On Thursday December 4, 2014, the United States Postal Service did something they’ve never done before. They released a new set of USA Forever stamps that feature the great Wilt Chamberlain, who played 14 dominant seasons in the NBA. Chamberlain, who was draft by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1959 NBA Draft, also played in San Francisco for the Warriors when the team moved there in 1962, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers. He holds multiple records individually, from all-time rebounding
Your Wilt Chamberlain 100-point game open thread
Even if you only tangentially follow the NBA, you probably know that today is the 50th anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in a game. On March 2, 1962, playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, Chamberlain scored 100 points in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks before slightly more than 4,000 fans in Hershey, Pa. Many consider it the greatest single-event achievement in sports history. Others diminish its impact, saying Chamberlain was a behemoth who should have been as dominant