[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]Shaq wasn't as [B]dominant[/B] as Wilt though.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]Shaq wasn't as [B]dominant[/B] as Wilt though.[/QUOTE]
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Something funny? :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]Something funny? :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
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GOAT Wilt Stan:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
The way I see Wilt is that he was just steps ahead of everybody in his Era. With the way how Athletic everyone is now, I really doubt he'll average the same numbers as he did back then. PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO LET GO. Face it, the game has evolved & there's a reason for it.
Shaq Or Hakeem.
[QUOTE=DCL]maybe if you can imagine a muscular 8ft tall and coordinated fantasy player, he'll average 50+/ game.
keyword: fantasy[/QUOTE]
Sadly this is the truth. No your question, OP.
Wilt sure didn't win a lot for playing in the weakest era in NBA history. I don't even think rings are all that. But how do you let your biggest competitor beat you in championships 11-2? Russell really seemed to own his soul. And Russell in this era wouldn't even be good enough to play in the NBA. I think its safe to say Wilt just wasn't much of a winner.
[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]
pretty much this..
no ones ever gona score 100 points in a game or avg 40 points a season
just not possible with how the league has developed into
this is a dumb topic..
[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]
That's why I love seeing Jlauber's walls of text posted time and time again and basically destroying threads. Because garbage like this never ceases.
15/8 in the 90's he says. :oldlol: Danny Schayes was exactly what you were bashing earlier (a white guy who could jump 2 inches) and he averaged close to 10/7 [B]in less than a half[/B] and close to 11/7 in 27 mins in the "holy 90's". Kevin Duckworth averaged 18/8 in 34 mins playing against many of the same centers.
I can only imagine Wilt's coach in the 90's saying to him "watch out, Wilt, Danny Schayes is coming for your soul tonight! :lol Wilt would probably give him 50+ if this was a real scenario (and 60+ if they played in the 60's and Wilt didn't rest).
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Why laugh, the adjective is "dominant", not "dominate". I'd expect people to have learned this. :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE=$LakerGold]The way I see Wilt is that he was just steps ahead of everybody in his Era. With the way how Athletic everyone is now, I really doubt he'll average the same numbers as he did back then. PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO LET GO. Face it, the game has evolved & there's a reason for it.
Shaq Or Hakeem.[/QUOTE]
Right, EVERY center in the league today is equipped with a gifted basketball mind, a hyper competitive drive, stands 7-1 w/o shoes, is equipped with a 7-8 wingspan, and has conditioned themselves with track and field athleticism and bodybuilder strength. Wilt had those tools and it made him only good for his time. Silly me :hammerhead:
Wilt would be 6-7 Joel Anthony today, he'd actually shrink and get dumber and less athletic:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E51h4JsOa0[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5VfVMo1r0[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwvdsi6gLl8[/url]
[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]
I can see what you're getting at, but I am talking about a modern or future player doing it in their own era.
I will say that there will be one player that will do it in the next 30 years..
For hypothetical sake, Mcgee would find a way to fck it up if he ever got close, like he would get to 49 and 30, then brick an open dunk in the last minute :lol
[QUOTE=roffie]pretty much this..
no ones ever gona score 100 points in a game or avg 40 points a season
just not possible with how the league has developed into
this is a dumb topic..[/QUOTE]
Yeah, because it stands to reason that the notch below "Wilt's dominance" is "15/8 guy", like he wrote...
[QUOTE]LMAO whats so special about Wilt barely a top 10 player all time.
Better question is will we see another Lebron James?[/QUOTE]
Even if Wilt was only a top-10 player of all-time (he's obviously better), you're seriously asking what's special with a top-10 player of all-time?
Yeah, what's so special with a player greater than 99.5%+ of all players in NBA history...? :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=roffie]pretty much this..
no ones ever gona score 100 points in a game or avg 40 points a season
just not possible with how the league has developed into
this is a dumb topic..[/QUOTE]
I'm fine if you don't like the topic, but I tried to create one that was kind of original.
I just think we have had enough of Jordan vs Lebron vs Kobe threads for a while...
[QUOTE=Haks]LMAO whats so special about Wilt barely a top 10 player all time.
Better question is will we see another Lebron James?[/QUOTE]
What has Lebron done that Wilt didn't do? Or Magic or Oscar or Bird. On the other hand, there's lots of things Lebron hasn't done that Wilt has.
[QUOTE=SilkkTheShocker]nd Russell in this era wouldn't even be good enough to play in the NBA. [/QUOTE]
That's horseshit. Are you telling me Russell wouldn't be a great defender, rebounder, and competitor in this era? Based on what? That he was 6'10"? That he was athletic like Wilt was? That he won at every level?