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KDRE said:
Shaq couldn't stop Olajuwon.

Magic Bird Kareem Wilt Russell James Worthy Isaiah D. Rodman Vinny Johnson Kevin McHale would whup on any team in this league in their primes.
You lose credibility saying hall of famers, and many of them who assembled into the greatest dream team ever couldn't make much of an impact today. The athleticism doens't matter as much when you can't play a lick... (see Darius Miles)
The truth is, the league had better players in it years ago from man 1-13. Guys like Mark Madsen would never be in the league in the 80's. He's not a hustle man either, A.C. Green and Kurt Rambis were Hustle men, Madsen is a joke plus one.
If that 2000 Lakers team is the best they had, then there is no way they would've survived Magic's Lakers. Not even now would they win in that kind of match-up.
Admit it that there are too many players in the L now that don't even have solid fundamentals, and have no clue about why Tim Duncan is praised for such, but they instead call him boring.
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I lose credibility from who, I could care less.......... out of Magic Bird Kareem Wilt Russell James Worthy Isaiah D. Rodman Vinny Johnson Kevin McHale(can't believe you included Dennis Rodman), I don't think anyone of these guys would be as effective as they once were, and I think Kareem would be a scrub and Russell would be Ben Wallace(who won't be a hall of famer)
Shaq couldn't stop Olajuwon. First off Olajuwon was a much better center than Wilt in my opinion, and secondly, Shaq wasn't the a Behometh yet when he was facing off against Olajuwon. Darius Miles does have athletism, but he has nothing else, is that the best example you could find, someone who obviously isn't any good. 2001 Lakers would smash any team in the history of the NBA IMHO. I call Duncan boring, but I also say he's the best player in the NBA. I also agree that too many people in the league today aren't very good(just like back then), but I also believe that the superstars of yesterday aren't better basketball players than the superstars of today. And I include Jordan as a superstar of today....any dispute he's the best player ever?
As of now, with all his fundamentals, Tim Duncan is the best player in the NBA, but a motivated, younger, in shape Shaq, with limited fundamentals, is a better Player.....It takes both fundamentals and athletism, but guess what.........you can work on fundamentals.
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