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kingmalaki · 06-23-2011, 10:14 AM

I am seeing a lot of comments about how Shaq was more dominant than any other player. I'm just not seeing it. His best level of play was during the 3-peat. He wasn't anymore dominant in that run than Jordan was during the 6 titles or Hakeem was from 94/95. Hakeem actually had better numbers than him in the 95 run, against better centers (Robinson and Shaq). He dropped 40 on Robinson 3 times in the 95 WCF's.

Now if we are talking career-wise dominance, Shaq was a more dominant scorer than Hakeem but defense and rebounding matter too for a big man, right? Hakeem had some ridiculous seasons from the mid 80's to early 90's.

I think the Shaq/Hakeem argument can go either way, but no way can I take Shaq over Magic or Bird. Both of those guys gave you 20/10/7 and were clearly more "into winning" than Shaq. If I had to start a team I'm probably going Kareem, Jordan, Magic and Bird (no particular order).

06-23-2011, 10:14 AM	#64
kingmalaki Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 486	I am seeing a lot of comments about how Shaq was more dominant than any other player. I'm just not seeing it. His best level of play was during the 3-peat. He wasn't anymore dominant in that run than Jordan was during the 6 titles or Hakeem was from 94/95. Hakeem actually had better numbers than him in the 95 run, against better centers (Robinson and Shaq). He dropped 40 on Robinson 3 times in the 95 WCF's. Now if we are talking career-wise dominance, Shaq was a more dominant scorer than Hakeem but defense and rebounding matter too for a big man, right? Hakeem had some ridiculous seasons from the mid 80's to early 90's. I think the Shaq/Hakeem argument can go either way, but no way can I take Shaq over Magic or Bird. Both of those guys gave you 20/10/7 and were clearly more "into winning" than Shaq. If I had to start a team I'm probably going Kareem, Jordan, Magic and Bird (no particular order).