At 38, Leonard Bloom became the sole owner of a professional basketball team, the ABA’s San Diego Conquistadors featuring Wilt Chamberlain, which became the NBA Clippers. He also became the sole owner of the professional Los Angeles hockey team, the WHA’s Los Angeles Sharks. Bloom also founded World Team Tennis (WTT) with Billie Jean King, and was the sole owner of the San Diego Swingers WTT franchise.
WILT CHAMBERLAIN signed with the San Diego Conquistadors as a player-coach, but only coached the first year.
NBA records that Wilt Chamberlain held upon his retirement are:
- NBA scoring record seven (7) consecutive years
- NBA total career points scored record with 31,419 points
- NBA season points scored record of 4,029 points
- NBA season points scored record of 50.4 points per game
- NBA season field goals made record of 1,597
- NBA career points per game record with 30.1 points
- NBA season field goal percentage record nine (9) times
- Only NBA player to ever score 100 points in one NBA game
- Only NBA player to ever score 50 or more points 118 times
- NBA career record for most free-throws attempted with 11,862
- NBA season rebounding record 11 times
- NBA season rebounding leader with 23,924 rebounds
- NBA career rebounds per game record with 22.9 rebounds
- NBA career record for most minutes played with 3,338
- NBA season minutes played record seven (7) times
- NBA season record for most minutes per game at 41.7 minutes
- MVP in the NBA four (4) times
- First player ever to be named MVP & Rookie of the Year in the same year, along with setting eight (8) NBA season records
Leonard Bloom was the sole-owner of the ABA San Diego Conquistadors Basketball Team, the WBA Los Angeles Sharks Hockey Team, and was a co-founder of World Team Tennis along with Billie Jean King
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