When Red was Wilt's coach...

Here's a great short film about Wilt's days working in the Borscht belt:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9532912

He was quite a guy.

Nice find, W. I thought his inscription in the book was very touching and heartfelt.

Even as a kid, Wilt displayed a certain deliberate manner that could almost be viewed as a form of premeditation and awkwardness rather than instinctive and fluid. (I believe that trait cost him most at the free throw line.) I felt the same way about Oscar Robertson, but Oscar was much more disciplined than Wilt in grooving his shots.

It could be argued that, if there had been no Wilt, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, there might have been no Celtics Tyranny. Those three guys (playing for the Celtics' two main competitors) gave the Celtics all the inspiration they needed.

Sam

Great Story. Loved it.