How Good Would Wilt Chamberlain Be Today?

We also forget that 60% of Wilt's buckets were fade away jumpers. Unstoppable fadeaway jumpers. Nobody then or now would ever block that shot. He'd dominate today's game as well. He's arguably the best athlete of the 20th century.

Wilt would be way more dominant in today's game. The league favors offense and who the hell is going to stop him. As far as shooting threes why would he do that when he can feast in the paint. He could average 40 to 50 points per game and still rebound about the same. The only thing in his game that would suffer is his blocks and steals and the NBA didn't count those anyway.

Hate to break it to ya, but the highest density of HOF centers in a single season was in 1965. Yup, 1965. There were 7 future HOF centers (e.g., Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Walt Bellamy, Nate Thurmond, Zelmo Beaty, Willis Reed, and Wayne Embry) playing in the 1965 season and Wilt had to play each of those HOF centers 8-10 times during the regular season. Yeah, Wilt would kick the crap out of the load management centers in today's NBA. It's important to note that in the 1971 and 1972 Western Finals, the 34 year old post-knee surgery Wilt outplayed the 24 year old Kareem in the 1971 West Finals, he outplayed Kareem in the final 2 games of the 1972 Western Finals, and he was voted the MVP of the 1972 NBA Finals.

I think Wilt would be higher than 23 ppg in this era when you factor in that Wilt's efficiency would be higher in this era.

We have some evidence, playing pick up games atUCLA, he dominated those players.

Dominic Wilkins said he’d watch Chamberlain bench press, 650 pounds before games Shacks max lift is 450 pounds think about that I don’t know if anybody could stop shack in his prime and he was nowhere near strong as Chamberlain!

28 &14reb on a off night.Equivalent to Embiid offensively,minus the free-throw shooting.And would certainly lead the league in rebounds,decisively.

wilt would domiante today. yes. in fact the three point line thing. wilt was known to have been seen making 20/25 baskets from half court in practice, there is a video of him making 4 three pointers in a row (i mean it wasn' a three point line but he was standing at the edge of the court paralell to the basket which is the hardest one to make) on a 5 dollar bet. someone recently said that he actaully had 10 in a row before the video een started so yeah there was noone defending im but that shows he had the skill to also be a three point shooter. not to mention he never fouled out of a game in 13 years in an era where they called a lot of offensive fouls. plus he would have the access to modern doctors, travel , diet , shoes, etc... and knowledge, they were allowed to double hand check in his day, and was often triple teame . so yes wilt would dominate today just fine

Having seen Wilt play for years, let me say this is the silliest analysis I've ever seen. For example, players putting up more missed shots is NOT a reason why points were higher. Teams didn't play half-court sets. They ran for the most part. Wilt's advantage was that he was faster, jumped higher, and shot from outside the paint using a fadeaway bank shot. There was no defense against him, and not a single current NBA center is the combination of long, strong, and fast that he was.

There might have not been many 7 footers when he started, but several came along after 3 or 4 years into his career. In his prime he was a human cheat code. After his prime he still was, not quite as fast, but still fast enough, with no loss of strength. I don't have to watch all of this to know he would dominate any time period. If he could have ran over defenses, like O'Neal, which I am glad the game was officiated much better, back then, there would be no viable argument against him being the greatest, by far. He averaged 40 ppg and over 20 rebounds per game, all of his first 6 seasons, anyway. I don't believe he would have played like that, even if allowed to, unless somebody made him mad.

13 teams. 12 players each. 156 spots, not 30 x 15-20 like today, or 450-500 spots available. No centers? Russell, Thurmond, Unseld, Reed, Kareem, Cowens, Lanier, Bellamy, so today we have better centers? You can look those guys up in the same place I did, The HOF. You let me know when you have two centers that are high jump champions, since then. I suggest you do a bit more research as to the quality of the competition, and Wilts abilities. Your selling Wilt way short. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N71Pv48erIc

Homie is like "Giannis can only play 30 odd minutes a game, so Wilt can't do 45 anymore ...because reasons".

I agree that today's game is different and Wilt would not be able to match the ridiculous numbers he did in his first several years, especially rebounds, since there are far fewer shots now. But there's one other difference in today's game and that is watching idiots yell and beat their chest when they throw a dunk down on someone. Today's players might get away with doing that once to Wilt (if they were able to dunk over him, which wouldn't be easy). It would be very unwise to try it a 2nd time. Wilt was an even tempered guy most the time on the court but he was not a guy you wanted to rile up. My bottom line, Wilt would dominate any era he played in. How many of the centers on the 29 other teams today could even slow him down?

He would be a top 5 player in the NBA, maybe the MVP. Imagine a high-scoring 2-way big with the speed and agility to be a giant wing. Comparable to a super-sized Giannis.

Wilt Chamberlain would be a superstar/hall of famer no doubt. I’m not going to say he was just the best as everything ever, but the man is my goat. Damn near everything about him sounds like a fairytale but I mean hey there have been taller people, and his strength sounds absurd, but when people like Andre the Giant exist and we’re about as strong it makes sense. He said in the video he thinks Wilt would average Giannis-like stats. I think this is an understatement. He would most undoubtedly average AT LEAST 20 rpg probably over his career. Now I would expect him to stay healthier but still play around 14-17 years as a top 10 player for 10 years. Sounds reasonable enough to me, the man is basically an alien 👽. So yeah that’s my opinion, I won’t appreciate any hate, but I will respect opinions. Have a good day

He would be unbelievable

I believe that the greatest players in basketball would've been great regardless of era for the most part. Wilt's numbers were so outrageous because he was like a modern elite big playing in an earlier era. To me that provokes the question "how did such physical prowess actually exist back in that day and what would he have looked like if he played in this era with the current advancements in fitness? He was simply a freak of nature. The physical measurables and post skills he had back then still translates into an MVP caliber player in today's game in my opinion. I've watched enough clips of him to be convinced that he would be a stud in any era. He might not have the same ridiculous per game averages but he would be one of the best players in the game year in and out in any era and would probably still be widely considered as one of the best to ever do it when it's said and done. The size, wing-span, vertical ability, speed, strength, athleticism, and post skills are all undeniable.

If he played less minutes , he would be fresher and more dominating. Since his competition was less, he didn’t have to work as hard and at times, maybe was complacent. It’s impossible to say how good he would be today but he was a track star in college, weight lifted absurd amounts and was an all star type volley ball star. I just don’t feel that any other basketball star was or is in his league!!!!

In wilts time there were no videos or centers he could learn from or emmulate. If he were coming into nba today, he would have access to 50 years of basketball videos to study, TV, and cable to watch games and study 50 plus years of basketball progress from the 50s! Better training, shoes, trainers, and way more money. If he was lifting 500 lbs back then he would probably lift 600 lbs today plus he was a track and field athlete that competed against world class competition. What center today could claim that,,,,none I'll bet. Like Rick Barry said "he would be so much better today"! I'm 75 years old and I've seen a few things! Wilt was the only man I've seen catch jump shots and hooks out of mid air! Who else have you seen do that? Plus, he'll be allowed to carry and palm the ball like they do today and travel also he will not be assaulted and litterrally mugged in games like it use to be! Basically if he was a beast playing back then imagine what he would do into day game!

He would awesome...period..no hand checking..SAY WHAT!!!!!!