I'd do a hard pass on Wilt. Great player, not a winner.

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May 28, 2017
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There are a lot of stories to back that up. Malcolm gladwell tells a great one.

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POLL: If you could pick 1 player in history, in their prime, to build a team around, who would it be?

mwcoug

5/27/17 2:27pm

Lionel Messi

RSLCoug

5/27/17 2:29pm

Not enough shot blocks to be considered

mwcoug

5/27/17 2:31pm

Dr. J

Lifi

5/27/17 2:33pm

My all time favorite player. Also the inspiration for my high school fro

Big Daddy D

5/27/17 2:42pm

Loved Dr. J. That dunk over Michael Cooper was great.

Born2Fish

5/27/17 3:21pm

Shaq

spugeddy24

5/27/17 2:33pm

Probably this. Nobody could stop him, despite hack-a-Shaq.

Flippy

5/27/17 2:35pm

Between Shaq and Wilt, Wilt would be my pick

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:41pm

Pfft. Aaron Carter beat him

ballen

5/27/17 3:18pm

Depends on the year, his bull in China shop wouldn't work today as well as it

BYUfan92

5/27/17 3:20pm

Depends on the year, his bull in China shop wouldn't work today as well as it

BYUfan92

5/27/17 3:31pm

If you were looking transcend all generations, then KAJ and/or Shaq

BYUHgrad

5/27/17 2:36pm

KAJ and Shaq would require double teams

donnerstag

5/27/17 2:43pm

If it's a team like GSW, then they try and out score you. Go ahead with your

BYUHgrad

5/27/17 3:41pm

Not when Shaq/Kareem are hitting 70% of their shots

donnerstag

5/27/17 4:01pm

70% from 2 is equivalent to <50% from 3... The Warriors take that challenge

Dissenter

5/27/17 4:49pm

Warriors aren't going to hit 50% very often

donnerstag

5/27/17 5:00pm

And Shaq aint hitting 70% either, he shot 58%

Dissenter

5/28/17 1:26pm

That's because teams double teamed him

donnerstag

5/28/17 4:59pm

Bro do the math with real life numbers. GSW shot 39%

Big Daddy D

5/27/17 9:47pm

"Bro, do the math with real numbers."

messi

5/27/17 10:14pm

Shaq shot .582 fg% for his career

Big Daddy D

5/27/17 10:34pm

That's not close to 70%.

messi

5/27/17 10:38pm

You're a weirdo.

Big Daddy D

5/27/17 11:08pm

Your mom's a weirdo.

messi

5/27/17 11:54pm

Your mom kisses weirdly

Big Daddy D

5/28/17 12:59pm

If Wilt had the benefit of being raised in today's world of

So it goes...

5/27/17 2:42pm

Granted I never saw wilt play but wasn't he just Dwight Howard but actually

Dillinger

5/27/17 2:50pm

What differentiates the two

donnerstag

5/27/17 4:58pm

Wilt was also playing against much shorter, less athletic, less skilled

Dillinger

5/27/17 5:24pm

The league was much smaller back then

donnerstag

5/27/17 7:07pm

Interesting page I found. Wilt was in his mid 30's when he was going against

Dillinger

5/27/17 11:15pm

Also interesting, Wilt was 7'1 1/4 w/o shoes with a 7'8" wingspan weighing 270

Dillinger

5/27/17 11:59pm

Shaq was a load for sure...

So it goes...

5/28/17 12:13am

I don't think there's any comparison. I'd love to see what he could do today...

So it goes...

5/27/17 9:09pm

I'd do a hard pass on Wilt. Great player, not a winner.

thebruce

5/28/17 7:31am

I don't think he was even the best player any season he played

mosterlow

5/28/17 11:34am

Kareem and it's almost not close

Beggar

5/27/17 2:46pm

Agree.

rockhound

5/27/17 3:34pm

^^^BINGO^^^, but...

CougarThug

5/27/17 3:50pm

Feel free to provide actual reasons.

SandYFan

5/27/17 3:53pm

I would lean this way too. Picking a guy who was unstoppable on offense with the

BYUfan92

5/27/17 4:05pm

Probably the only player who won a ring & almost 2 with no other great players.

BigD Coug

5/27/17 3:12pm

You're not geographically biased at all lol

Big Daddy D

5/27/17 3:18pm

One of these people is not like the others, one of these people just doesn't

Tare

5/27/17 3:22pm

Shaq or KAJ would be hard not to take. I think Magic would thrive even more in

Orange4Life

5/27/17 3:29pm

Lavar Ball

deja-blu

5/27/17 4:28pm

Only answer.

messi

5/27/17 7:45pm

Paul Mokeski

macaroni

5/27/17 9:59pm

As a mid 40's older guy compared to most on the board I would like to say

mosterlow

5/28/17 11:41am

I'm not sure what MJs impact would be today but I agree with the rest of your

thebruce

5/28/17 11:55am

I'm not sure either, he would still be great but

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