Old School Basketball Exhibit End of Discussion
An Ancient, washed-up Wilt schools MVP Jabbar.
Note the part where he blocks TWO JABBAR SKYHOOKS BACK TO BACK.
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I-QsjcXo2uY
Replies to: Old School Basketball Exhibit End of Discussion
Have someone read this to you
The Atlantic? Use your eyes man. Crap D is Crap D.
Those videos I posted don’t lie. I ask you again. Did you ever
play organized basketball? Were you any good at it?
If you were, you wouldn’t be floating Atlantic Magazine crap as an authority.
You're a Pelicans for Heaven’s sake.
Paywalled links are worthless
That being said, what is inevitably left out of those types of articles is that they assume the players of the past would be the exact same player now that they were then. They also usually fail yo acknowledge that there were a lot fewer teams back then.
No, the players of the past would have all the advantages of modern training techniques, modern medical technology and knowledge, modern shoes, modern transportation modes, etc. Not to mention differences in rules. Today’s players would be called for traveling, palming, etc. constantly as the game was called 40, 50, 60 years ago.
I submit the oldtimers would have adapted to the modern game a heck of a lot easier than today’s players could have adapted to the game as it was played then.
A great player in any era would be a great player in another era because they would have come up from youth with the same advantages or disadvantages that accompany said era.
Chsmberlain is still the GOAT IMO.
That’s a good point. About the players, not the paywall.
But the issue is whether the game is better now, not whether old players would be better if they were playing today.
And the game is better now. GOAT doesn’t watch the NBA, but he wants you to listen to his view on it.
The game is better now than it was. The players are more athletic; international talent is all over; players are faster and more explosive. The article shows the last two.
Wrong on several points.
I'm not GOAT. You and Ty gaslight that every chance you get. With no concrete evidence to support it. None. It's a lame and boring position which generally signifies you've lost a discussion.
I watch enough basketball to understand that today's players are woefully deficient in fundamentals. My videos proved it.
You never played organized basketball nor were you any good at it.
Bigger, faster, stronger does NOT mean better. Not if you can't execute the fundamentals. Not if you don't play a team game.
Hall of Famers support my opinion. Your support is Atlantic magazine.
Exactly but if you don’t think todays NBA is the best ever, you’re a MAGA idiot,
Or a mouth breather. LeBron is the best and that’s all there is to it.
Of course, you’re exactly correct on the post. Henson has pointed out how bad the fundamentals are in todays game and how the 3 pointer has killed it. I think the game is unwatchable and the declining viewers prove it.
Paywall or not, still worthless.
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Read my edit
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Agree.
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A freaked of an athlete in multiple sports
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Still angry that he double-crossed Conan.
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Bros before hos.
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Quite possibly the greatest athlete ever
One of the strongest humans ever, coupled with incredible speed, leaping ability and endurance.
To me, the most incredible stat he had was not the 100 point game or the 50 ppg average for a season. It was the year he averaged 48.6 minutes per game, playing every second of every game (including overtimes) except for 8 minutes of one game in which he was ejected.
Fortunately for his rivals, he was mostly a gentle giant on the court.
As opposing players recognized, there were times he could've used that strength to devastating effect when professional basketball was allowed to be a much rougher sport. He rarely used it like that because he knew he would hurt people badly.
Bill Russell supposedly told a story about that
The Celtics were playing whatever team Chamberlain was on (I’m guessing the Warriors) and some young guard started mouthing off at Wilt. Russell quickly took the kid aside and said: “Shut up. If you leave him alone, he’ll go for 35 or 40 and we’ll win. If you make him mad, he’ll go for 70 and he’ll be a bear on defense, and we could lose”. The rookie shut up.
No idea f it’s true, but it summed up Russell’s respect for how good Wilt could be.
100%. They were trying to get him to come back to the NBA into his 40s
At 60 he looked like he could still ball.
Amazing dude. Nolan Ryan is another person from that era who was super human.
Nolan Ryan could still throw 80+mph in his late fifties.
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Nolan Ryan is the older bull on the hill.
Two bulls sitting on top of the hill. The younger bull looks at the older bull and says, “Hey, lets run down the hill and get one of those cows.”
Older bull says, “No, let’s walk down there and we’ll get them all.”
Love how Wilt defended Jabbar.
When Jabbar was preparing for the sky hook, Wilt would give him a couple feet of space. Rather than guarding Jabbar closely and trying to swat the shot when Jabbar releases the shot, Wilt stands back so he can bend his legs more and elevate, and so that he can fully extend his arms.
Very close to goal tending but it wasn't...timed perfectly.
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