“7-Foot Black Millionaire” Wilt Chamberlain’s unusual $600,000 player-coach contract got him sued by the Lakers
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Wilt Chamberlain with the San Diego Conquistadors
The late great Wilt Chamberlain was a fascinating personality who transcended basketball with his fame and off-court influence. He was one of the most dominant players in NBA history and t he one that jumps out is when Wilt chose to become a coach while still playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Wilt always did things his way, and there are many amazing narratives about him and all of his undertakings. Despite agreeing to a $600,000 deal to serve as a player-coach for an ABA club, Chamberlain never donned a suit for a single game. It’s safe to say that one of the worst coaching jobs in NBA/ABA history resulted from that single decision, which generated a lot of drama.
Wilt Chamberlain is well-known for being one of the most eccentric sportsmen the sports world has ever seen. In addition to being one of the all-time greatest centres, the big man was also among the league’s all-time greatest players. He was a 250-pound monster when he first entered the league; towards the conclusion of his illustrious career, he reportedly weighed 300 pounds and had an 8-foot wingspan. We’ve watched him load the stat sheet throughout his career, scoring his infamous 100-point effort and even averaging more than 50 points and 25 rebounds in a season.
Wilt Chamberlain- The most freakish athlete ever
As one of the league’s most formidable players and the first to reach 30,000 points in history, Wilt Chamberlain retired as a four-time MVP, two-time NBA champion, and one of the league’s most unstoppable forces. He made NBA history by being the first player to win both the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards in the same year. He had a rookie season average of 37.6 points and 27 rebounds in 1959–1960. Chamberlain achieved a feat in 1962 that may stand the test of time as the 7-foot-1 big helped the Warriors defeat the Knicks by scoring 100 points throughout regulation.
A brutal attacking force, Chamberlain is presently the seventh-highest scorer of all time with 31,419 points after winning the scoring title seven times. He is one of seven players with an NBA career scoring total of more than 30,000 points. An NBA-record 11 times, Chamberlain won the rebounding championship. With 23,924 total rebounds, he is the all-time leader. The Lakers won a record 33 straight games in the 1971-72 season and then went on to win the NBA Finals, making that season the most memorable and the Finals MVP was awarded to Chamberlain.
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When his NBA career was coming to an end in 1973, Wilt Chamberlain signed a strange $600,000 contract with the San Diego Conquistadors of the ABA, where he didn’t even show up for a single game. It didn’t take long for the Lakers to sue Wilt for his irresponsible actions, and it even got to the point where, in a news conference announcing his new coaching role. According to Wilt, the reason for that was due to some contractual difficulties West was having with the Lakers. Unusually, the court decided in favor of the Lakers, saying that Wilt couldn’t play basketball for any other club save the Lakers, but they also decided that he could coach The Conquistadors.
Wilt therefore made the decision to delegate the majority of the coaching responsibilities to his assistant Stan Albeck, who said that while Wilt had a tremendous sense of the game. Albeck recalls Wilt occasionally being more preoccupied with personal matters than really coaching the squad. The Utah Stars then eliminated the Conquistadors from the postseason in six games after they concluded the regular season with a record of 37-47.
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