re: Is the all time home run record really the most prestigious record in sports?

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2006 Raptors

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were far, far better than the 1962 Knicks.

This was their best player



Richie Guerin, superstar. '62 was his fifth season in the league, and he had made the All-Star team in 4 of those 5 seasons. However, just a few years later he retired, still young. Not because of injuries, but because the racial barrier was finally broken and he simply couldn't compete. That happened to A LOT of these guys.

There's a reason that outside of basketball circles, someone like George Mikan is unknown even though he was just as dominant in his time as Wilt, Hakeem, or Shaq. We judge players based on their era and this was a time when the NBA was severely handicapping its product via racism. We now judge Paul Arizin and George Mikan and all these forgotten white guys as inferior to the modern game because of it. Why don't we apply the same standard to Wilt's 100-point game?