Hector

You know Boob, you're too old to learn new tricks, but if you wrote in just a tad less of a snickering, bullying style, I might be able to communicate with you. With the 1970s increase in the fast break style causing winded centers, old centers like Wilt set the tone for lagging down the court and younger Jabbar soon followed that precedent. As long as they carefully picked their spots, it didn't affect effectiveness, but sometimes 5 on 4 cost a basket. Today as the whole team waddles across the court while the dribbler doesn't look for the long pass, the center never gets winded. And Hairston often did outrebound Chamberlain, due to position. Yet if Hairston had 80% of the rebound and Chamberlain 20%, Hairston practically handed it to him.