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Basketball Network on MSN9d
"I'd rather have the guys pull up and take the 15‐foot jump shot" – Bucks coach acknowledged the challenge of scoring against Wilt Chamberlain in 1972
Bucks coach Larry Costello admitted it was safer to pull up for jump shots than challenge Wilt Chamberlain’s defense.
Basketball Network on MSN17d
"I have never seen so many overweight gentlemen playing basketball" - Wilt Chamberlain blamed too much lifting for NBA playes' back problems
Wilt Chamberlain predicted the NBA’s spike in back injuries, blaming the league’s shift toward bulky physiques and calling for balance over brawn.
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Bill Sharman
The second name, Bill Bertka, remains with the team to ... while Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain didn’t have much longer to reign atop basketball’s best players, so owner Jack Kent Cooke ...
Celtics Wire on MSN10d
On this day: Sharman trade; Conley draft; Wagner, Morrison born; '64 title won
On this day in Boston Celtics history, shooting guard Bill Sharman was dealt to the Celtics in 1951 from the (then) Fort ...