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137540.66 in reply to 137540.65
Date: 3/4/2011 10:45:03 PM
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Okay. Points taken, and I apologize for offending you with my vocabulary.
I say Russell was a better athlete because he ran a 49.6 440 and high jumped 6'9". I know all about Kareem's martial arts acumen, but I think Russell was a better all-round athlete.

Once I scored a basket that still makes me laugh.
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137540.67 in reply to 137540.66
Date: 3/9/2011 5:05:31 PM
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Russell played at USF with KC Jones, so it wasn't exactly devoid of a supporting cast. Additionally, since when have smaller, Catholic universities not been able to compete in basketball?

Russell was great...but in any sport, when you have an 11 for 13 stretch, I think it may be more of an indication of lack of competition rather than greatness.

Wooden was great too...but would he have won 10 national titles in today college basketball environment?


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137540.68 in reply to 137540.67
Date: 3/9/2011 11:25:43 PM
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Good points.

The lack of competition thing doesn't really fly with me as there was a guy named Chamberlain playing then, along with Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, ELgin Baylor, etc. Plus there were only 8 teams so there was very little dilution of talent. The difference was that nobody had ever played like Russell or Wilt up to that time.

Jordan won six in a row (with time off for baseball) and there was certainly plenty of competition.




Once I scored a basket that still makes me laugh.