I went over a bunch of footage of this awhile back. I timed out the frames he spent in the air and correlated it to jump height, which is a simple high-school level physics formula. In games he made about a 36-38 inch vert on block attempts. For comparison, Shaq made about 24' in his highest blocks.
Max touch in non-basketball situations and typical leaping ability in a game are very different. For instance Mason Plumlee, who isn't known as an athletic freak, had a 40 inch vert in the draft combine, which was by far the highest of any 7-footer ever tested in the modern era.
I don't believe 50 for Wilt but I can't take anything less than 42 seriously. Easily the most athletic C in history.
To be fair, we cant 100% be accurate as we dont have all his highlights and stuff. He probably said he did when he was in college or something doing track
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I went over a bunch of footage of this awhile back. I timed out the frames he spent in the air and correlated it to jump height, which is a simple high-school level physics formula. In games he made about a 36-38 inch vert on block attempts. For comparison, Shaq made about 24' in his highest blocks.
Max touch in non-basketball situations and typical leaping ability in a game are very different. For instance Mason Plumlee, who isn't known as an athletic freak, had a 40 inch vert in the draft combine, which was by far the highest of any 7-footer ever tested in the modern era.
I don't believe 50 for Wilt but I can't take anything less than 42 seriously. Easily the most athletic C in history.
When a 7 1 basketball player can touch the top of the backboard but a 5 8 man named Dexton Crunchfield can.
So you're just going to ignore his olympic level of vaulting?
Wilt Chamberlain aināt claiming to have nothing, bro been dead for 23 years š
I think a lot of wilts stats were inflated.
Wilt chamberlain is awesome !
This was a long ass way of saying 'we don't know'
Wilt Chamberlain also claimed to have killed a mountain lion… with his bare hands
Canāt wait for that dexton guy to see this videoš
My dad once saw Wilt work out and he was benching 625 lbs
You donāt need to fully show off your vertical in a game because not many balls in the paint go above the backboard
lol iām followed by that guy in the other picture š
Dexton can grab A CUP from 13 foot 8
@JxmyHighroller proved it 3 years ago
wilt didnt claim that people assume that off of pictures
He Def didn't have a 50 inch vert, but I believe the 42 inch one.
if he had a 39 in game then he obvi can get 42 plus
Personally I just like to believe every ludicrous thing they say about Wilt, in his prime, is true.
Like some mythical creature who we can never quite get a clear picture of.
who that one dude that invented jumping and gets like no credit
To be fair, we cant 100% be accurate as we dont have all his highlights and stuff. He probably said he did when he was in college or something doing track