Wilt Chamberlain's final NBA game took place 50 years ago. It was the perfect chance to step away for a new beginning. 'He was better than the game.' HuntPatterson_ and DamonSayles on how retirement was just a plot twist for the legend.
Basketball wasn’t shelved, either. After playing for the Lakers, Chamberlain chose to sign with the San Diego Conquistadors of the American Basketball Association for the 1973-74 season. A lawsuit by the Lakers, however, blocked Chamberlain from playing, as he reportedly. A judge restricted him from playing for the Conquistadors, but he was allowed to coach the team that season.
For Chamberlain, the NBA was icing on the cake – an already delicious cake. Retirement wasn’t a denouement; it was more of a plot of a twist for what was to come. “I actually have known Wilt since we were about 12 years old,” said Hill, now 86 years old and still full of life and great basketball stories. “We both played in the old Baptist church leagues in the ’40s. I met him, and we interacted from that time until he passed away.”
Among those individuals: Guy Rodgers and Hal Lear. Rodgers is considered one of the NBA’s greatest playmakers and assist leaders. Lear was a mentor who starred at Temple and was the Most Outstanding Player of the 1956 NCAA Tournament. Rodgers spent 12 years in the NBA; Lear had a shortened NBA career but was the No. 7 pick in the 1956 draft.
“The coach of the team in the Baptist church league told Wilt, ‘If you foul out of a game, you have no value to your team,’” Hill said. “To tell you how intellectual Wilt was, Dip never fouled out of a game in his history.
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