There have been many greats to play the game basketball, but we have never, and maybe never again, see the likes of Wilt Chamberlain. His entire life Wilt Chamberlain made the improbable look routine. No professional athlete in any team sport combined the size, strength, and fluidity of movement that Wilt Chamberlain brought into the sleepy, dimly lit NBA arenas of 1959. I¹ll go one step further: No one who has played pro team sports has ever dominated every minute of every game in the early Œ60s. His size and strength were sources of wonder not only to paying spectators, but also to his fellow players.

Wilt played in the NBA for 14 seasons, from Œ59-60 through Œ72-73, and he helped the NBA from league of

moderate local interest to a major TV attraction. Unfortunately, especially for younger fans, most of the TV tributes following his death showed the Wilt of the early Œ70s. Sure, his Lakers teams were great-the Œ71-72 team won pro sports record 33 games in a row. But Wilt by then was a much different player than he had been in his younger days. I myself have not seen the "real" Chamberlain play a number of times, but when I did, it was amazing.

Michael Jordan scored 50 or more points in 30 regular-season games in his career. Wilt Chamberlain scored 50 or more points in 45 games during the Œ61-62 season. Twenty-six years after he played his last NBA game, Wilt still holds the league¹s all-time single-season records for average points, rebounds,

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