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The 55 boards was against Russell too. I agree that record will be very, very tough to match given the slower pace of the game and the lower FG%...
Also the lane was widened from 12 to 16 feet, a huge rule change. Unfortunately Wilt lacked the killer instinct to finish in the playoffs,...
He's too chicken to even fight back when Anthony Peeler gives him an elbow. There was also that one with McDyess where he throws some punches...
Players are biased towards their own eras. If you want a sampling of what Wilt's peers thought of him, have a look here:...
All of today's ballhandlers would be called for palming/carrying the ball constantly, because they do it all the time and it is allowed now and it...
Wilt did it too. Twice in a row in fact. This is also old Wilt who had lost some athleticism by that point....
With Wilt, the thing was always what he couldn't do, not what he could do. Early in his career, people said all he did was dunk, so he worked on...
I don't consider Jordan the GOAT, but the main (legitimate) reason why Wilt Chamberlain's GOAT credentials can be questioned is what I wrote below...
I know this view will be unpopular on this board, but the title of best all-around center has to go to Wilt Chamberlain. He could be the greatest...
In the later years of the ABA (early-mid 1970's) the ABA was definitely very close to or at par with the NBA in terms of talent. Early ABA numbers...
Modern sports medicine is external to the game, this technology was not available to the athletes back in the 1960's. Give it to the older players...
I object to the statement that Wilt played against poor competition. He played against many great Hall of Fame centers, Russell, Nate Thurmond,...
I thought so too, and he was a great shooter, but no, it's Rashard. Ellis only played for the Sonics for 4+ years. The list of top three point...
