Funny that you name 3 guys who started playing at the end of Wilt's career....you know, when he wasn't anywhere near as dominant. Nate Thurmond might have started on a team in the 90's, Gilmore would have been "average" in the 90's, and Kareem would have been very good in the 90's. Put Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq, Ewing, Mutombo, Malone, Kemp, Mourning in the 60's they'd all be centers and any of them would dominate the league like Wilt did. Also, you mean to say "hail from"
When one player starts playing a few years before another player retires, you don't say they played in the same era...doesn't matter how many times they played each other.
"average" in the 90's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brh2kIvgFcw lol lol lol my 6 year old nephew gives more accurate assessments of historic player talent than you
Wilt obviously played in a soft era with scrubs like Thurmond, KAJ and Lanier. HOF scrubs maybe, but still scrubs to the Jordan era fan. SMH. If you ever thought that prime Shaq was one of the most unstoppable force in NBA history, then you can't even begin to fathom what impact a prime Wilt had and would likely have in the era of the undersized center. As a fact, even prime Hakeem would not be able to block prime Wilt whatsoever. But I will sure bet on a guy who blocked prime KAJ when well past his prime to lockdown Hakeem and any other center of Hakeem's era.
I guess that's supposed to be impressive, but I've seen more impressive things from the guys at AND1 Mixtape who aren't good enough to be in the D league.
"doesn't matter how many times they played each other." - can anyone tell me if there is an ignore function on Clutchfans.net? I suddenly have a need for it.
LOL, is that a "fact"? I'm pretty sure Hakeem blocked KAJ, so he could block Wilt. Come on, I get that we like to look back on older era's with rose colored glasses but this is ridiculous. There are lots of HOFers from the 50's and 60's that would never be good enough to make D league rosters today. That's of course why you can't really compare different era's.
tinman and I would agree that Hakeem is clearly the best center of all times. Hell he'll even give you a running start to half court before coming after you and blocking your layup/dunk.
of course he wouldn't dominate today because he played in a "weak era" against weak guys like Kareem and Wilt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwvdsi6gLl8 according to our hoops historian bobbythegreat, the narrative we're supposed to follow is that they're all weak era players lol
LOL, fair enough, your opinion really doesn't mean anything to me whatsoever, but you are certainly entitled to it. I'm sure someone somewhere cares.
The list goes 1. Hakeem = because he a dream 2. Kareem = because he battled Bruce Lee 3. Wilt = because people here say so 4. Shack = because he can dance good 5. Dwight = lol
Guys who make such stupid statements have got no business to LOL except at themselves. And Wilt is to the center position what current Lebron is to the SF position, completely unguardable one on one. An undersized Hakeem will stand no chance.
I'll let you live with the delusion that guys like George Yardley would be in the NBA today, but that's all it is.
Wilt was the biggest, fastest, most explosive, strongest dude on the planet in his prime. He also slept with 20,000 women which works out to three women per night provided he did that every night for twenty years. Yeah, this all seems reasonable.
Can anyone really tell me that Al Cervi Bob Houbregs K.C. Jones Harry Gallatin Dick McGuire Slater Martin Jim Pollard Joe Fulks Tom Gola Bob Davies Andy Phillip Ed Macauley or George Yardley even make the NBA today? Of course not. Now let's just end the delusion that the NBA of the 50's and 60's was anything close to the level of the modern NBA.
