Wilt Chamberlain: The Goliath Par...
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Wilt Chamberlain: The Goliath Paradox of the Greatest Individual Athlete Who Could Never Win Enough

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Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game, averaged over fifty points for an entire season, and holds records so absurd they read like typographical errors. He was the most physically dominant athlete in the history of team sports — and spent his entire career being told he was not good enough because he only won two championships compared to Bill Russell's eleven. The Goliath Paradox: being so talented that anything short of total domination was considered failure.

This episode traces Chamberlain from his Philadelphia childhood through the 100-point game, the rivalry with Russell, the championships he finally won, and the impossible standard his own greatness created.

  • Chamberlain's physical dominance from childhood and the records he set before reaching the NBA
  • The 100-point game, the fifty-point season average ... 
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