Russell is the same height as Dwight
Wilt Chamberlain and Jordan had an argument about who was the goat at the 50 greatest(no kobe stans)
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......lotta greatness right there.....gotta go MJ tho, it's my generation
CarbonBraddock
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a grown man who selected "kobe" (in all caps) as his username being emotional at someone pointing out that kobe was a SIDEKICK isnt surprising to me
how can you respect yourself openly stanning another man like that. you're disgusting
i second this. @KOBE...fukk you @KOBE
edit: you disgust us all friend
The Devil's Advocate
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I love what they all said
never knew jordan doesn't consider himself the best... or at least said so... and takes it as disrespect to say so, because he didn't play them
chamberlin saying how they changed the rules to stop him and changed them to help MJ
but Russell said something that I have ALWAYS said...it IS actually harder to win when there is only 8 teams... much harder.. just think of it right now
take the current NBA and delete 22 teams but none of the players. then take that pool of 450 players and put them on 8 teams, 15 a piece
we can start it at lebrons rookie year... i promise you no matter how you divide it up, one team ain't about to win no 11 times, with 8 in a row.. it'd be the damn all star game every night
never knew jordan doesn't consider himself the best... or at least said so... and takes it as disrespect to say so, because he didn't play them
chamberlin saying how they changed the rules to stop him and changed them to help MJ
but Russell said something that I have ALWAYS said...it IS actually harder to win when there is only 8 teams... much harder.. just think of it right now
take the current NBA and delete 22 teams but none of the players. then take that pool of 450 players and put them on 8 teams, 15 a piece
we can start it at lebrons rookie year... i promise you no matter how you divide it up, one team ain't about to win no 11 times, with 8 in a row.. it'd be the damn all star game every night
I hate you nikkas :heston:
That's not how it works.
Your bullshyt about the talent pool being smaller is offset by the fact that the league itself was smaller.
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explain... if the nba had 8 teams, it wouldn't have 450 players anymore correct?
That's not how it works.
if there were 8 teams would J.R. Smith even have a job? would any 9th rated or below player at his position even have a job?
no
let me flip it the other way... if the nba added 6 teams next year, where would they get the talent to fill them??
from nikkas who ain't good enough to be in the league right now
so would that be easier or harder to win, knowing you get to play 6 shyttier teams and about 90 shyttier players
Jordan failed to make the high school varsity team during his sophomore year.He was only 5'10 at the time.If this happened during the 1960's/70's,his would have probably quit.had Wilt played in the late 80's early 90's he would've been 7'4 280-300 pounds of pure muslce.Ain't noboday stopping that.Not Olajuwon,not Ewing,not Robinson,not Shaq.
The 5 greatest players of all-time imo in no order are Chamberlain,Jordan,Oscar-Robinson,James and Kareem.
The 5 greatest players of all-time imo in no order are Chamberlain,Jordan,Oscar-Robinson,James and Kareem.
What's makes you think mj would have quit when players where generally shorter?Jordan failed to make the high school varsity team during his sophomore year.He was only 5'10 at the time.If this happened during the 1960's/70's,his would have probably quit.had Wilt played in the late 80's early 90's he would've been 7'4 280-300 pounds of pure muslce.Ain't noboday stopping that.Not Olajuwon,not Ewing,not Robinson,not Shaq.
The 5 greatest players of all-time imo in no order are Chamberlain,Jordan,Oscar-Robinson,James and Kareem.
The reason this argument isn't completely valid is because the Pistons style of play wasnt a mainstay of the entire league. This was a level aggression unique to the Pistons that they somewhat incorporated specifically for Jordan, to intimidate him. The level of physicality of two or three teams wasn't going to affect his longevity. Maybe his ability to make it to the Finals, but not longevity.
It's funny because wilt took kareem in as a teenager and showed him the ropes so to say. When you compete against people all that shyt goes out the window
I was watching this video last night and saw the video that inspired this thread lol.
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Seems like a lot of people in this thread ain't familiar with just how freak of an athlete Wilt was even outside of basketball. Dude would be a monster in any era.