The Shaq comparison is more accurate.

people in this thread are showing their lack of knowledge
@bear27, soccer is an 11 man sport where the body isnt as useful. Obviously Shaq was more dominant in his sport, but the fact remains.
BEcks was nowhere near as talented with a football(soccer) as these players were with a Basketball.
Exactly.
He had a fantastic wand of a right peg and the stamina of a marathon runner. But his greatest strength was his mentality and because of that it made a some what limited player into a global ICON. Becks transcends his sport, really how many NBA players can you say the same about without naming the GAWD type players