Rodman legit guarded all 5 positions. People say that hypothetically this player could do it and maybe this player could do it, but Rodman actually did. As a Piston he guarded Magic, Jordan and Pippen. As a Bull he guarded Kemp, Malone, and Shaq.
@@luciousthomas6141 Ben Wallace could guard all 5 positions too... His perimeter defense and bullying through screens was his best attribute, you serious? He's also shut down Shaq before. I'd still probably take Rodman though because he's the better rebounder
Hakeem the Dream for me any day. The best way I could put it, even though Shaq was dominant in his playing career, he prevented himself from becoming the GOAT and left a lot on the table in terms of points, achievements and accolades.
@@uncuthoops oh? is your agrument based around competion? i mean, i meant from just playing style, hakeem in 94, could guard 1-5, and hadnt been able to do that since the late 80s when he was more atheltic. he had less scoring, but more defensive abilities.
Hakeem won 2 Championships with decent teammates but Shaq won 4 with Kobe and DWade. If Hakeem had teammates on that caliber in the 90s the Bulls probably wouldn’t have 6 championships.
1989 WCFR: Sonics vs Rockets ( 3:2 ). *Hakeem Olajuwon lost in the first round to team whose best player was Dale Ellis.* Hakeem in the first round could not beat the team, which could not win even 50 games.
Dream and rather easily. 2000 Shaq damn near choked in game 7 against the Blazers and only scored 19. Dominated against the Pacers but an old Rik Smits wasn't any match for him. 95 Hakeem dominated Robinson and Shaq. Next question please.
Akeem, (before he changed the spelling of his name), was a very physical player. Watch some ‘86 era Olajuwon. He added a lot of skill to his game as his career progressed. Olajuwon is the greatest center of all time.
Also, when Hakeem was drafted #1, he had been playing basketball for only about 5 years. He had a lot of the same skills just far less polished. Still, he improved his dead last rockets by 19 games in his 1st year and in his second led the rockets with ralph sampson to defeat the defending champs showtime lakers and take the celtics 5 future HOFers to 6 games before losing 4-2.
Olajuwon : 3RD Highest PPG AVG - 3RD Most Points in Playoffs Title Run Finally, someone knowing how to give due importance to this type of performance. Which is possibly the most or one of the most important things that a player does in his campaign. Between Shaq and Hakeem the dispute is tough, but I will stay with Hakeem.
Other centers might have more rings, but I don't believe any center in their prime is outplaying mid-90s Hakeem. Not Shaq, and I haven't seen any other center play the way he did during that time against such exceptional competition and under such pressure to carry his team to championships. He was the only genuine star on his team and dominating against players like David Robinson and Shaq. Best defender. Most offensively skilled center. Tough to find any flaws in Hakeem at his peak. He was incredible.
Hey man, I hope everything is all right. I noticed you deactivated your twitter account which is a big bummer because your twitter account is amazing and helped us learn a lot about basketball. I hope it everything is alright and that your twitter returns soon.
Im pretty sure he deactivated his acc bc he said that if bron wins the ring or sum like that he would deactivate it. Unless u were joking then that flew right over my head, otherwise ya it was some bet he made but his instas still up
Hakeem run in the 1994 and 1995 playoffs were both legendary imo. Tho I can understand why ppl choose his 1994 season over his 1995 season since he won Regular season MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and NBA Finals MVP all in the same year even tho the road the 1995 NBA finals was a bit tougher. You can’t go wrong choosing either season over the other.
There’s probably thousands of players out there that could be as good as Shaq if they were blessed with his physical gifts. You can’t say the same about Hakeem
The Dream gave it 110% on both sides of the court. If I had the first pick in fantasy BB, he would no doubt be my first pick. Yes, over MJ and LeBald. Hakeem best center in NBA history.
And no hate on Hakeem but Shaq had better regular season numbers arguably better postseason numbers and better finals numbers and while the argument of who Hakeem faced holds weight it’s the only argument for Hakeem and one argument isn’t enough to take out shaqs best season.
To be fair Olajuwon showed Shaq his bag of tricks in the summers of 96(Olympics together), 97, and 98 when Shaq moved to Houston. So without that happening then the 00 Shaq would kust be a stronger, heavier, and slower 95 Shaq. So give me the 95 Olajuwon, especially since he played against PRIME hall of fame bigs. 00 Shaq DIDN'T.
I will go with 1995 Hakeem because he dominated his competition at the center position: Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Shaquille O’Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutimbo.
Wish we could see a simulation on what would happen if prime Hakeem was on the Lakers from 1999-2004, and prime Shaq on the Rockets 1991-1996. Switching teams in their prime.
I enjoyed this video. Shaq had Kobe. Shaq was the man in Kobe's younger years, but he was still Kobe. I enjoyed watching both of these big men in their primes.
I don't think any center in history could stop a prime Shaq. He averaged 28.0 points a game in the finals against prime Hakeem and he was only 23 yrs old so just imagine what he would have done being the 2000 version of Shaq when he was an absolute BEAST!!!
I wouldn’t go that far. Hakeem was more skilled, but Shaq was more powerful. Shaq’s power was more overwhelming than Hakeem’s finesse. That’s why I rank Shaq a notch or two above Hakeem.
@@yassiamy invalid argument, it doesn't change the fact that Hakeem was far more skilled on the offensive end and miles better on the defensive end as well. Two-time defensive player of the year versus zero and not to mention Hakeem also led the league in rebounds despite being shorter and weaker than Shaq. First all-time in blocks and 8th all time in steals untouchable even for the standards of a center. Only player to ever win the championship finals MVP League MVP and defensive player of the year in the same season Dream > Shaq
Honestly if I had to win a game against the martians my first pick is peak Shaq, above peak MJ and peak Lebron even. Dude was like having a cave troll on your side, nothing to do
I believe 'Jonny Arnett' already made a video comparing those two players. You can watch that until 'Uncut Hoops' makes a video comparison...just a suggestion.
94>93>90>95, defense matters. However between the first 2 it depends on roster construction, 93 Hakeem would be better as a second option, because of superior rebounding along with him already getting less touches than in 94. 94 Hakeem had demonstrated greater playoff resilience after putting up 28 a game against the best defensive frontcourt ever, much better than his performance against the Supersonics' zone defense, thus he's better as a 1st banana.
Consider: (1) a fast break with the offense streaking for the basket; (2) a foul shot with the score tied in the 7th game on the line; (3) having to defend the other team's best scorer who's ready to take a shot far away from the basket--and then answer whom you want to be the man of the moment. Hands-down for me: Hakeem.
2000 Shaq had a better season collecting Individual accolades than 1995 Hakeem. But Hakeem had a slightly tougher run in the 1995 playoffs than Shaq did in the 2000 playoffs. This is coming from one of the biggest Shaq and Kobe fans btw.
@@luciousthomas6141 Oh for sure. Him winning RS MVP, Finals MVP and DPOY all in the same year in 1994 was extremely impressive and 1994 Knicks were tougher to beat than the 2000 Blazers & Pacers imo.
That’s not shaqs fault and taking into consideration of Shaqs monster finals numbers, his MVP season you can’t hold on to the oh but look at Hakeem route and it’s end all to be all.
I agree with this video and pick Dream too, but man people who never saw Shaq play in his prime days with the Lakers...it's hard to describe how good he was. Like, you can say he was the most dominant big man ever, but that still doesn't do him justice. He was scary- like freaky scary. Some teams would have to carry 2-3 extra bigs because by the end of the 3rd Shaq had everyone in foul trouble. And I was too young to really enjoy Hakeem in his prime, but Shaq literally was double like 80% of the time. If he wasn't, he would score. Simple as that. You could not stop him one on one. I'd go so far as to say no one in the history of the league could stop Shaq one on one.
@BigChris Man Yes. All of Hakeem's stats and physical attributes can be objectively researched unlike Wilt. He was just as much an offensive force as he was a defensive force unlike Russell.
@@harmanjotsingh4230 There's alot about Wilt that can't actually be confirmed due to the era he lived in. But from the video that IS out on him, he's definitely up there and I'd put him above Shaq. But Hakeem literally had no weakness from a skill standpoint. He put up ridiculous statlines that can actually be found on RU-vid
@BigChris Man Personally I think so. We've seen Hakeem carry a team to back-to-back titles, which will likely never be done again. Plus I prefer his playstyle over Tim
Shaq was better by the time he reached his prime.. Nobody was stopping him not even a Prime Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem was stopping Shaq during the 3 peat era 2000-2003
In 1995 a 32 year old Olajuwon swept and 23 year old shaq in the nba finals. And in 2000 28 year old Shaq beat a 33 year old rik smits in 6 games. One of the games the lakers won Shaq had fouled out in ot. So who do you think is better??
Shaq in 00 Scoring champion All nba first team All defensive second team MVP All star MVP Nba FMVP Had better regular season stats arguably better postseason stats and had better finals stats and your only argument to each one of them is Hakeems route (no all defensive team in 95 all nba third team, led his team to a 6th seed, has arguably better postseason stats and that’s it.) while a good point is your only point. You can’t just keep repeating a point and say that’s it. 00 Shaq > 95 Hakeem is pretty easy
@@MrSlashblade 00 Shaq faced 33 year old rik smits in the finals. 94 Hakeem faced Ewing In the finals. And swept some muscle bound loser in the 95 finals
It's obvious that these Rockets rested guys to dominate in the playoffs. Rather if it wasn't intentional, as time passed it seems that's exactly what they did.
Kobe, LeBron, Melo Ming, Howard, Amare etc.,went to the Dream, because he had superior inside skills to Shaq. O'Neal could shoot outside of 6 feet from the basket. Plus Hakeem is also a superior rim protector. GIVE ME HAKEEM EVERYDAY !
Burte force against technique matched only by Jordan? Mid range game, footwork, defensive IQ and great work ethic against… brute force. Shaq is one of the greatest but Olajuwan is a different animal. Dude was dancing with that ball, it was top tier level of artistry.
‘00 Shaq was a dominant force of nature. He was battle tested and was entering his prime. Plus he also had young Frobe who no one on that rockets team would want smoke with. ‘00 Shaq hands down
Why not do Hakeem 1994 season? You’re comparing maybe his second best to Shaq’s best that ain’t fair lol. But then again, if you compared 94 to 00 it wouldn’t be much of a comparison if u thing this season is close. Hakeem swept the 3 most important awards that year
It is not about one on one, but team. Shaq had a better supporting cast on the 2000 Lakers that would make it easier for him to win. Also let's not forget Shaq but up numbers against Hakeem in the Finals, Hakeem just had "prettier moves" yet in Basketball it all counts as 2 points, unless you behind the arc
Hakeem was the superior center. Shaq was given exceptional privileges by the refs and/or league office in terms of repeatedly getting away with offensive fouls. If offensive fouls were called against him in 2000 and onward the same way they were called against him in 95 and earlier, he would not have been as dominant a scorer in 2000 and onward.
Bruh you put his 1994 stats but that's cool since everyone knows that Hakeem's 1994 season was better than his 1995 season. Dream's playoff performance in 1995 was epic though
Hakeem is the man,but that yr.4 Shaq was the first of a 3 yr. span that the league had absolutely NO answer 4 him. Only 1 other player did that...& he did it twice.
Olajuwon should have won MVP even in 93 (Suns without Barkley won 55 games and with Chuck won 62). He had absolutely nobody. The man was a beast. Most skilled center I ever saw and I see NBA since 91. He beat Jabbar, MVP/DPOY Robinson, Ewing, Malone, Barkley, Shaq (everyone on their prime) to make 3 NBA Finals and took legendary Celtics to 6 games. Shaq beat past prime Sabonis, past prime Robinson and Rik Smiths. Just not the same. Olajuwon was better shooter, passer and defender than Shaq.
Tough to play well vs the Spurs were the refs allowed Tim Duncan and David Robinson double team Shaq and get away with murder hacking him throughout the series. Meanwhile the refs swallowed their whistles every time Shaq breathed on Duncan or when he flopped against Shaq.
@Seymore Buddz 1996 ECF: vs RODMAN. *Shaquille O"Neal=27- 11- 4, FG-64%.* Unlike Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O"Neal did not choke or score 6-Points in an important game. 1996 WCSF: *Game1: Hakeem Olajuwon=6-Points, on 33%.*
@@allanhouston6759both got a sweep in 1996 if I remember so that whole point that you’re saying doesn’t mean anything if Shaq didn’t choke than why did he get swept?
