Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game evidence openly questioned by NBA champ in Dwyane Wade's presence

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NBA: Detroit Pistons at Miami Heat - Source: Imagn

In his retirement, Dwyane Wade is venturing into the podcast world with his show, Wy Network. On Christmas Eve, Wade invited his former teammate and 2006 NBA Champion Dorell Wright to discuss one of basketball's biggest conspiracies.

Recently, the legitimacy of Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game has been questioned due to the absence of video evidence from the game against the New York Knicks. Wright echoed this argument, questioning the lack of footage from the historic game.

"Now I done seen a lot of videos. They didn't put the (game) into HD and everything. You still ain't seen that," Wright argued. "Wilt, I love you to death, but we need to see the footage. They putting s**t in HD now. They ain't got the (100)."

Dwyane Wade humorously countered, standing up for the NBA Hall of Famer.

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"Y'all gonna stop messing with Wilt now."

Chamberlain set the 100-point mark on March 2, 1962, leading the Philadelphia Warriors to a win over the New York Knicks.

Wright and Wade's friendship dates back to their time on the Miami Heat. The team selected Wright with the 19th pick of the 2004 NBA Draft, one year after they landed Wade in the legendary 2003 draft. Dorrell Wright spent six of his 11 NBA seasons in Miami, averaging 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists for his career.

Dwyane Wade, Dorrell Wright discuss how their playstyles would translate to today's NBA

In the same episode of Wy Network, the former Heat teammates discussed how their playstyles would translate to today's NBA. Dwyane Wade and Dorrell Wright argued the lack of defensive focus would benefit their games tremendously.

During the show, Wade and Wright were asked how they would handle the current speed of the NBA.

"Impeccable," Wright said. "My career year, I was averaging eight three-point attempts. That was a lot. Imagine now, these guys are shooting 15, 16 threes individually. I would have been up there so it would have been amazing for me."

The season Wright referred to was his 2010-2011 campaign with the Golden State Warriors. In 82 games, he averaged 16.4 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 3.0 apg, all of which were career-high marks.

Wade agreed with Wright and then expressed his confidence that his game would translate well to today's NBA.

"You had a high release too, so you'd get it off without even bending. (I would love to play in today's NBA) too, because there ain't no help side defense. I averaged 30 with help-side defense. So I just get to go one-on-one versus you? I'm sorry bro, I'm tearing you up."

Dwyane Wade finished his career as one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history, earning a place on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

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