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[QUOTE=iamgine]Bellamy was actually a rookie [B]and not good defensively.[/B] So that leaves just Russell.
Oscar would be projected at about 20 ppg in 61-62, not 12.5 ppg.[/QUOTE]
:oldlol: baseless - classic garbage post material. your better than this
So since when does height make an era strong? Is this a weak era? Because there are plenty of big ass dudes out there who aren't doing anything versus smaller competition. Roy hibbert was 6 inches taller than anyone on the Heat roster and he didnt put up 50. Dwight is the best center in the league at 6'9. I don't understand why people are so hell bent on lowering wilt's legacy. The dude was legit. Would he score 100 today? No. He would be damn good though.
[QUOTE=coin24]Wilt = javale mcgee:lol[/QUOTE]
i wish
I don't really have any comment, other than that there (almost certainly) isn't a linear relationship between pace/minutes and performance. You'll obviously get diminishing returns as minutes increase, so it's difficult to compare players on the basis of adjusted production.
If you scored the points, they count as points. You can't make them disappear. But the second you adjust them you can only adjust them to the point that if somebody scored that you can't take that away from him. Since Ted Luckenbill averaged two ppg on that Wilt team you can't pretend that he didn't score. Reality demands that he exist as a scorer. The most points you can take away from Wilt would be 1.9ppg. Any other adjustment is a lie on earth, for all practical reasons.
The second point is if 50ppg is predicated on minutes and inferior competition then why doesn't it exist in our HS or college ranks where disparities exist in much greater proportions? How about Kareem in every level of the game he was only disturbed by Thurmond and Wilt but he never got within 15ppg of that year. Here's a contemporary of Wilt and he had an unstoppable shot and is top GOAT on nearly everybody's list.
He scored more than 20% more than any other full time player. Please show me a similar example in any major sport. It seems like a distortion of reality. If that doesn't impress you then what will?