LogFAQs > #884122605

I think scoring and rebounding in general were just much higher in Wilt's era. Weren't 20+ RPG seasons common for several players at that time? They played at a much faster pace, meaning there were more scoring opportunities as well as rebounding opportunities. A guy like Wilt could dominate because there was no three-point line, but now that there is, you can't rely on only playing in the paint.


There's a certain extent that I don't think you should punish players for the era they played in, but you also gotta ask if they really would be the same player in today's game. Kareem and Wilt came around a time when 7 footers were rare. Bill Russell would not have won so many championships in a bigger league or as a center that's the size of most PFs now (or most PFs in the early 2000s, at least, since it seems to be trending smaller again).