Shaq With Handles And Midrange

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the heightened emphasis on speed rotation and threes... even for centers.

the Shaq we know and love would slow all that down and get in the way...

What version of Shaq was talking? First decade Shaq would fine in the right system. If Jarrett Allen and Looney are serviceable enough in todays NBA and theyve had years not hitting a single 3. Then Shaq with his passing ability will be fine.
 

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What version of Shaq was talking? First decade Shaq would fine in the right system. If Jarrett Allen and Looney are serviceable enough in todays NBA and theyve had years not hitting a single 3. Then Shaq with his passing ability will be fine.

relative to the force that was Shaq, thats marginal

i never said he'd be useless . But modernity would render him as just another player as opposed to an all time dominate sports figure
 

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This is the main reason that him and Kobe fell out. Look at Shaq when Kobe got there and how he looked when he got traded, if Shaq wouldn't have gotten lazy dude WOULD have been the most dominate player to EVER play in the NBA.

nikka got tired carrying that team for three titles, you blame him :mjlol:
 

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shaq would easily be the best big in this era..

theoretically, shaq could today do what he did then....but it wouldn't be winning basketball... so he wouldnt be the same shaq

but hey ,maybe im missing something ... could someone map out the logistics ?
 

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the heightened emphasis on speed rotation and threes... even for centers.

the Shaq we know and love would slow all that down and get in the way...
Nah breh, I’m talking about the Shaq in the video displaying his skills. In today’s game he’d be ALLOWED and encouraged to do that, instead of playing the traditional way.
 

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Keep in mind curry made like 77 3s in a row before in practice....

there's video of him hitting 105 in a row

I was trollin my gang :pachaha:

Point being that a heavily edited 30-sec clip of Shaq performin a weak ass crossover and some bad lookin jumpshots with lifetime fitness ball pressure... is like rondo makin ten 3s in an edited practice clip and ppl thinkin he'd average 40 on 50/40/90 in this era :mjlol:

Shaq would be Shaq in any era bc he'd be unstoppable in the post... not attemptin that bullshyt on the perimeter.
Giannis would be Giannis in any era bc he'd be unstoppable in transition.
 

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This is the main reason that him and Kobe fell out. Look at Shaq when Kobe got there and how he looked when he got traded, if Shaq wouldn't have gotten lazy dude WOULD have been the most dominate player to EVER play in the NBA.
That’s not the reason.

Kobe wanted to be the man on his own team and prove that he was the guy, to validate his own hard work. He wasn’t gonna accept being the #2 player, even if Shaq never “got lazy”.

And Shaq was the man on those teams at the time, could clearly see Kobe was eventually going to become that, and was never gonna accept being #2 behind somebody else when he was previously the #1 (plus the finances obviously).

Kobe and Shaq were never supposed to be a duo that stayed together 15+ years. The egos were always going to clash. Everything they said after was just lip service for their fan bases.
 

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He stopped shooting the jumper because he got too big, and it was too easy for him to go through whoever in the post. He'd take jumpers in the warmup lines, and up to like his second year in LA, he had a version of Ewing's turnaround. It ended up morphing more into the jumphook though. Same for his handles. He stopped handling the ball so much as soon as he got to LA, but young Shaq had a good big man handle.
 

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theoretically, shaq could today do what he did then....but it wouldn't be winning basketball... so he wouldnt be the same shaq

but hey ,maybe im missing something ... could someone map out the logistics ?
Not only would Shaq probably play different now and probably be dribbling and shyt, the game would adapt around him. Like it does for all generational players.
 
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