This thread is full of bullshyt. If Hakeem's game was so effective, where's the hardware? He got 2 chips when Mike went away. Lost in the first round countless times to and didn't make it to the playoffs during other years. Does 1987-1993 not exist to y'all? Its like u have removed all the negatives from Hakeem's career and only remember the two years he won titles. Like he wasn't playing all those other years. Like his career shouldn't be judged by the totality of everything.
I understand that a lot of people vividly remember Hakeem killing a before his prime Shaq and after his prime Pat in the finals, but don't remember when his team lost to the mighty Dale Ellis, Xavier McDaniels, Nate McMillan, and Derrick McKey led Supersonics. Or the year before that when they lost to the Mark Acquire led Mavericks. Don't gloss over those seasons like they don't exist.