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Also, you say those Celts were all in their prime years. Sam Jones was 34, Wayne Embry averaged 5.2 points a game, and Don Nelson averaged 7.5. A few of those guys road coattails to the HOF. Let's not make it out like they were amazing players.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Russell had a super team around him. Wilt did beat him once by himself.
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By himself?

Sixers had three HOF/ top 50 all time players

Chamberlain also had become a facilitator, led the team with ~8 assists/game and scored "only" ~24 ppg.
 
LaMarcus Aldridge and Bruce Bowen

I couldn't resist pairing up Bowen with Artest and MJ. I've got 3 of the 4 wings to ever win DPOY.

And people forget what a good 3 point shooter Bowen was. He shot 39% for his career.

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Ron Mexico said:
It was Billy's second year in the NBA, he was not that big of a factor. Hal was 30 but he had a solid year. It was still mostly Wilt with some help from Hal.

The Boston team that Wilt beat had HOFers: Bill Russell, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, Bailey Howell, Tom Sanders, Wayne Embry and Don Nielson. So he went up against 7 HOFers all in their prime years and beat them with 1 other prime HOFer and a sophomore that didn't contribute that much.

So ill still stick to saying how impressive it is. There arent even many USA Olympic teams that have that many HOFers on it. Some All-star teams dont have that many HOFers on it.

If Warriors add Lebron and Kawhi next year they wont be as much of a super team as that.
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The 66-67 Sixers were a top 15ish greatest team of all time, they set a record for most wins in a season and won the title. The notion that one player can beat a team as talented as the Celtics "by himself" is unsupportable.
 
Ron Mexico said:
The Boston team that Wilt beat had HOFers: Bill Russell, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, Bailey Howell, Tom Sanders, Wayne Embry and Don Nielson. So he went up against 7 HOFers all in their prime years and beat them with 1 other prime HOFer and a sophomore that didn't contribute that much.
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No one doubts the team's greatness, but you are undermining your argument with hyperbole.

In 15 mpg, "prime" Don Nelson scored 7.5 ppg.
"prime" Wayne Embry scored 5 ppg in 10 mpg. He was a deep bench player.

Everyone knows both these guys rode coattails to HOF.
 
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