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King Harlem said:
I recommend going back and watching a handful of Piston games during those two title runs. Isiah was good but he wasn't on Hakeem's level. Part of the issue with ring culture and a lot of us grew up just seeing the highlights of earlier generations.
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I guess what I'm getting at is, should Hakeem's career be considered a slight disappointment (only 2 rings) given how amazing he was? People knocked David Robinson so far down the totem pole after that loss to the Rockets, but dude was putting up mid-20s scoring, double-digit boards and 3-4 blocks a game (one of only 4 players to put up a quadruple double as well), doing stuff like this:



He was also 32-16 against Dream in the reg season, but did lose the one playoff matchup (unbelievable they only faced off once in the post-season).

I know people view these lists in different ways. If you're talking pure basketball talent, the list would look different (hard to evaluate talent of bigs vs talent of guards). If you're talking career success, Bill Russell would be the GOAT. This list obviously incorporates a subjective mix of the two.
 
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They put Steph over Kobe :russ: I’m rollin.

When KD was still with GS and they were just bullying Bron, all the Kobe fans were ecstatic! Kobe fans turned into GS fans just to see Bron lose

And in that moment, I. Told. Nggas. Be careful rooting for KD and Steph bc at this rate they keep winning rings they not passin bron but they damn sure gon pass KOBE. And here we are. KD left that’s the only reason he didn’t pass him

The logic is simple: If we gonna act like Shaq being the alpha and 3 time FMVP doesn’t matter when exulting Kobe, why would KD/Steph being together hold them back from vaulting up the ranks too?!

So I’m not here for all that ‘bc he died ‘ or white people blah blah blah. Naaaah I called that shyt when he was alive. Kobe fans act like he won all them rings by himself well we can do that for Steph too.
 
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Braman said:
They put Steph over Kobe :russ: I’m rollin.

When KD was still with GS and they were just bullying Bron, all the Kobe fans were ecstatic! Kobe fans turned into GS fans just to see Bron lose

And in that moment, I. Told. Nggas. Be careful rooting for KD and Steph bc at this rate they keep winning rings they not passin bron but they damn sure gon pass KOBE. And here we are. KD left that’s the only reason he didn’t pass him

The logic is simple: If we gonna act like Shaq being the alpha and 3 time FMVP doesn’t matter when exulting Kobe, why would KD/Steph being together hold them back from vaulting up the ranks too?!

So I’m not here for all that ‘bc he died ‘ or white people blah blah blah. Naaaah I called that shyt when he was alive. Kobe fans act like he won all them rings by himself well we can do that for Steph too. Y’all lucky KD left
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If Steph got #5 it would get real scary talking about a list of the best guards of all time.
 
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VBM said:
Not trolling, but what differentiates Dream from a guy like Isiah Thomas? Two titles back to back (went through Jordan/Pippen both times). Everyone acknowledges Hakeem is a monster (NBA block leader), but to a non-Rockets stan it seems like he's really living off of that 95 run where he beat Malone, Barkley, Admiral and Shaq. Rockets were struggling that year until they traded for Drexler.
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Hakeem is considered maybe the greatest defender ever along with superior footwork studied to this day

Hakeem dominated his superstar matchups on his runs as well
 
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