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Shaquille O'Neal Debunks Wilt Chamberlain's Lies About Sleeping With 20,000 Women: 'He Didn't Have No Cell Phone'

Originally posted on Fadeaway World
By Chaitanya Dadhwal | Last updated Jun 6, 2025 1:10 PM ET

In a book about the NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain's life, 'Wilt: Larger Than Life', it is claimed that he slept with 20,000 women in his life. Shaquille O'Neal, the Lakers legend, refuses to believe that the number is true.

He went on his podcast with Brandon Jennings and co-host Adam Lefkoe and expressed his opinion about the NBA legend's claim.

"Nope, that's impossible," said O'Neal as Lefkoe joked about waiting for a book about Shaq like the one on Chamberlain, where he will reveal a similar story about his own career.

"First of all he didn't have no cell phone so how the f**k you meet 20 women a day, you show up?" further questioned the four-time NBA champion.

“If he would have said like 7,000 like I got it documented 19,400 but he just went straight to 20,000, get the f**k out of here. No you're not ain't nobody busting seven times a day, f**k out here, f**k you hell no no there's not they don't have no way"

“I did the math one day but I like to simplify it. A thousand women a year for 20 years that's what the f**k he did? Who the f**k knows 20,000 people? Nobody, hell no. I don't know, I probably only know 200 people. 200 people that I know, and then like I probably know another 700 associates that I've seen before. Ain't no mo****rf****r doing a thousand women a day for 20 get the f*** out of here, hell no, no way!”

Back when Chamberlain was alive, he addressed this number on an episode of Conan O'Brien's show. Take a look at what he said about what the number symbolized for him.

Why Is There No Footage From Wilt Chamberlain's 100-Point Game?

Wilt Chamberlain was arguably one of the biggest scoring anomalies in NBA history. Records of what he accomplished in his NBA career are so absurd that some people even refuse to believe things documented about his career. In 1045 games played in his career, Chamberlain scored above 30 points 516 times. He is widely credited as the man who dropped 100 points in an NBA game for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks.

While records claim it is true, some people refuse to believe that Chamberlain could do that, simply because there is no footage of that day. While it is unfair to hold our past to the same standards we apply in the modern era, O'Neal may be applying some logical reasoning to other such outrageous claims about Chamberlain.

One of the biggest advantages in the modern era of the NBA is that everything is documented, and most of the time, on video. The NBA aired its first live television game in 1965. Chamberlain's 100-point game happened in 1962, which is likely the reason there is no footage of the game. Before Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's era in the NBA (Before 1982, to be exact), almost all the NBA coverage was telecast on a time delay. All incidents before 1965 are hence prone to questioning. Especially when it comes to Chamberlain's superhuman achievements.

This article first appeared on Fadeaway World and was syndicated with permission.

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