Wilt Chaimberlain Threw Off Roof

He would jump off the roof on top of the garage or jump from one barn across to another.

Wilt chaimberlain threw off roof.

And we re going to play roxborough again and he was crapping around in practice. Certainly wilt chamberlain saw a lot of barns as he drove from new york city to the hershey sports arena in his cadillac for a friday night game against the new york knicks. Clip of wilt throwing gus johnson like a toy credit to the wilt chamberlain archive for the footage. The place where wilt chamberlain famously banged a large portion of an alleged 20 000 women is for sale.

Not many sports figures have ever been so universally recognized and while wilt came off as an egotistical womanizing superhuman through his media persona he was actually a cool guy with me jon stevenson a former avp association of volleyball professionals competitor who played with chamberlain on a six man team at the 1978 manhattan open told volleyball. He had no fear. According to wilt chamberlain s sister barbara the former nba star was known to run across the roofs of los angeles on the hunt for a swimming pool in which he could soak his hulking frame. Its sloped concrete roof was modeled after the old hockey arenas in europe and it blended in perfectly with the barns that dot the pennsylvania dutch countryside.

The method also called granny style shooting was favored by rick barry a career 89 3 free throw shooter and it helped chamberlain shoot a career best 61 from the line in 1961 62 the. The 6 foot 10 big man can still add to his record of rebounds through his age 26 season with still around half a season to go in 2019 20. While that s not that unusual for a young person to do i think the more. Hours before tipoff those walking by the arena s hot dog stand and peeking inside the arcade saw the unmistakable figure of the 7 foot 1 inch philadelphia warriors center wilt chamberlain.

Drummond does not turn 27 until the 2020 off season. He scored 75 against roxborough mosenson said.