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Just listened to June 7's episode of Chicago Bullseye and had quite a laugh. I don't know who the guy was who was railing against what i wrote about the fact that Wilt is the greatest NBA player of all-time but I found it really interesting.
1. I usually don't run to Wilt's stats to say he is the greatest. On one particular post I did but as far as I know that is the only one I ever did that on. I've heard so many people say it so many times I have made certain not to only cite his stats and will never do that again.
2. I am not an old-timer. I happen to realize how easy it can be to get carried away with our big-screen HD plasma tv's in living color (where it's so real it feels like we're actually there at the game and we make the mistake of thinking everything now is greater than ever when in reality Erick Dampier is the 4th best center in the league and guys like Jamaal Magloire and Zydrunas Ilgauskus are making All-Star teams!?) and the old black and white footage from Wilt's days (where the footage is old and kind of choppy and people think everyone who played then couldn't play now).
Were George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt not real Presidents just because they aren't the President right now? Is Barack Obama the greatest President of All-time just because he's the President today?
Are the cars today the greatest cars ever made? Are the classic cars like '56 Thunderbirds and '60 Mustangs not really cars because they were made in another generation?
Are classics like North By Northwest and The Wizard of Oz not real movies just because they didn't come out a minute and a half ago? Do you think Night at the Museum 2 is better than Gone With the Wind? You do if you say Wilt wouldn't dominate in today's NBA.
Just because Wilt and Cousy and Oscar and everyone else from that era aren't playing now doesn't mean they're not great players and that the 12th player on the Centennial High girls JV basketball team is better than them just because they're playing today!
Cousy revolutionized the game of basketball and the point guard position! Without Cousy there would be no Allen Iverson, John Stockton, Magic Johnson, Andre Miller or so many other great point guards.
In addition to that, Cousy isn't 5-9." He isn't 5-10" he isn't 5-2" he isn't 5-8." In his playing days Bob Cousy was 6-1" and 175 pounds. How big was John Stockton? 6-1" 170! Okay...you were saying?
(Uh oh Mr. Talk Show Host Man!! Busted!)
The guy on the phone had an excellent point. Should people 50 years from now discount what Jordan and Kobe and great players of our time are doing just because it isn't right here and right now? If that doesn't hush the biggest Chamberlain critic I don't know what will!
3. I'll come on your show but only for the right price. How much of a paycheck are we talking about?
4. It's fun to have your own show and to be a talking head. It's okay to be critical of a player or of certain players. But sometimes you've got to ask yourself the question - where was I drafted? How many NBA minutes have I logged? How many times have you lead the league in scoring? How many All-NBA teams have you been named to? How many times have I faced off against Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing and Rony Seikaly and guys like that?
I think sometimes we can be too critical of things (generally speaking) we ourselves could never do any better. Just my dos centavos on that.
No matter what, I respect your opinion just like I respect everyone's opinion.
When it all boils down the players now are great, great players. But they aren't the only great players, because the players from different eras also are great, great players as well and their accomplishments have no right to be discounted or excused away in order to trump up what's going down now.
I don't agree with what you said and something tells me you might not agree with what I said but I respect your opinion and I respect you as a human being so I think we should shake hands and hug this out.
But i just found that interesting. Gave me a good laugh, thanks.
(P.S. If you're still looking for suggestions for the new NBA logo you can put me down for Wilt Chamberlain).
1. I usually don't run to Wilt's stats to say he is the greatest. On one particular post I did but as far as I know that is the only one I ever did that on. I've heard so many people say it so many times I have made certain not to only cite his stats and will never do that again.
2. I am not an old-timer. I happen to realize how easy it can be to get carried away with our big-screen HD plasma tv's in living color (where it's so real it feels like we're actually there at the game and we make the mistake of thinking everything now is greater than ever when in reality Erick Dampier is the 4th best center in the league and guys like Jamaal Magloire and Zydrunas Ilgauskus are making All-Star teams!?) and the old black and white footage from Wilt's days (where the footage is old and kind of choppy and people think everyone who played then couldn't play now).
Were George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt not real Presidents just because they aren't the President right now? Is Barack Obama the greatest President of All-time just because he's the President today?
Are the cars today the greatest cars ever made? Are the classic cars like '56 Thunderbirds and '60 Mustangs not really cars because they were made in another generation?
Are classics like North By Northwest and The Wizard of Oz not real movies just because they didn't come out a minute and a half ago? Do you think Night at the Museum 2 is better than Gone With the Wind? You do if you say Wilt wouldn't dominate in today's NBA.
Just because Wilt and Cousy and Oscar and everyone else from that era aren't playing now doesn't mean they're not great players and that the 12th player on the Centennial High girls JV basketball team is better than them just because they're playing today!
Cousy revolutionized the game of basketball and the point guard position! Without Cousy there would be no Allen Iverson, John Stockton, Magic Johnson, Andre Miller or so many other great point guards.
In addition to that, Cousy isn't 5-9." He isn't 5-10" he isn't 5-2" he isn't 5-8." In his playing days Bob Cousy was 6-1" and 175 pounds. How big was John Stockton? 6-1" 170! Okay...you were saying?
(Uh oh Mr. Talk Show Host Man!! Busted!)
The guy on the phone had an excellent point. Should people 50 years from now discount what Jordan and Kobe and great players of our time are doing just because it isn't right here and right now? If that doesn't hush the biggest Chamberlain critic I don't know what will!
3. I'll come on your show but only for the right price. How much of a paycheck are we talking about?
4. It's fun to have your own show and to be a talking head. It's okay to be critical of a player or of certain players. But sometimes you've got to ask yourself the question - where was I drafted? How many NBA minutes have I logged? How many times have you lead the league in scoring? How many All-NBA teams have you been named to? How many times have I faced off against Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing and Rony Seikaly and guys like that?
I think sometimes we can be too critical of things (generally speaking) we ourselves could never do any better. Just my dos centavos on that.
No matter what, I respect your opinion just like I respect everyone's opinion.
When it all boils down the players now are great, great players. But they aren't the only great players, because the players from different eras also are great, great players as well and their accomplishments have no right to be discounted or excused away in order to trump up what's going down now.
I don't agree with what you said and something tells me you might not agree with what I said but I respect your opinion and I respect you as a human being so I think we should shake hands and hug this out.
But i just found that interesting. Gave me a good laugh, thanks.
(P.S. If you're still looking for suggestions for the new NBA logo you can put me down for Wilt Chamberlain).
