Greatest Peaks Ep. 1 | The lessons of Wilt vs. Russell
Added 2020-11-16 13:01:02 +0000 UTCEarly look at the first episode of the Greatest Peaks series! This episode is a prelude to the series, providing background, philosophy and criteria through the lens of the Wilt vs. Russell debate, and summarizes the statistical argument for Russell over Chamberlain. All following episodes until the series finale will be player profiles.
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i would love to see a breakdown of 1967 Wilt Chamberlain vs 1964 Bill Russell because in 67 Wilt was such a vastly different player then he was in 62. I also think 1967 vs 1962 for Wilt Chamberlain is an even more illustrative example of what brings value to players
Hjalmar Skyt Nielsen
2022-03-02 11:18:18 +0000 UTCSounds great Ben. Awesome job on the series so far, loving it 👍
2020-12-11 23:03:42 +0000 UTCAlex I do have other historical series planned out (pending the success of this one), and Rose would be in one of those.
2020-12-10 19:07:01 +0000 UTCYeah, I didn't really know how far Ben was going to dive with these peaks and thought if he dropped down to high level all NBA/weak MVP calibre guys he may get a look in. Now that I've seen that it's almost exclusively limited to solid MVP+ level peaks I'm not expecting to see him. Was always curious where Ben ranks his peak though as I think he may be the only MVP in league history that Ben hasn't listed a CORP value for.
2020-12-10 12:19:00 +0000 UTCJordan did rank as his highest single season peak on the greatest peaks chart he used to have. Both Shaq and LeBron are the only other 2 that I've seen him mention who would have arguments for "best peak" over him. They were ranked 2nd and 3rd on that list FWIW.
2020-12-01 01:15:17 +0000 UTCProbably not even remotely close to being considered. not sure there has even been a more overrated player than D-Rose was by the media during that stretch.
2020-11-28 19:45:22 +0000 UTCBased solely on the fact that in his top 40 list jordan is the only one with "goat season" multiple times
2020-11-23 11:44:54 +0000 UTCI would be shocked if he picks anyone besides jordan as "highest peak"
2020-11-23 11:44:18 +0000 UTCI'm going to rank them in the series finale. You'll also be able to vote before the finale if you'd like to submit your top-10 after watching the series.
2020-11-22 16:48:43 +0000 UTCSo you're not going to rank the peaks?
2020-11-21 15:32:25 +0000 UTCI’m so intrigued to see if Derrick Rose has a 2 year peak worthy of a video in this series
2020-11-21 10:49:26 +0000 UTCI humbly believe Lebron's peak being 2009 is fair. It is the greatest statistical season ever by any player and that in it of itself should be enough to at least put it in the conversation.
2020-11-19 18:08:09 +0000 UTCHaha appreciate that!
2020-11-17 16:19:34 +0000 UTCNext week
2020-11-17 16:19:12 +0000 UTCGoing from Wilt-Russell (to show how the players are being evaluated) to Walton (an obvious example of Peak w/o Longevity) is a perfect way to intro the series. Great job as always Ben!
2020-11-17 00:22:00 +0000 UTCI'm interested in how you'll evaluate LeBron's peak since his is so widespread. One can argue his Miami years or his 2nd Cleveland stint is his peak or even his initial Cleveland years since it contains his greatest performance stasitically (2009-2010) but that's bit of a stretch, I think. My initial vote for the highest peak is MJ (1991 to 1993) or Shaq (2000 to 2002).
Jay
2020-11-16 23:40:14 +0000 UTCGreatest Peak? Ben Taylor easily, dominated basketball analysis in the toughest era we've seen.
2020-11-16 19:39:27 +0000 UTCWhen the next episode will be released?
2020-11-16 16:39:15 +0000 UTCNot for this series. :( The single biggest reason being a lack of film.
2020-11-16 16:06:54 +0000 UTCDoes this mean no Oscar and West? :(
Vino
2020-11-16 14:36:29 +0000 UTC
