I would place Wilt Chamberlain above LeBron. Not as many championships, but the dude was so much better than everyone else and even could stick with Kareem as an old man in the early 70's (Lakers v. Bucks)
ok, it's offseason, no Rams signing news, so:
Wilt was a freakishly dominant athlete. Early in his career he was so physically overpowering it is unreal. I mean the man averaged 50+ points a game one year and who knows how many rebounds and blocks-- they didn't even keep stats on them for a long time. No one could stop him. Later in his career with the Lakers he couldn't move as well because of his knees, but played a better team game by concentrating on defense, rebounding and assists, and still dominated.
Chamberlain and Bill Russell were both tremendous athletes who could have competed at a world class level in track events including in Russell's case the high jump had they so chosen. Russell was the greatest defensive player of all time and the only man with more championship rings than fingers. No one will ever touch that.
Have to give a shout out to Elgin Baylor too. Young people now have no idea how good he was. Baylor pioneered athletic scoring moves around the basket that inspired others like Connie Hawkins, Dr. J, and later players including Kobe, and was by far the best offensive player in the league until Wilt. He had a LeBron-like physicality too, and though not as big was a great rebounder. Baylor was the best player on the Lakers until bad knees slowed him down too.
