1 00:00:26,652 --> 00:00:31,407           David and Goliath,                this famous biblical story.     2 00:00:31,449 --> 00:00:35,078          Goliath is the giant,                       you know.              3 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:36,537            David, you know,           4 00:00:36,579 --> 00:00:38,706        slayed him with a stone.       5 00:00:38,748 --> 00:00:40,541        I ain't been to church                  in a long time,            6 00:00:40,583 --> 00:00:43,419          so my explanation                  might be a little off.        7 00:00:43,461 --> 00:00:45,129      But it might be on point,                  I don't know.             8 00:00:45,171 --> 00:00:46,589          But the point is,           9 00:00:46,631 --> 00:00:50,593               the giant,                       who looks unbeatable,        10 00:00:50,635 --> 00:00:55,223               but somehow                     David prevails, right?        11 00:00:55,264 --> 00:00:58,142          When you think about                Russell and Chamberlain,       12 00:00:58,184 --> 00:01:01,562      Russell had a lot more help.     13 00:01:01,604 --> 00:01:04,232        So you can be the baddest            motherfucker in the world.      14 00:01:04,273 --> 00:01:07,777            It's real hard                   for one to beat five.         15 00:01:07,819 --> 00:01:11,572             So who's David                      and who's Goliath?          16 00:01:23,167 --> 00:01:26,045             Billionaire                   mortgage lender Mat Ishbia      17 00:01:26,087 --> 00:01:28,381             is planning                    to buy the Phoenix Suns.       18 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:30,049               The deal                     expected to be completed       19 00:01:30,091 --> 00:01:32,468         in the near future,                according to the report,       20 00:01:32,510 --> 00:01:37,473           and could close                at an NBA record $4 billion.     21 00:01:37,515 --> 00:01:40,476            Back in 1951,             22 00:01:40,518 --> 00:01:43,896     Eddie Gottlieb paid $25,000      23 00:01:43,938 --> 00:01:46,983    for the Philadelphia Warriors.    24 00:01:47,024 --> 00:01:50,069    At the end of the 1962 season,    25 00:01:50,111 --> 00:01:51,445     he had a golden opportunity.     26 00:01:51,487 --> 00:01:55,032    He sold the team for $850,000,    27 00:01:55,074 --> 00:01:59,829       then the most ever paid               for an NBA franchise.         28 00:01:59,871 --> 00:02:02,582    [Wilt Chamberlain] Naturally,          I was the key to the deal.      29 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:05,376      I was damn near the whole             Philadelphia franchise.        30 00:02:05,418 --> 00:02:07,211        I stood out literally                   and figuratively           31 00:02:07,253 --> 00:02:09,839        in an era when sports                were beginning to make        32 00:02:09,881 --> 00:02:12,341         a tremendous impact                      in society.              33 00:02:12,383 --> 00:02:13,843       For better or for worse,       34 00:02:13,885 --> 00:02:15,261       I had a strong influence       35 00:02:15,303 --> 00:02:18,598       on how things played out               in the sports world.         36 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:25,980             The Warriors                had a 3,000% increase in value    37 00:02:26,022 --> 00:02:28,941        after Wilt Chamberlain                  played for them.           38 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:31,986        [Cherry] So at age 25,        39 00:02:32,028 --> 00:02:36,365    Wilt Chamberlain found himself          moving to San Francisco.       40 00:02:36,407 --> 00:02:39,994         [Wilt] San Francisco                is a sensational city,        41 00:02:40,036 --> 00:02:42,788          a beautiful city,                    a different town.           42 00:02:42,830 --> 00:02:45,875        Sophisticated people,                    lovely ladies,            43 00:02:45,917 --> 00:02:48,836           a romantic town                   fit for romanticists,         44 00:02:48,878 --> 00:02:52,632      the best in food and drink              for a man of taste,          45 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:56,219            European charm                 and California tradition,       46 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:58,721     but no place for basketball.     47 00:02:58,763 --> 00:03:02,058    We played our games in a place           called the Cow Palace,        48 00:03:02,099 --> 00:03:04,644     and that's just what it was.     49 00:03:04,685 --> 00:03:06,437            The damn roof                       leaked so badly            50 00:03:06,479 --> 00:03:08,105         that when it rained,         51 00:03:08,147 --> 00:03:10,274         I'd get half a dozen               drops of water in my eye       52 00:03:10,316 --> 00:03:12,360        every time I looked up                for the center jump.         53 00:03:15,738 --> 00:03:17,698       They have a few changes                   with the team,            54 00:03:17,740 --> 00:03:21,577     notably coach Frank McGuire                 and Tom Gola,             55 00:03:21,619 --> 00:03:23,412           who was a great                     all-around player           56 00:03:23,454 --> 00:03:26,332       staying behind basically                on the East Coast.          57 00:03:26,374 --> 00:03:27,917        And then Paul Arizin,         58 00:03:27,959 --> 00:03:30,002         another Hall of Fame             teammate of Wilt at the time     59 00:03:30,044 --> 00:03:32,255     who had been around forever,                 he retired.              60 00:03:32,296 --> 00:03:34,590         My father, he didn't               really have much desire        61 00:03:34,632 --> 00:03:36,676      to move to San Francisco.       62 00:03:36,717 --> 00:03:38,594              The money                     wasn't compelling enough       63 00:03:38,636 --> 00:03:41,264    for him to extend his career.     64 00:03:41,305 --> 00:03:44,100          The fact is, these               great athletes and players      65 00:03:44,141 --> 00:03:46,560  weren't being paid enough money.  66 00:03:46,602 --> 00:03:48,521         They all had to work                  in the offseason.           67 00:03:48,562 --> 00:03:51,774       [Announcer]   Chamberlain           is the greatest scoring machine  68 00:03:51,816 --> 00:03:53,526        the game has ever known.       69 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:57,947     Chamberlain still is scoring          at these incredible rates,      70 00:03:57,989 --> 00:04:00,992           but the Warriors                     really struggle.           71 00:04:01,033 --> 00:04:03,911            The part where                    people start to care         72 00:04:03,953 --> 00:04:06,080       is like, okay, so you do                all those things,           73 00:04:06,122 --> 00:04:07,081       but you're not winning.        74 00:04:07,123 --> 00:04:08,749  Can you do those things and win?  75 00:04:08,791 --> 00:04:12,253         They finished second              to last place in the West,      76 00:04:12,295 --> 00:04:14,255      and this is the first time      77 00:04:14,297 --> 00:04:16,841             Wilt's team                   doesn't make the playoffs.      78 00:04:16,882 --> 00:04:19,302     [Wilt]   I never played before     79 00:04:19,343 --> 00:04:22,722          for a team which lost                more games than it won,       80 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:28,686           and it was the most            miserable season of my career.    81 00:04:28,728 --> 00:04:31,689       To have the expectation                    for yourself             82 00:04:31,731 --> 00:04:34,275      of winning a championship,      83 00:04:34,317 --> 00:04:36,193             those losses                      and those setbacks          84 00:04:36,235 --> 00:04:39,947            probably felt                that much more disappointing.     85 00:04:39,989 --> 00:04:41,157       They probably hurt more.       86 00:04:41,198 --> 00:04:43,993  Goliath is not supposed to lose.  87 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:47,663           [Announcer]   Meet                the most colorful comedy act     88 00:04:47,705 --> 00:04:50,124          in present-day sport:               the Harlem Globetrotters,      89 00:04:50,166 --> 00:04:53,419         idolized by 20 million              basketball fans in the USA.     90 00:04:53,461 --> 00:04:55,504       Now matched against a team                of white athletes,          91 00:04:55,546 --> 00:04:57,506            they show England                      a trick or two.           92 00:05:01,927 --> 00:05:05,139          The Globetrotters                  were an all-Black team        93 00:05:05,181 --> 00:05:08,142           founded by a man                  named Abe Saperstein.         94 00:05:08,184 --> 00:05:12,813          That summer, after               the San Francisco Warriors      95 00:05:12,855 --> 00:05:14,315         had a losing season,         96 00:05:14,357 --> 00:05:17,526          Wilt chose to join                   the Globetrotters           97 00:05:17,568 --> 00:05:19,612          in Western Europe                   and play with them.          98 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:23,366        You know, when you're                  a young Black kid           99 00:05:23,407 --> 00:05:26,035      in America in the forties,      100 00:05:26,077 --> 00:05:30,498         you loved Joe Louis          101 00:05:30,539 --> 00:05:33,000    and the Harlem Globetrotters.     102 00:05:33,042 --> 00:05:34,210             [Announcer]                    But for really tricky work,     103 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:35,753           just watch Haynes,                     the Harlem star,           104 00:05:35,795 --> 00:05:37,797               going into                 a kind of Stanley Matthews act    105 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:40,925         that delights the crowd          and drives the opposition daft.  106 00:05:42,051 --> 00:05:46,347    I wanted to be Marques Haynes,    107 00:05:46,389 --> 00:05:49,975     the greatest dribbler ever.      108 00:05:50,017 --> 00:05:51,519             [Announcer]                      Yes, that Harlem rhythm       109 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,646      has certainly got something.     110 00:05:58,192 --> 00:05:59,318           As people know,            111 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,237            back in 1958,             112 00:06:01,278 --> 00:06:03,489  after his junior year at Kansas,  113 00:06:03,531 --> 00:06:07,243         Wilt decided he had               had his fill with college.      114 00:06:07,284 --> 00:06:08,953          But he couldn't go                     to the NBA yet            115 00:06:08,994 --> 00:06:10,830          because the rules                     at the time said           116 00:06:10,871 --> 00:06:12,790          that you had to do                 four years of college.        117 00:06:12,832 --> 00:06:14,458             This is like              a decade before Spencer Haywood    118 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:16,293    helped get the rules changed,     119 00:06:16,335 --> 00:06:19,213    and you could go straight into       the league if you were ready.     120 00:06:19,255 --> 00:06:21,090         So Wilt Chamberlain,                 in his senior year,          121 00:06:21,132 --> 00:06:22,925          instead of letting                     the university            122 00:06:22,967 --> 00:06:24,552      and the NCAA more broadly       123 00:06:24,593 --> 00:06:26,887          exploit his talent                   and his services,           124 00:06:26,929 --> 00:06:28,848          said, why would I                     stay in college            125 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:31,392  when I can play for the greatest        basketball show on earth       126 00:06:31,434 --> 00:06:34,061             at the time,                  the Harlem Globetrotters?       127 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:35,271               Probably                    the best time of my life?       128 00:06:35,312 --> 00:06:37,440      The Harlem Globetrotters,       129 00:06:37,481 --> 00:06:41,819          which I played for             for about 17 years on and off.    130 00:06:41,861 --> 00:06:44,238         A little known fact          131 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,867      was that he would go play              for the Globetrotters         132 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,870  even after he played in the NBA.  133 00:06:50,911 --> 00:06:52,371          Why did he do it?           134 00:06:52,413 --> 00:06:54,457       He loved the experience.       135 00:06:54,498 --> 00:06:56,750     [Announcer]   Purists say they           make a mockery of the game.     136 00:06:56,792 --> 00:06:59,044        They clown, they juggle,                     they fool.              137 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:00,629        Number 50 is Goose Tatum,      138 00:07:00,671 --> 00:07:03,048             the clown with               the longest arms in the sport.    139 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:06,051       Wilt Chamberlain wanted              to imitate Goose Tatum.        140 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:08,762     That means palming the ball,     141 00:07:08,804 --> 00:07:12,808     fake passing, and laughing.      142 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:16,854      I first met Wilt in Italy       143 00:07:16,896 --> 00:07:18,397         playing against him.         144 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:20,733          He'd be dribbling                     behind the back.           145 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:23,402     He had all the trick stuff,                    passing.               146 00:07:23,444 --> 00:07:26,864     [Wilt] I was a young, naive,             unsophisticated boy          147 00:07:26,906 --> 00:07:28,908            during my year                     with the Globies,           148 00:07:28,949 --> 00:07:31,076  but I fell in love with Europe,    149 00:07:31,118 --> 00:07:33,245         and hardly a summer                 would pass after that         150 00:07:33,287 --> 00:07:35,247               without                      my returning to Europe.        151 00:07:35,289 --> 00:07:38,250       In time, I come to know                the best restaurants         152 00:07:38,292 --> 00:07:39,460         and the best hotels.         153 00:07:39,502 --> 00:07:41,128           I learned my way                    around the cities           154 00:07:41,170 --> 00:07:45,382         like Paris and Rome               and Milan and Copenhagen.       155 00:07:45,424 --> 00:07:46,300             [Announcer]                       Last year in Europe,         156 00:07:46,342 --> 00:07:47,843          they played 73 games         157 00:07:47,885 --> 00:07:49,762      in nine different countries,               and lost only one.          158 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:53,265     The fans didn't want to see            the Globetrotters lose,        159 00:07:53,307 --> 00:07:54,767          so the script was           160 00:07:54,808 --> 00:07:57,311        that the Globetrotters                     would win.              161 00:07:57,353 --> 00:08:00,105         I think he realized           that this is a good thing to do    162 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:01,815           to see the world                 and didn't have to win.        163 00:08:01,857 --> 00:08:03,108             no pressure,             164 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:06,028            and naturally,                    everybody loved him.         165 00:08:06,070 --> 00:08:07,363       I wouldn't be surprised        166 00:08:07,404 --> 00:08:09,615               if Wilt                      just enjoyed it so much        167 00:08:09,657 --> 00:08:13,035          because of people                were always applauding him      168 00:08:13,077 --> 00:08:15,454              for things                    that he was able to do,        169 00:08:15,496 --> 00:08:18,499              you know,                     instead of the intensity       170 00:08:18,541 --> 00:08:20,793  of trying to win a championship.  171 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:30,302         In 1964, Alex Hannum                      takes over              172 00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:32,763           as Wilt's coach                     in San Francisco.           173 00:08:32,805 --> 00:08:34,807              Yeah, Alex                  was a very interesting guy.      174 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,309           Tough-nosed guy,                 you know, military guy.        175 00:08:37,351 --> 00:08:38,644        I can still hear him.         176 00:08:38,686 --> 00:08:39,770              It's crazy                   that I even remember this.      177 00:08:39,812 --> 00:08:40,980        Stand on the sidelines        178 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:42,439       and stick his chest out                     and going,              179 00:08:42,481 --> 00:08:43,983           Hum-diddy-diddy.                You got him. We need him.       180 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,109      How about a loaf of bread               and a pound of meat          181 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:46,569     and all mustard you can eat?     182 00:08:46,610 --> 00:08:48,195        And he'd come up with               crazy things like that,        183 00:08:48,237 --> 00:08:49,613      but that's the way he was.      184 00:08:49,655 --> 00:08:51,949        [Wilt] I really wasn't                  all that excited           185 00:08:51,991 --> 00:08:53,951  about playing for Alex at first.  186 00:08:53,993 --> 00:08:55,619     When he coached at Syracuse,     187 00:08:55,661 --> 00:08:57,371       he was always baiting me       188 00:08:57,413 --> 00:08:59,748       and telling his players                 to push me around           189 00:08:59,790 --> 00:09:01,750         and yelling about me                   to the referees.           190 00:09:01,792 --> 00:09:03,669        He was my fourth coach                   in five years,            191 00:09:03,711 --> 00:09:05,671          and sportswriters                    started blaming me          192 00:09:05,713 --> 00:09:07,089       for the quick turnover.        193 00:09:07,131 --> 00:09:09,967        That was preposterous,                     of course.              194 00:09:10,009 --> 00:09:12,803             I think that                    his previous coaches,         195 00:09:12,845 --> 00:09:14,471         to me, the idea was          196 00:09:14,513 --> 00:09:17,725         that he would score             as much as he possibly could.     197 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:22,021        My idea was to spread          that wealth around a little bit.  198 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:24,023             He comes in                       and he says, Wilt,          199 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:26,692          I want you to pass                   a little bit more.          200 00:09:26,734 --> 00:09:29,403      I want you to get the team                 more involved.            201 00:09:29,445 --> 00:09:31,905  He was asking Wilt Chamberlain,    202 00:09:31,947 --> 00:09:33,657         one of the greatest                     scorers ever,             203 00:09:33,699 --> 00:09:36,118       to score a little less.        204 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,162        [Wilt] My last season                   in Philadelphia,           205 00:09:38,203 --> 00:09:40,581       we won 80% of the games        206 00:09:40,623 --> 00:09:43,292          in which I scored                    50 or more points.          207 00:09:43,334 --> 00:09:46,462    I'm not sure my shooting less            will make us win more.        208 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:48,297         When I did not score                  as well as usual,           209 00:09:48,339 --> 00:09:49,882           we did not win.            210 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:52,968      Coaching Wilt Chamberlain             was certainly not easy.        211 00:09:53,010 --> 00:09:55,387    It all comes down to how best            to win a championship.        212 00:09:55,429 --> 00:09:56,805        Alex stood up to him.         213 00:09:56,847 --> 00:09:58,515            You know, Alex                 challenged him to a fight.      214 00:09:58,557 --> 00:10:01,602            You can't help                    but respect the guy          215 00:10:01,644 --> 00:10:03,145            who's willing                      to stand up to you          216 00:10:03,187 --> 00:10:05,606      knowing full well that you            could break him in half.       217 00:10:05,648 --> 00:10:12,446        Alex Hannum was trying            to impose his will on Wilt.      218 00:10:12,488 --> 00:10:14,740     Hannum knew how far to push.     219 00:10:14,782 --> 00:10:18,285    That was an essential element        to coaching him successfully.     220 00:10:18,327 --> 00:10:20,829  [Wilt] If a coach could show me          the sense in something,        221 00:10:20,871 --> 00:10:24,917         I was always willing             to try something different.      222 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,503        Alex knew basketball,                   and he knew men.           223 00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:30,130              If the man                   doesn't want me to shoot,       224 00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:32,007            I won't shoot.            225 00:10:34,218 --> 00:10:35,969             [Announcer]                 That's Rogers from Chamberlain.  226 00:10:36,011 --> 00:10:39,515              Everything                    really starts to change.       227 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:41,642         Double-teaming Wilt          228 00:10:41,684 --> 00:10:46,313  is actually opening up pathways        for his teammates to score.      229 00:10:46,355 --> 00:10:48,732          His assist numbers                    start to go up.            230 00:10:48,774 --> 00:10:50,150             Playing with                 the Globetrotters, you know,     231 00:10:50,192 --> 00:10:51,985         they're throwing it                   behind their head,          232 00:10:52,027 --> 00:10:54,905             and I'm sure                   that helped his passing.       233 00:10:54,947 --> 00:10:58,826    [Ryan] This is what I call the       second stage of Wilt's career,    234 00:10:58,867 --> 00:11:01,120          the well-balanced,                middle of the road days        235 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:03,789      when he'd seen the virtue                   of passing.              236 00:11:03,831 --> 00:11:05,040             [Announcer]                     A dunk by Nate Thurmond,       237 00:11:05,082 --> 00:11:07,668    6-11 rookie for San Francisco.    238 00:11:07,710 --> 00:11:11,630     That team also had a rookie         join them named Nate Thurmond,    239 00:11:11,672 --> 00:11:14,675      one of the great defensive           players in league history.      240 00:11:14,717 --> 00:11:16,719                [Wilt]                     I was still scoring a lot,      241 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,848     but Alex had us moving more         and looking for the open man.     242 00:11:20,889 --> 00:11:23,851        We were really playing                  good team ball.            243 00:11:23,892 --> 00:11:26,019               [Taylor]                   This first year with Hannum,     244 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:28,313       they make it all the way                to the NBA Finals.          245 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:30,649     [Announcer]   On the rebound,               Bill Russell scores,         246 00:11:30,691 --> 00:11:34,027               [Taylor]                   Only to lose to the Celtics.     247 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:39,324        And yet they improved                  by a huge margin,           248 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:40,743          moving the needle                         in a way               249 00:11:40,784 --> 00:11:43,495        that shifts the entire              landscape of the league.       250 00:11:44,580 --> 00:11:47,750               But Wilt                     has these health issues        251 00:11:47,791 --> 00:11:49,334          in the offseason.           252 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:52,546       The San Francisco owner                  and their doctor           253 00:11:52,588 --> 00:11:54,923          thought that Wilt                  had a heart condition.        254 00:11:54,965 --> 00:11:58,469      Wilt's personal physician             and friend of 40 years,        255 00:11:58,510 --> 00:12:00,471           Dr. Stan Lorber,           256 00:12:00,512 --> 00:12:03,015             he concluded                  that it was pancreatitis.       257 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:04,683        The indestructible man        258 00:12:04,725 --> 00:12:08,145        missed a lot of games          at the beginning of the season.    259 00:12:08,187 --> 00:12:11,064               [Taylor]                  The team struggles immensely.     260 00:12:11,106 --> 00:12:13,192         The team isn't happy             because they're not winning      261 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:15,235       and they're paying Wilt              a whole bunch of money,        262 00:12:15,277 --> 00:12:17,613      so they decide they gotta              trade the Big Dipper.         263 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,409     They decide, of all places,      264 00:12:22,451 --> 00:12:25,621       to send Wilt Chamberlain              back to Philadelphia,         265 00:12:25,662 --> 00:12:28,123     now the Philadelphia 76ers,      266 00:12:28,165 --> 00:12:31,126       a team that was formerly             the Syracuse Nationals.        267 00:12:31,168 --> 00:12:32,294            One reason why             they were willing to trade Wilt    268 00:12:32,336 --> 00:12:33,754      is they had Nate Thurmond,      269 00:12:33,796 --> 00:12:35,798      a top 10 all-time center,                  in my opinion.            270 00:12:35,839 --> 00:12:39,051      $150,000 and some players              for Wilt Chamberlain.         271 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:40,928             The players                     really didn't matter.         272 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:43,222         It was the $150,000          273 00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:46,308        that helped the Sixers               to secure their star.         274 00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:50,646     He wasn't thrilled about it.     275 00:12:50,687 --> 00:12:55,317     [Wilt] It's a hurting thing          to leave the city you love.      276 00:12:55,359 --> 00:12:56,985      I guess it was the money.       277 00:12:57,027 --> 00:12:58,654    I really don't know for sure,     278 00:12:58,695 --> 00:13:01,573       but that must have been                  why they did it.           279 00:13:01,615 --> 00:13:04,117        I'm sorry some hold me           responsible for what happened,    280 00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:08,247      well, as if I had anything             to do about the move.         281 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:10,791            We understand                   the owners have to deal,       282 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:14,002         but it doesn't have                    to be this bush.           283 00:13:14,044 --> 00:13:15,546              They could                      call the players in          284 00:13:15,587 --> 00:13:17,923          and let them know                     what's cooking.            285 00:13:17,965 --> 00:13:20,884             I don't mean                  ask the players' opinion,       286 00:13:20,926 --> 00:13:23,846     but at least let them know.      287 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:29,685             Ike Richman                     along with Irv Kosloff        288 00:13:29,726 --> 00:13:32,980         were the new owners               of the Philadelphia 76ers.      289 00:13:33,021 --> 00:13:35,983             Ike Richman               was Wilt Chamberlain's attorney    290 00:13:36,024 --> 00:13:37,860         and I think advisor          291 00:13:37,901 --> 00:13:40,988         and probably partner          in different business ventures.    292 00:13:41,029 --> 00:13:42,447        And that's the reason         293 00:13:42,489 --> 00:13:44,533            Wilt ended up                 coming back to Philadelphia.     294 00:13:44,575 --> 00:13:47,369             Ike Richman                 was a wonderful, creative man.    295 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:51,039        Wilt's first game back                     as a 76er,              296 00:13:51,081 --> 00:13:56,378  Ike arranges for 1,500 children            to be in the stands          297 00:13:56,420 --> 00:13:59,840    when they announce number 13,              Wilt Chamberlain.           298 00:13:59,882 --> 00:14:02,467       [Announcer]   Welcome back                  Wilt Chamberlain!          299 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:05,012        [cheers and applause]         300 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:07,347         The kids go bananas.         301 00:14:07,389 --> 00:14:11,268      Wilt is really moved by it                  and tears up             302 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:15,939         and says later that             it was the most amazing thing     303 00:14:15,981 --> 00:14:19,318      that ever happened to him             in his sporting career.        304 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:22,195     I know they were very close.     305 00:14:22,237 --> 00:14:25,282  I think Wilt fully trusted him.    306 00:14:25,324 --> 00:14:28,201         And Wilt, you know,              Wilt didn't trust everybody.     307 00:14:28,243 --> 00:14:31,330    In fact, it'd be closer to say          he didn't trust anybody.       308 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:36,001     Ike Richman and his family,                 in many ways,             309 00:14:36,043 --> 00:14:39,338  were very similar to our family    310 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:42,925        and their relationship                     with Wilt.              311 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:47,596         One year he came up           and my father yells out, Wilton!  312 00:14:47,638 --> 00:14:50,390      And Wilt goes right back,                     Milton!                313 00:14:50,432 --> 00:14:52,351          It was priceless.           314 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:55,103        Wilt absolutely loved                     my parents,              315 00:14:55,145 --> 00:14:57,522     and they loved him as we did     316 00:14:57,564 --> 00:15:00,901    over the next almost 50 years.    317 00:15:03,487 --> 00:15:08,617    Wilt decided he wanted Jewish        lawyers and Jewish attorneys.     318 00:15:08,659 --> 00:15:10,619            He chose a man                     named Sy Goldberg,          319 00:15:10,661 --> 00:15:12,454          Seymour Goldberg.           320 00:15:12,496 --> 00:15:15,248          [Wilt] My attorney                   and my accountant           321 00:15:15,290 --> 00:15:16,750            and my doctor             322 00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:21,546            are all Jewish                 and all very dear friends.      323 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:23,882           I'd grown up in                  an ethnic neighborhood,        324 00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:26,969     Black, Jewish, and Italian,      325 00:15:27,010 --> 00:15:33,392      and I'd never really seen          much discrimination as a kid.     326 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,310  The composition of the students                at Overbrook             327 00:15:35,352 --> 00:15:38,730        was African American,                half Jewish American,         328 00:15:38,772 --> 00:15:43,986        so we shared a sort of             camaraderie or fellowship.      329 00:15:44,027 --> 00:15:47,614           Zelda Spoelstra,                she was in the NBA office.      330 00:15:47,656 --> 00:15:50,659        She had worked for us                when she was younger,         331 00:15:50,701 --> 00:15:54,079  and she was very close to Wilt.    332 00:15:54,121 --> 00:15:57,582       [Wilt] I pick my friends               by their character,          333 00:15:57,624 --> 00:15:58,959           not their color.           334 00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:02,754         And I haven't found                   that any one race           335 00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:05,882  has a monopoly on good or evil.    336 00:16:05,924 --> 00:16:09,636         I want good friends,                    warm friends,             337 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:13,181    caring, loving, human friends,    338 00:16:13,223 --> 00:16:18,186       and I don't think I have        to apologize to anyone for that.  339 00:16:22,858 --> 00:16:24,484             [Announcer]                        The Boston Celtics,         340 00:16:24,526 --> 00:16:26,403      shooting for an unprecedented    341 00:16:26,445 --> 00:16:29,114        seventh straight National           Basketball Association title,    342 00:16:29,156 --> 00:16:30,699       meet the Philadelphia 76ers     343 00:16:30,741 --> 00:16:32,492         in the Eastern Division                      playoffs.              344 00:16:32,534 --> 00:16:35,245             You can expect               another classic rebounding duel  345 00:16:35,287 --> 00:16:36,830          between Boston's ace                      Bill Russell             346 00:16:36,872 --> 00:16:38,749          and Wilt Chamberlain                    of Philadelphia.           347 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:41,752         Chamberlain is intense                 in his desire to win.        348 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:43,170           The 76ers superstar         349 00:16:43,211 --> 00:16:45,839             has yet to play                   on a championship team.       350 00:16:45,881 --> 00:16:48,592              The Sixers                     look better with him,         351 00:16:48,633 --> 00:16:50,302  and they get to the postseason.    352 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:52,971           They make a run                   through the playoffs.         353 00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:56,725        Who's waiting for them              but the Boston Celtics?        354 00:16:56,767 --> 00:16:58,810         Wilt with the 76ers,         355 00:16:58,852 --> 00:17:00,520          now we got a whole                new cast of characters.        356 00:17:00,562 --> 00:17:02,439          It's Chet Walker,           357 00:17:02,481 --> 00:17:04,232           Lucious Jackson,           358 00:17:04,274 --> 00:17:05,901              Hal Greer.              359 00:17:05,942 --> 00:17:07,277    This is a damn good ball club,    360 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:09,404             but they are                  the clear underdogs still.      361 00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:16,161     It was a tremendous series.      362 00:17:18,830 --> 00:17:21,666        They take the Celtics                     seven games.             363 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:30,926    [Taylor] And in game seven...     364 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:38,058       The Celtics are up five         in the final minute of the game,  365 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:41,269           so it seems like                  this one is all over.         366 00:17:42,312 --> 00:17:43,939           [whistle blows]            367 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:46,775        But they call a foul.         368 00:17:49,402 --> 00:17:53,698      Wilt makes two free throws              to cut it to three.          369 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:56,618  And then on the next possession,   with only a few seconds left...    370 00:17:58,954 --> 00:18:02,207         The Sixers are able                 to get the ball back.         371 00:18:03,875 --> 00:18:05,627             [Announcer]                     It goes into Chamberlain.      372 00:18:05,669 --> 00:18:08,088            Chamberlain turns                   and stuffs the ball.         373 00:18:08,130 --> 00:18:09,506      There are five seconds left.     374 00:18:09,548 --> 00:18:12,676         Wilt dunks the ball                to cut the lead to one.        375 00:18:12,717 --> 00:18:15,887        The score was 110-109.        376 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:17,764             The baskets                    at the old Boston Garden       377 00:18:17,806 --> 00:18:19,891       were uniquely attached.        378 00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:22,477              There were                 what they called guide wires.     379 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:25,981     There were long cable cords            tied up to the balcony.        380 00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:29,234     Bill Russell takes the ball       out of bounds and throws it in.    381 00:18:31,820 --> 00:18:34,030       Russell's inbounds pass        382 00:18:34,072 --> 00:18:36,366          hit the guide wire                 near the Celtic bench.        383 00:18:36,408 --> 00:18:37,576         That's a violation.          384 00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:39,911          The ball goes back                    to Philadelphia            385 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:43,790            with a chance                  to knock off the Celtics.       386 00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:49,588         And there's timeout.         387 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:52,215           Classic Russell,                   he takes the blame.          388 00:18:52,257 --> 00:18:54,259             Says, who's                     going to bail me out?         389 00:18:54,301 --> 00:18:57,053              Setting up                  one of the most famous plays     390 00:18:57,095 --> 00:18:58,889           in NBA history.            391 00:18:58,930 --> 00:19:02,392    Play resumes, and Hal Greer is       taking the ball out of bounds.    392 00:19:02,434 --> 00:19:04,769          So the theory was                 throw it to Chet Walker.       393 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,396            If he misses,                 they have a very good chance     394 00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:08,190       of an offensive rebound           with Wilt crashing the boards.    395 00:19:08,231 --> 00:19:09,941         [Announcer]   Johnny?          396 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:11,985       [2nd Announcer]   Greer's              putting the ball into play.     397 00:19:12,027 --> 00:19:14,613             He gets it out.                     Havlicek steals it!         398 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:16,239           Over to Sam Jones.          399 00:19:16,281 --> 00:19:18,450        Havlicek stole the ball!       400 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:19,826             It's all over!            401 00:19:19,868 --> 00:19:22,954      It's all over! It's all over!    402 00:19:27,459 --> 00:19:30,253             [Wilt] Sure,                   we had to make the shot,       403 00:19:30,295 --> 00:19:31,630        but there was no doubt                    in our minds             404 00:19:31,671 --> 00:19:33,298         that it would go in.         405 00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:35,050    We were meant to win this one.    406 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:38,053     I could feel it in my bones.     407 00:19:38,094 --> 00:19:40,680     I can't describe how I feel,     408 00:19:40,722 --> 00:19:43,850          all empty and sick              to see it all end like this.     409 00:19:43,892 --> 00:19:47,145        I'm beginning to think                 that I'm snake bit          410 00:19:47,187 --> 00:19:51,107         losing out to Boston                    so many times.            411 00:19:51,149 --> 00:19:54,778      As throughout his career,          Wilt was blamed for the loss.     412 00:19:54,819 --> 00:19:57,781    The narrative about this game,    413 00:19:57,822 --> 00:19:59,032    I think this is a good example    414 00:19:59,074 --> 00:20:02,202             of this idea                     called winning bias.         415 00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:04,663          The field of study                 is cognitive science.         416 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:08,917          When a team wins,            we start to look subconsciously    417 00:20:08,959 --> 00:20:12,671     for all of the explanations             for why the team won.         418 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:16,716      With Russell, you focus on           the key block that he had       419 00:20:16,758 --> 00:20:18,593        and the great rebound.        420 00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:21,096          When a team loses,                 we do the same thing.         421 00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:22,889            Let's go back                 over the course of the game      422 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:25,433      and say Wilt was at fault               for the goaltender.          423 00:20:25,475 --> 00:20:28,103          Wilt was at fault               for missing his free throws.     424 00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:30,272            It's based on                   this idea of heuristics.       425 00:20:30,313 --> 00:20:36,444        A heuristic is a term               for shortcut basically.        426 00:20:36,486 --> 00:20:38,697              As humans,                    the way our mind works,        427 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:42,742         we can't sit around           like some perfect supercomputer    428 00:20:42,784 --> 00:20:45,120    and calculate all the options.    429 00:20:45,161 --> 00:20:48,957        I'm gonna draw on some            handful of past experiences      430 00:20:48,999 --> 00:20:52,085      that help us tell a story                that makes sense.           431 00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:54,129          We're boiling down                     the complexity            432 00:20:54,170 --> 00:20:56,965        into these bite-sized                  digestible pieces,          433 00:20:57,007 --> 00:20:59,801  and it turns out that sometimes          the stories that we tell       434 00:20:59,843 --> 00:21:01,511      may not be that accurate.       435 00:21:01,553 --> 00:21:05,348           So in this case,                Havlicek steals the ball,       436 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:08,059      Russell gets off the hook.      437 00:21:08,101 --> 00:21:10,603              You forget                  that Russell threw the ball      438 00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:12,147      into the basket stanchion,      439 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:15,108       and instead Russell wins             yet another game seven.        440 00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:17,068           He wins another                     elimination game.           441 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,738            Now with Wilt,                      despite the fact           442 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,489           that at the end                  of this particular game,       443 00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:22,991        he scored four points         444 00:21:23,033 --> 00:21:25,410           just to put them              in a position to win the game.    445 00:21:25,452 --> 00:21:26,911      Even though that last play      446 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:29,331          had nothing to do                  with Wilt Chamberlain,        447 00:21:29,372 --> 00:21:30,999    you're adding more to the fire    448 00:21:31,041 --> 00:21:32,334          for that narrative                    that, you know,            449 00:21:32,375 --> 00:21:33,793      he can't win the big one,       450 00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:36,171      he can't win close games,                  he's a choker.            451 00:21:36,212 --> 00:21:38,423      So this narrative emerges,                     right?                452 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:40,800        I guess the narrative             was selfish, individual guy      453 00:21:40,842 --> 00:21:44,095     versus ultimate team player.     454 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:48,183      The idea to have the giant            to be beaten each time,        455 00:21:48,224 --> 00:21:49,809     a lot of people loved that.      456 00:21:49,851 --> 00:21:52,729       [Cherry] Wilt in his day                was so domineering          457 00:21:52,771 --> 00:21:55,899           and such a force                in the game of basketball       458 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:59,361     that he was almost disliked                in some respect.           459 00:21:59,402 --> 00:22:01,237       He was always on trial.        460 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,323    I like to use the expression,     461 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:05,658              you know,                      no one loved Goliath.         462 00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:10,872          People very easily             were able to root against Wilt    463 00:22:10,914 --> 00:22:12,916        because of the media.         464 00:22:12,957 --> 00:22:15,043             That's where                   the Goliath came along.        465 00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:19,589       Wilt was always Goliath,           and Bill Russell was David.      466 00:22:19,631 --> 00:22:23,385      Wilt was bigger and taller          and stronger than everybody,     467 00:22:23,426 --> 00:22:25,720          so why doesn't he                 just completely dominate       468 00:22:25,762 --> 00:22:28,681       and win the championship                   every year?              469 00:22:28,723 --> 00:22:33,228     Media people projected that               out to the public.          470 00:22:33,269 --> 00:22:35,313          One of the things                   about Bill Russell,          471 00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:37,816          where he profited                 from Chamberlain's size,       472 00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:41,903           is Bill Russell                 looked to be the underdog.      473 00:22:43,446 --> 00:22:47,826         They were marketed,               you know, and unfairly so,      474 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,327            as, you know,                  Russell being the good guy      475 00:22:49,369 --> 00:22:50,995     and Wilt being the villain,      476 00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:55,250     [Wilt] I feel like I've been            chased my whole life.         477 00:22:55,291 --> 00:23:00,296          I've been cast as            the superstar you love to hate.    478 00:23:00,338 --> 00:23:03,716      Bill Russell very famously            didn't sign autographs.        479 00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:05,135           He did not care                     if you liked him.           480 00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:07,303         He didn't know you.                  You don't know him.          481 00:23:07,345 --> 00:23:09,264           He did not care                     what you thought.           482 00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:11,599        I think Wilt did care.        483 00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:17,564        What they're doing is              they're setting in motion       484 00:23:17,605 --> 00:23:22,944      a certain way of thinking        about basketball as a team game,  485 00:23:22,986 --> 00:23:27,824    but featuring these prominent      individuals leading their teams.  486 00:23:27,866 --> 00:23:29,784     [Bill Russell] I was defense             and he was offense,          487 00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:33,746             And this was              the greatest competitive thing,    488 00:23:33,788 --> 00:23:36,082       I think, in the history                 of American sport.          489 00:23:36,124 --> 00:23:40,128         They had two players            that were a marketer's dream.     490 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:42,297     Little did anybody know then     491 00:23:42,338 --> 00:23:43,715        that this would become                   the blueprint             492 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:47,218           that led the NBA                to unprecedented success.       493 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:49,471         [Announcer]   The NBA                     game of the week           494 00:23:49,512 --> 00:23:52,765           brought to national                  television audiences.        495 00:23:52,807 --> 00:23:55,477            Back in 1964,             496 00:23:55,518 --> 00:23:59,314      the NBA signed a national               television contract          497 00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:01,232        with the ABC network.         498 00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:03,485      The NBA was about to lose             its television contract,       499 00:24:03,526 --> 00:24:05,487    its small television contract.    500 00:24:05,528 --> 00:24:07,030        Here came the Dipper.         501 00:24:07,071 --> 00:24:08,490       [Announcer]   Bill Russell       502 00:24:08,531 --> 00:24:10,408             jumping against                      Wilt Chamberlain.          503 00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:15,371     I must have heard it without          exaggeration 50,000 times       504 00:24:15,413 --> 00:24:19,083       that I used to watch you          and Wilt on Sunday television,    505 00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:20,543       and people make judgment       506 00:24:20,585 --> 00:24:22,212             on which one                  they thought was the best.      507 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:27,509        I'm not sure that even            someone like Michael Jordan      508 00:24:27,550 --> 00:24:31,804     can be seen as historically         important as Wilt Chamberlain,    509 00:24:31,846 --> 00:24:34,933      because by the time Jordan             came into the league,         510 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:36,518            the league was                 already on sound footing.       511 00:24:36,559 --> 00:24:39,812         When Wilt came into                 the league, it wasn't.        512 00:24:39,854 --> 00:24:44,526      So the league needed Wilt          in a way that Wilt understood.    513 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,283               In 1965,               514 00:24:52,325 --> 00:24:58,540        Wilt signs a contract             with the 76ers for $100,000.     515 00:24:58,581 --> 00:25:00,708         From the time I was,                like, four years old,         516 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:02,710           I always thought                  there was a great need        517 00:25:02,752 --> 00:25:05,338          to go out and work                   and to make money.          518 00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:08,591           [Barbara Lewis]                  The milkman used to come       519 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:10,718           at 4:30 and 5:00                     in the morning.            520 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,513             So Dip said,                  I'm gonna start going down      521 00:25:13,555 --> 00:25:15,098     and working for the milkman.     522 00:25:15,139 --> 00:25:17,767         And I said, how you              gonna work for the milkman?      523 00:25:17,809 --> 00:25:19,561          He said, watch me.          524 00:25:19,602 --> 00:25:21,729            He would say,                      my mother told me           525 00:25:21,771 --> 00:25:23,815        that I could help you                  deliver the milk,           526 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,067          which, of course,               my mother did not tell him.      527 00:25:26,109 --> 00:25:28,903           That was his way                  of making some change.        528 00:25:31,656 --> 00:25:33,116             In the NBA,              529 00:25:33,157 --> 00:25:35,702       where no player's making             the money he was making.       530 00:25:35,743 --> 00:25:37,954           Wilt Chamberlain                  was ahead of his time         531 00:25:37,996 --> 00:25:40,373        not just athletically,        532 00:25:40,415 --> 00:25:43,835          but also in terms            of how he handled his business.    533 00:25:43,876 --> 00:25:45,920       Even when he didn't have            the option of free agency,      534 00:25:45,962 --> 00:25:48,506       he could still take over               the levers of power          535 00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:50,592    with the threat of retirement.    536 00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:55,263    I'll just go do the decathlon         or I'll go play volleyball.      537 00:25:55,305 --> 00:25:56,889     I'll join the Globetrotters                     again.                538 00:25:56,931 --> 00:26:00,268       [Wilt] Money, I had it,        539 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:02,604            I demanded it,                    and I commanded it.          540 00:26:02,645 --> 00:26:06,482        Yes, I was the father                  of the big dollar.          541 00:26:06,524 --> 00:26:11,070    I had lawyers and accountants            and business managers,        542 00:26:11,112 --> 00:26:12,697       but I make my own deals        543 00:26:12,739 --> 00:26:16,367             because I am                 the best businessman I know.     544 00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:20,997      At one point, Wilt signed            a series of one year deals      545 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:23,958         so that each season             they would reassess his value     546 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,419             to make sure                 that he maximized his worth.     547 00:26:26,461 --> 00:26:27,837            Breaking news.            548 00:26:27,879 --> 00:26:30,131        LeBron James will not                  pick up the option          549 00:26:30,173 --> 00:26:32,425         on the final year of          his contract with the Cavaliers    550 00:26:32,467 --> 00:26:34,719           and will become                an unrestricted free agent.      551 00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:37,513        What LeBron was doing               with his one year deals        552 00:26:37,555 --> 00:26:40,850    was showing everybody that you     have the value and the leverage,  553 00:26:40,892 --> 00:26:43,770       and Wilt was doing that                 50 years earlier.           554 00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:45,021            There's a way                    that Wilt Chamberlain         555 00:26:45,063 --> 00:26:47,482           always gets seen                   as individualistic,          556 00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:49,651       that he wasn't out there       557 00:26:49,692 --> 00:26:52,654    advocating for all the players              at the same time           558 00:26:52,695 --> 00:26:54,656  the way an Oscar Robertson would  559 00:26:54,697 --> 00:26:56,324              or the way                     a Bill Russell would,         560 00:26:56,366 --> 00:26:57,617  and that's true to some extent.    561 00:26:57,659 --> 00:27:00,286          Wilt was very much                     a solo artist.            562 00:27:00,328 --> 00:27:05,541    But the impact of his efforts          still benefited everybody.      563 00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:09,504     As soon as Wilt Chamberlain            got his $100,000 salary,       564 00:27:09,545 --> 00:27:11,255             Bill Russell                     said to the Celtics,         565 00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:13,800         y'all got to pay me                    more than that.            566 00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:17,887       Wilt Chamberlain raised             the salaries of all of us.      567 00:27:17,929 --> 00:27:20,014       Wilt had such an impact        568 00:27:20,056 --> 00:27:21,849       on the salary structure                    in the NBA,              569 00:27:21,891 --> 00:27:25,019         we all were indebted              to what he was able to do       570 00:27:25,061 --> 00:27:28,064          when he negotiated                     for contracts.            571 00:27:28,106 --> 00:27:31,901      But Wilt Chamberlain told          his teammates and his friends,    572 00:27:31,943 --> 00:27:34,612      don't believe for a minute         that I'm getting paid 100,000.    573 00:27:34,654 --> 00:27:36,030        I'm getting paid more.        574 00:27:36,072 --> 00:27:38,408         They just don't want                 everyone to know it.         575 00:27:38,449 --> 00:27:40,368    Bill Russell was the champion,    576 00:27:40,410 --> 00:27:42,495         but Wilt Chamberlain                    was the draw.             577 00:27:42,537 --> 00:27:45,832     He had that effect on people            on and off the court.         578 00:27:49,127 --> 00:27:50,628     [Wilt] I've always believed      579 00:27:50,670 --> 00:27:52,880         that one should sow                     his wild oats             580 00:27:52,922 --> 00:27:54,424        before settling down.         581 00:27:54,465 --> 00:27:58,219         Apparently, by being              a little larger than most,      582 00:27:58,261 --> 00:28:00,722      I've got more oats to sow.      583 00:28:00,763 --> 00:28:05,351        I believe in fidelity             where marriage is concerned,     584 00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:10,231        and my sexual appetite                 has not come close          585 00:28:10,273 --> 00:28:12,775            to allowing me               to think about settling down.     586 00:28:12,817 --> 00:28:14,861     He did have a lot of girls.      587 00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:17,113          They were models,           588 00:28:17,155 --> 00:28:19,240     and a lot of them sent their        pictures and stuff like that.     589 00:28:21,993 --> 00:28:24,120            He comes into                   the locker room one day        590 00:28:24,162 --> 00:28:27,457             and he said,                   I see this gorgeous girl       591 00:28:27,498 --> 00:28:30,376       in this green Corvette.        592 00:28:30,418 --> 00:28:32,086           She drives by me           593 00:28:32,128 --> 00:28:34,297         and she waves at me                   like she knows me.          594 00:28:34,338 --> 00:28:36,132             I got to get                      to meet this lady.          595 00:28:36,174 --> 00:28:40,011    And I know exactly who it is,     596 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:41,471           but I don't want                     to say anything            597 00:28:41,512 --> 00:28:43,765         because I don't want                to get cut, you know.         598 00:28:43,806 --> 00:28:46,601    So after the game, Wilt walks        over to where we're standing,     599 00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:49,020      and he, like, smiles at me       like I'm doing him a good deed.    600 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,813  I found out who this person was,  601 00:28:50,855 --> 00:28:54,275            and I'm gonna                 bring her to you, you know.      602 00:28:54,317 --> 00:28:56,652         I said, Wilt, sorry,         603 00:28:56,694 --> 00:28:58,988  but I want you to introduce you             to my wife Chris.           604 00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:02,492    And he, like, goes, oh, okay.     605 00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:04,994          If that's the way                   it's gonna be, okay.         606 00:29:05,036 --> 00:29:08,122     He was with a lot of women.      607 00:29:08,164 --> 00:29:10,500        Just part of his life.        608 00:29:10,541 --> 00:29:14,462       Fast forward 30 years...       609 00:29:17,799 --> 00:29:20,927       It was still like that.        610 00:29:20,968 --> 00:29:23,304     There's something compulsive     611 00:29:23,346 --> 00:29:27,809            about so many                     sexual experiences.          612 00:29:27,850 --> 00:29:31,187  It's about like a very powerful,          immediate experience         613 00:29:31,229 --> 00:29:34,023            that takes you                    into another realm,          614 00:29:34,065 --> 00:29:36,776             some kind of                    altered state of mind.        615 00:29:36,818 --> 00:29:41,447     And sex certainly does that,      especially sex with new people.    616 00:29:41,489 --> 00:29:43,616     [Wilt] I've always believed                   that lust               617 00:29:43,658 --> 00:29:46,661     is a more natural part of us                  than love,              618 00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:49,997        and that one can spend                every waking moment          619 00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:53,876     falling in and out of lust.      620 00:29:53,918 --> 00:30:00,091           When he was on,             when he was having a great time,  621 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:03,094               you were                     so blinded by the light.       622 00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:06,055    He was just bigger than life.     623 00:30:06,097 --> 00:30:08,182     He was something so amazing.     624 00:30:08,224 --> 00:30:10,601             It was like                 you were watching a supernova     625 00:30:10,643 --> 00:30:12,019       or something, you know?        626 00:30:12,061 --> 00:30:14,522        And then when he would              just slam the door shut,       627 00:30:14,564 --> 00:30:16,190       it was like, oh, crash.        628 00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:17,984        You would crash down.         629 00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:20,862      You had to get used to it.              It was like a drug.          630 00:30:20,903 --> 00:30:22,864    You had to go off cold turkey.    631 00:30:22,905 --> 00:30:25,366       He would just not call.        632 00:30:28,411 --> 00:30:30,621         There was this quote                 that I read from him         633 00:30:30,663 --> 00:30:34,166     that people don't understand     634 00:30:34,208 --> 00:30:36,210       that it's so much easier       635 00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:38,462            to sleep with                  a thousand different women      636 00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:42,925  than to spend a thousand nights              with one woman.            637 00:30:42,967 --> 00:30:45,094      Because a thousand nights                  with one woman            638 00:30:45,136 --> 00:30:49,932        would require a depth              of familiarity, intimacy,       639 00:30:49,974 --> 00:30:53,019       going deeper and deeper         into getting to know each other,  640 00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:55,354            enjoying that,                  knowing how to do that.        641 00:30:55,396 --> 00:31:00,902         Which is why I think             he had so many relationships     642 00:31:00,943 --> 00:31:03,029       that could only develop                     this far.               643 00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:05,781        A night, a few nights.        644 00:31:05,823 --> 00:31:09,744  Great, with the great attitude,     respect, pleasure, all of that.    645 00:31:09,785 --> 00:31:12,246         But there's nowhere                     for it to go.             646 00:31:14,123 --> 00:31:15,499     We had to stop being lovers      647 00:31:15,541 --> 00:31:17,543           once we realized                that we loved each other.       648 00:31:17,585 --> 00:31:20,212         He couldn't have sex               with somebody he loved.        649 00:31:20,254 --> 00:31:25,051        They had to be just...                  sexual objects.            650 00:31:25,092 --> 00:31:28,262          That's who he was.          651 00:31:28,304 --> 00:31:32,600      People don't believe that             I didn't sleep with him.       652 00:31:32,642 --> 00:31:34,268          What other reason                      would there be            653 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:36,604      to have this relationship              with Wilt Chamberlain?        654 00:31:36,646 --> 00:31:37,939         He just touched me.          655 00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:39,106         There was something                     about the fact            656 00:31:39,148 --> 00:31:41,192      that he was so interested       657 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:42,944          in being my friend                    no matter what.            658 00:31:42,985 --> 00:31:45,738         I'm a photographer.          659 00:31:45,780 --> 00:31:48,240              I met Wilt                  on a photography assignment      660 00:31:48,282 --> 00:31:52,954     in 1977 in Vienna, Austria.      661 00:31:52,995 --> 00:31:55,289       I was working on a film                 called   Holocaust.           662 00:31:55,331 --> 00:31:58,292        I had been in the bar              with some of the producers      663 00:31:58,334 --> 00:32:00,086       and some of the actors,        664 00:32:00,127 --> 00:32:03,381  and I hear a voice saying to me,      you look like a little doll.     665 00:32:03,422 --> 00:32:05,633            And I look up,                 and it's Wilt Chamberlain.      666 00:32:05,675 --> 00:32:09,679         And I said, everyone          looks like a little doll to you.  667 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,432      He came back to the table,           and everybody was excited.      668 00:32:13,474 --> 00:32:18,062      He was really very smart,          and he amused everybody there.    669 00:32:18,104 --> 00:32:20,022           Then I found him              in front of my door one night,    670 00:32:20,064 --> 00:32:22,400  and that's when he made a move.    671 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:23,651     And I said, you know, Wilt,      672 00:32:23,693 --> 00:32:24,902       you just have to forget                    about that.              673 00:32:24,944 --> 00:32:26,821          We can be friends.          674 00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:29,281         He was really pushy,                      you know.               675 00:32:29,323 --> 00:32:31,993           Wilt, you know,             got what he wanted pretty much,    676 00:32:32,034 --> 00:32:34,078      and I just yelled at him.       677 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,329    And everybody--in those days,     678 00:32:35,371 --> 00:32:36,330         people, they thought                    it was funny.             679 00:32:36,372 --> 00:32:37,999        It really wasn't fun--        680 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,959     But anyway but besides that,          he shouldn't have done it.      681 00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:42,461          Never did anything                 like that again ever.         682 00:32:42,503 --> 00:32:45,965    So he decided that it was okay    683 00:32:46,007 --> 00:32:50,261       to keep me as his friend          because I told him the truth.     684 00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:52,346          I think there was                something about that, too.      685 00:32:52,388 --> 00:32:54,849        I mean, I was a woman                    who was not--             686 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:57,393           I wasn't looking                  for anything from him.        687 00:32:57,435 --> 00:32:58,978     That helped the friendship.      688 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:01,939     So he continued to call me.      689 00:33:01,981 --> 00:33:04,775          You know, this was             an extraordinary human being,     690 00:33:04,817 --> 00:33:06,318          incredibly smart.           691 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,071       I found him very sweet.        692 00:33:09,113 --> 00:33:10,156     He liked to tell me things,      693 00:33:10,197 --> 00:33:12,491     talk to me, ask my opinion.      694 00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:14,618  He knew I wasn't a bullshitter.    695 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:17,872      He could tell me anything,         and I could tell him anything.    696 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:20,624             He was just                   a very complicated person.      697 00:33:20,666 --> 00:33:23,544           When I met Wilt,                     he was in Vienna           698 00:33:23,586 --> 00:33:28,716       because he was coaching             a female volleyball team,       699 00:33:28,758 --> 00:33:32,678            which I found                     really interesting.          700 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,805         He was familiar with             all of these women athletes      701 00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:37,058      way back in the seventies           when no one even knew them,      702 00:33:37,099 --> 00:33:38,809  and he was going to their games.  703 00:33:38,851 --> 00:33:43,814          I met Wilt in 1974                  through Lynda Huey.          704 00:33:43,856 --> 00:33:45,900             That summer,                    they decided that Wilt        705 00:33:45,941 --> 00:33:48,235             was going to                   sponsor our track club.        706 00:33:48,277 --> 00:33:50,529            He definitely                    brought some attention        707 00:33:50,571 --> 00:33:52,865    to women's track at that time.    708 00:33:52,907 --> 00:33:55,534         You know, he created              his own women's track team      709 00:33:55,576 --> 00:33:56,911             just because                    he wanted to make sure        710 00:33:56,952 --> 00:34:00,081    they had support financially,                  you know,               711 00:34:00,122 --> 00:34:02,458       had, you know, structure              and things like that.         712 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:06,087    He treated us like daughters.     713 00:34:06,128 --> 00:34:09,632          He was very gentle                 and very soft spoken.         714 00:34:09,673 --> 00:34:12,343     I mean, he had a deep voice,           but he was very genuine.       715 00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:16,680          His sister Barbara                was a terrific athlete.        716 00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:19,016             He was doing                    this in honor of her,         717 00:34:19,058 --> 00:34:23,104          and we lucked out              and got to be a part of that.     718 00:34:24,605 --> 00:34:27,817          [Lewis] Dip and I,               we both love to do track.       719 00:34:27,858 --> 00:34:29,610         He would always try                       to make me              720 00:34:29,652 --> 00:34:31,195    the fastest on the girls team     721 00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:32,780        and just take my hand.        722 00:34:32,822 --> 00:34:34,615        Of course, he's taking                 these giant steps           723 00:34:34,657 --> 00:34:38,035     and just keep making me run         around the track all the time.    724 00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:42,581       [Wilt] My sister Barbara               was a great athlete.         725 00:34:42,623 --> 00:34:44,792      She was the fastest woman                  around school,            726 00:34:44,834 --> 00:34:47,878        but there was no place                for her to compete,          727 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,297        so she never developed                like she could have.         728 00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:53,050              That's why               Wilt's Wonder Women was formed,    729 00:34:53,092 --> 00:34:56,804    to give these women a chance.     730 00:34:56,846 --> 00:35:00,224        Jackie Joyner-Kersee,                back in the Olympics,         731 00:35:00,266 --> 00:35:01,934          he sponsored her.           732 00:35:01,976 --> 00:35:04,270         She explained to me                   that without Wilt           733 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:06,689           and the programs                 he had set up for women,       734 00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:10,192     she never would have become             the great star she was        735 00:35:10,234 --> 00:35:11,318         in track and field.          736 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,864                [Wilt]                      I want to make it clear        737 00:35:14,905 --> 00:35:20,369      that I appreciate women's          unending campaign for respect.    738 00:35:20,411 --> 00:35:23,497         I want to see women                   have a fair chance          739 00:35:23,539 --> 00:35:26,041            to demonstrate                   their athletic talent         740 00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:29,086      and to get the recognition                 they deserve.             741 00:35:29,128 --> 00:35:32,590          Maybe I sound like                   a woman's libber.           742 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:35,676           In a way, I am.            743 00:35:37,678 --> 00:35:39,388    Wilt supporting women's sports    744 00:35:39,430 --> 00:35:41,974          doesn't mean that               he still wasn't a womanizer.     745 00:35:42,016 --> 00:35:43,350       Two things can be true.        746 00:35:43,392 --> 00:35:44,935          That does not mean                 he was not a nice guy.        747 00:35:44,977 --> 00:35:46,937          That does not mean              he did not love his family.      748 00:35:46,979 --> 00:35:51,859       And I think that's where              it's hard to reconcile        749 00:35:51,901 --> 00:35:54,361       who Wilt Chamberlain is                     for women.              750 00:36:11,712 --> 00:36:14,506       It was December of '65.        751 00:36:14,548 --> 00:36:17,259  It was a Friday night in Boston.  752 00:36:17,301 --> 00:36:19,386     The game was on television,      753 00:36:19,428 --> 00:36:23,098        and I remember hearing           the score was actually 13-13,     754 00:36:23,140 --> 00:36:26,101  and Wilt's number was number 13.  755 00:36:26,143 --> 00:36:30,606    Ike Richman had a heart attack           and died on the spot.         756 00:36:30,648 --> 00:36:32,274           It was terrible.           757 00:36:32,316 --> 00:36:35,236     He used to get very excited                 at the games.             758 00:36:35,277 --> 00:36:38,030          I mean, he used to                 really get worked up.         759 00:36:38,072 --> 00:36:40,950           He used to feud                     with the referees.          760 00:36:40,991 --> 00:36:42,701       When you think about it,               it's not surprising          761 00:36:42,743 --> 00:36:44,495             that he had                   a heart attack at a game.       762 00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:48,165                [Wilt]                      We won the game for Ike,       763 00:36:48,207 --> 00:36:52,920      but Philadelphia was never             the same for me again.        764 00:36:52,962 --> 00:36:54,755        Few events in my life         765 00:36:54,797 --> 00:36:58,384           have saddened me                  as much as his death.         766 00:36:58,425 --> 00:37:00,886            Wilt called me                    a couple days later,         767 00:37:00,928 --> 00:37:02,721      and he says, get dressed,              you're coming with me.        768 00:37:02,763 --> 00:37:04,098      I said, where am I going?       769 00:37:04,139 --> 00:37:07,059         He says we're going                   to Ike's funeral.           770 00:37:07,101 --> 00:37:10,229         And that was so sad.         771 00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:13,524           Wilt was a very                       caring person,            772 00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:18,237    and, you know, there was irony    773 00:37:18,279 --> 00:37:21,699    because my dad and Ike Richman    774 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:24,493         had been able to get                the players, you know,        775 00:37:24,535 --> 00:37:26,954           with the ability                 to win the championship,       776 00:37:26,996 --> 00:37:31,333        but Ike never saw it.         777 00:37:34,086 --> 00:37:38,465               In 1965,                   I was drafted by Ike Richman     778 00:37:38,507 --> 00:37:41,302     and the Philadelphia 76ers.      779 00:37:41,343 --> 00:37:42,928          My first encounter                 with Wilt Chamberlain         780 00:37:42,970 --> 00:37:44,888        was at training camp.         781 00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:47,766         And I'm looking over                     the balcony,             782 00:37:47,808 --> 00:37:49,435      looking out at the ocean,       783 00:37:49,476 --> 00:37:52,604         and all of a sudden             this purple Bentley pulls up,     784 00:37:52,646 --> 00:37:57,318         and this man unwinds                   out of the car,            785 00:37:57,359 --> 00:37:59,069      and I go, oh, my goodness.      786 00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:01,572      To say it was intimidating             is an understatement.         787 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,449     I knew Wilt had an apartment                 in New York,             788 00:38:03,490 --> 00:38:06,577           and I eventually                   got the opportunity          789 00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:09,288      to drive Wilt to New York       790 00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:11,457        because I'm originally                   from Brooklyn.            791 00:38:11,498 --> 00:38:16,170            And there I am                   in his purple Bentley         792 00:38:16,211 --> 00:38:17,671  where I can't touch the pedals.    793 00:38:17,713 --> 00:38:21,216      I have to move the seat up                   to touch.               794 00:38:21,258 --> 00:38:23,302         This is the only car          I've ever been in my entire life  795 00:38:23,344 --> 00:38:25,262       where I couldn't touch.        796 00:38:25,304 --> 00:38:28,849               I'm 6-7,                and I could not touch the pedal.  797 00:38:28,891 --> 00:38:34,146             I was traded                  to the Philadelphia 76ers       798 00:38:34,188 --> 00:38:35,856     from the Baltimore Bullets.      799 00:38:35,898 --> 00:38:37,941         I just made the NBA                    All Rookie team,           800 00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:40,527    and Ike Richman traded for me.    801 00:38:40,569 --> 00:38:44,114          I grew up right in              the West Philadelphia area.      802 00:38:44,156 --> 00:38:47,701           I was playing in            the middle school league there.    803 00:38:47,743 --> 00:38:49,453         So in our community,         804 00:38:49,495 --> 00:38:51,622     you would have professional          athletes coming to view you,     805 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:57,378           and Wilt came by                     and saw me play.           806 00:38:57,419 --> 00:39:01,632          A lot of the older               ball players mentored us.       807 00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:03,717      You could go to his house.      808 00:39:03,759 --> 00:39:06,595       At times, we would come               and have lunch there.         809 00:39:06,637 --> 00:39:09,973     His parents were welcoming.                They were warm.            810 00:39:10,015 --> 00:39:11,725     So it's very personal to me      811 00:39:11,767 --> 00:39:15,813      about how Wilt has seen me                as a little boy            812 00:39:15,854 --> 00:39:18,273        and I'm getting ready            to be a man to play with him.     813 00:39:18,315 --> 00:39:21,568       He said, I expect a lot                    out of you.              814 00:39:21,610 --> 00:39:23,445             We need you.             815 00:39:23,487 --> 00:39:29,034      You could be the catalyst        to make us reach another level,    816 00:39:29,076 --> 00:39:31,286      Because now we have a team      817 00:39:31,328 --> 00:39:34,123            where we have                   five defensive players.        818 00:39:34,164 --> 00:39:36,667         1967, Philadelphia,          819 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,795         Alex Hannum is back                for round two with Wilt.       820 00:39:39,837 --> 00:39:41,839      My teammates were ecstatic      821 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,841          because they felt                   that respect factor          822 00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:47,594       between Wilt and Hannum                   was very good.            823 00:39:47,636 --> 00:39:49,513          Wilt did not live                     in Philadelphia.           824 00:39:49,555 --> 00:39:52,057           When Alex came,                    there was no divas.          825 00:39:52,099 --> 00:39:54,143       You will live in Philly.       826 00:39:54,184 --> 00:39:58,147            And this time                he kind of ups the ante again.    827 00:39:58,188 --> 00:40:01,608       He says, Wilt, how about               you score way less?          828 00:40:01,650 --> 00:40:05,654        The global offense of          the team overall will be better.  829 00:40:05,696 --> 00:40:07,156        When he gets the ball,        830 00:40:07,197 --> 00:40:09,116         he's dishing it off                     to teammates.             831 00:40:09,158 --> 00:40:14,246    We would all be moving around          the guy that has the ball.      832 00:40:14,288 --> 00:40:18,083           Wilt finally got                  the pieces that fit in        833 00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:20,711         that could eliminate            him having to score that much.    834 00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:22,296      And then when the defense       835 00:40:22,337 --> 00:40:24,298             doesn't pay                    enough attention to him        836 00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:27,092           and you play him                   in single coverage,          837 00:40:27,134 --> 00:40:29,470    his scoring efficiency spikes,    838 00:40:29,511 --> 00:40:31,138       optimizing the offense.        839 00:40:31,180 --> 00:40:33,807       Wilt has reached a point                   in his life              840 00:40:33,849 --> 00:40:35,267       where I don't have to go             out there and score 40,        841 00:40:35,309 --> 00:40:37,060  or are you going to go out there             and score 30?             842 00:40:37,102 --> 00:40:39,229            Well, in fact,                he scored 24 points a game.      843 00:40:39,271 --> 00:40:42,316    That was taking full advantage          of what he had to offer        844 00:40:42,357 --> 00:40:44,109     to a team playing that way.      845 00:40:44,151 --> 00:40:45,360         There's no question.         846 00:40:45,402 --> 00:40:48,906               [Taylor]                And this amazing thing happens.    847 00:40:50,657 --> 00:40:52,451    Philadelphia ends up producing    848 00:40:52,493 --> 00:40:55,454      the most efficient offense                 in NBA history            849 00:40:55,496 --> 00:40:57,164         up until that point.         850 00:40:57,206 --> 00:40:58,957       They also win 68 games,        851 00:40:58,999 --> 00:41:00,459          which is a record                      for victories,            852 00:41:00,501 --> 00:41:02,503         and just 13 losses.          853 00:41:02,544 --> 00:41:05,964     Wilt just wanted one thing,              and that was to win.         854 00:41:07,591 --> 00:41:11,261     Guess who's waiting for them            again in the playoffs?        855 00:41:11,303 --> 00:41:13,013       It's the Boston Celtics,       856 00:41:13,055 --> 00:41:16,099     who are now on championship                 eight in a row            857 00:41:16,141 --> 00:41:18,519       when they meet in 1967.        858 00:41:19,895 --> 00:41:23,857            But this time,                 with this quality offense,      859 00:41:23,899 --> 00:41:27,194             Philadelphia                    is just way too much,         860 00:41:27,236 --> 00:41:30,572          and they basically                 overwhelm the Celtics.        861 00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:36,161            The first team                 to really beat the Celtics      862 00:41:36,203 --> 00:41:38,872  with Bill Russell on the court.    863 00:41:38,914 --> 00:41:45,045     If you could see how he felt           after we dethroned them.       864 00:41:45,087 --> 00:41:47,005        Finally I'm a winner.         865 00:41:47,047 --> 00:41:50,551          People had signs,                  Boston, you will die.         866 00:41:50,592 --> 00:41:56,515  People were blowing cigar smoke          in Red Auerbach's face.        867 00:41:56,557 --> 00:41:59,184        Beating San Francisco         868 00:41:59,226 --> 00:42:02,187    was nowhere near as difficult              as beating Boston.          869 00:42:02,229 --> 00:42:06,233          The Sixers played               the San Francisco Warriors,      870 00:42:06,275 --> 00:42:09,278          led by Rick Barry.          871 00:42:09,319 --> 00:42:11,363        We just tried to play                  as good as we can,          872 00:42:11,405 --> 00:42:13,073    play good team defense, and we       gave them a heck of a battle.     873 00:42:13,115 --> 00:42:16,201           So here we have                    the team Wilt left.          874 00:42:16,243 --> 00:42:18,620        We acquitted ourselves                    pretty well,             875 00:42:18,662 --> 00:42:20,247           but when Wilton                       was on a team             876 00:42:20,289 --> 00:42:24,042  with some really great players,           he won a championship.        877 00:42:24,084 --> 00:42:25,752     They're mobbing Chamberlain.     878 00:42:25,794 --> 00:42:27,421       Hello, is he ever happy.       879 00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:30,048           Wilt has finally                     won the big one.           880 00:42:30,090 --> 00:42:32,342            That one team                      that he played on           881 00:42:32,384 --> 00:42:33,927        with Billy Cunningham,        882 00:42:33,969 --> 00:42:37,764     that team would have beaten             a number of the teams         883 00:42:37,806 --> 00:42:40,017      that Bill Russell was on.       884 00:42:40,058 --> 00:42:42,936              They were                     a great basketball team.       885 00:42:45,147 --> 00:42:46,982    That was his crowning moment.     886 00:42:49,318 --> 00:42:51,445                [Wilt]                      When I was a little boy,       887 00:42:51,486 --> 00:42:54,781      I used to think of myself             as climbing a high wall.       888 00:42:54,823 --> 00:42:57,909      People were helping me up,      889 00:42:57,951 --> 00:43:01,455         but a lot of others                 were holding me down.         890 00:43:01,496 --> 00:43:04,458       Sometimes I'd wonder if             you'd make it all the way.      891 00:43:04,499 --> 00:43:09,963       In 1967, I guess I did.        892 00:43:10,005 --> 00:43:13,467       We had the better team,                     so we won.              893 00:43:13,508 --> 00:43:15,927       No, I am not surprised.        894 00:43:15,969 --> 00:43:19,640     The better team always wins.     895 00:43:25,103 --> 00:43:27,939              Gentlemen,                    would you join me here?        896 00:43:27,981 --> 00:43:29,900             Wilt, let me                    have your right hand.         897 00:43:29,941 --> 00:43:31,401            My right hand.            898 00:43:31,443 --> 00:43:33,487           Your right hand.            Let's hold it up to this camera.  899 00:43:33,528 --> 00:43:34,780         Now your right hand.         900 00:43:34,821 --> 00:43:36,114    Man, this don't mean nothing.     901 00:43:36,156 --> 00:43:37,616         David slew Goliath.          902 00:43:37,658 --> 00:43:39,159       Well, why'd you throw...       903 00:43:39,201 --> 00:43:42,412         Wilt was approached               by a group of businessmen       904 00:43:42,454 --> 00:43:47,084       who wanted Wilt to fight            a guy named Muhammad Ali.       905 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:48,335             Bill Russell                    and a few more players        906 00:43:48,377 --> 00:43:50,253             are gonna be                     my sparring partners         907 00:43:50,295 --> 00:43:51,338            to get ready.             908 00:43:51,380 --> 00:43:53,840     [Wilt] Fighting Muhammad Ali     909 00:43:53,882 --> 00:43:56,426            would combine                 the two kinds of challenges      910 00:43:56,468 --> 00:43:59,012        I had always responded                     to doing,               911 00:43:59,054 --> 00:44:01,473       something everyone said                  couldn't be done           912 00:44:01,515 --> 00:44:06,103       and beating another man                    at his game.             913 00:44:06,144 --> 00:44:09,106       When they announced that        he was gonna fight Muhammad Ali,  914 00:44:09,147 --> 00:44:10,774          and that was like,          915 00:44:10,816 --> 00:44:12,776      first, I thought my father           would never stop laughing,      916 00:44:12,818 --> 00:44:16,446       and he was not the type                that laughed a lot.          917 00:44:16,488 --> 00:44:18,198          -Any predictions?                     -One prediction.           918 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:20,409               Timber!                919 00:44:20,450 --> 00:44:21,702              [laughter]              920 00:44:21,743 --> 00:44:23,787       He thought it was crazy                   to even think             921 00:44:23,829 --> 00:44:25,664        about trying to fight                     Muhammad Ali             922 00:44:25,706 --> 00:44:26,707        or any other fighter.         923 00:44:26,748 --> 00:44:28,291        You're not a fighter.         924 00:44:28,333 --> 00:44:31,044             That's nice.                  You'll get what you want.       925 00:44:31,086 --> 00:44:33,755         And it was the fight                that never came to be.        926 00:44:33,797 --> 00:44:37,718      [Wilt] At the last minute,            I decided not to do it.        927 00:44:37,759 --> 00:44:39,845          I was like a groom                    who wasn't sure            928 00:44:39,886 --> 00:44:41,138    the night before his wedding.     929 00:44:41,179 --> 00:44:43,807           I would have had                  to give up basketball,        930 00:44:43,849 --> 00:44:46,518     which I wasn't ready to do.      931 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:48,729           I've always been                    the kind of person          932 00:44:48,770 --> 00:44:53,734         who needs specific,             concrete goals and challenges.    933 00:44:53,775 --> 00:44:56,153      What else was there to do?      934 00:44:56,194 --> 00:45:01,408        So I decided I had to          lead the league in NBA assists.    935 00:45:01,450 --> 00:45:04,244      Wilt is passing even more,      936 00:45:04,286 --> 00:45:05,912           and some people                   think maybe too much.         937 00:45:05,954 --> 00:45:10,459         He leads the league              in total assists that year.      938 00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:14,337      This prompted some critics                  to say Wilt              939 00:45:14,379 --> 00:45:17,883        just cared about stats                 and not the team.           940 00:45:17,924 --> 00:45:20,427     In interviewing and talking            with people of that era,       941 00:45:20,469 --> 00:45:21,970          many of them felt           942 00:45:22,012 --> 00:45:24,765      he was much too concerned               with the statistics.         943 00:45:24,806 --> 00:45:27,017             But imagine                     being talented enough,        944 00:45:27,058 --> 00:45:28,769          deciding one year,          945 00:45:28,810 --> 00:45:30,979     I think I'll lead the league                  in assists              946 00:45:31,021 --> 00:45:33,273          and then going out                     and doing it.             947 00:45:33,315 --> 00:45:34,691        Whether he was fixated        948 00:45:34,733 --> 00:45:36,109        on leading the league                  in assists or not,          949 00:45:36,151 --> 00:45:38,737          I don't know even                 how much that mattered,        950 00:45:38,779 --> 00:45:40,781          because they still             finished first in the league.     951 00:45:40,822 --> 00:45:43,408       They still win 62 games.       952 00:45:43,450 --> 00:45:46,536      He could have gone too far                with the passing           953 00:45:46,578 --> 00:45:49,456           and he could be                   the MVP of the league         954 00:45:49,498 --> 00:45:51,792           as he was again               for the third consecutive year    955 00:45:51,833 --> 00:45:54,628    and put the team in a position           to win a championship.        956 00:45:54,669 --> 00:45:56,296         Both of those things                     can be true.             957 00:45:56,338 --> 00:45:59,382      And once again, the Sixers      958 00:45:59,424 --> 00:46:02,219         meet our old friend                  the Boston Celtics.          959 00:46:02,260 --> 00:46:05,472     In '68, two things happened:               I broke my wrist           960 00:46:05,514 --> 00:46:10,519      against the Knickerbockers           in the series before that.      961 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:14,397         But most importantly                 was before the game,         962 00:46:14,439 --> 00:46:17,234          Martin Luther King                   was assassinated.           963 00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:19,319            Good evening.             964 00:46:19,361 --> 00:46:21,238             The Reverend                   Dr. Martin Luther King,        965 00:46:21,279 --> 00:46:24,032             39 years old                and a Nobel Peace Prize winner    966 00:46:24,074 --> 00:46:26,535  and the leader of the nonviolent         civil rights movement         967 00:46:26,576 --> 00:46:27,786         in the United States         968 00:46:27,828 --> 00:46:29,454           was assassinated                   in Memphis tonight.          969 00:46:29,496 --> 00:46:32,165          A sniper's bullet                    cut down Dr. King           970 00:46:32,207 --> 00:46:35,168             as he stood                 on a hotel balcony in Memphis.    971 00:46:37,754 --> 00:46:41,466    To say everyone was devastated           was an understatement.        972 00:46:41,508 --> 00:46:43,885             We were just                   walking around in a fog.       973 00:46:43,927 --> 00:46:47,305             Russell knew                Martin Luther King very well.     974 00:46:47,347 --> 00:46:50,100          He had been there              for the I Have A Dream speech.    975 00:46:50,141 --> 00:46:52,310          So the two of them           are with their respective teams,  976 00:46:52,352 --> 00:46:54,437      and they really felt like,               we shouldn't play.          977 00:46:54,479 --> 00:46:56,439    It wouldn't be right to play.     978 00:46:56,481 --> 00:47:01,027       So both teams separately                voted not to play.          979 00:47:01,069 --> 00:47:03,446        But then what happened            was the Commissioner came in     980 00:47:03,488 --> 00:47:05,198            and the mayors                      from both cities           981 00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:06,908       contacted Wilt and Russ        982 00:47:06,950 --> 00:47:08,743       because they represented                   their teams,             983 00:47:08,785 --> 00:47:11,329          and said, listen,               turn on your television set.     984 00:47:11,371 --> 00:47:14,165           There's rioting                    across our country.          985 00:47:14,207 --> 00:47:16,543            We really feel                   if you play this game,        986 00:47:16,585 --> 00:47:18,795     you'd give all these people         something else to think about     987 00:47:18,837 --> 00:47:20,589        for this one evening.         988 00:47:20,630 --> 00:47:21,882    And so both of them went back     989 00:47:21,923 --> 00:47:25,176            and, you know,                  talked with their teams.       990 00:47:25,218 --> 00:47:27,345    The league wanted us to play,     991 00:47:27,387 --> 00:47:30,932  but I was very much against it.    992 00:47:30,974 --> 00:47:33,184         We really relied on                Russell and Chamberlain        993 00:47:33,226 --> 00:47:34,936    to help make those decisions.     994 00:47:34,978 --> 00:47:38,231         So both teams voted.         995 00:47:38,273 --> 00:47:40,984             [MacMullan]                 Wilt still voted not to play,     996 00:47:41,026 --> 00:47:43,028       but his team as a whole                   voted to play,            997 00:47:43,069 --> 00:47:47,198    and he adhered to their wishes        and so the game was played.      998 00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:49,284        That's the only thing                    that I regret             999 00:47:49,326 --> 00:47:50,744          is that I played.           1000 00:47:50,785 --> 00:47:54,164     From my personal standpoint,                it's difficult            1001 00:47:54,205 --> 00:47:57,500          because I was just                  emotionally drained.         1002 00:48:08,678 --> 00:48:10,472       [Wilt] I knew Dr. King,        1003 00:48:10,513 --> 00:48:13,558      but not as well as I would            have liked to know him.        1004 00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:14,851         I respected the man          1005 00:48:14,893 --> 00:48:16,937            and I believed                  in what he believed in.        1006 00:48:16,978 --> 00:48:18,313     I've been thinking about it      1007 00:48:18,355 --> 00:48:21,274          ever since I heard                  about what happened.         1008 00:48:21,316 --> 00:48:23,610         Numb like, you know?         1009 00:48:23,652 --> 00:48:26,613             [MacMullan]                   In an unprecedented move,       1010 00:48:26,655 --> 00:48:29,783      the NBA paused its season                 after that game            1011 00:48:29,824 --> 00:48:31,785           so Wilt and Russ           1012 00:48:31,826 --> 00:48:34,454            could walk to                the Ebenezer Church in Atlanta    1013 00:48:34,496 --> 00:48:36,957              along with                  Martin Luther King's family.     1014 00:48:44,923 --> 00:48:47,801           Wilt and Russell                   were the first guys          1015 00:48:47,842 --> 00:48:49,552      that really had the juice       1016 00:48:49,594 --> 00:48:54,099          to be able to say            to the people that ran this NBA,  1017 00:48:54,140 --> 00:48:57,227    hey, this is important to us.     1018 00:48:57,268 --> 00:49:00,563    We need to respect the legacy            of Martin Luther King         1019 00:49:00,605 --> 00:49:02,148            by doing this.            1020 00:49:05,694 --> 00:49:07,570           That was really                       the first hint            1021 00:49:07,612 --> 00:49:08,863        of playoff empowerment        1022 00:49:08,905 --> 00:49:10,824        all the way back then                   in the sixties.            1023 00:49:13,326 --> 00:49:17,539             Play resumes                and they were up three to one     1024 00:49:17,580 --> 00:49:18,665         against the Celtics                     in the series.            1025 00:49:21,126 --> 00:49:23,962        No team at that point            had come back from three one,     1026 00:49:24,004 --> 00:49:26,297          but you don't have                    Billy Cunningham           1027 00:49:26,339 --> 00:49:28,717        for the entire series.        1028 00:49:28,758 --> 00:49:31,177        The Celtics come back,               they force a 7th game.        1029 00:49:31,219 --> 00:49:33,596      The Celtics win the game.       1030 00:49:35,390 --> 00:49:40,353     The Philly team is lambasted          for blowing it and losing.      1031 00:49:42,105 --> 00:49:44,232     Wilt got heavily criticized.     1032 00:49:44,274 --> 00:49:45,859           I fell into it,            1033 00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:47,986       and probably one of the           biggest regrets in my career,     1034 00:49:48,028 --> 00:49:49,904            dumbest things                   I ever said in my life        1035 00:49:49,946 --> 00:49:52,490     is when I called him a loser             one time in a book.          1036 00:49:59,414 --> 00:50:01,708     And that was not deserving.      1037 00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:03,960     It was the team that failed,     1038 00:50:04,002 --> 00:50:05,754     because this is a team game.     1039 00:50:05,795 --> 00:50:08,339    Nothing got attached to Greer.    1040 00:50:08,381 --> 00:50:10,050         Nothing got attached                       to Wali.               1041 00:50:10,091 --> 00:50:11,551    Nothing got attached to Chet.     1042 00:50:11,593 --> 00:50:13,470     It all got attached to Wilt.     1043 00:50:13,511 --> 00:50:16,973     Because in this game seven,      1044 00:50:17,015 --> 00:50:21,019       Wilt only ends up taking        two shots in the fourth quarter.  1045 00:50:21,061 --> 00:50:24,689        [Wilt] After the game,            not one writer came up to me     1046 00:50:24,731 --> 00:50:27,567     and said, how come the ball              didn't come to you?          1047 00:50:27,609 --> 00:50:28,985               Not one.               1048 00:50:29,027 --> 00:50:31,404       But all of them did come                    and ask me              1049 00:50:31,446 --> 00:50:33,990  how come you didn't shoot more?    1050 00:50:34,032 --> 00:50:37,410           In this series,             we don't have a lot of footage.    1051 00:50:37,452 --> 00:50:40,371          We don't know why                Wilt only took two shots.       1052 00:50:40,413 --> 00:50:42,082          He could have been                   passing too much,           1053 00:50:42,123 --> 00:50:44,876          but maybe they're                   getting open shots.          1054 00:50:44,918 --> 00:50:46,419    Without knowing anything more,    1055 00:50:46,461 --> 00:50:48,379           maybe that story                     sticks with Wilt           1056 00:50:48,421 --> 00:50:51,424         because it had been               in so many people's minds       1057 00:50:51,466 --> 00:50:54,094        for such a long time.         1058 00:50:54,135 --> 00:50:56,096     The whole thing fell apart.      1059 00:50:56,137 --> 00:50:59,766         Alex Hannum was gone               from a potential dynasty       1060 00:50:59,808 --> 00:51:02,602        or at least something                  that would compete          1061 00:51:02,644 --> 00:51:05,522       nose to nose every year                against the Celtics.         1062 00:51:05,563 --> 00:51:07,649         It just dissipated.          1063 00:51:07,690 --> 00:51:10,068        It was just like that.        1064 00:51:12,487 --> 00:51:16,032        [Wilt] But I had more          important things that the 76ers    1065 00:51:16,074 --> 00:51:18,451            to think about                    that summer of 1968.         1066 00:51:18,493 --> 00:51:21,788    For the first time in my life,        I got involved in politics,      1067 00:51:21,830 --> 00:51:25,917            real politics                    at the highest level.         1068 00:51:25,959 --> 00:51:27,585         Wilt, one thing that              I've been concerned about       1069 00:51:27,627 --> 00:51:29,129         is what's happening          1070 00:51:29,170 --> 00:51:31,131         to the young people               of this country generally.      1071 00:51:31,172 --> 00:51:33,299              You know,                     there's a lot of unrest        1072 00:51:33,341 --> 00:51:35,093         among young people,                      all people,              1073 00:51:35,135 --> 00:51:39,931      and particularly the young         people in the Black community.    1074 00:51:39,973 --> 00:51:42,142           Give me an idea                as to what they really want.     1075 00:51:42,183 --> 00:51:45,603      What is it that we can do             to give them more hope?        1076 00:51:45,645 --> 00:51:46,855      Actually, I feel as though      1077 00:51:46,896 --> 00:51:50,984              that there                     are many young Negroes        1078 00:51:51,025 --> 00:51:52,277        that are in a position        1079 00:51:52,318 --> 00:51:53,820         to go into business                    for themselves,            1080 00:51:53,862 --> 00:51:56,030        and they're definitely                     qualified.              1081 00:51:56,072 --> 00:51:58,867     What they need is some help,     1082 00:51:58,908 --> 00:52:02,662        some loans that maybe            will stimulate their interest.    1083 00:52:02,704 --> 00:52:04,873      If you go looking forward       1084 00:52:04,914 --> 00:52:07,333      after Martin Luther King's                 assassination,            1085 00:52:07,375 --> 00:52:09,627           all of a sudden                it wasn't just Bill Russell      1086 00:52:09,669 --> 00:52:12,589    talking about the civil rights            of Black Americans.          1087 00:52:12,630 --> 00:52:15,633        I think Wilt realized               I have some power here.        1088 00:52:15,675 --> 00:52:18,428       I can make a difference.           I can have a voice in this.      1089 00:52:18,469 --> 00:52:22,307         When you think about               the Republican Party now       1090 00:52:22,348 --> 00:52:24,976             and you hear                    that Wilt Chamberlain         1091 00:52:25,018 --> 00:52:26,352          was a Republican,           1092 00:52:26,394 --> 00:52:28,646        that sounds different         1093 00:52:28,688 --> 00:52:33,276       than to have heard that                 during the 1960s.           1094 00:52:33,318 --> 00:52:38,156           For a long time,               Black people who could vote      1095 00:52:38,198 --> 00:52:40,867     favored the Republican Party     1096 00:52:40,909 --> 00:52:43,953       because Abraham Lincoln,                  a Republican,             1097 00:52:43,995 --> 00:52:46,623             was credited                   with freeing the slaves.       1098 00:52:46,664 --> 00:52:47,874         The Democratic Party         1099 00:52:47,916 --> 00:52:49,876           was the Southern                  segregationist party.         1100 00:52:49,918 --> 00:52:54,005      Wilt was a worldly person       1101 00:52:54,047 --> 00:52:57,258  that would always gather people          to talk about community.       1102 00:52:57,300 --> 00:53:00,386     It's not given enough credit          to how he was an activist.      1103 00:53:00,428 --> 00:53:03,681            Wilt believed                     that if Black people         1104 00:53:03,723 --> 00:53:06,059      could get the right access                   to capital              1105 00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:08,186    and invest in our communities     1106 00:53:08,228 --> 00:53:10,021     and have government support             for those investments,        1107 00:53:10,063 --> 00:53:11,606        that we could thrive.         1108 00:53:11,648 --> 00:53:13,858          One of the things              that Richard Nixon was pushing    1109 00:53:13,900 --> 00:53:16,736        was Black capitalism.         1110 00:53:16,778 --> 00:53:19,697           [Nixon] Not only              have you been very successful     1111 00:53:19,739 --> 00:53:21,658       in the field of sports,        1112 00:53:21,699 --> 00:53:25,036        but you also have been         successful in a business career.  1113 00:53:25,078 --> 00:53:28,498       Now, do you think a lot               of these young Negroes        1114 00:53:28,539 --> 00:53:32,168     are gonna be able to make it           if they get this chance?       1115 00:53:32,210 --> 00:53:34,254          If given a chance,               I think that they're ready      1116 00:53:34,295 --> 00:53:36,756      to go out there and start        their own businesses, you know,    1117 00:53:36,798 --> 00:53:40,927      and be bosses in their own             business, so to speak.        1118 00:53:40,969 --> 00:53:44,222    He would say, well, if you met       Richard Nixon, you'd like him.    1119 00:53:44,264 --> 00:53:45,390           He's a good guy.           1120 00:53:45,431 --> 00:53:47,433               I said,                      I don't know about that.       1121 00:53:47,475 --> 00:53:49,185      Richard Nixon comes along       1122 00:53:49,227 --> 00:53:52,272     and engages in what he calls            the Southern Strategy,        1123 00:53:52,313 --> 00:53:55,024         which is basically,                we are going to go after       1124 00:53:55,066 --> 00:53:59,988       what had previously been             white Southern Democrats       1125 00:54:00,029 --> 00:54:02,782       who support segregation.       1126 00:54:02,824 --> 00:54:05,451             We're going                    to recruit the racists.        1127 00:54:05,493 --> 00:54:09,330        [Wilt] Does that mean                he exploited me? Sure.        1128 00:54:09,372 --> 00:54:11,958       Richard and Republicans         exploited me to get Black votes,  1129 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:16,296         and I exploited them               to provide Black input.        1130 00:54:16,337 --> 00:54:18,631         Looking back on it,                       I suspect               1131 00:54:18,673 --> 00:54:22,176      I was also subconsciously            influenced to back Richard      1132 00:54:22,218 --> 00:54:24,846          by several things                 he and I had in common.        1133 00:54:24,887 --> 00:54:28,391  Throughout his political career,       he'd been called a loser,       1134 00:54:28,433 --> 00:54:31,269       the guy who could never                  win the big one.           1135 00:54:31,311 --> 00:54:33,563               Me, too.               1136 00:54:33,604 --> 00:54:36,274     When you lose, you're forced             to confront yourself         1137 00:54:36,316 --> 00:54:38,276          as you really are           1138 00:54:38,318 --> 00:54:41,821        way down deep inside.         1139 00:54:41,863 --> 00:54:45,491           You gain insight               and perspective on yourself.     1140 00:54:45,533 --> 00:54:49,787      That a guy who always wins      1141 00:54:49,829 --> 00:54:52,040           just never gets.