STOP Disrespecting SHAQ
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Published 2024-01-06
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All Comments (21)
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Fill in the blank. Shaq is the _ greatest Center.
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The fact that he said Shaq was 5th, and Bill Russell wasnt one of the 4 ahead of him 🤦🏽♂️
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Maddog not only saying 5 players better than Shaq instead of 4 but then also failing to mention Bill Russel was just hilarious 🤣
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Shaqs production in the finals isn’t talked about enough, he always saved his best for last
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Embiid is nowhere near Shaq 😂
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I think the source of Shaq's humble streak is some regret about not having pushed himself harder during his career. In the years before he died Kobe said in a few interviews that Shaq could have become the GOAT if he had only focused on basketball. Maybe Shaq has come to agree.
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The amount of shouting in the first clip was unbelievable. Thank goodness for calmer voices like you.
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I don't think it's disrespectful to say Shaq is the 5th best center ever because of who the four ahead him could be. You can definitely argue that Kareem, Russell, Wilt, and Olajuwon are ahead of Shaq.
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An 18 mins Jonny video? I used to pray for times like this🙏🏻
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For his career, Embiid has been an offensive liability past the 1st round of the playoffs. His fans quickly forget this and let him fool them again by having a good regular season
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In 01, Shaq dominated against Duncan and Robinson in a WCF sweep, and then dominated against Mutumbo in a finals Gentleman Sweep. People like to say the 2017 warriors would beat the Lakers, but if Shaq averaged 30 being defended by Duncan/Robinson/Mutumbo, then he would average 50 being defended by Javale McGee and Zaza Pachulia
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My memory of Shaq was of someone steamrolling over everyone and dunking the ball. I know it didn't happen every time. But it sure seemed like it did.
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If you heard what Shannon Sharpe said about Shaq was honestly on point. Shaq had a GOAT conversation if he wasn’t an underachiever: he could have easily had more points, more rings, and could have surpassed Kareem as best center of all time. It’s impossible not to like Shaq, and he is still a HOFer just from 2000-2002 alone, but if he cared more for his body rather than the Hollywood lifestyle (aka avoid injuries based on his weight), he would possibly finish with more rings than Kareem.
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That stat about Embiid averaging 33.1ppg in the reg season and only 23.7 in the playoffs brings to mind Wilt's stats, who for his career averaged 30ppg in the reg season but only 22.5ppg in the playoffs.
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It’s just not possible to compare post 2015 player stats to early stats because the game has changed so much, better spacing—better efficiency, faster pace of play, rules changes making defense harder
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An oversimplified analysis on Joel vs Shaq's ppg accounting for the difference in eras. Shaq avg: 29.4 2000 Lakers avg: 100.8 2000 League Avg: 97.5 Joel avg: 34.8 2024 76ers avg: 120.7 2024 League Avg: 115.5 So Shaq accounts for 29.4% of the Lakers points and 30.4% of the league average points Joel accounts for 28.8% of the 76ers points and 30.1% of the league average points. Take that as you will
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Not one player today could have slowed down prime Shaq
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Completely agree. Like I said before I love how you compare players between era's. Context always matters as it should. Also Embiid has an historic level drop-off of ppg between regular - post season.
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Shaq is often referred to as the "most dominant big man ever" yet he never led the league in rebounding. Wouldn't the "most dominant big man ever" clean up the boards? (For comparison to other centers Wilt lead the league in rebounding 11 times, Moses 6 times, Bill Russell 4 times, Hakeem 2 times, and Kareem once). Also, Shaq won 2 scoring titles, you'd think such a dominant player would win more (though to be fair he did finish second by decimal points a few times). Plus, the "most dominant big man ever" only won 1 MVP. As great as his resume is, I really think Shaq underachieved.
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Shaq actually is 5th greatest of all time I think there should be no doubt about Wilt, Bill and Kareem and then it's a personal opinion but I have Hakeem at 4 because of his unmatched D If we get Tim in there and not call him a PF, then that's another debate
