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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 04:42 PM
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wilt chamberlain - greatest basketball player ever.
EVER.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 04:57 PM
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1. Cough! Shaquille O'Neal Cough!
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 04:57 PM
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2. bah. nt.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:13 PM
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10. Basketball's best
"Shaquille O'Neal is the best of the almost four thousand NBA players who have ever suited up ..." So sayeth statistician supreme Elliott Kalb in Who's Better, Who's Best? in Basketball, a book guaranteed to generate beaucoup disagreement, as the author no doubt realized as he was writing it.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/writers/jack_mccallum/11/12/nba_insider/
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idlisambar Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 01:26 AM
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39. most dominant ever, for sure
Wilt would be good in this era too, but not as great as the overall level of athleticism and size has gone up a couple of notches since he played. Shaq is able to physically dominate even in the modern game.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:00 PM
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3. and like me, a Kansas Jayhawk!
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:01 PM
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4. Michael Jordan
:popcorn:
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:04 PM
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5. top 3. nt.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:06 PM
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6. Wilt, MJ, ??
Labron?
Bird?
Magic?
Shaq?
Kobe?
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:07 PM
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7. oscar robertson
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:08 PM
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8. oh yeah
Didnt he average a triple double one year?
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:10 PM
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9. yeah. will never be close to duplicated.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:49 PM
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21. i wouldnt be surprised if Lebron matched it
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:05 PM
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24. average for a season? very difficult.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 07:19 PM
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35. Won't happen
since passing is now illegal in the NBA.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 07:25 PM
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36. Steve Nash
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imperialismispasse Donating Member (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:56 PM
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22. Apples and oranges
The game of basketball is completely different now
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imperialismispasse Donating Member (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:34 PM
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14. Easily Michael Jordan
There will never be another MJ. Will always be the best.
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:35 PM
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15. this is based on what? nt.
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imperialismispasse Donating Member (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:44 PM
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16. So wait
You get to post "Wilt Chamberlain - greatest basketball player ever. EVER" just like that no explanation but you require proof for dissenting posts? :rofl:
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:04 PM
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23. no, just asking.
you crack yourself up though. that is a good thing.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:48 PM
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20. being a Bulls fan since the 80s
Living in Chicago, I probably saw 90% of his games. His desire to win was truly rare. His greatest quality was to bring his teammates up to a level where he was. Not in skills but in desire and motivation.

I will admit that I didnt see Wilt, he was before my time.
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:06 PM
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26. i put him at no. 3. great great player.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:47 PM
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19. most overrated ever!
Shaq then Wilt

When you have two great players to compare, always take the bigger one
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:05 PM
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25. agree on the overrated.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:18 PM
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11. Robertson could dominate a game
Chamberlain dominated an entire league.

No one was ever close to him, or ever will be.

Period.

:popcorn:
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:20 PM
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12. i put him at 2. nt.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:30 PM
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13. Who is the greatest NBA player ever? (Poll)
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/survey-duprees-greatest.htm

63.06%
Michael Jordan
9.12%
Wilt Chamberlain
7.91%
Magic Johnson
6.34%
Larry Bird
3.63%
Bill Russell
3.46%
Julius Erving
3.29%
Other
2.62%
Oscar Robertson
0.25%
Bob Cousy
0.23%
John Havlicek
0.09%
Rick Barry
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:46 PM
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18. 3.63% for Russell?
*sigh*

And I HATE the Celtics.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:12 PM
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30. I guess you hate Larry Bird too, huh?
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:17 PM
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32. You missed my point.
I was putting in a word for Big Bill, DESPITE
the fact that I hate the Celtics. Or at least hated.
Not so much to hate these days. If you were a BB
fan in LA in the 60s, you'd a hated the Celtics too.
From Red on down. Bird? As a man, as a BB player, he's
right up there. As a Celtic? Hated, baby, yeah.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 01:09 AM
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37. Larry. Bird. best. team. player. ever.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 01:25 AM
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38. He got more bling than Big Bill or Cous?
If youre talking team ball, there's the 50s-60s Celtics
all alone. Ouch.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:17 PM
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31. Fan polls mean little
Most fans vote for favorites. They aren't objective about who's "best."

Jordan is the most publicized basketball player in history. Had Chamberlain played in the era of 24-hour sports channels, he'd be considered a god.
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:47 PM
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34. good analysis. i agree completely. nt
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 02:04 AM
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40. Chamberlain isn't?
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 02:09 AM
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41. Isn't what?
:shrug:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 02:51 AM
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42. A god.
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 05:46 PM
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17. Kareem
Enough of that nonsense about Wilt, Michael, Oscar, and George Mikan.
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k_jerome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:06 PM
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27. great player. top 10.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:08 PM
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28. And a pioneer of beach volleyball.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:10 PM
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29. Well, with 2000 women he's scored, he must've been one helluva player.
:7
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:23 PM
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33. I encountered Wilt once
Edited on Mon Mar-06-06 06:23 PM by kwassa
Not what you are thinking.

I was walking into a store, he was walking out. I found myself staring at the stomach of the biggest guy I had ever seen. As I arched my head waaaaay back to see who was this gigantic person, I said
"Oh. It is Wilt Chamberlin."

Clever one, I am.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 05:21 AM
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43. Magic Johnson gets my vote, Jordan number two.
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