Originally posted by Ninerjohn:Originally posted by pantstickle:Originally posted by crzy:Originally posted by LA9erFan:Originally posted by crzy:Originally posted by Ninerjohn:Originally posted by crzy:
Ed Macauley's greatest accomplishment was being traded for Bill Russell.
I would say his greatest accomplishment is being an NBA HAll of Famer. However, your point is well taken. He must have been damn good to be traded for Bill Russell who lead USF to 2 NCAA titles.
It doesn't work like that. Wilt was once traded for Paul Neumann, Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer.
I don't look at everyone from yesteryear and automatically assume they can't play in the modern era like some people do.
For instance stars like Arizin and Dolph Schayes are legit, IMO, because they succeeded after the shot clock, when teams started running up and down the floor, playing at a faster tempo than the current Golden State Warriors.
But Ed McCauley was a rail-thin post player.
Dolph Schayes in the modern era would look like...Danny Schayes.
Yeah, they were running up and down the court, but against who? That's why Wilt was so dominant. He was ahead of his time, which is why he put up such ungodly numbers.
Dolph Schayes was making All-NBA teams against the likes of Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, and Jerry West. You have to be good to be mentioned in the same breath as those guys.
No you don't. Watch this. Pantstickle is good enough to be on NinerJohn's team, but he's no Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, or Jerry West. He's more like Ed Macauley.
This comes from someone who ruined a perfectly good team by selecting Avery Johnson in the 11th round. Plus,I told you that you were too geeky to be on my team.
