Ya, but read Leo's post and my initial post. I'm referring to the athleticism of Wilt in those vids.If your goal is to argue that Wilt and Russell would be great today, etc, you probably shouldn't have included a video, tbh.. ing disgusting basketball, looks like a High School game..
Everything about Wilt was exaggerated, tbh..his infamous "20 000 women" claim has been proven false(to the point where there are rumors that he was actually gayer than Magic), I have to question the credibility of Wilt's legend..I don't buy the hype..
With that build and today's training, they would have been better for sure. But with that comes way better compe ion. We'll never know, simple answer tbh.
7'1 giant doing this.
Shaq would have ruined him, repeatedly.
Disagree. I think Wilt was probably at least as strong as Shaq. Shaq has better footwork but he wouldn't back Wilt down easily at all.
Exactly. No talent ass clown is strong in the OP.
As horny as Charlie Sheen is, i think even he hasn't hit 6000.
A great player would be a great player in any era. It's why they're "great" players. We saw our own Tim Duncan adapt to essentially 3 different eras of basketball (Grit-and-Grind, the era following the '06 rule changes, and the current Pace-and-Space era). And he's one of the least athletic bigs in NBA history. Kareem did likewise.
MJ would destroy Kiwi tbh
bite your tongue bro
Before or after daddy stern changed dem rules?
Before and after
Watch the videos guys for Wilt's athleticism and fundamentals. Ignore the plays. Wilt was a one-of-a-kind human beast. Shaq is the only truly comparable player. Wilt would be a superstar in any era. There is too much recency bias on here.
Just wait 10 years when some 12 year old kid says "Deandre Johnson" or some other future clown is the all-time big and greater than scrub TD and scrub Shaq.
That's a given. He's Michael Jordan.
It seems that they are already starting that type of campaign by saying every great 7fter draft prospect is the next Duncan or by saying this line "Blah blah is even better than what Tim Duncan was at the age of 19." They even do it with Anthony Davis by saying he's Tim Duncan granted I think Davis is great player but his game is not really like prime Duncan's game.
Davis is a legitimate contender to be the NGB (Next Great Big). He could already be at that echelon considering his play this year. Davis is 21 and already having an MVP caliber season from a statistical perspective.
if blocks and steals would have been counted back then, wilt would be the unquestioned #1. With today's rules, he'd probably be just as good, since today's compe ion are the likes of andre drummond, anthony davis and cousins, the likes of which have never sniffed a minute of postseason. for christ sake "Of further note is the fact Wilt set an NBA record grabbing 55 rebounds against Russell in a game on November 24, 1960, and grabbed more than 40 rebounds against Bill in six other games.", and that's against the #1 defender in history according to pretty much any advanced stat. Today's compe ion gets owned on a regular basis by a tim duncan that has a 2inch vertical, cmon man.
Most guys aside of a select few had "NBA size" and athleticism to compete in today's games due to Eastern plyo training methods transforming sports worldwide. Chamberlain was one of very very few, but he wouldn't dominate in today's game at all.
Look up youtube videos of TOSB Wilt going toe-to-toe with prime Kareem. The guy was special.
His height combined with his freakish athleticism, combined with today's PEDs and he'd be the most dominant big since prime shaq.
I did say Davis was a great player but again if you read my post I was implying he is not a Duncan clone like some people have made him out to be. His game is different than a prime Duncan's game. He doesn't have the post up moves or the footwork Duncan had. Davis has a superior mid range jump shot along with great athleticism compared to prime Duncan. To me Davis is more of a hybrid between David Robinson and Garnett.
i'm pretty sure modern training method have yet to show a player reaching as high as him.
Wilt had some good games against Kareem towards the tail end of his career. Kareem held his own against a young Olaujuwon. Olaujuwon dominated a young Shaq. Based off of all this I think Wilt would have still been a great player in the modern era. He wouldn't have averaged 50 points a game but he would have averaged somewhere in the range of 20-30 points a game along with 10 plus rebounds. Wilt just like all great players had a huge drive to be successful which has to be factored in that due to his drive he would have still worked hard and done the things necessary to become a great player in this era.
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