Who was a better center in basketball, Kareem Abdul Jabar or Wilt Chamberlain?
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PR = Power Rating = points+rebounds+assists = p + r =a\nI developed the Power Rating to resolve arguments/discussions.\n\nChamberlain - 30.1 + 22.9 + 4.4 = 57.4\nKareem - 24.6 + 11.2 + 3.6 = 39.4\n\nWilt is the best.
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Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
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First person to dunk it was wilt chamberlain.
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I have to say Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon. He may have worse career points than Kareem-Abdul Jabar, who I htink is 2nd, but Hakeem led the Houston Rockets to be the champs the 2 years MJ was out. Sure, Kareems been champion way more, but he's never won the NBA Finals MVP and Hakeem has 2 of them. In my mind, that makes him better.
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The only center I ever saw truly push Shaq was Hakeem Olajuwon, and that was in the 1995 NBA Finals.  Once Shaq is gone, I think Yao Ming will be the best "true" center in the NBA.
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ok...I think that kobes 81 is a better accomplishment. In wilts day he was the only person that was like 7 feet tall, there was no 3 seconds and no shot clock. Those are all factors. In the era that we are in right now there are factors like 24 seconds to shoot the ball and u can't stay in the lane for more than 3 seconds, and kobe is no where near 7 feet tall and back in wilts day he was 8 feet tall. Kobes 81 is a bigger accomplishment in my book
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You can check this reference for points per game or for total points. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the alltime total points leader.
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Wilt Chamberlain.  They changed the rules to slow down his domination.  (Widening the lane, making zone defense legal, even raising the rim to 11 feet for a stretch)  They changed the rules to allow Jordan to be more dominant (Making hand checking illegal, making zone defense illegal)\n\nOne season, he averaged over 50 points and 20 rebounds a game.  That means, if he scored 40 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a game, people would consider it an off night.\n\nHe even led the league in assists one year...as a center.\n\nBest ever?  Wilt Chamberlain.
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Are you asking who's better, or who would win a fight between them?\n\nMcHale was a far better player, but Rambis would kick McHale's butt if they ever had a fair fight... (McHale blindsided Rambis in the '84 finals, that doesn't count).
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Wilt Chamberlain:\n\nscored 100 points in a single game\nscored over seventy points on five occasions\naveraged more points per game in his career than jordan\naveraged fifty points per game one season\naveraged over 25 rebounds per game in five seasons\nlead the league in assists one season\n\nTrue Jordan was probably a better team player and he did win many more championships (which may arguably be the best indicator of a great player; but if this is true then it could be Bill Russell won eight championships) but I believe that Wilt Chamberlain is the single best, most dominant player to ever play NBA basketball.
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Yes, he is one of the top players in the league. Forget about his personal issues, no matter, what, he has been one of the top shooting guards in the NBA for the last 5 years, and that 81 point game proved it. Only Wilt Chamberlain has ever gotten more points in a game, and as a center who was like 6 inches taller than everyone else, he probably had a really easy time of it. As a shooting guard, it's tougher for Kobe to drive in, and get easy hoops. He mostly has to take jump shots, and being able to get 81 points in one game as a shooting guard, in my opinion, is worthy of an MVP. and TMAC, just cause your team isn't in the playoffs doesn't mean that you're don't deserve an MVP. A team could go 35-47, but if one player on their team was amazing, and kept the team in it throughout the season, he should deserve an MVP.
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Michael Jordan for sure. He has the ability to carry a team and he was a much better defensive player than Kobe. Before we start any talk of greatness with Kobe, he has to cement his status as a premiere player in the NBA by winning at least one league MVP award.
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IMO there's no definite answer for this. You can't compare Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan. Wilt lived in another era in NBA basketball (competition was not as intense as it is today, factors are totally different since 7-footers like him were hard to come by back then, etc.).
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.  He's also has the most amount of points in the NBA ever.  The guy is a king.
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MJ was not the greatest player of all time.\n\nOscar was a better player, as were Wilt, Russell, Kareem, Larry and Magic (Shaq was also more dominant).\n\nNot only did Oscar average a triple-double for a season, he also had the following other seasons...\n\n30.1 ppg /  10.1 rpg /   9.7  apg  (rookie year)  /  1961\n 28.3 ppg  / 10.4 rpg  /  9.5  apg  /  1963\n31.4  ppg  /  9.9  rpg  / 11.0 apg  /  1964\n30,4 ppg  /  9.0  rpg  /  11.5 apg  /  1965\n\nIn 1962, he actually did average a triple double:\n\n30.8 ppg /  12.5 rbg  /  11.4  apg\n\nIn four of his first 5 years, he came within 1 rebound or 1 assist of averaging a triple double.\n\nEDIT-I just ran the numbers... during his first five years (384 games) Oscar averaged 30.3 points, 10.4 rebounds and 10.6 assists PER GAME.\n\n\nJordan played 32 games more than Robertson in his career (1,072 to 1,040), BUT  took almost  FIVE THOUSAND more shots (24,537 FGA for MJ, only 19,620 for the Big O..... so yeah, Jordan scored a little more. Who couldn't, with 5,000 extra shot attempts (plus, there was no three pointer when Oscar played).\n\nOnce again, proves my point that Jordan was the biggest ball hog of all time, bar none.  Jordan even took more shots that Wilt Chamberlain did... MJ took over 1,000 more shots than Wilt depsite playing almost 7,000 FEWER minutes.\n\nAt the time he retired, Oscar was 2nd on the all time scoring list, behind Wilt (about 5,000 points behind Wilt).\n\nHOOP FAN (see next post) - you're right... you'll recall I posted that exact question 2 weeks ago ("why is michael jordan the greatest player ever?"), and NO ONE came up with ONE credible reason why Jordan should be considered the best ever...   so it does appear that with the right combination of Gator Ade, Nike shoes and a few morons over at ESPN, one can BECOME the greatest player ever, even if he was never any such thing on an actual basketball court.
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has to be Magic Johnson-He led the lakers to the title his rookie year
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kareem abdul jabaar....and mama