I have no doubt that Dolph Schayes would have been a perennial All Star in any era.
His son Danny stuck for 18 NBA seasons in the 80’s and 90’s, and announcers at the time were quick to point out that he couldn’t hold a candle to his dad.
I think you're misquoting them. They said he had to hold a candle for his dad because electricity wasn't invented when he played and he'd have called it witchcraft