And winning titles and dominating the NBA Finals with unseen levels of supremacy. Had Iverson, the MVP of 2001, admitting defeat after the 2nd game of a 7 game Finals. Unheard of.
Let's compare their primes
Hakeem's from 1987-1996 (10 years) averaged: 24.6 ppg, 12.4 rpg, 3.7 bpg, and 2.0 spg
Shaq's from 1994-2003 (10 years) averaged: 27.9 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 2.5 bpg, and 0.6 spg
Only thing Shaq was better at was scoring
Russell didn't have to play with Jordan for 6 years, the greatest ever, though. And Wilt was dominant but he was dominant because there was no Shaq. The league has never seen anyone like Shaq. Every time they poll who u want to start a team with, Shaq wins that poll year after year over Jordan, Wilt, LeBron, Hakeem, Kobe. It's not even close. Lol@someone bringing up the Spurs..they got crushed 3 years straight.So the nikka who never avg. 30 or 15 is gonna double those numbers up in Russell's era?
Shaq was physical freak like Wilt and had stacked teams like Russell and still only managed 2 scoring titles, no rebounding titles, and 4 championships. Stop it.
hakeem took shaqs manhood in the finals
Oh, you mean the game when Shaq had 28 points, 20 rebounds, 9 assists, 8 blocks, and 1 steal..........PLUS had Kobe put up 31 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in the same game
Hakeem never had that type of help alongside him
How about this, during their 10 year primes (87-96 for Hakeem and 94-03 for Shaq):
Hakeem won 2 NBA Finals, was 2x NBA Finals MVP, 1x NBA MVP, 2x Defensiver Player of the Year, 9x member of the All-NBA Team, and 8x member of All-Defensive Team
Shaq won 3 NBA Finals, was 3x NBA Finals MVP, 1x NBA MVP, 10x member of the All-NBA Team and was a 3x member of the All-Defensive Team
I do. He got his titles when Jordan was out...Jordan had a 8 year title run on deck. Hakeem pretty much lucked up and Hakeem from 94-95 would get massacred by Shaq in 2000-2001.
and he had a life sized replica of Mike in his backcourt. So what basis is there to believe he would dominate any other era like you and others are suggesting?
What are u telling me I don't already know except a fake perception and belief that Hakeem at his best would hold up against Shaq when he became practically unstoppable.Shaq was 1-1 in one in the playoffs against Jordan. It was the likes of Indiana, Houston, Utah, SA, Detroit, Chicago (07) that stood in his way, not Mike. And many of those series he had the edge in talent and in many of those series he got swept. So there are no pleas to cop for the most dominant ever only winning 2 scoring titles or only winning 4 rings with the likes of Penny, Kobe, and Wade by his side.
People are enamored by his potential and indeed his potential is greater than any player we have seen. However his actual production is another story.
The Spurs got crushed 2 years straight and what do you expect when you have Shaq/Kobe going up against Duncan and...?
Like I said before he didn't dominate his era until everybody got
And Hakeem's best isn't better than Shaq's best. ..Shaq would of crushed Kareem. Kareem can't be who he is if played against Shaq...same goes for Wilt and Russell.