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2549932, We are talking about the best individual player though
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Tue Jun-21-16 11:13 PM
Wilt>Russell easily. Hard to place either outside the top five. Wilt was a player for any era. There is no mystery to it. He would not have scored 100 points or averaged 50. Those numbers have been adjusted for various eras and remain heads above the rest. He led the league in points, rebounds and assists. Blocks were not kept then. That is just unthinkable. He adjusted his game in capricious and extreme ways, yet both times they led to championships. As a physical specimen, he is with few or no parallels in the entire history of the NBA. You look at his facing Kareem at the end of his career and Kareem plays forever and plays against Hakeem, Ewing and other guys who went up against Shaq. That pretty well takes you through the modern day. If I were starting a team with any player history, it would be Chamberlain without a second thought.