Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: JDawg1536
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Greatest Basketball player ever.
I didn't know this was a Wilt Chamberlain thread.
He was so much bigger and stronger than anyone else at the time, it's not really fair to say that. Most dominant player in an era? Probably.Wilt may have scored 100 in a game, but Shaq in his prime could have scored 100 PER game during the 60's.
Wilt was an awesome shooter in the paint and didn't just get points because of his size and strength, he got many because he was very skilled and a great athlete. He had an fantastic touch but was also very quick. He was a natural scorer.
Shaq on the other hand was and is nothing without his size advantage. Emphasis on Nothing. He's been in the league about 15 years and still can barely shoot the ball outside 4 feet (and 'barely' is probably stretching his abilities as well.)
shaq's footwork and post awareness are tremendous. to discount it as just size show's ignorance of how basketball is played.
Footwork 'for his size', sure. Post awareness tho, lol...wtf does that mean when the offense is designed to run around you.
Because he's learned to pass to an open player when double teamed is hardly freaking genius...he sees over everyone and he eventually learned to be patient when there is a couple guys strapped to him, to look around the court and find who's open. wow.
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