To answer this question you have to ask yourself what makes one NBA player better than another.
On a micro level, what seperates two shooting guards, who wear the number 20 and are from Argentina? one right handed and one left handed.... heart and acumen.
There is a reason Manu is Manu and Carlos Delfino isn't. There is a reason Michael was better than the likes of Clyde, Domonique, Penny, and the rest.
Physically these guys are about the same, but the heart and mind for the game separates them.
So guys like Mikan, and Wilt and Russell, maybe they come into todays league and average 25/14 and we don't think much of them statistically, but in their day there were guys as athletic as them were (nate thurmond)and yet they still dominated and won because they had hearts and minds of champions.
so even if you forgive the inflated stats, they will still be the best all time because they had unquestionable basketball acumen and heart.
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