Wilt Chamberlain played for a team.
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland , California . In basketball , a rebound , colloquially referred to as a board , is a statistic awarded to a player who retrieves the ball after a missed field goal or free throw . Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( August 21 , 1936 -- October 12 , 1999 ) was an American basketball player . Although he suffered a long string of professional losses , Chamberlain had a successful career , winning two NBA championships , earning four regular-season Most Valuable Player awards , the Rookie of the Year award , one NBA Finals MVP award , and being selected to 13 All-Star Games and ten All-NBA First and Second teams .