Voting Based on Peak Performance and Career Value

[LAZERUSS]

[ISHGoat]

1. Wilt
2. MJ
3. Shaq
4. Lebron
5. Duncan








24. Kobe

[LAZERUSS]

Here is how Wilt at arrived at #5...using ESPN's own criteria...

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/.../all-nbarank-5

Position
Center

Teams
Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors (1959-1965), Philadelphia 76ers (1965-1968), Los Angeles Lakers (1968-1973)

Honors
Four-time MVP (1959-60, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68), Finals MVP (1972), 13-time All-Star, 10-time All-NBA selection, two-time All-D selection, Rookie of the Year (1959-60), Hall of Fame

Championships
Two (1967, 1972)

Career stats
30.1 PPG, 22.9 RPG, 4.4 APG, .540 FG%

Nicknames
Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper

Did you know?
Chamberlain had 118 50-point games, 87 more than any other player. He scored at least 60 points 32 times; all other players in NBA history have combined to do that 28 times. He also had a streak of 186 straight games in which he pulled down 15 rebounds and is the only player to ever lead the NBA in rebounds and assists. -- ESPN Stats & Info

Bonus points for Wilt

It would be like belting a home run in every game, surpassing 200 yards rushing for 16 straight weeks, knocking out each opponent faced in the first round.

50.4.

That's how many points Wilt Chamberlain averaged in his third NBA season.

Imagine someone doing that in the NBA today, especially so early in his career. He might immediately be declared the GOAT, championship or not.

But it's not only 50.4. There's 44.8, done the following season. And 37.6, reached as a rookie.


Wilt averaged 27 or more rebounds in two seasons and 22.9 for his career. Over the course of his 14-year career he averaged 45.8 minutes per game, including -- thanks to a few overtime contests -- 48.5 MPG in that awe-inspiring third season.

His name is so predominant in the NBA record book that it could justifiably be called "The Biography of Wilt Chamberlain.'' His stats are so incomparable, so unfathomable. In his world, today's most remarkable performances were so-so games.

To be honest, Wilt was probably too good.

He had so much power, so much athleticism, so much versatility at his disposal that he didn't always know how to best utilize it all. When you can put the ball in the basket so easily and so often, why share it? Why score only half or two-thirds the amount of points you're capable of scoring?

So the most dominant athlete in American sports history -- more so than Babe Ruth, more so than Jim Brown -- won only two championships.

It's telling that in those two title-taking seasons, Wilt scored mere fractions of what he did in his best individual seasons. When he won his first championship in 1967, he averaged only 24.1 points, the lowest average of his then eight-year career -- by more than nine points. When he won his final ring, in 1972, he posted only 14.8 points a game. But he led the league in rebounds and field goal percentage in each of those seasons, and both of those teams are considered among the greatest in NBA history.

Could he have sacrificed individual numbers for championship trophies? Probably. Could he have forfeited a little personal triumph for team success? Of course.

Then again, lots of players have championships.

But only one averaged 50.

-- Chris Broussard, ESPN Senior Writer

All good enough for.... #5.

[aj1987]

Here is how Wilt at arrived at #5...using ESPN's own criteria...

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/.../all-nbarank-5





All good enough for.... #5.

ESPN did a piss poor job ranking Wilt. TBH, dude should've been like 9th.

[feyki]

ESPN did a piss poor job ranking Wilt. TBH, dude should've been like 9th.

Mad Shaq fan

[aj1987]

Mad Shaq fan

First time I've been called a Shaq fan/stan. So I'm a Kobe/LeBron/Wade/Shaq/Heat stan?

[Mr Feeny]

ESPN did a piss poor job ranking Wilt. TBH, dude should've been like 9th.

Don't say that. He'll hang himself

[feyki]

First time I've been called a Shaq fan/stan. So I'm a Kobe/LeBron/Wade/Shaq/Heat stan?

Beside of scoring , Wilt > Shaq bro in every aspect of the game .

[Mr Feeny]

Beside of scoring , Wilt > Shaq bro in every aspect of the game .

Even free throw shooting in NBA Finals?

[aj1987]

Beside of scoring , Wilt > Shaq bro in every aspect of the game .

I could've sworn the last time I checked, Shaq had 4 rings and 2 Finals losses, while it was the other way for Wilt.

Couldn't even get it done is the shittiest of eras.

[feyki]

I could've sworn the last time I checked, Shaq had 4 rings and 2 Finals losses, while it was the other way for Wilt.

Couldn't even get it done is the shittiest of eras.

Is this your basketball knowledge ?

Even free throw shooting in NBA Finals?

My bad , i didn't know Shaq was %90 at the line .

[aj1987]

Is this your basketball knowledge ?

I know for a fact that the '60's were a god awful era and that Ilt is a choker beyond all measures.

My bad , i didn't know Shaq was %90 at the line .

Dude almost always hit clutch FT's.

[Mr Feeny]

Is this your basketball knowledge ?





My bad , i didn't know Shaq was %90 at the line .

When it counted he was huge. Game 3 of the 2006 nba finals against dallas. If he doesn't hit both free throws with a couple of minutes remaining, they don't win the title. Simple as that.
He came through as clutch as can be when they needed him.

[Dr Hawk]

1. MJ
2. Kareem
3. Wilt
4. Shaq
5. Hakeem

[feyki]

I know for a fact that the '60's were a god awful era and that Ilt is a choker beyond all measures.


Dude almost always hit clutch FT's.

Yes , hit the clutch ft's , i'm sure .











Weak era