just a thought, but with the slower pace game, wouldnt wilt get the ball A LOT more as well because his skills were so great teams would liely iso to him just about every posession, so then we would be taking the same, if not even more shots. Plus they would be mroe efficient if he was dunking the ball. Not sure if im right at all, but it is a possibility
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheFreshPrince:</div><div class="quote_post">just a thought, but with the slower pace game, wouldnt wilt get the ball A LOT more as well because his skills were so great teams would liely iso to him just about every posession, so then we would be taking the same, if not even more shots. Plus they would be mroe efficient if he was dunking the ball. Not sure if im right at all, but it is a possibility</div> Since slower pace would tend to favor big guys, maybe you're right and Wilt would have gotten proportionately more touches per possession if he played today. Interesting point.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheFreshPrince:</div><div class="quote_post">just a thought, but with the slower pace game, wouldnt wilt get the ball A LOT more as well because his skills were so great teams would liely iso to him just about every posession, so then we would be taking the same, if not even more shots. Plus they would be mroe efficient if he was dunking the ball. Not sure if im right at all, but it is a possibility</div> I think even in the fast pace he already got a lot of touches, he could get post position very easily on players, so you just needed guys who could feed him the ball. That is an interesting point though, the pace does allow more time for setup, especially for big men, but then in turn allows the defense to be set, and also allows causes less shots obviously. In the 60's though even though the pace was slower, the NBA was considered a vertical game with some exceptions, so you played fast, but got the ball to the bigs. That's also why people should not look at player weights and scorn at them, Shaq couldn't play that pace at 320 lbs, he'd have to slim down to be going up and down the court like that. Similarly, guys back then would also take one summer to bulk up if they were to play now, but I mean Bosh plays PF and survives, so it's not like they wouldn't be able to play or something.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">Yea, that's what I said too, because I looked at his RBr for his last few years, and they were no better than Dwight's, and Dwight wouldn't grab that many. http://members.aol.com/bradleyrd/1946-67stats.html No explanation is given on how the numbers are formulated. Wilt Chamberlain: 1959 - 1973 (listed 7'1 - today would likely be listed at 7'2 - 7'4) Nate Thurmond: 1962 - 1977 (listed 6'11, today would likely be listed at 7'0 - 7'1) Walter Dukes: 1955 - 1963 (listed at 7'0, today would likely be listed at 7'1 - 7'2) Ray Felix: 1953 - 1962 (listed 6'11, today would likely be listed at 7'0 - 7'1) Phil Jordon: 1955 - 1963 (listed 6'10, today would likely be listed 6'11 - 7'0) Chuck Share: 1951 - 1960 (listed 6'11, today would likely be listed 7'0 - 7'1) Darrall Imhoff: 1960 - 1972 (listed at 6'10, today would likely be listed at 6'11 - 7'0) Average NBA player, 1965?6'6?, 215 pounds (no shoes) Average NBA player, 2000?6'7?, 224 (with shoes) So there truly isn't a height difference as most people think.</div> WOW!! That's some pretty cool information. Imagine Wilt against Yao.................... Okay that's enough Wilt would kill Yao.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">I think even in the fast pace he already got a lot of touches, he could get post position very easily on players, so you just needed guys who could feed him the ball. That is an interesting point though, the pace does allow more time for setup, especially for big men, but then in turn allows the defense to be set, and also allows causes less shots obviously. </div> i was thinking this too, but if you ever watch pistol pete play, he would pull up on a jumper on a semi break type play ALL the time, so a lot of time the guards just pulled up
