Competition was tougher for Olajuwon, no? O'Neal also had Bryant, and a top 2 GOAT coach in Jackson. I mean, when u add on Olajuwon's defensive prowess, to top off his more polished offensive arsenal, it's a wrap
Rate the players in order historically in this photo.....
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Competition was tougher for Olajuwon, no? O'Neal also had Bryant, and a top 2 GOAT coach in Jackson. I mean, when u add on Olajuwon's defensive prowess, to top off his more polished offensive arsenal, it's a wrap
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Chances make champions
Then why did Shaq admit Dream was better than him?
because he beat his team in the finals and its a classy thing to do. My opinion probably does vary from Shaq's own.
Ed MOTHEREFFING G
Chances make champions
Olajuwon had a fancy offense and great defense. Agreed. That doesn't make him better than shaq. And level of competition is relative because shaq made his competition look like garbage. There was a lot of overlap in their career of foes as well.
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Players on the roster: Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, John Stockton, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Anfernee Hardaway, Grant Hill, Reggie Miller, Mitch Richmond
Just trying to do something different around here
btw:
Hakeem
Shaq
Malone
Robinson
Barkley
Stockton
Pippen
Payton
Hill
Richmond
Miller
Penny
I respect the creativity breh:props:
My list:
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Karl Malone
Charles Barkley
Scottie Pippen
David Robinson
John Stockton
Gary Payton
Grant Hill
Mitch Richmond
Reggie Miller
Anfernee Hardaway
No he was not.
Shaq at his best had no other elite prime Centers to play against. Hakeem at his best still had to face prime Robinson, O'Neal, Ewing, and Mourning....let alone facing Moses Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Robert Parish as well in the 80s.
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Hakeem
Shaq
Robinson
Malone
Barkley
Pippen
Stockton
Payton
Richmond
Penny
Hill
Reggie
Shaq
Robinson
Malone
Barkley
Pippen
Stockton
Payton
Richmond
Penny
Hill
Reggie
Ed MOTHEREFFING G
Chances make champions
shaqs 'peak' came once every great center was out of the league/
thats great unless you keep in mind his peak came when he had to face arguably the GOAT PF reguarly, in Tim Duncan...who was better than anyone hakeem ever faced in the playoffs. Heck, in 99 he beat hakeem (who averaged 20, 9, and 2 blocks, spare me the washed up crap) with barkley and pippen, and lost to duncan and robinson
Ed MOTHEREFFING G
Chances make champions
thats great. How does that make hakeem better than him?
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shaqs 'peak' came once every great center was out of the league/
i dunno why people say this.
it's not like shaq wasn't giving the beats to all the great centers of his era, including hakeem (look at the numbers). dude was beasting on guys since he was a rookie.
he also had kobe who is KNOWN for torching the spurs his whole life
so he faced a 36 year old olajuwon a 36 year old mutumbo, a 34 yr old rik smits that retired that same year and TODD MACCULLOCH during the title years
edit: to add to the post above yes shaq held his own all his pre title years but he suddenly became "most dominant player ever" once everyone became
though.
Well, because he faced and defeated better Center competition; he's one of the GOAT defensive players who EVER played the game and was also a great offensive player as well; he wasnt a liability in the 4th quarters of tight games; he didnt need top 3 perimeter players in order to win a ring
Shaq is 6th All-Time in Points Scored
Hakeem is 9th All-Time in Points Scored
Hakeem is 12th All-Time in Total Rebounds
Shaq is 14th All-Time in Total Rebounds
Hakeem is 8th All-Time in Career Steals
Shaq isnt even in the top 250
Hakeem is #1 All-Time in Blocked Shots
Shaq is 7th All-Time
Hakeem also led his 48-34 Rockets over Shaq and his 60-22 Magic in the NBA Finals....how much more do you need?