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Originally posted by sixate
Although, I'll disagree that the talent isn't as good as back in the day. They game/athletes have only gotten better. It's a little ridiculous to think it's gotten worse.
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I don't know if I ever said that the talent level is worse--I'm claiming that it's comparable. There were far less teams in Wilt's day, so the talent could be concentrated within a smaller league. Granted, with the international explosion, we are dealing with a larger pool of players. I just feel that there are players who have no business in the league, plus many of the players have not bothered to learn the basic fundamentals of the game--another reason the skill level has suffered.
Again, I'm not saying it's worse---but I don't feel it's dramatically improved enough to justify a "Shaq better than Wilt" argument.