I would not rank Wilt in the top twenty of all-time players

[Spurtacular]

LOL Ewing is one of the most overrated players of all time. LOL shooting 36% in the Finals not being a choke. LOL him being so important that they made the Finals again after he got hurt (while missing yet another gamewinning shot).

Yea, he's one of the chokers that made MJ bigger than he should've been.

[Spurtacular]

Knicks were a great defensive team.

Indeed. Stern changed the rules b/c they were too physical for the Bulls.

[lefty]

MJ shot like 40% in the 96 Finals tbh

[lefty]

And in 99 the NYK had a much better roster than in 94.

Lol BB

[Ginobili3]

OP loves to watch his wife get ed by another guy

[baseline bum]

And in 99 the NYK had a much better roster than in 94.

Lol BB

LOL Allan Houston being way more clutch than Ewing

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Wilt was an amazing athlete by any standard, and completely dominant in his era. I would say that, to be fair to Wilt, if you put him in today's NBA you'd also have to give him the benefit of all of the training, supplements, and advances available to today's athlete. His physical tools would have been enhanced beyond what we saw in his era. He took great care of his body at a time that a lot of athletes didn't. I imagine that if he would have had the resources available to him that are here today that he would have been dominant in today's game as well. Maybe not averaging 50 and 30 for an entire season, but he would have been a force...better than Dwight.

[140]

Wilt was an amazing athlete by any standard, and completely dominant in his era. I would say that, to be fair to Wilt, if you put him in today's NBA you'd also have to give him the benefit of all of the training, supplements, and advances available to today's athlete. His physical tools would have been enhanced beyond what we saw in his era. He took great care of his body at a time that a lot of athletes didn't. I imagine that if he would have had the resources available to him that are here today that he would have been dominant in today's game as well. Maybe not averaging 50 and 30 for an entire season, but he would have been a force...better than Dwight.

[cutewizard]

Wilt was an amazing athlete by any standard, and completely dominant in his era. I would say that, to be fair to Wilt, if you put him in today's NBA you'd also have to give him the benefit of all of the training, supplements, and advances available to today's athlete. His physical tools would have been enhanced beyond what we saw in his era. He took great care of his body at a time that a lot of athletes didn't. I imagine that if he would have had the resources available to him that are here today that he would have been dominant in today's game as well. Maybe not averaging 50 and 30 for an entire season, but he would have been a force...better than Dwight.

[Phenomanul]

Wilt was an amazing athlete by any standard, and completely dominant in his era. I would say that, to be fair to Wilt, if you put him in today's NBA you'd also have to give him the benefit of all of the training, supplements, and advances available to today's athlete. His physical tools would have been enhanced beyond what we saw in his era. He took great care of his body at a time that a lot of athletes didn't. I imagine that if he would have had the resources available to him that are here today that he would have been dominant in today's game as well. Maybe not averaging 50 and 30 for an entire season, but he would have been a force...better than Dwight.

Wilt would probably still average over 30 PPG (at over 60 FG%), over 14 RPG, and north of 2.5 BPG. His free throw % would remain his only weak point.

[Phenomanul]

My All-Time Top Ten

Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Tim Duncan
Lebron James
Larry Bird
Oscar Robertson
Bill Russell
Hakeem Olajuwon

Next 10

Julius Erving
Moses Malone
David Robinson
Shaquille O'Neal
Elgin Baylor
Jerry West
Kobe Bryant
Dirk Nowitzki
Karl Malone (ewww)
John Havlicek

Next 10

Charles Barkley
Bob Pet
Chris Paul
Scottie Pippen
John Stockton
George Gervin
Elvin Hayes
Dominique Wilkins
Kevin McHale
Dwayne Wade

Next 10

Steph Curry (gulp)
Pete Maravich
Kevin Durant
Rick Barry
Clyde Drexler
Willis Reed
George Mikan
Isaiah Thomas
James Worthy
Kevin Garnett

Next 10

Walt Frazier
Jason Kidd
Patrick Ewing
Bob Cousy
Robert Parish
Allen Iverson
Bill Walton
Hal Greer
Dave Bing
Bernard King

[Spurtacular]

Wilt would probably still average over 30 PPG (at over 60 FG%), over 14 RPG, and north of 2.5 BPG. His free throw % would remain his only weak point.

Dwight maxed out at 22.9. and 14.1. So, probably something in that range.

[Phenomanul]

Dwight maxed out at 22.9. and 14.1. So, probably something in that range.

Except Wilt would have done that for at least 10 seasons.

[Spurtacular]

Except Wilt would have done that for at least 10 seasons.

I doubt it. He hit his downhill at age 30 even playing against the inferior competish and taking less beatings.

[LittleCriminal]

My top two position wise..
Magic/Iverson
Jordan/Manu
Pippen/Bird
Duncan/Barkley
Wilt/Shaq

[ElNono]

[Mikeanaro]

Its like, WHY ARE YOU SAYIN´THAT DAWG?

[Brazil]

I just don't see it. If you put Wilt in the top twenty, you have to put Russell in the top twenty, given that he owned Wilt. I don't have Russell top twenty. To me, it's probably akin to listing Terry mings in the top twenty.



EDIT: My bad, mods. Thought I was already downstairs if you want to move the thread.....

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Dwight Howard would've been Wilt had he played in that era. Yea, "Superman."

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They had 5 at least in part because Wilt, West, and Baylor choked their vagis off. And I see people putting all three of those guys in their top tens all the time.

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Dwight would've pulled off 30 and 20 vs the midgets too.

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I don't go that far. I see Wilt likely making some all-star teams in today's game. I just think people are romanticizing the past when they even include him in GOAT talk.

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[Spurtacular]

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The truthbomb hits some people hard. People talk about Wilt's alleged athletic prowess / size ; yet he can't do sh** when he's not six feet or more from the hoop.

[Brazil]

The truthbomb hits some people hard. People talk about Wilt's alleged athletic prowess / size ; yet he can't do sh** when he's not six feet or more from the hoop.

trouff bombs
comparing Russel with Howard
not understanding that you cannot just say take Russel in today's bb and say dude would suck

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[Spurtacular]

trouff bombs
comparing Russel with Howard
not understanding that you cannot just say take Russel in today's bb and say dude would suck

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Russell'd be better than say Tristan Thompson. Would he still be a "great"?

[Brazil]

Russell'd be better than say Tristan Thompson. Would he still be a "great"?

you are dumb or bad troller... either you kinda pathetic

your comment is equivalent as saying Carl Lewis is not an all time great because jimmy vicaut dead last in rio 100 m run as fast as him (9´86 for those who wonder) and he is still not at his peak

all around stupidity

[Phenomanul]

Russell'd be better than say Tristan Thompson. Would he still be a "great"?

Russell's basketball IQ on the defensive end is light years ahead of both Howard or Thompson... so your comparisons both just suck.

[Spurtacular]

you are dumb or bad troller... either you kinda pathetic

your comment is equivalent as saying Carl Lewis is not an all time great because jimmy vicaut dead last in rio 100 m run as fast as him (9´86 for those who wonder) and he is still not at his peak

all around stupidity

Your rage is sad; and your analogy is just awkward and not applicable. I asked who you'd compare Russell to to in the modern era. I gave you a Tristan Thompson plus, which is still arguably an all-star. I don't know why that's supposed to be trolling.

[Spurtacular]

Russell's basketball IQ on the defensive end is light years ahead of both Howard or Thompson... so your comparisons both just suck.

If Thompson had played with midgets we'd probably be talking about his alleged basketball IQ also.