Is Dip (Wilt Chamberlain) the most athletic human of that size of all time?

[dantheman9758]

I'm gonna play some show and tell. Lotta u know I make mixes of old school players and I'm workin on a mix for Wilt Chamberlain rite now but I gotta take a break cause his footage and hearing interviews about his athleticism is blowin my mind. Here's a little snippet of what I'm workin on I just wanted to see what u guys have to say about him.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Uld9H6T0E"]Wilt A Real Superman2 - YouTube[/ame]

7-1 1/16 w/o shoes - 4 inches more than Dwight Howard
9-7 standing reach - same as Yao Ming
7-8 wingspan - 3 more inches than Yao Ming
9.5 x 11.5" hand - bigger than Shaqs
258lbs young and skinny - 327lbs fully yoked
4.6 40 timed in his barefeet when he was 290lbs

look how he moves... who else in that class of size has ever moved like that? It's like he's only 6 feet tall. Just got done listening to an interview with Sonny Hill (Philly bball legend) and he talked about how Wilt would toss Shaq around like a ragdoll if they faced each other. I'm sure hes exaggeratin but damn, if theres one person I'd pick to stop prime Shaq its gotta be this guy

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Wilt the goat

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

A fukking freak

 

[FaTaL]

better then any big man today

 

[Malta]

The wingspan and reach numbers seem way off, this is not a 9"7 reach -

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

The wingspan and reach numbers seem way off, this is not a 9"7 reach -

thats him in hs though and it seems like his fingers are just above 9' or so, idk hard to tell. not implausible though

 

[Malta]

thats him in hs though and it seems like his fingers are at about 9'4 or so.

He didn't grow much after HS height wise, and he's not flat footed either.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

He didn't grow much after HS height wise, and he's not flat footed either.

i see. i wasnt aware of his growth post hs. fair enough sir.

 

[dantheman9758]

The wingspan and reach numbers seem way off, this is not a 9"7 reach -

He's only 6-11.5 w/o shoes in high school (says so in this interview: http://www.nbcuniversalarchives.com/nbcuni/clip/5110019AA4921_s01.do @ 4:30 mark) - so he's not fully grown. And to be clear let me just say his standing reach was technically measured to be 9-6. But Wilt played in the era of Chuck Taylors (cardboard shoes) and todays NBA shoes are typically 1-1.25" thick. I added a gratuitous inch because draftexpress.com/measurements says all athletes today's standing reach measurement is taken in the athletes shoes. If u wanna compare dip to modern drafted NBA players u gotta take a thing like that into consideration. Fully grown, Dip in a pair of Nike's would have a 9-7 standing reach. And do u not see his wingspan being measured in the video? 92 inches = 7'-8 inches.

 

[MorePower]

I didn't think this was even a question. Wilt is arguably the most athletic person of any size, ever. I'd still go with Bo overall but no question there has never been a 7 footer anywhere close to Wilt athletically.

 

[Malta]

He's only 6-11.5 w/o shoes in high school (says so in an interview) - not fully grown. And to be clear let me just say his standing reach was technically measured to be 9-6. But Wilt played in the era of Chuck Taylors (cardboard shoes) and todays NBA shoes are typically 1-1.25" thick. I added a gratuitous inch because draftexpress.com/measurements says all athletes today's standing reach measurement is taken in the athletes shoes. If u wanna compare dip to modern drafted NBA players u gotta take a thing like that into consideration. Fully grown, Dip in a pair of Nike's would have a 9-7 standing reach.

I don't doubt that he was "long" but only 3 guys in the draftexpress database have 9"7+ reaches, it's very rare to say the least.

On his toes, and the ball is not touching the rim.

I remember Kevin McHale reportedly having a "8 foot wingspan" which isn't humanly possibly, so I take older numbers with a grain of salt.


For comparison, this man has a 9"8 to 9"9 standing reach and can do this -

Even assuming a very large 4 to 5" bend for the rim he's clearly reaching much higer than Wilt.

 

[Just like bruddas]

my dikk is bigger then his though

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

aint no way you fukked more bytches than him tho

 

[killacal]

The rims wilt is on looks a lot higher then that other dude, look at their heads to net

 

[Malta]

The rims wilt is on looks a lot higher then that other dude, look at their heads to net

The other guy is 7"5.

Guy on the far right is Hamed Haddadi (listed at 7"2 in the NBA)