Bigger.Faster.Stronger

[ShaqTwizzle]

Prime Wilt would easily smoke Bolt in any race if you put him in modern shoes and gave him all the other advantages of our era.

[ShawkFactory]

Why do you keep saying this?

Prove to me they are bigger stronger faster.

Watch games from 30 years ago and then watch games now.

[90sgoat]

Watch games from 30 years ago and then watch games now.

1986 you mean?

MJ, Moses Malone, Hakeem, Karl Malone, Barkley, Drexler, Bird, Magic, Isaiah Thomas, Kareem, Ewing.

What are you on about seriously.

[Akrazotile]

I agree 100%.
Bolt may very well be a once-in-a-generation, or even lifetime, doper.

fixed

[FKAri]

Average Height NBA by year

1986 - 6'7.6''
1996 - 6'7.3''
2006 - 6'6.3''

Average NBA player's eyeline's angle from the floor while dribbling:

1986: 80

[ShawkFactory]

1986 you mean?

MJ, Moses Malone, Hakeem, Karl Malone, Barkley, Drexler, Bird, Magic, Isaiah Thomas, Kareem, Ewing.

What are you on about seriously.

You named 12 players.

The National Basketball Association consists/consisted of a lot more guys than that.

No one has ever argued (besides trolls) that an elite athlete is elite regardless of era. There were certainly elite athletes in the NBA in the 60s/70s.

[Hey Yo]

"We have the power to rebuild him.

Bigger.....Stronger.....Faster.

He is:

[SpanishACB]

how many 170cm players could dunk in the 60s?

[90sgoat]

how many 170cm players could dunk in the 60s?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5wBI98NXEE

[90sgoat]

6'1'' Dee Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu-PU1Rk6TA

[90sgoat]

John Starks, 6'2''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTfxOrX4k8

[90sgoat]

6'1'' Kevin Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifx_gRF-ouU

[f0und]

well then explain Porzingus who is 9'7" and can move like iverson

[90sgoat]

well then explain Porzingus who is 9'7" and can move like iverson

Shawn Bradley was 10 feet and moved like Lebron James.

[sdot_thadon]

Absolutely. Longevity is a massive breakthrough, but one that is led by HGH and various semi-legal means, blood doping etc. The average weight of the players has increased somewhat and that's the steroids, but the steroids also contribute to a lot more ligament tear injuries.

I always wondered something about the people who constantly chime in with steroids comments: you fellas truly think if there are steroids in the league (which I can't argue for or against honestly, but wouldn't be surprised) that they just became available yesterday? The 90's era had some of the biggest bodybuilder looking players in nba history, wilt lifted with the terminator, etc. Every single sport was in the midst of steroids during that time period. What makes our league so special besides not digging for them as they still do to this day? Let's not be silly here folks.

On topic, I don't think the issue was ever that elite athletes today are on average better than those of the past. It's that on average the overall athletic level is higher today. More elite athletes, higher general level of athleticism.