The myth that Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain never played against players over 6'5

[UpAndComing]

Anybody coulda dropped 43 on 6'5 white guys who clocked off their shift before the game.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2"
Dennis Awtrey: 6'11"
Walt Bellamy: 6'11"
Tom Boerwinkle: 7'0"
Nate Bowmen: 6'11"
Mel Counts: 7'0"
Walter Dukes: 7'0"
Jim Eakins: 6'11"
Ray Felix: 6'11"
Hank Finkel: 7'0"
Artis Gilmore: 7'2"
Swede Halbrook: 7'3"
Reggie Harding: 7'0"
Bob Lanier: 6'11"
Jim McDaniels: 6'11"
Otto Moore: 6'11"
Dave Newmark: 7'0"
Rich Niemann: 7'0"
Billy Paultz: 6'11"
Craig Raymond: 6'11"
Elmore Smith: 7'0"
Chuck Share: 6'11"
Ronald Taylor: 7'1"
Nate Thurmond: 6'11"
Walt Wesley: 6'11"


Look what we have here

 

[FTBS]

It's especially funny for people to say things like that when you consider the big man nadir that we are just now coming out of. Funny how folks never talk about Shaq's comp and just salivate over how dominant he was at his peak when Brad Miller was arguably the 2nd best C during that time.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

People have that false narrative stuck in their heads. I've seen it addressed more than 5 times but the facts go ignored

 

[str8up]

But they hyping Zion Williamson for dunking on said 5'8 white guys

Guess it doesn't matter if you aren't a big man

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

The NBA Pre-Jordan is very disrespected.

 

[MoneyTron]

It's especially funny for people to say things like that when you consider the big man nadir that we are just now coming out of. Funny how folks never talk about Shaq's comp and just salivate over how dominant he was at his peak when the Brad Miller was arguably the 2nd best C during that time.

Let's be fair, Shaq was putting up 29/13 shortly after he got in the league vs Zo/Hakeem/Ewing/Robinson/etc.

 

[Brozay]

Let's be fair, Shaq was putting up 29/13 shortly after he got in the league vs Zo/Hakeem/Ewing/Robinson/etc.

I dont think it was his intention to shyt on Shaq tho

 

[FTBS]

Let's be fair, Shaq was putting up 29/13 shortly after he got in the league vs Zo/Hakeem/Ewing/Robinson/etc.

True...but he was also getting swept every year too. When people talk about Shaq they usually focus on the 3peat and those guys were either flabby, retired, or ill by then.

 

[Remote]

Kareem the GOAT.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Yeah, have like ONE guy per team who is remotely close to your height, who likely lacks athleticism or skill or both, and then brag that there are tall guys around.

Rosters were looking like this and shyt:

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Some of the dudes u posted averaged 17 rpg +



It was a different league

 

[NYC Rebel]

True...but he was also getting swept every year too. When people talk about Shaq they usually focus on the 3peat and those guys were either flabby, retired, or ill by then.

It's Shaqs fault Nick Anderson is a choker?

 

[FS4LFE]

nikkas had part time jobs back then.

 

[FTBS]

It's Shaqs fault Nick Anderson is a choker?

Of course not.

Is this football? They played more than that one game in that series and that wasn't the only time he got swept.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2"
Dennis Awtrey: 6'11"
Walt Bellamy: 6'11"
Tom Boerwinkle: 7'0"
Nate Bowmen: 6'11"
Mel Counts: 7'0"
Walter Dukes: 7'0"
Jim Eakins: 6'11"
Ray Felix: 6'11"
Hank Finkel: 7'0"
Artis Gilmore: 7'2"
Swede Halbrook: 7'3"
Reggie Harding: 7'0"
Bob Lanier: 6'11"
Jim McDaniels: 6'11"
Otto Moore: 6'11"
Dave Newmark: 7'0"
Rich Niemann: 7'0"
Billy Paultz: 6'11"
Craig Raymond: 6'11"
Elmore Smith: 7'0"
Chuck Share: 6'11"
Ronald Taylor: 7'1"
Nate Thurmond: 6'11"
Walt Wesley: 6'11"


Look what we have here

Steven Adams 7'0"
Enes Kanter 6'11"
Kevin Durant 6'11"
Serge Ibaka 6'10"
Nick Collison 6'10"
Nazr Mohammed 6'10"
Mitch McGary 6'10"
Steve Novak 6'10"

You listed literally all the tall guys you could find in the entire NBA for over Wilt's entire decade plus career. I just listed the tall guys on ONE team during just ONE season in a 30-team NBA. And, honestly, take out Kareem and there's more skill and athleticism in my ONE TEAM ONE SEASON list than in your entire freaking decade-long all-NBA list.