NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain was one of the most dominant players to play in the league. The towering center dominated the league during the 1960s and 1970s with his phenomenal ability to score.
Even today, there are many records untouched that were set by Wilt. Although the legendary player retired in 1973, he was still part of the NBA by sharing his thoughts on other NBA players.
Wilt also shared his fair share of crazy stories via interviews and talk shows. One such time was when Wilt and his longtime rival Bill Russell were interviewed by Ahmad Rashad in 1997. In the interview, the two players shared many amazing stories.
They also shared their respective lists of top 6 NBA players of all time. During the interview, fans also had the fortune of hearing a hilarious story about how Chamberlain tried to improve his free throw shooting.
As good as Wilt was, he was never a great free throw shooter throughout his illustrious career. For his career, he shot 51.1% from the charity stripe.
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“I was once a good free throw shooter. … Cute little story I went to a psychiatrist for about a month on my free throw situation. After a month, I gave it up. Somebody else paid for the session, $50 a session. I won’t say it who. After I came out with it for a whole month, the psychiatrist was a better free throw shooter than I was.”
Wilt displayed his best free throw shooting performance in the 1961-62 NBA season, where he knocked down 61.3% of his attempts from the foul line. But apart from that season, he was a below-average free throw shooter.
The best individual performance of Wilt’s career from the free throw line came when he scored 100 points in a game. He had an insane 28-32 performance that night. But all things considered, even without having a great free throw shot in his arsenal, Wilt averaged 30.1 PPG for his career. Now imagine if he was a good free throw shooter?
