A three is tougher to hit than a 5-10 footer, however Wilt was getting doubled and tripled every night he didn't play against Russell, so you have to take that into account as well.

 

None. His stats would have been amazing but his highest game ever was 69 points (in college) so he would have had to have hit 31 threes in that game.

 

You figure that he would have adopted the 3-point line into his game. This would add another deadly shot to his arsenal.

I am taking Kobe's 81. He did it against tougher competition.

 

That could be debatable.

That could be debatable.

 

I would like to see how tall the guys playing against Wilt were.

 

 

Kobe gets the nod.

Often overlooked is the fact that Chamberlain was an excellent all-around athlete. At Kansas, he was the Big Eight Conference high jump champion three years in a row, he put the shot 56 feet, ran the 100-yard dash in 10.9 seconds, and triple jumped more than 50 feet. He turned down offers to become a professional boxer and football player, but after retiring from basketball he starred in the short-lived International Volleyball Association.

The guy would be a star even today

Kobe Bryant's 81.

 

He could go down as the greatest to ever play the game. IMO, He is already better than MJ.

 

Whoa, he is ALREADY better than MJ? How do you figure? I think you are getting a little carried away there buddy. I mean he is GREAT no question about that. However at this point in time HE IS NOT better than MJ. With that said though he is a guy that really does have a legit shot by the end of his career to be better than MJ was.

I can't stand Kobe and this is Wilt's second most impressive statistic so he gets the nod...

 

Isn't Kobe in the running in that stat also?

There's no right answer...just what you think. And I think Kobe's game was more impressive.

I would like to see how tall the guys playing against Wilt were.

 

 

Kobe gets the nod.

 

Darrell Imhoff was 6'10". He was an All-American Center on the NCAA Champion Cal Bears (1959) and Runner-up Bears (1960). Solid career in the NBA.

 

Cleveland Buckner was 6'9". Not a great career.

 

Wilt was 7'2" I think.

Whoa, he is ALREADY better than MJ? How do you figure? I think you are getting a little carried away there buddy. I mean he is GREAT no question about that. However at this point in time HE IS NOT better than MJ. With that said though he is a guy that really does have a legit shot by the end of his career to be better than MJ was.

 

It's my opinion there champ.

 

MJ was/and is the best to ever play. But talent wise.... I would give the nod to Kobe. Rings have nothing to do with it. Kobe has more skill.

 

AJG... you can calm down as well slugger!!!!!:sssh:

 

People think that is blasphemy to say that a player might have more talent than Michael Jordan.

I don't really know where I fall on this, but I will say that it is a tendency these days for everyone to value the recent accomplishment over the long past accomplishment. The recent athlete over the past athlete. And so forth.

First off anyone that say that Kobe is better than MJ is suffering from severe dementia. He's lacking a lot of things, first among them about 3 rings. Outside of that as great as Kobe's accomplishment was there is this to think about. There simply were not that many teams around back then. Yes, the modern players may be bigger, stronger and faster than their predecessors. However, Wilt played against a much better concentration of the best talent that was available. There were no Raptors, Grizzlys, Heat, Hornets, Bobcats--we can go much further back than that. You truly had the best of the best. Take the NBA down to 16 teams and see if Kobe can score 81--ain't happening. Kobe is the best player in the league but he ain't MJ and his 81 ain't 100.

 

Why is this argument always used? Given that the U.S. population has close to doubled since 1960, wouldn't it stand to reason that the number of great basketball players in the country would have doubled as well? Therefore, you would need twice as many teams to keep the "concentration" at the same level. Also, add in the growing number of international players in the NBA now and there is no way that the talent was better or more concentrated in the 1960's.

It's my opinion there champ.

 

MJ was/and is the best to ever play. But talent wise.... I would give the nod to Kobe. Rings have nothing to do with it. Kobe has more skill.

 

AJG... you can calm down as well slugger!!!!!:sssh:

 

People think that is blasphemy to say that a player might have more talent than Michael Jordan.

 

So you were just saying Kobe may have more talent than MJ? Sorry I must have missed where you said that in your previous post here below.

 

Kobe Bryant's 81.

 

He could go down as the greatest to ever play the game. IMO, He is already better than MJ.

 

^In that post no where do you mention that you think Kobe just has more talent. You say he is better than MJ. Which is why you have gotten the responses that you have. :sssh:

Why is this argument always used? Given that the U.S. population has close to doubled since 1960, wouldn't it stand to reason that the number of great basketball players in the country would have doubled as well? Therefore, you would need twice as many teams to keep the "concentration" at the same level. Also, add in the growing number of international players in the NBA now and there is no way that the talent was better or more concentrated in the 1960's.

 

I don't buy that argument either...that argument also negates the evolution of basketball players in general. In Wilt's time, you didn't have a large number of freakish athletes like you do now in the NBA. You didn't have guys pushing 7-foot playing like guards all around the league, or athletic guards who could dunk over 7-footers on every team. I think more than anything, the level of athleticism and physicality has made defense in today's NBA far superior than the past...that's the number one reason why I find Kobe's game more impressive.

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No one wants to realize how similar MJ and Kobe are because they love MJ so much.