Trivia 12/17

If Wilt Chamberlain never exsisted who would have the highest points per game average for a season?

His PPG avg and the year he did it?

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I think Jordan at 36 ppg. Year, hmm... 1993? Purely a guess there.

Not Jordan

I would guess Elgin Baylor who averaged 38.3 in 61-62.

Steve and the unusual thing about it that was the year Wilt averaged his 50+ for the season.

Elgin Baylor is one of those players about whom, no matter how much is said, it isn't enough. I would have loved to see Elgin in his prime playing Jordan in his prime mano a mano. I hate one-on-one ball, but I'd make an exception in that case. I personally think some of the gas would have been removed from Mr. Hanes. I know I shouldn't be engaging in this blasphemy because we all know latter day players possess(ed) such superior athleticism to earlier players. And pigs fly. (No analogy intended.)

I believe a "most underrated" team of the 60s would have included: Elgin and Bob Petit at forward, Nate Thurmond at center, and Guy Rodgers and Sam Jones at guard. Not just for their individual accomplishments but because I think they would have complemented one another beautifully. Definitely a five-tool combination: shooting, speed, bruising defense, bruising rebounding, teamwork.

Sam