On Episode 68 of our In The Paint Podcast, co-hosts Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland take a closer look at the when, where and how of the return of grassroots and high school basketball. Some states are moving more quickly than others in reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic, so what will the prep sports landscape look like come fall and winter?

The guys then segue to the NBA continuing to take steps toward restarting its season with potential ideas floating around on social media. What's feasible and what's unrealistic? Should the NBA go straight to the postseason with the 16 qualifying teams? Or should the league attempt to play out its remaining schedule? Will the 2020 champion have an asterisk next to its name?

Lastly, Ron and Dev discuss episodes nine and ten of The Last Dance and give the six things they learned from the docuseries, which you can also read about here.

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There's no questioning Jordan at the top, but is LeBron too high at No. 2? Bill Russell too high at four? Should Kareem, Magic and Shaq move up? Is Kobe too low?

In the next segment, Ron and Dev break down episodes 7 & 8 of 'The Last Dance' and answer questions about if Michael Jordan could have legitimately cracked a Major League roster and did Scottie Pippen's decision to sit out the final seconds of the 1994 playoff game against the Knicks tarnish his legacy forever?

In the final segment, the guys discuss the NBA's tentative plan to restart the season in either Las Vegas or Orlando and how that could trickle down to college and high school hoops. Will the NBA be able to finish the 2019-2020 season? What steps will they take to ensure player, coach and official's safety?

The NCAA canceled its College Basketball Academies and extended the recruiting dead period for grassroots hoops until the end of June and will revisit its vote on whether to extend through July in the near future. If the summer basketball circuits, camps and leagues are a wash, what does that mean for prospects in the 2021 and 2022 classes who are most affected by the loss of valuable exposure?

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In The Paint Show Episode 67 Rundown
:55: Discussing ESPN's recent list of the Top 10 NBA players of all time
2:15: Oscar Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone the biggest omissions?
5:20: Ron and Dev revise the Top 10 with their picks
12:16: Are Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal ranked too low at No. 9 and No. 10?
27:40: Discussing episodes 7 & 8 of The Last Dance
28:25: Impressed with Jordan's brief baseball career? If he stuck with it longer, could he have made the show?
34:18: On Jordan's treatment of his teammates
38:22: Scottie Pippen's legacy marred by decision to sit out the final seconds of that 1994 playoff game?
45:25: Did Gary Payton actually make MJ's life difficult in games 4 and 5 in the 1996 NBA Finals?
1:05:50: NBA easing into restarting its season. What protocols will be in place? How can they be executed safely?
1:13:06: The outlook for grassroots and high school sports for the summer, fall and winter

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Video or it didn't happen, right?

Conspiracy theorist will tell you the late great Wilt Chamberlain never scored 100 points on the night of March 2nd of 1962. Why? Because there's no video proof. Those same people probably believe the moon landing was fake and the footage we saw was just the work of Stanley Kubrick. Those same people also probably believe Tupac and Elvis were around for the 9/11 conspiracies. Personally, I believe any and everything about Wilt with the exception of his claim to have slept with over 20,000 women. And I definitely believe 57 years ago today, he scored an NBA record 100 points in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks.

Why? Because we have this old boxscore as proof?

A boxscore that says Wilt made 36-of-63 field goals and 28-of-32 free throws, while only committing two fouls (Wilt has never fouled out of a game)!

Why? Because the keeper of all things Wilt -- YouTube channel Wilt Chamberlain Archives -- ?posted the audio from the 4th quarter of this game?

Why? Because there's a 48-minute documentary about the game and many of the other players in the game talked about the performance on record?

Yes! Yes! Yes! And Yes!

And what I think is really crazy about Wilt's ridiculous game from his even more ridiculous 1962 season, is people never talk about what he did during that week. The 76ers played four games in five nights and Wilt scored 67, 65, 61 and 100 during those games. He then followed up the 100 with 58.?He also had 78 and 73 earlier in the season. Does 100 really sound that impossible?

So, sorry conspiracy theorist who would like to believe Wilt never scored 100 and Kyrie Irving is correct about the earth being flat. It happened, even though we don't have video proof. And it will never happen again...well, there is one person who believes it will and if you go to the 1:20 mark of the following video, you won't be surprised to find out who.

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Wilt has also scored 70+ six times in his career!

100 PTS, 25 REB
78 PTS, 43 REB
73 PTS, 36 REB
73 PTS, 14 REB
72 PTS, 18 REB
70 PTS, 18 REB pic.twitter.com/JmmMJYdVxe

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Everything Wilt Chamberlain did on and off the court belonged in either the?Guinness?Book of World Records or Ripley’s Believe It or Not books. Forget the women and the 100 point game from his 1962 season, when he averaged 50 points and 26 rebounds - we all know about that.?Forget about how he averaged 48.53 minutes a game for a season or that he led the league in assists during an MVP season - those are pretty well known too. ?Forget that he had 42 points and 29 rebounds in his college debut or that he once?averaged 80 points a game for a week during his senior year at high school - as shocking as those numbers are, they probably don't shock you.

What I want you to remember from?this day on?when people mention Wilt -- who was the best athlete to ever step on a NBA court -- is that he had a FADEAWAY JUMPER. Yes, the 7'1 center was not just overpowering smaller defenders and dunking on them; Wilt had an unstoppable fadeaway jump shot like Dirk. Wilt was hitting the bank shot 30 years before Tim Duncan made his first bank shot in the NBA. Wilt could catch the ball from outside the paint, spin away from a double team and hit a fadeaway jump shot.

Hopefully, I've said it enough times so the next time somebody tries to say Wilt was able to average 38 points as a rookie or 50 in his 3rd season is just because he was so much bigger and stronger than his competition, you can say his offensive repertoire was much more than that.

FYI, If you aren't impressed with what a young Wilt could do in the 60s, remember a 45 year old Wilt was offered a contract by the Cavs in 1980 and the Nets even tried to sign him when he turned 50 in 1985 - when great centers like Hakeem, Moses Malone and Patrick Ewing were playing.

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It's been almost 15 years since the passing of the great Wilt Chamberlain. 41 years since his last game with the Lakers and 55 since he suited up for the Harlem Globetrotters. While most legends fade away over the years as younger generations dismiss pioneers for accomplishments in weaker and less documented eras, Wilt is the rare legend who seems to become even more legendary as more stories and video surface showcasing his amazing athletic ability.

The latest video to wash ashore from the archives of the Wilt Chamberlain Archive shows a 17-year old Wilt catching a shot, starting a fast break, throwing a Jason Williams type pass and then scoring on an alley-oop play.

Equally crazy is seeing how athletic the teenage beast was at the age of 50!

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