Shaq is barely a top 5 center?

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no hate to wilt or russel

but if shaq played in they time he would have dominated probably more than they did. just saying

as for the op, its absolutely ridiculous. shaq was a force of nature. he is def top 5 possibly top 3 center ever

only centers i clearly take over him is hakeem and kareem.

So he woulda gave you better than 50 and 25? :usure:
 

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no hate to wilt or russel

but if shaq played in they time he would have dominated probably more than they did. just saying

as for the op, its absolutely ridiculous. shaq was a force of nature. he is def top 5 possibly top 3 center ever

only centers i clearly take over him is hakeem and kareem.


If you sent 1993 Shaq back in time he would dominate.

But if Shaq was born in 1935, and had to play under the same conditions, wwear the same types of school, get the same types of coaching, nutrition, fitness players had back in those days, i don't believe he would've been as dominant or near that dominant to tower over those players.
 

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And Hakeem's best isn't better than Shaq's best


:rudy:


Let's compare their primes:ufdup:


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:camby:
 

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Shaq would give you 60/30/5 in Russel's era. Would be the #1 draft pick on all fantasy squads.

So the nikka who never avg. 30 or 15 is gonna double those numbers up in Russell's era? :comeon:

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.
 

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So he woulda gave you better than 50 and 25? :usure:
in the 50's and 60's where your power forward could very easily be 6'4 uh yea he could.

ill acknowledge that maybe shaq wouldnt be the rebounder that wilt was but as far as scoring, oh yea shaq could easily drop 50 a game back in those times.

i still stand by my statement, guys like russel, wilt, moses, are best debatable, but def not clearly better than shaq. only clearly better than shaq imo hakeem and kareem
 

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in the 50's and 60's where your power forward could very easily be 6'4 uh yea he could.

ill acknowledge that maybe shaq wouldnt be the rebounder that wilt was but as far as scoring, oh yea shaq could easily drop 50 a game back in those times.

i still stand by my statement, guys like russel, wilt, moses, are best debatable, but def not clearly better than shaq. only clearly better than shaq imo hakeem and kareem

Based upon what? He didn't even top 30 in his times. T-Mac, AI, Kobe, Lebron, D. Wade, Dominique, Jerry Stackhouse :dead: all have higher career high ppg for a season than Shaq. We not just talking about droppin 50 we talking about droppin more than 50 because Wilt did that and you asserted Shaq would be more dominant. As far as Russell goes he won 11 rings in 13 years with stacked squads. Shaq won 4 rings in 19 years with stacked squads.

The problem I have when people talk about Shaq is that they focus on potential rather than actual production. He had all the tools physically to be a modern day Wilt and didn't get it done AND he had all the teammates to be a modern day Russell and didn't get it done. Great player, all-time great, probably top 5 at his position but I am not about to just assume he would dominate era's gone by when he had to wait for Mike to retire and the other great C's to get old and had to get a duplicate of Mike in the backcourt to dominate his.
 
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