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The High School Kid Who Could Play Pro Right Now

bobkuska
May 28, 2021
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Wilt Chamberlain is a skyscraping, 18-year-old schoolboy with a thin mustache and a swelling price tag on his head who just might be the best basketball player there is. “Just might be” is the cautious phrasing of a reporter seeking an editorial hedge. Others are less timid. One coach, of some repute and conservative mood, says Wilt is as good as George…

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