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Message: [QUOTE="'72 Orange, post: 209865, member: 400"] As a NYC basketball fan in the early to mid 60's, the Knicks were not much to root for. It seemed like all of my friends rooted for the Celtics or 76ers. Today that would be heresy for anyone from NYC , but back then they were the two dominant teams of their time and you were either a Wilt or Russell guy. Since I had to fall into one camp or the other I picked Russ & the Celtics since they always seemed to get the better of Wilt & Co. when it mattered. Once the Knicks started to get their act together at the end of the decade, they became my one and only team. As others have said, Wilt was a freakish athlete that would dominate the current basketball centers. The amazing stat in his 100 point game was that he shot 28 for 32 from the free throw line when he was normally 60% from the charity stripe! [/QUOTE]