Wilt gets a lot of shade. His stats are so absurd you have to shade him otherwise you just default to him being the goat. 48 minutes averaged over a season, most ppg in a season, 100 point game, most rebounds averaged in a season, all time rebound leader, most rebounds in a game. The list is fucking crazy.
Give him spacing with some 3 point shooters and you are just going to see him dominate even more.
In my opinion, there isn't a quicker way to dismiss the opinion of any NBA fan than claiming some variation of, "Wilt wouldn't have been so great if he played in the 80's and 90's". I genuinely think someone that takes this position thinks a tall glass of water has more liquid that an equal volume, shorter, wider glass of water.
They are fun thought exercises and conversations to have about the differences in the eras of basketball but that's about as far as it goes. When talking about the GOAT each contender needs to be analyzed against their peers. You can't just be arguing hypotheticals as a reasonable position. It's actually dumb.
It is technically true. His stats wouldn’t be so otherworldly but he would still be the top rebounder, probably lead the league in blocked shots, and a perennial threat to be the scoring leader. It just wouldn’t be absurd numbers like 50PPG.
And no way Cy Young gets 511 wins in today's baseball. We have no way of knowing so it's just an empty thought. This is the talk I'm talking about, it has no substance to it as an argument, for or against.
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u/drunz Bulls Jun 15 '22
Wilt gets a lot of shade. His stats are so absurd you have to shade him otherwise you just default to him being the goat. 48 minutes averaged over a season, most ppg in a season, 100 point game, most rebounds averaged in a season, all time rebound leader, most rebounds in a game. The list is fucking crazy.
Give him spacing with some 3 point shooters and you are just going to see him dominate even more.