Wilt on Conan O'Brien. He's a giant.

[CavaliersFTW]

Conan O'Brien's a tall guy, over the years he has had many NBA players come on his show and they generally don't look that big next to him. According to google Conan is about 6-4 and that is likely an honest height unlike NBA list info which according to draftexpress would make him the approximate height of most NBA shooting guards.

Conan with Kobe
https://www.facebook.com/video/video...=1948027674623


Conan with Scottie Pippen
http://youtu.be/0eqd09FuTu8?t=37s


Conan with Sir Charles (sitting, but you can still see how big Conan is, making Chuck look normal size)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV5dGxJCrMY

http://youtu.be/bZIkonXt2VI?t=26s
Conan next to Wilt...


Talk about presence in the room holy shit. The top of Conan's head doesn't even come up to Wilt's shoulders ... even Scottie Pippen only looked a smidge taller than Conan, and Kobe looked virtually the same height as Conan. Even they would be straight dwarfed by Wilt. Also... Wilt's hands

Wilt also talks about playing against Shaq, playing with Michael Jordan, and how his era differed from the current era and how Shaq and Jordan's games would have had needed to adapt with such differences.

[Im Still Ballin]

Javale Mcgee would be a giant on Conan O'Brien too. Woopdy doo.

[CavaliersFTW]

Javale Mcgee would be a giant on Conan O'Brien too. Woopdy doo.

He's about 70lbs lighter and 2" shorter than Wilt. Would also be dwarfed.

[Im Still Ballin]

And Shaq, Manute Bol, George Muresan and Yao Ming would make Wilt look like a quilt. Again. What is your point here?

[FKAri]

And Shaq, Manute Bol, George Muresan and Yao Ming would make Wilt look like a quilt. Again. What is your point here?

b-b-b-but mountain lions...

[Im Still Ballin]

b-b-b-but mountain lions...

[Rolando]

And Shaq, Manute Bol, George Muresan and Yao Ming would make Wilt look like a quilt. Again. What is your point here?

Nope. Wilt makes Shaq look small.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRX-0FsCYO4

[Kvnzhangyay]

Nope. Wilt makes Shaq look small.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRX-0FsCYO4

Doesn't change his main point

[buddha]

Kareem was bigger and better.

Wilt does have some serious swag tho, i'd love to see his pre-game outfits in this era.

[ILLsmak]

Nope. Wilt makes Shaq look small.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRX-0FsCYO4

babyshaq, look at Shaq now, that dude is huge. Dude's are way bigger in their 30s-40s than they are 20. He's taller than Shaq tho, sure.

I think it's funny how Shaq became an old man tho. Just like at some point he was chirping gaddammit out of the side of his mouth during games. And now he continues to be an old ass man.

I wouldn't have expected it to go down like that.

Edit: lol Wilt is funny tho in that vid.

-Smak

[Done_And_Done]

Kareem was bigger and better.

Wilt does have some serious swag tho, i'd love to see his pre-game outfits in this era.

Cool pic man. Thanks for posting that

[CavaliersFTW]

Kareem was bigger and better.

Wilt does have some serious swag tho, i'd love to see his pre-game outfits in this era.

Kareem: "I wasn't a 300lb giant in the middle like Wilt"

And here's another angle from that same event:


Kareem was tall, about a half inch taller than Wilt. But Wilt was a giant and immensely wide and strong, not just tall.

[Dave3]

All I got from this is that every player says the same thing every time (the Conan interview) - "yeah sure he's good now but if he was playing against the guys I played against, he wouldn't be so good" - players of the 90's say that about today, players of the 70's said that about them, and I'm sure if players in the 50's were interviewed as often, would say that about the 70's. End of the day they're all egocentric and think their generation was the greatest.

[CavaliersFTW]

All I got from this is that every player says the same thing every time (the Conan interview) - "yeah sure he's good now but if he was playing against the guys I played against, he wouldn't be so good" - players of the 90's say that about today, players of the 70's said that about them, and I'm sure if players in the 50's were interviewed as often, would say that about the 70's. End of the day they're all egocentric and think their generation was the greatest.

Well, generally speaking it's true.

Think about it. Players of a specific time played under specific rules. Players playing a game say, 20 or 30 years removed from that time play a game with slightly different rules, trends, etc and if they were transported back in time as far as past players are concerned would have to adjust those habits to play "their" different version of the game. Any player 20 or 30 years removed from an era or more would need to adjust no LESS if you put them back in time vs forward in time. There are quite a good number of players that could adjust with ease, but adjustments would be necessary particularly by players taking advantage of certain era-specific rules or patterns to be certain. Wilt points out that the center game and some of the terrible opposition in the 90's allowed for more bullying (see Shaq's dunk/push over Chris Dudley). Wilt is saying that stuff would not fly in his era... at least not against him with his immense size and strength that Shaq, to that point in time, had never even encountered before. And he's probably right. He's just as right about how Jordan played and how everyone would have viewed it differently in his own time, everyone from coaches to fans to the players themselves.

[AirFederer]

He big.

He bigger than the mighty mount Conan.
Irc Conan played center i the league in the sixties, right?


And to those of you who says he haid good teammates
Just look at this hunchback scrub he had to carry
No wonder his play off and finals stats took a tiny, tiny dip.