This guy really hinges on what Matt Goukas says, huh?
He also glosses over the claim that 35% or so more available rebounds explains Russell getting about 70% more rebounds than DH.
Don Mattingly from 1983 would've out-hit Babe Ruth from 1923: Truth.
Babe Ruth would've never been in the majors at his physical condition, even during his prime, in 1983: Truth.
If Don Mattingly had lived in 1923, he would've never had the medical, training, conditioning, and pharmaceutical benefits he had in 1983: Truth
You cannot just transplant a player to a legend that played 40 years ago and pretend they're on even footing. In reality, you can only compare one player's dominance in his era against another player's dominance in his own era: Truth.
In that comparison, Dwight Howard cannot hold Bill Russell's jock: Truth.