<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Michael Bryant @ Mar 31 2007, 03:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm not underrating Shaq, you guys are overrating him. And the Wilt thing comes from the fact that nobody here seems to give him credit. Read some of the things they say, its stupid. And, the offense didn't go through Wilt in 68' when he led the league in assists. It went through him in 1962, when he averaged 50.4ppg and 48.5 minutes.</div>No it's not, you think that everyone is overrating him and you're the only one who knows how good Wilt is. Shaq is still arguebely the most dominant prescence in the NBA he is a legend and a powerhouse that could in his prime lead any team to a ring.If he led the league in assists, which a center has no place in doing, he definetely was having the offense run through him. Just becuase he didn't score as much and passed more doesn't mean the offense wasn't run through him. No one in the NBA should ever average 50 a game that was an insane feat, and ridiculous but the fact was that no one could matchup against Wilt which led to easy buckets for him.
You're not getting it. To average 50 for a week is one thing, but an entire season? It does not matter who you're playing, that takes ridiculous stamina, strength and determination. The fact that he averaged 26 rebounds and 48 minutes in that same season only solidifies that point.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Michael Bryant @ Mar 31 2007, 03:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You're not getting it. To average 50 for a week is one thing, but an entire season? It does not matter who you're playing, that takes ridiculous stamina, strength and determination. The fact that he averaged 26 rebounds and 48 minutes in that same season only solidifies that point.</div>There is no NBA with the focus the strength and the determination in the NBA today that could get even close to 50 PPG. People could argue that Kobe Bryant can but I seirousely doubt that he could continue that streak through an entire year. The reason he was able to do this was the fact that no one could matchup against him. He was a great player but saying that he was best center of all time is overrating him.
If Wilt is not the best center ever, than Kareem is, and he's the only one that would take that spot. Not even Russell.
