had never been properly repaired, and never properly healed), but Wilt passed away before the surgery could take place. The injury was aggravated later that year by Willie Naulls of the Knicks.

Tom Heinson of the Celtics also was involved in some very rough shots. Unfortunately for Wilt, he was not in a position to retaliate. Any double ejection would be an unequal trade...and Wilt was not a mean guy to begin with.

The physical play was so rough against him that Wilt actually retired after his rookie year. He wrote a piece for Look Magazine about the NBA being a bush league, etc... the Warriors' owner talked him into coming back, but Wilt was ready to hang it up. Over the years, many referees have admitted that they let guys get away with clobbering Wilt on the offensive end.

The league really didn't know how to handle Wilt, and subconsciously, the refs let the little guys get away with murder. In earlier years, they did this to make up for the fact that Wilt was so big and talented. In later years, they did this because they felt sorry for Wilt because he couldn't shoot free throws very well.

One ref told him "Wilt, I know you get hacked every time, but the game would be pretty boring watching you go one for two from the line every time down the court" Speaking of free throws btw, in Wilt's 100 point game in 1962, he shot 28 for 32 from the line.... to this day, the 28 FTs remains a record for most FTs made in a single game. Wilt finished 7th in the NBA in FG% as a rookie. The top league mark was .477.

It's more about pacing and the way the game was played back then. Teams back then just took and missed more shots than they do now. Teams today take about 80-85 shots per game and made 43-47%.

Teams in the early 60's took about 115-120 shots per game and only made about 37-41% of their shots. Meaning they had many, many more oppurtunies to rebound. So today, 37-80, 46% = 86 chances to rebound (both teams missed shots combined) In the eary 60's, 46-117, 39% = 142 chances to rebound.

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