Shaq’s First Encounter With Yao Ming Did Not Go As Expected 

Oh, he would have 3pt range if he played today easy. I'm not saying he would be Jokic from 3 but definitely have the range.

@@augustv3ryown446he’d be the slowest player by a long shot so he’d love chucking top key shots

@@augustv3ryown446 Jokic vs Yao would be quite the matchup

@@TheBlackBanthajokic would struggle realistically he’s slow to and we see he loves backing down smaller and weaker defenders like bam but he can’t do that to yao

Says the same people complaining about today's nba being soft and shooting too much. We weren't ready for Yao? Please..... 🙄

Not many 7 footers have a long career. If Yao played in this era, he would be destroyed. Unfortunately now it's run and gun. Yao doesn't have the stamina to run like that.

what did he REALLY Do?? other then get blocked like twice by Nate Robinson... Also HOW in TF did he get into the Hall of Fame???? the dude never got passed the 1 round ply offs in his career so is the HOF really just a charity show for old plyers???

@billybadass3056 well when you have Steve Francis on your team, it is really hard to make it to pass the next round.

@@mlai2546 Steve & Tracy.... now I give Mcgrady a pass because he was an legitimate elite plyer but still... that rockets team WITH their Coach Jeff Vangundy, one of my personal fav coaches, were the MOST Overrated and Underachieving team I've EVER seen in my life

@billybadass3056 well, in all honest, they didn't have that superstar player to win it all. McGrady was a good player, but he is no Kobe, Wade, or LeBron. He is a volume shooter like Allen Iverson. Wade and Lebron in their prime shot over 50% fg. McGrady is low 40% fg. That won't win you a championship.

Yeah he had game

lol

Shaq bullied the whole league up to that point so you can’t blame him for thinking he couldn’t do that to a foreign player. Foreign players as a whole didn’t have the respect they have now back then.🤷🏽‍♂️

Lol he did

He got 31 points while destroying Yao on defense. That's 4 more points than what he average during the season.

​@@MistaP13shit depending on who you're talking to there's still mfs who disrespect euro players so much. Especially those Barber shop talks with old mfs who've been out of touch with the league since 2006.

My memory of Yao's HOF induction was roasting AI lol and AI after understanding Yao was joking loved it

Same

Yeah it was a good game

I was watching it 2 was very good hard fought game on the inside bet Yao was sore as heck couple days from banging wit Shaq 1st time

everything today is emotional damage

Yao _"You never talk to me Shaq"_

That story was hilarious

You actually believed that story? Lol

@@chad_b Shaq: _"You don't? Google me👉💍"_ 😁😁

Yeah that was dope

Yeah I remember watching the game

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

He had a similar offensive game to Tim duncan and wilt chamberlain

What’s even sadder was the TMAC and yao pairing never got maximized… when yao was injured, tmac was playing… when tmac was injured, yao was playing

Shaq IS a pretty big asshole. He just wraps it all up with a smile and jokes but if you’ve watched a decent amount of him you will quickly realise he’s super insecure and that manifests in a very narcissistic way. Whenever someone challenges him on something related to basketball he just starts blaring on about rings lol.

4real

And also how they both retired in the same year

Yao even had a nice nod to Shaq during his speech

I did too😂

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

Hopefully Wemby he won't be another victim of that curse.

​@@JakeStevysonhe definitely takes more precautions taking care of his body than most but at the end of the day he's still 7'4 weighing the same as a 6ft PG. Hopefully him not being so bulky doesn't stress his feet and knees.

Is that because of the length of their legs?

@@fortynights1513 think it's just the way the muscles and tendon are tied to all of the bones from the hips on down to the length of the toes. I can't pretend that I'm medically educated but there's a build that you see on some of these guys that just doesn't hold up to the pounding that you get on the hardwoods. I'm sure there's medical papers on the way the muscle and ligaments of somebody that size differentiate from a well-muscled guy at 6 ft 4. The guys who were able to avoid injury had grown in spurts over the years and had once been talented athletes in other sports. Guys like Hakeem Olajuwon .They carry a lot more muscle and that seems to be the key unless you're somebody like Zion who has some bizarre muscular situation that actually works to his deficit. Wemby is going to be interesting to watch. If I just went on what my eyes were seeing I would have to say that there's going to be problems and problems pretty fast. There are those players who do not fit into the mold but even those guys end up getting hurt. I'm thinking of Kevin Durant specifically. For the sake of the league I hope I'm wrong. At least in this case.

My guess is, most of the giants neglect to prep up their legs as much to endure a long grind. Yes it has a built-in weakness, but I think medical science and exercise has progressed far enough to make them last longer. Hopefully, we could see a healthy 7'4+ guy that gets to play all of his prime years.

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

He had a regular human build. Which is amazing.

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

Hahahaha

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

@@JohnnyRodgers3they wouldn’t do a god damn thing

@@coloneldusty4476 wilt would run Shaq to death bro

So does Wembanyama

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

@@wazzup233No. Wemby is barely 200 lbs. Yao was 330 plus.

Hmm! That’s funny, I rememberYao blocking Shaq three times and icing the win with a dunk.

Yao was skinny that year, then he put on fifty more pounds....

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

Backing someone down that you outweigh and dunking on them is basketball skill? If a 16 yr old did that to a 5 yr old it wouldn't be called basketball skill. It's physics.

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

Exactly lol

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

Imagine what Artis Gilmore and wilt would against Shaq lol...wilt was 7ft1 barefoot Gilmore was 7ft2 1/3 barefoot Shaq admitted himself that he was 6ft11 barefoot...on top of the height and reach advantage...both wilt and Gilmore had the weight, strength and IQ to stop Shaq

@@JohnnyRodgers3 They may have had the Height over him I’m not gonna argue that but, he was one of the most Dominant centers I’ve ever seen. Not saying that wilt and Artist Gilmore wasn’t just as good as Shaq I just think SHAQ is the most Dominant center of all time. 🤷‍♂️

@@breonwilliams7 I think In order to be truly Dominant you have to dominate the best...I don't think Shaq dominant hakeem, or Robinson or Ewing etc...he really only started winning when the great centers of that era started to get old...wilt however was playing in a much denser league with steeper competition Bill Russell Kareem Abdul JABBAR Willis reed Walt Bellamy Bob macadoo Elvin hayes Dave cowens ZELMO baety Bob lanier Nate Thurmond Etc... These are just some of the centers he was facing in an 8-16 team league...which means he would be playing these guys every game to every other game...and was putting up STAGGERING numbers...he even won in the middle of Russells prime...the only player to do that...he beat Kareem for a chip...he beat Willis reed for a chip...he beat Nate thurmond for a chip etc... Who did Shaq really dominate against...Rick smitts? Todd mchoulough?

@@breonwilliams7 do me a favor rq and look up "why wilt chamberlain couldn't play like Shaq wilt chamberlain archive"...and just imagine how the record book would've looked if the rules were different

It's funny that the team's offense was better overall when Yao was running the offense instead of Tmac