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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Wilt would cream any team in the nBA today. There are no Centers capable of dealing with the Stilt. he'd fuck up everyone.
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That is just not true.. We are judging the guy based on stats and achievements playing in a boring, no-talent era where essentially it was Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Jerry West, and Elgin Baylor. THAT WAS IT, period. I'm not one of those NBA nostalgists, fuck that. The 1960s SUCKED. Wilt would NOT dominate the current NBA, he'd be spaced out by stretch-centers like Tim Duncan and Chris Bosh, dominated by aggressive and quick bigs like Howard and Hibbert, and just be plain out-gassed by rim attacks by players like Lebron. Trust me. The NBA is 5-on-5 now, even JORDAN wouldn't thrive as well as he did in the 1990s. The defense is SO MUCH BETTER than it was even from the 1990s let alone the 1960s.. Plus the floor spacing offenses challenge lumbering bigs. Why do you think there aren't as many bigs in the NBA as there were even 10 years ago? Bigs are just less relevant than they used to be, the speed, athleticism, and ball-moving teamwork have made them much less effective. Sorry to burst your bubble, but its a small ball league for the next ten years at least.. Look at "big teams" like Detroit? Playing like shit. Even Indiana, they are longer than they are big, and some of their most effective offense is driven by small-ball strategies. If anything, their offense is a hybrid between "big" inside-out b-ball and quick, small-ball attacking.
Also, really, believe it or not the Heat play this same kind of strategy of hybrid ball. They are not a purely "small" team (i.e. jump shooting, catch and shoot, 3-pointers), that if anything has been Houston's strategy or the Knicks last season. No. LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR MIAMIA LED THE NBA IN POINTS IN THE PAINT. Wade is the most successful attack-guard in the history of the NBA.
He and Lebron combined for the most effect tandem in-the-paint both last season and this season, and last season bordered on the best combo in the paint ALL-TIME. Surprising isn't it? One of the smallest teams in the NBA leads the leage in a "big" stat? Oh yeah. And Lebron is the ONLY non-"big" player to shoot above 57% for a season. He is the only non-"big" to lead the NBA in shooting percentage under the rim (he is currently shooting above 70% in the paint), IN ANY SEASON IN NBA HISTORY, and he is doing it TWO CONSECUTIVE SEASONS. So much for all that "big" ball and all that "Wilt" bullshit
