I'm sorry but watching this video, how can anyone say Wilt could hang in today's NBA?

[Westbrook0]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xr3i9jpiTE


This is *THE* ultimate Wilt highlight reel?

Half of his points are him jumping up and reaching out over the smaller defender's head to finger roll it in. That shot would get absolutely destroyed by any modern defender. He doesn't even use his body to protect his shot, and he doesn't lean into his defenders or make contact at all. He simply out-talls and out-athletes them. Can you imagine Wilt trying that against Mutombo, Shaq, Ewing, Davis, Ibaka, DeAndre Jordan, etc? He'd get nowhere.

And yes, before you say it, I know that's Bill Russell in most of those highlights. But what does that tell you about Russell as well if he can't even stop a guy that has no post moves? Russell isn't even jumping on most of these.

This ****ing weak-ass era.

I have Wilt and Russell in my top 10 all-time, but SOLELY because of his dominance over the competition at the time (Wilt) and for being the ultimate winner (Russell).

In today's game, Wilt would average something like 17 and 9. Russell would average even less than that.

[BoutPractice]

Ah, the joys of ignorance...

[Westbrook0]

Ah, the joys of ignorance...

What's it like? Tell me more.

[jlip]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xr3i9jpiTE


This is *THE* ultimate Wilt highlight reel?

New to ISH?

[LAZERUSS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xr3i9jpiTE


This is *THE* ultimate Wilt highlight reel?

Half of his points are him jumping up and reaching out over the smaller defender's head to finger roll it in. That shot would get absolutely destroyed by any modern defender. He doesn't even use his body to protect his shot, and he doesn't lean into his defenders or make contact at all. He simply out-talls and out-athletes them. Can you imagine Wilt trying that against Mutombo, Shaq, Ewing, Davis, Ibaka, DeAndre Jordan, etc? He'd get nowhere.

And yes, before you say it, I know that's Bill Russell in most of those highlights. But what does that tell you about Russell as well if he can't even stop a guy that has no post moves? Russell isn't even jumping on most of these.

This ****ing weak-ass era.

I have Wilt and Russell in my top 10 all-time, but SOLELY because of his dominance over the competition at the time (Wilt) and for being the ultimate winner (Russell).

In today's game, Wilt would average something like 17 and 9. Russell would average even less than that.

Even though we only have 2% of Wilt's NBA footage, and none in which he put up 40+ points (which he did 271 times BTW)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCWrGWuU2Ak

and if you really want to take the time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G94iJr8ZbzM

So, YES, Chamberlain would be dominating in TODAY's NBA.

[Dr. Ice]

If roy hibbert's unathletic and untalented self could be a major cog on a playoff team just because of his height, then wilt could easily be a threat in the nba

[Westbrook0]

Even though we only have 2% of Wilt's NBA footage, and none in which he put up 40+ points (which he did 271 times BTW)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCWrGWuU2Ak

and if you really want to take the time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G94iJr8ZbzM

So, YES, Chamberlain would be dominating in TODAY's NBA.

OK I just watched the first one in its entirety.

Did you notice that not one time, in that entire video, did Wilt use his left hand? Not once. Even when "driving" left. Even when shooting over his right shoulder with his back to the basket.

If you go over your right shoulder with your right hand today, that's an automatic rejection. Especially if you don't body up the defender. And the little guys trying to block him were barely getting their wrist above the rim. In fact, almost no one even DID jump trying to block his shots. Even Russell and Kareem mostly stayed on the ground when Wilt went up. Today he'd be dealing with 7-foot athletes who are not only stronger than him, but who are getting their chins up to the rim, and their hands up near the top of the backboard.

Imagine this:




versus this:



or this:



or this:



or this:

[Westbrook0]

In Kevin Durant's last full season, he averaged 32 points on 10/20 shooting.

In Wilt's highest-scoring season, he averaged 50.4 on 20/40 shooting.

Bump Kevin Durant's FGA up to the same amount as Wilt's and (without the butterfly effect) he's averaging 64. In the modern NBA, not in an incredibly weak era.

[Westbrook0]

If roy hibbert's unathletic and untalented self could be a major cog on a playoff team just because of his height, then wilt could easily be a threat in the nba

A threat to score 16-18 a night? Absolutely.

[Psileas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xr3i9jpiTE


This is *THE* ultimate Wilt highlight reel?

Half of his points are him jumping up and reaching out over the smaller defender's head to finger roll it in. That shot would get absolutely destroyed by any modern defender. He doesn't even use his body to protect his shot, and he doesn't lean into his defenders or make contact at all. He simply out-talls and out-athletes them. Can you imagine Wilt trying that against Mutombo, Shaq, Ewing, Davis, Ibaka, DeAndre Jordan, etc? He'd get nowhere.

And yes, before you say it, I know that's Bill Russell in most of those highlights. But what does that tell you about Russell as well if he can't even stop a guy that has no post moves? Russell isn't even jumping on most of these.

This ****ing weak-ass era.

I have Wilt and Russell in my top 10 all-time, but SOLELY because of his dominance over the competition at the time (Wilt) and for being the ultimate winner (Russell).

In today's game, Wilt would average something like 17 and 9. Russell would average even less than that.

Do you realize that DeAndre Jordan, a guy with ZERO offensive arsenal manages to average 11.5 ppg and make a sky-high percentage of his FGA's by just being athletic enough to finish dozens upon dozens of alley-oop dunks over practically ZERO defenders? And that a guy with a somewhat improved offensive arsenal and size, but still nowhere near Wilt's, is a constant 20 ppg scorer on close to 60% FG's (Dwight)? What are all these "awesome" defenders doing instead of stopping these guys from shooting 60% or 70% from the field and being double-double machines?
And how do you get to the 9 rpg crap (and "even less" for Russell)? Lol, a soft-ass big like Dirk easily manages to be getting 10+ rpg in the playoffs, when his minutes get high enough, but Wilt wouldn't...

[ArbitraryWater]

Do you realize that DeAndre Jordan, a guy with ZERO offensive arsenal manages to average 11.5 ppg and make a sky-high percentage of his FGA's by just being athletic enough to finish dozens upon dozens of alley-oop dunks over practically ZERO defenders? And that a guy with a somewhat improved offensive arsenal and size, but still nowhere near Wilt's, is a constant 20 ppg scorer on close to 60% FG's (Dwight)? What are all these "awesome" defenders doing instead of stopping these guys from shooting 60% or 70% from the field and being double-double machines?
And how do you get to the 9 rpg crap (and "even less" for Russell)? Lol, a soft-ass big like Dirk easily manages to be getting 10+ rpg in the playoffs, when his minutes get high enough, but Wilt wouldn't...

[Carter_17]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xr3i9jpiTE


This is *THE* ultimate Wilt highlight reel?

Half of his points are him jumping up and reaching out over the smaller defender's head to finger roll it in. That shot would get absolutely destroyed by any modern defender. He doesn't even use his body to protect his shot, and he doesn't lean into his defenders or make contact at all. He simply out-talls and out-athletes them. Can you imagine Wilt trying that against Mutombo, Shaq, Ewing, Davis, Ibaka, DeAndre Jordan, etc? He'd get nowhere.

And yes, before you say it, I know that's Bill Russell in most of those highlights. But what does that tell you about Russell as well if he can't even stop a guy that has no post moves? Russell isn't even jumping on most of these.

This ****ing weak-ass era.

I have Wilt and Russell in my top 10 all-time, but SOLELY because of his dominance over the competition at the time (Wilt) and for being the ultimate winner (Russell).

In today's game, Wilt would average something like 17 and 9. Russell would average even less than that.

repped

[LAZERUSS]

Do you realize that DeAndre Jordan, a guy with ZERO offensive arsenal manages to average 11.5 ppg and make a sky-high percentage of his FGA's by just being athletic enough to finish dozens upon dozens of alley-oop dunks over practically ZERO defenders? And that a guy with a somewhat improved offensive arsenal and size, but still nowhere near Wilt's, is a constant 20 ppg scorer on close to 60% FG's (Dwight)? What are all these "awesome" defenders doing instead of stopping these guys from shooting 60% or 70% from the field and being double-double machines?
And how do you get to the 9 rpg crap (and "even less" for Russell)? Lol, a soft-ass big like Dirk easily manages to be getting 10+ rpg in the playoffs, when his minutes get high enough, but Wilt wouldn't...

Pretty much nailed it.

[j3lademaster]

Wilt would be a top 5 player in the league. He won't put up nearly the same stats as he did in the 60's but he'd be a legit superstar.

[Dro]

In before CavsFTW and he'll be right by the way..........Is this a troll thread?