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A guy who puts up the stats that he did.
Sure he was dominant as a player too, but I'm more referring to a guy who could score 100 points in a game, or put up a 50 point, 30 rebound game with multiple blocks...
In the 1967-68 year, he put up 24 points, 24 rebounds and 8.5 assists in a year, that is insane :eek:
No. Don't be ridiculous.
We've already seen another Wilt in terms of utter dominance, though. His name was Shaquille O'Neal.
maybe if you can imagine a muscular 8ft tall and coordinated fantasy player, he'll average 50+/ game.
keyword: fantasy
ofc yes
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but only if he wants to come back to the NBA
Check the Nuggets' roster.
[QUOTE=Scholar]No. Don't be ridiculous.
We've already seen another Wilt in terms of utter dominance, though. His name was Shaquille O'Neal.[/QUOTE]
Shaq wasn't as dominant as Wilt though.
[QUOTE=Scholar]No. Don't be ridiculous.
We've already seen another Wilt in terms of utter dominance, though. His name was Shaquille O'Neal.[/QUOTE]
Dominance yes.
As I said in my opening post, I meant stats wise :cheers:
I had a quick look at Shaq's stats, I think his best season stats wise was 23 points, 14 rebounds and 3.5 blocks and that was his rookie year :eek: Although, his more rounded stats came in his Laker years...
Scoring is down overall now. The equivalent would be something like a 40 PPG, 20 RPG year, and I don't see that happening again either.
[QUOTE=jzek]Check the Nuggets' roster.[/QUOTE]
Javale McGee? Who?
You might be referring to Faried, But I don't think he will ever do a 50/30 game.
[QUOTE=DCL]maybe if you can imagine a muscular 8ft tall and coordinated fantasy player, he'll average 50+/ game.
keyword: fantasy[/QUOTE]
:lol
[QUOTE=poido123]Javale McGee?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, McGee.
Keep in mind the reasons why Wilt was so dominant in his era:
* More athletic than everybody else (league back then was full of non-athletic white guys)
* Taller than everybody else (there were like only 2 or 3 7-footers back in the day)
McGee fits the bill. He can replicate what Wilt did if you put him in the 60s and 70s playing against 6-9 white guys who can barely jump 2 inches.
On the other hand, put Wilt in this era. AT BEST he's a 20-10 guy solely because of the lack of quality centers in today's game. Put him in the 90s era (Olajuwon, Shaq, Ewing, Robinson, etc.) and he's a 15-8 guy.
Wilt's dominance is largely based on the fact that he was so athletically and physically more gifted than his opponents.
[QUOTE=jzek]Yeah, McGee.
Keep in mind the reasons why Wilt was so dominant in his era:
* More athletic than everybody else (league back then was full of non-athletic white guys)
* Taller than everybody else (there were like only 2 or 3 7-footers back in the day)
McGee fits the bill. He can replicate what Wilt did if you put him in the 60s and 70s playing against 6-9 white guys who can barely jump 2 inches.
On the other hand, put Wilt in this era. AT BEST he's a 20-10 guy solely because of the lack of quality centers in today's game. Put him in the 90s era (Olajuwon, Shaq, Ewing, Robinson, etc.) and he's a 15-8 guy.
Wilt's dominance is largely based on the fact that he was so athletically and physically more gifted than his opponents.[/QUOTE]
Wow, I used to be a fan of Wilt but now that I learned this I'm not anymore thanks this is good to know.
LMAO whats so special about Wilt barely a top 10 player all time.
Better question is will we see another Lebron James?
Joel Anthony :confusedshrug: :confusedshrug:
Put today's superstars into a game with the pace and (no)defense of 50s/60s and all of them will achieve those kinds of stats.