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2549934, RE: No Wilt? And to me Magic and Bird always go in the same breath
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Tue Jun-21-16 11:23 PM
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>On Bird and Magic? Not really.....
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>I think Magic's legend has only grown...I think a lot of that
>has to do with his position (PG) and that game when Magic went
>HAM playing center....

You look at the primes of their careers, they are neck and neck. "Legend" is crap. "Legend" would have you believe Derek Jeter was better than Frank Robinson and other nonsense. Bird and Magic were two perfect sides of a coin. Personally just off career vs career and head to head, I would have Magic in one spot and Bird right behind him. They are neck and neck.

>I've always had him over Bird.....But Bird is in my top 5-6 (I
>got Timmy over him)......And I think Wilt gets unfairly left
>out because his GOAT moments were compiled when he was
>literally the biggest force in basketball. You see those pics
>of Wilt towering over entire teams....It discounts the fact
>that dude could move/play like a guard.....Wilt's assists
>totals are nuts....

Wilt played better competition at the center position than Shaq did in his prime. He played better centers than there are in the league today. Yes, early in his career it was borderline unfair but guys like Nate Thurmond and later Kareem would change that (along with rule changes). Chamberlain not only dominated the game, he often dominated the way he wanted to. The Celtics as a team, for most of their dynasty, were unbeatable.

Another guy would be Top 10 for sure if not for injury was Bill Walton.