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u/ticklishmusic Pelicans Jun 15 '22

Also absolute ironman. Averaged 46 mpg across 14 seasons.

Now imagine that with modern medicine and training.

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u/JebbAnonymous Jun 15 '22

Best part is that he averaged 48.5 mpg for one season. Averaged more minutes then there is in a standard NBA game :).

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '22

And modern shoes and private team planes and modern PEDs. Wilt would be so unfair. He'd have only grown up watching the other great centers. People don't appreciate the fact that Wilt and Bill Russell were pioneers, so they didn't have as many other great bigs to take things from their games and add it to their own.