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re: Is the all time home run record really the most prestigious record in sports?
Posted on 4/9/14 at 2:28 am to TbirdSpur2010
Posted on 4/9/14 at 2:28 am to TbirdSpur2010
Wilt was just so much better than everyone and the league was so lopsided it was just silly. And basketball was just that, a silly, non-televised 5th most popular sport. Almost a sideshow. It was closer to entertainment than sporting competition(at least for Wilt and many others).
You say the game has changed but it's not really about that. I just think if you just stripped away the seriousness of it all, someone would've done it.
And of course, it you dropped Hakeem or Kobe into a marginal semipro league with racial quotas and a bunch of ragtag teams from little industrial towns, well I bet they could manage 100 points. But that's neither here nor there.
You say the game has changed but it's not really about that. I just think if you just stripped away the seriousness of it all, someone would've done it.
And of course, it you dropped Hakeem or Kobe into a marginal semipro league with racial quotas and a bunch of ragtag teams from little industrial towns, well I bet they could manage 100 points. But that's neither here nor there.
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Posted on 4/9/14 at 2:35 am to genro
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Wilt was just so much better than everyone and the league was so lopsided it was just silly.
The NBA has been lopsided for much of its history. Just look at the title counts of the heat and lakers. Their erstwhile dominance was born of that era.
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And basketball was just that, a silly, non-televised 5th most popular sport. Almost a sideshow. It was closer to entertainment than sporting competition(at least for Wilt and many others).
None of which changes the significance and impressiveness of Wilt's 100 point game.
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You say the game has changed but it's not really about that. I just think if you just stripped away the seriousness of it all, someone would've done it.
I don't know where you're going with that one.
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And of course, it you dropped Hakeem or Kobe into a marginal semipro league with racial quotas and a bunch of ragtag teams from little industrial towns, well I bet they could manage 100 points. But that's neither here nor there.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:05 am to genro
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And of course, it you dropped Hakeem or Kobe into a marginal semipro league with racial quotas and a bunch of ragtag teams from little industrial towns, well I bet they could manage 100 points. But that's neither here nor there.
Kobe hitting 80+ in the NBA is WAY better than hitting 100 in a "marginal semipro league with racial quotas and a bunch of ragtag teams" FTR.
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