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coastalmarker99
04-05-2020, 09:21 PM
Career Ppg' 1960 37.6 to 39.2

1961 38.4 to 41.0

1962 50.4 to 51.9

1963 44.8 to 46.3

1964 36.9 to 39.0

1965 34.7 to 37.6

1966 33.5 to 35.8

1967 24.1 to 26.9

1968 24.3 to 27.9

1969 20.5 to 23.2

1970 27.3 to 30.7

1971 20.7 to 22.0

1972 14.8 to 16.6

1973 13.2 to 14.3




Career Pgg changes from 30.1 to 32.2 for Wilt his current career points total changes from 31,419 to 33,667. In this scenario, Wilt would have 3, 40 Ppg seasons along with 7, 35 Ppg seasons and 12, 20 Ppg seasons. Wilt would also be fourth on the all-time scoring list and would also be the all-time Ppg game leader beating Micheal Jordan by two points.

In the playoffs, Wilt's scoring average would also rise from 22.5 Ppg to 24.9 Ppg

Wilt's Ppg in the finals would also go up from 18.6 Ppg to 21.7 Ppg

Wilt would have also averaged 35 Ppg in his first six playoff runs previously 32.8 Ppg

And in 1964 in his first finals run Wilt would have averaged 37.3 Ppg instead of 34.7 Ppg

coastalmarker99
04-05-2020, 09:23 PM
Just shows you how important free throws are and as well I have always wondered why Wilt and Shaq sucked so bad at free throws. Were they thinking too hard about free throws were they too strong to shoot free throws?

ShawkFactory
04-05-2020, 09:40 PM
Just shows you how important free throws are and as well I have always wondered why Wilt and Shaq sucked so bad at free throws. Were they thinking too hard about free throws were they too strong to shoot free throws?

I think both of them were just so dominant physically throughout their entire lives that they didn’t ever need to learn to shoot.

What’s coach gonna say in high school when they couldn’t shoot FTs? Sit on the bench? Nah

SouBeachTalents
04-05-2020, 09:48 PM
I can't think of another aspect of a sport where fans would literally be better than the players like FT shooting. Or in this case, two of the greatest ever