“I Never Saw Anyone Give Away As Many Championships As Wilt Chamberlain”: Happy Hairston Roasts His Lakers Teammate For Choking In The NBA Finals

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain was one of the greatest NBA players during his peak, but even he couldn’t avoid being roasted by his teammate Happy Hairston.

The two time NBA champion and 13 time All Star dominated the game in ways you could never have imagined. Wilt’s crowning moment was, of course, when he put 100 points in a single NBA game, setting a record that has yet to be be beaten, but he’s had several other crazy moments.

During the 1961-62 season, Wilt the Stilt averaged a whopping 50.4 points per game to go along with an equally mind boggling 25.7 rebounds per game (not even his highest rebounding mark throughout his career).

However, Happy Hairston, Wilt’s teammate on the Lakers, saw a things a little differently for the NBA legend.

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Wilt Chamberlain Threw Away Multiple Shots At A Finals Berth According To Happy Hairston

Even though Wilt won an impressive two NBA Finals, Happy believes that the NBA legend could have had much more.

While Wilt is known for his crazy stat lines and records, many people see them as empty stats since they didn’t result in wins. Only when Wilt started to become more of a team player and play within the system did he truly succeed at winning meaningful games.

This was something Hairston alluded to when he participated in a roast of the NBA legend. Among other things, Hairston brought up Chamberlain’s poor Finals performances and how he could have played better and won more if he tried.

At the time, the debate between Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell was the biggest one in the NBA. Russell was the defensive nightmare and winning savant as he compiled 11 titles with the Celtics in 13 years. This was something else that Hairston chose to roast Wilt about:

 

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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