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Chamberlain is the reason the NBA ended zone defence after originally having it, he had the single most dominant GAME and SEASON in NBA history...he was a monster....he completely REDEFINED the league, it will never be the same, in his prime he was completely unstoppable
I think to be 'greatest player ever' then the person needs to be good in every element of the game. There have been lots of players in history that can lead at one or two elements in their particular era but Jordan is the only one to master almost every one during his career.
Quote from: KING TECH QUADAFI on December 28, 2002, 11:05:50 PMChamberlain is the reason the NBA ended zone defence after originally having it, he had the single most dominant GAME and SEASON in NBA history...he was a monster....he completely REDEFINED the league, it will never be the same, in his prime he was completely unstoppableright before Wilt's Death he said in his prime not even he could stop Shaquille O'neal, this was in 1998 (9) before shaq had went into HIS prime and before he won a ring wilt said that shaq was stronger, faster, agile, a better passer, and more unstoppable than himmaranate on that
chamberlin was ahead of his time he was no better than what Alonzo Mourning is now......Great Great Player but not the best, Chamberlin was playing fools half his size so it was easy to dominate and do all the stuff he did, same for Bill Russle......the averag weight and heights of NBA players back in the days was no different than the national ht/wts. Jordan is simply the best if he was playing in wilt's time period Jordan would've made bill russle and wilt chamberlin his 2nd and 3rd bannanas!this is coming from someone who's disliked jordan for years too! the only player who can even come close to being up there with jordan is MAGIC JOHNSONanyways no matter how you flip it Jordan is simply the best you cannot take that away from him. the only people who can even come close to are Magic, and maybe Kobe 7 years from now but other than that--------------not even a chance
personally i don't think you can compare these players...they all had their shine and made their mark in the nba so its kinda hard to compare kareem to jordan or magic to wilt.. etc. etc. all of these players have their own achievements
Duh. It had to do with, maybe, him being the tallest in the N.B.A! If Shaq was the only 7 footer playing today, and there was zone defense, he's be just as dominant.