List of players over 7 foot, 230 pounds in Wilt's time

[QUOTE=bwink23]Wallace was giving away 80+ pounds to Shaq......:no:

That's like Wilt being guarded a 210-pound guy...

KIDS :hammerhead:[/QUOTE]
Wallace is stronger than any player that played in that era

[QUOTE=Deuce Bigalow]Howard - 240 lbs
Hakeem - 255 lbs
Wallace - 240 lbs
Mutombo - 245 lbs
Mourning - 240 lbs

No player in Wilt's time weighed over 235 lbs[/QUOTE]


AGAIN...how is this any different than Shaquille Oneal, who had 60-80 pounds on those guys??

[QUOTE=Deuce Bigalow]Wallace is stronger than any player that played in that era[/QUOTE]


That means NOTHING going against Shaq....Shaq's size and strength makes Ben look like a BUG.

[QUOTE=bwink23]AGAIN...how is this any different than Shaquille Oneal, who had 60-80 pounds on those guys??[/QUOTE]
There are so many 7 footers in Shaq's era, he had a weight advantage but not a height one all the time,most teams have a 7 footer

Haven't read this thread, but in fairness there were like 8 teams back then.

8 * 12 = 96 players in the league
30 * 12 - 360 players in the league

Still, I would have expected a few more.

[QUOTE=Deuce Bigalow]Howard - 240 lbs
Hakeem - 255 lbs
Wallace - 240 lbs
Mutombo - 245 lbs
Mourning - 240 lbs

No player in Wilt's time weighed over 235 lbs[/QUOTE]

Didn't realize til you put it here... but 250lbs (as that is the more honest weight) is the perfect weight for DPOY. Ha, if you think your boy is going to be 245 -250 pounds, make sure you teach him sound defensive fundamentals. Lebron does have a chance.

Duece in the 60's slim was moreso the style. People didn't have access to gyms so they weren't buff and they just didn't eat much.

Seriously lets be real here Wilt fans, the 60s did not have the bigger players like they do now, or the stronger players, just admit this.

[QUOTE=Pointguard]Duece in the 60's slim was moreso the style. People didn't have access to gyms so they weren't buff and they just didn't eat much.[/QUOTE]
Most of it is natural growth, I've seen plenty of young teenagers already be big when their like 14

[QUOTE=Deuce Bigalow]Seriously lets be real here Wilt fans, the 60s did not have the bigger players like they do now, or the stronger players, just admit this.[/QUOTE]


Shaq in his prime was basically a bigger, modern-day Wilt Chamberlain as far as size goes....i already told you the listed heights of those players is inaccurate in today's game cuz they were measured without shoes. Bill Russell was closer to 6-11 than 6-9....

Everyone knows players today are heavier and stronger due to advancements in training and nutrition....which means if Wilt were playing today, he's be an even BIGGER monster....he'd be taking all the "supplements", eating the food, getting the rest, getting the training, getting the therapy...he would have started advanced training in high school and thru college before ever hitting the NBA.

So your partially right....players are heavier and stronger, and Wilt would have been even BETTER as well.

[QUOTE=bwink23]Shaq in his prime was basically a bigger, modern-day Wilt Chamberlain as far as size goes....i already told you the listed heights of those players is inaccurate in today's game cuz they were measured without shoes. Bill Russell was closer to 6-11 than 6-9....

Everyone knows players today are heavier and stronger due to advancements in training and nutrition....which means if Wilt were playing today, he's be an even BIGGER monster....he'd be taking all the "supplements", eating the food, getting the rest, getting the training, getting the therapy...he would have started advanced training in high school and thru college before ever hitting the NBA.

So your partially right....players are heavier and stronger, and Wilt would have been even BETTER as well.[/QUOTE]
Today, it would neutralize him, he wouldn't stand out as the big guy anymore and have an easy time.

[QUOTE=Deuce Bigalow][B]Most of it is natural growth,[/B] I've seen plenty of young teenagers already be big when their like 14[/QUOTE]


Did you see the transition that players made to the weight room in the early 1990's?? Players got bigger easily. Look at Jordan, Pippen, Rodman before and after weight training, and that was in their late 20's. There's no genetic difference in humans in the 60's and now that made them incapable of putting on weight.

[QUOTE=Deuce Bigalow]Today, it would neutralize him, [B]he wouldn't stand out as the big guy anymore and have an easy time.[/QUOTE][/B]


You mean like Shaq did in the 2000's, requiring constant double and triple teams to contain him??? :rolleyes:

I thought it was common knowledge players were measured flat footed and their rookie weights are listed in the record books. Its like listing Kobe 6'5 1/2'' and 190 pounds or Dwight 6'9'' 240 which is his predraft workout size. Guysl ike Wayne Embry are listed literally 60 pounds short of reality in their primes. Nate Thurmond was listed as being 2 inches taller but 10 pounds lighter than Kevin Durant.

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Anyone else find that unlikely?

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]I thought it was common knowledge players were measured flat footed and their rookie weights are listed in the record books. Its like listing Kobe 6'5 1/2'' and 190 pounds or Dwight 6'9'' 240 which is his predraft workout size. Guysl ike Wayne Embry are listed literally 60 pounds short of reality in their primes. Nate Thurmond was listed as being 2 inches taller but 10 pounds lighter than Kevin Durant.

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Anyone else find that unlikely?[/QUOTE]




Kevin Durant is way more muscular than that....:rolleyes: