Kobe picks his top 5 NBA players of all time...

[gulfstream69xr7]

No mention of Wilt?

[shnxx]

Originally Posted by gulfstream69xr7

No mention of Wilt?

Someone always gets snubbed in these discussions.

[gulfstream69xr7]

Originally Posted by shnxx

Someone always gets snubbed in these discussions.

There never was, and never will be a player who was as dominant as Wilt was in his prime.

Points per game, Season average. Top ten seasons in NBA history.

1. Wilt Chamberlain* 50.36 1961-62 PHW
2. Wilt Chamberlain* 44.83 1962-63 SFW
3. Wilt Chamberlain* 38.39 1960-61 PHW
4. Wilt Chamberlain* 37.60 1959-60 PHW
5. Michael Jordan* 37.09 1986-87 CHI
6. Wilt Chamberlain* 36.85 1963-64 SFW
7. Rick Barry* 35.58 1966-67 SFW
8. Kobe Bryant 35.40 2005-06 LAL
9. Michael Jordan* 34.98 1987-88 CHI
10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 34.84 1971-72 MIL

Rebounds, ten best seasons in NBA history.

1. Wilt Chamberlain* 2149 1960-61 PHW
2. Wilt Chamberlain* 2052 1961-62 PHW
3. Wilt Chamberlain* 1957 1966-67 PHI
4. Wilt Chamberlain* 1952 1967-68 PHI
5. Wilt Chamberlain* 1946 1962-63 SFW
6. Wilt Chamberlain* 1943 1965-66 PHI
7. Wilt Chamberlain* 1941 1959-60 PHW
8. Bill Russell* 1930 1963-64 BOS
9. Bill Russell* 1878 1964-65 BOS
10. Bill Russell* 1868 1960-61 BOS

[Art 1]

It's silly the MJ is not on that list.

[shnxx]

Originally Posted by gulfstream69xr7

There never was, and never will be a player who was as dominant as Wilt was in his prime.

Points per game, Season average. Top ten seasons in NBA history.

1. Wilt Chamberlain* 50.36 1961-62 PHW
2. Wilt Chamberlain* 44.83 1962-63 SFW
3. Wilt Chamberlain* 38.39 1960-61 PHW
4. Wilt Chamberlain* 37.60 1959-60 PHW
5. Michael Jordan* 37.09 1986-87 CHI
6. Wilt Chamberlain* 36.85 1963-64 SFW
7. Rick Barry* 35.58 1966-67 SFW
8. Kobe Bryant 35.40 2005-06 LAL
9. Michael Jordan* 34.98 1987-88 CHI
10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 34.84 1971-72 MIL

Rebounds, ten best seasons in NBA history.

1. Wilt Chamberlain* 2149 1960-61 PHW
2. Wilt Chamberlain* 2052 1961-62 PHW
3. Wilt Chamberlain* 1957 1966-67 PHI
4. Wilt Chamberlain* 1952 1967-68 PHI
5. Wilt Chamberlain* 1946 1962-63 SFW
6. Wilt Chamberlain* 1943 1965-66 PHI
7. Wilt Chamberlain* 1941 1959-60 PHW
8. Bill Russell* 1930 1963-64 BOS
9. Bill Russell* 1878 1964-65 BOS
10. Bill Russell* 1868 1960-61 BOS

I totally agree with you

But some will say that bill Russell beat wilts team all the time.
Others will contend that he didn't face much competition because overall talent level was so low.

I think it's a completely pointless exercise.
You can't compare players from multiple decades apart.
Even comparing Michael Jordan to Lebron James you run into rule changes, etc.
I think picking players from a decade where certain teams dominated makes sense.

80s were dominated by magic bird Kareem
90s by MJ
00s by spurs and the lakers

10s by the heat.

It's much easier to make comparisons within these epochs.