Wilt Chamberlain’s 1993 Stellar by Star All-Time Great Pro Stats #119

Wilt Chamberlain’s 1993 Stellar by Star All-Time Great Pro Stats #119.

As a Milwaukee Bucks staffer for almost 20 years, Dick Garrett has been serving spectators from a courtside folding chair at Fiserv Forum. Recently, he witnessed Giannis Antetokounmpo flirt with the Washington Wizards, floating over the rim like he was playing slam dunk contest.

Garrett remarked, “He was scoring fifty-five points and he was doing it so easily, like no one could even challenge him.” “Gosh, I’m thinking, a man competing against boys.”

Similar to what he saw over fifty years ago, but from an even greater vantage point.

Garrett’s dominance on the court reminded him of his first NBA season (1969–70) with the Los Angeles Lakers. He threw passes into the net during a postseason run that ended in a Game 7 finals loss to the Knicks.

Wilt Chamberlain, who once set a record with 100 points in a game and averaged an incredible 50 points per game for a season, has been statistically compared to Antetokounmpo and other players this season to the point where one may question whether the sport has reached the pinnacle of athletic excellence.

Alternatively, if competitive engineering is responsible for at least as much of its video game mimicry.

Due to the widespread 3-point shooting, attack the floor considerably more; create passing lanes for players with exceptional physical attributes like Antetokounmpo so they can score or locate open teammates on the perimeter. What you get in a league where team scoring has increased by about 15 points from a decade ago is a plethora of eye-opening individual stat lines.

Two nights after Antetokounmpo’s 45 points and 22 rebounds against the Bulls in Chicago, Garrett saw the Minnesota Timberwolves be dominated by Antetokounmpo for 43 points and 20 rebounds on December 30. With his five assists against Minnesota and his seven assists against Chicago, Antetokounmpo became the first player since, well, Wilt, to record at least 40 points, 20 rebounds, and five assists in back-to-back games.