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50 sats \ 10 replies \ @grayruby 22 Apr \ on: Wilt Chamberlain's "Underrated" Nights Stacker_Sports
He was unfathomably dominant but yes against weaker competition. I don't hold that against him. Players play in the era they play.
Can we say the same about Bill Russell and Red Auerbach. ???
11 titles in 13 years in 8 team league with inferior players and very low ratings
I hate the Celtics especially Bill Russell and Red Auerbach and Heinsohn
Respect them but dislike them
I am a big fan of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor who should have beaten the Celtics at least twice
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I do think we should account for those titles being best of eight, which just isn’t the same as best of 30.
The playoffs were only a couple of rounds, also. That means those titles were more like winning the conference finals.
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Celtics played 2 rounds , 8 wins, 14 games
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Wilt generated the highest ratings for NBA at a time when league was considered small potatoes.
His 1962 season will never be replicated. 100 points in a game season. They almost beat the Celtics that year in the playoffs. 7 games.
Regarding inferior competition he played against Bill Russell.
He played against shorter players not unskilled
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I agree. The average height back then was actually pretty similar to today and the other starting centers were huge players. The exception was that 100 point game, when he was playing the third string center because of injuries and illness.
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No 3 point shot in 1962
100 points is still impressive in a professional game regardless of era
Has this happened in high school? Or college?
Maybe Frank Selvy scored 100 in college in the 1950s
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I remember that, but for some reason I thought it was one of the Ball brothers.
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Division 3 Grinnell
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I think those numbers are just so stupefying that we get cognitive dissonance trying to put them in context.
I've seen a breakdown of how adjusting for pace and minutes played, Wilt's numbers aren't that far off from Giannis'. That's why I think he was basically a Giannis with the stamina to play more minutes at a faster pace.
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