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Originally Posted by packs
Would you say that Wilt was playing against competition that would be consistent with the current average NBA team / game? I would say definitely not. So if deadball era records are going to get asterisks, I never understood why Wilt wouldn't.
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Not even close.
Watch those old videos. Guys going left and using their right hand to dribble. The mechanics, the flow of the game, the very low level complexity of defense all play into the fact that basketball and football are just not comparable across eras.