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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
And it's Wilt The Stilt...for my money still the GOAT.
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Adam, I strongly disagree with you. IMHO, not only is "Wilt the Stilt" not the GOAT, he wasn't even the greatest of his time. I'm an old fart who watched a lot of basketball back in the 1959's-1970's, and if I was the GM of an NBA team back then and has first choice of any player for my team, I'm choosing Bill Russell.
Perhaps the truest measure of a Basketball GOAT is how many championships his teams won. For their total careers, Chamberlain won 2 NBA Championships, whereas Russell won 11 NBA Championships. During the 10 years (1960-1969) both were in the NBA, Wilt one 1 of his 2 Championships, in 1967 over Russel's Celtics; Russell's Celtics won the other 9 NBA Championships during this decade! I rest my case, your Honor.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, W575-1 E. S. Rice version, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also T216 Kotton "NGO" card of Hugh Jennings. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo.
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