1. Bill Walton...Led Portland to the NBA Championship over the mighty 76ers. Then he got injured and was never the same.
2. Jabbar...The skyhook was unstoppable. Led Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA Championship.
3. Wilt...Scored 100 points in a single game! One year he avg. over 50 points a game!
Shaq? Please tell me you are kidding.
2. Jabbar...The skyhook was unstoppable. Led Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA Championship.
3. Wilt...Scored 100 points in a single game! One year he avg. over 50 points a game!
Shaq? Please tell me you are kidding.
1. Jabbar/Alcindor Far and away the best all around center in the game.
2. Bill Russell A great team player, and very strong individual defender
3. Moses Malone Imagine how good he would have been if he had gone to college!
I think both Shaq and Stilt have one very big downside to consider when looking at all-time greats at their positions-- Both are physically freaks of nature(relative to their times) compared to others, and their excellence is not due to skill at the position, but their physique. 7 footers were rare when Chamberlain was around. 320 pound mobile 7 footers are still rare.
That said, one on one, I think Shaq would have smoked Wilt. And put Shaq back in that era, with no lane and 3 second violation, and 100 points would probably be a halftime effort.
2. Bill Russell A great team player, and very strong individual defender
3. Moses Malone Imagine how good he would have been if he had gone to college!
I think both Shaq and Stilt have one very big downside to consider when looking at all-time greats at their positions-- Both are physically freaks of nature(relative to their times) compared to others, and their excellence is not due to skill at the position, but their physique. 7 footers were rare when Chamberlain was around. 320 pound mobile 7 footers are still rare.
That said, one on one, I think Shaq would have smoked Wilt. And put Shaq back in that era, with no lane and 3 second violation, and 100 points would probably be a halftime effort.
I think Hakeem in his prime was as good as anyone. Amazing footwork, great shot blocker, his Dream Shake fadeaway was unstoppable. The second year he won the championship after outplaying Robinson and then Shaq was the best NBA playoff center play I ever saw.
I know Wilt and Jabbar had better stats, especially Wilt but when Wilt played there wasn't a whole lot of size to compete with.
I know Wilt and Jabbar had better stats, especially Wilt but when Wilt played there wasn't a whole lot of size to compete with.
Robfunk, I like you , you really know your stuff. What you say about O'neal is correct, just as we were discussing Keyshawn yesterday. Like you say, Bill Russell would get abused today, but Rob, it doesn't end with him, most of those "old~school" guys would get dominated today by Shaq. And Seymour, your right, Shaq belongs on every list also.Wilt had the advantage of playing against much smaller players back then, and this may sound bad, but many more whites, so I he belongs around 4th...
1.Kareem
2.Shaq (yes, already! Obvious #1 when it's over)
3.Hakeem
1.Kareem
2.Shaq (yes, already! Obvious #1 when it's over)
3.Hakeem
