dk...in those days?
You mean you didn't have to be quick to get around Wilt and Bill Russell??? Check out their track times....how about Elgin Baylor?? Bob Pettit??? oOscar Robertson?? George Yardley, Mel Hutchins?? So, you are saying that none of these guys from THOSE days belong on the all time teams??? or is it just Schayes, who you really don't know anything about....
Rog -- How would you know what I know about and don't know about, Don?
I'm not an expert on Dolph, by any means, but I did see him play (on TV).
You mention George (the Bird) Yardley. He was my very first favorite player, and you would have to go a long way to find another person who listened on radio to his becoming the first 2000 point scorer.
I believe I already posted this.
dk..and how many saw Yardley lose the 7th game of the NBA championship in Syracuse as I did....Yardley was good, Schayes was better....
As for all-time teams, of the names you mentioned, I would rank Wilt (#1 center), Russ (#2 center), Elgin (maybe #2 small forward) and the Big O (#2 shooting guard, although some rank him as a point). I might have Bob Pettit as my #3 power forward.
Please, Don, don't act as if I don't know anything about that era.
dk...you missed the point once more...Dolph played against these guys and managed to make the all-star teams and finish among the scoring and rebound leaders with them...pretty good for a guy you refuse to believe could play the game...
By the way, you will also have to go a long way to find someone who watched on TV when the Big O win the Indiana State Championship for Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis.
dk...wow, did you watch Wilt when he was playing between his grad. from HS and his start with the Globe Trotter tour??
By the way, the player I think was most underrated from that era was the unfortunate Maurice Stokes. Had he been able to complete his career, I suspect he would be among my top three power forwards, and possibly as high as #1.
dk..funny, you didn't seem to know too about Stokes when I said he might have been the best of all.....and I used to brag on him so much when I watched him in Rochester, my fellow workers used to call me Stokes....
I've never met Jerry West, but I did have the pleasure of having his two youngest sons discuss me at his dinner table.
Anyway, as Boagie mentioned, it's time for us to get back to baseball.
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