Better Player...LeBron Or Hakeem?

[I.V.]

PROTECTING THE PAINT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF DEFENSE.

A GUY LIKE KAWHI
WILL NEVER BE AS IMPORTANT ON D
AS DUNCAN WAS.

BIGS ANCHOR WHOLE DEFENSES.



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This is not necessarily true anymore.

It was true, when 3pt shots were less prevalent, and offenses focused on getting to the basket or working out of the post to start the offense. Teams then shot 10 3's a game, now they shoot 26 of them. More and more offense is generated from the outside, so if you have somebody that can completely disrupt a team on the perimeter, shut down their best perimeter scorer, you cripple offense in a way it did not 20 years ago.


Sometimes people forget how much the game has changed since they were kids. The mythology gets to them.

 

[Roland Coltrane]

You don't know shyt about Hakeem or basketball in general making a statement like that

Great defense from bigs is ALWAYS considered more valuable than great defense from perimeter players

Also Hakeem is one of the most athletic players ever.

Hakeem is also top ten all time in steals and blocks

 

[Roland Coltrane]

Hakeem was goin up against Shaq, Duncan, Ewing, Mourning, Mutumbo, Rasheed, Sabonis, Kemp, etc and single handidily won the 1994 Title.

LeBron had to join super teams in a horrendous East and still has 4 finals losses...

using that for my sig

 

[Roland Coltrane]

This is not necessarily true anymore.

*looks at current Warriors' struggles


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[NYC Rebel]

The dream.

If there was no Jordan, he's have won 5-6 rings.

Jordan never stopped him from coming out of the WC

 

[NYC Rebel]

Versatility doesn't automatically mean better breh

And I just have to ask how old you are breh because Hakeem could switch on to 99% of guards and be just fine as well as protect the rim

 

[ManBearPig]

SMH @ THE POLL RESULTS

U said Kawhi was better than LeBron.

It's obvious that you like dude and you're a fukking retard.

 

[ManBearPig]

The dream.

If there was no Jordan, he's have won 5-6 rings.

Hakeem was never eliminated by the Bulls

 

[ManBearPig]

Hakeem was goin up against Shaq, Duncan, Ewing, Mourning, Mutumbo, Rasheed, Sabonis, Kemp, etc and single handidily won the 1994 Title.

LeBron had to join super teams in a horrendous East and still has 4 finals losses...

Rasheed and sabonis weren't in the NBA in 1994

Hell. Rasheed was good once Hakeem got old. Duncan?

 

[Ice Cold]

if you switched them Hakeem would have won more championships, he would have taken Dallas out and humiliated Tyson chandler and I think he'd beat Duncan as well, who I revere.
I doubt he'd have won anything with og Cleveland squad though.
He averaged 33 and 11 playing against shaq he'd probably average 40/15 against the Warriors
I feel he's a more consistent scorer than bron as well at times bron just I dunno can't shoot for crap and will be overly differential

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

Hakeem was never eliminated by the Bulls

Scroll down a bit more,

I was trying to say that if he had a better supporting cast that it would be a wrap for the league: Kyrie, Wade,Bosh, even Love.

He never had Scotty in his prime, Rodman etc.

 

[ManBearPig]

if you switched them Hakeem would have won more championships, he would have taken Dallas out and humiliated Tyson chandler and I think he'd beat Duncan as well, who I revere.
I doubt he'd have won anything with og Cleveland squad though.
He averaged 33 and 11 playing against shaq he'd probably average 40/15 against the Warriors
I feel he's a more consistent scorer than bron as well at times bron just I dunno can't shoot for crap and will be overly differential

40/15?

nah

 

[ManBearPig]

Scroll down a bit more,

I was trying to say that if he had a better supporting cast that it would be a wrap for the league: Kyrie, Wade,Bosh, even Love.

He never had Scotty in his prime, Rodman etc.

Hakeem had a good team.

Otis Thorpe was a borderline All Star and traded for for an actual All star in Clyde drexler. He wasn't 92 Drexler but his stats were still better than Kyrie's throughout the regular season. Sam cassell was one of the best bench players in the NBA, then they got maxwell, hurry, Ellie, , and Kenny. How the fukk is that a bad team?
Hakeem had a subpar cast in the last 80's and early 90's but from like 1993 to like 1999 he had a good team

 

[CHICAGO]

This is not necessarily true anymore.

It was true, when 3pt shots were less prevalent, and offenses focused on getting to the basket or working out of the post to start the offense. Teams then shot 10 3's a game, now they shoot 26 of them. More and more offense is generated from the outside, so if you have somebody that can completely disrupt a team on the perimeter, shut down their best perimeter scorer, you cripple offense in a way it did not 20 years ago.


Sometimes people forget how much the game has changed since they were kids. The mythology gets to them.

AND A GREAT BIG IS STILL GONNA BE MORE EFFECTIVE
BECAUSE YOURE GONNA RUN GUYS OFF THE 3P LINE
AND FUNNEL THEM TO YOUR BIG.


KAWHI GOT HIS ASS HANDED TO HIM BY KD
LAST POSTSEASON.

A GREAT PERIMETER DEFENDER
WILL NEVER HAVE THE SAME IMPACT AS A BIG.



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[McPiff]

always the same ass niccas trying to discredit anything Lebron does.


Hakeem was a beast tho