What if MJ allowed a rival opponent to 8-peat

[QUOTE=coastalmarker99;14191307]Yes it was the year he broke his hand in the playoffs and yet he still put 50 on Russell's head on the road during game 5 of that series which is very impressive[/QUOTE]

Yes but breaking his hand was his own doing. He lost his cool and punched Heinsohn and injured his hand.

The thing with Wilt is that he didn't care about winning as much as Russell. The intangibles weren't there... But I will concede this. Maybe if Wilt had a different coach early in his career (like say Auerbach) that his mentality would have been different and that he would have grown into a winner and been more "Russell-like". It is possible...

What is up with all these Jordan hypotheticals that weren't even close to happening? :oldlol:At some point these hypotheticals are so far from reality it basically only exists if Jordan was a lesser player. So whats the point of them?

[QUOTE=guy;14191517]What is up with all these Jordan hypotheticals that weren't even close to happening? :oldlol:At some point these hypotheticals are so far from reality it basically only exists if Jordan was a lesser player. So whats the point of them?[/QUOTE]

The point is at some point winning matters. Wilt didn’t win enough

[QUOTE=dankok8;14191426]Yes but breaking his hand was his own doing. He lost his cool and punched Heinsohn and injured his hand.

The thing with Wilt is that he didn't care about winning as much as Russell. The intangibles weren't there... But I will concede this. Maybe if Wilt had a different coach early in his career (like say Auerbach) that his mentality would have been different and that he would have grown into a winner and been more "Russell-like". It is possible...[/QUOTE]


Red funny enough did want Wilt very badly and he desperately tried convincing a very young Chamberlain to go to Harvard so he could draft him under the rules of the time.



And if Wilt had accepted his offer I think Red would have straight-up used him as Alex did in 1967 and 1968 and if Red wants him to do the Russell role then Wilt could do that as well maybe even better then Russell ever did.





And also Red and Wilt liked each other as people Red said he actually liked Wilt a lot as a person through Wilt did hate his guts and nearly beat the crap out of him during one game before the entire Celtics team stopped Wilt from doing so. but I think that was more because Red used incredibly dirty tactics to get under Wilt's skin.


And it worked as if Wilt hadn't taken the bait in the 1960 playoffs and injured his hand as result it is more then likely that the Warriors win that series and then the title which could have completely changed the course of the 1960s for both Wilt and Russell.



If Wilt has more titles then he most likely with his stats and records to back him up he is viewed by fans nowadays at the very least as being top 3 all-time. Through the Kareem vs Wilt argument would be very tough but you would have to give it to Wilt most likely as he would have been the alpha dog for all his championship, unlike Kareem.