Hakeem Olajuwon is better than Lebron James
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Imagine thinking Hakeem is a better scorer than lebron, there’s literally nothing you can reference that supports this besides “having more skill”
Hakeem is a much much better defender than Lebron. He's a much better shot blocker, he's a better ball stealer than lebron. He's better clutch player than Lebron. He's a better rebounder (both offensive and defensive) than Lebron. Oh and he won his first 2 titles with one of the least impressive supporting casts ever while Lebron had to join a super team to win his first 2 titles.
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The responses to this just shows the Colisuem is filled with a quite a bunch of millennials. Even if that was not your era, do your research people. Hakeem was a flat out monster and was every bit as talented as Lebron is. 
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You mean like the Bulls never facing a Hall of fame Center in the Finals?
Or how Rockets were 8-2 against the Bulls?
Or how the bulls eliminated the same teams that habitually sonned the rockets in the playoffs , in the finals
Btw how many hall of fame centers did the Lakers,sonics,jazz have? They needed none while eliminating Hakeem 4x(2 sweeps)
You lost for thinking these nikkas care about defenseThe responses to this just shows the Colisuem is filled with a quite a bunch of millennials. Even if that was not your era, do your research people. Hakeem was a flat out monster and was every bit as talented as Lebron is.
That’s not as much of a ridiculous statement folks tryna make it out to be. Even outside of his back to back title runs...
Early in his career when he had a legit team around him, Hakeem & Ralph Sampson took down the Showtime Lakers in the Western Conference Finals during their era of dominance.
That’s damn near worth a ring in itself. Granted, they lost to the Celtics in the Finals (but didn’t get swept).
Then there’s the fact that he’s still the only player ever to win Defensive Player of the Year, MVP, and Finals MVP in the same year.
At their peak, I’d say it’s pretty close.
Early in his career when he had a legit team around him, Hakeem & Ralph Sampson took down the Showtime Lakers in the Western Conference Finals during their era of dominance.
That’s damn near worth a ring in itself. Granted, they lost to the Celtics in the Finals (but didn’t get swept).
Then there’s the fact that he’s still the only player ever to win Defensive Player of the Year, MVP, and Finals MVP in the same year.
At their peak, I’d say it’s pretty close.
Lebron was an elite defender in his prime and came in second in dpoy that 2012 season, the only reason he didn’t win was because the voters didn’t want to give a player dpoy and mvp in the same season... so I’m not buying the Hakeem was an overwhelming better defender, and comparing a center’s rim protecting to a perimeter player is redundant.Hakeem is a much much better defender than Lebron. He's a much better shot blocker, he's a better ball stealer than lebron. He's better clutch player than Lebron. He's a better rebounder (both offensive and defensive) than Lebron. Oh and he won his first 2 titles with one of the least impressive supporting casts ever while Lebron had to join a super team to win his first 2 titles.
Hakeem’s rebounding and rim protection doesn’t compensate for the advantage bron brings with scoring and facilitating while also being a great defender.
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fully agreeded. Much better shooter, better hairline, much better defender, equal in IQ, much more dominant in regular and POST season.
Haters that live in the moment will disagree though.
Haters that live in the moment will disagree though.
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He WAS a better scorer you fukking idiot.Imagine thinking Hakeem is a better scorer than lebron, there’s literally nothing you can reference that supports this besides “having more skill”
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Hakeem is WAY underrated on these boards, I have him top-5 all-time, but this thread.... 
I'm guessing you missed the first 8 or so years of Hakeem's career when he wasn't even a great scorer, just a guy who used his athleticism down low. It took Hakeem a LONG time to become a effectively diverse scorer, that was just mid-90s Hakeem not 1980s Hakeem.
Still, Hakeem is underrated as a scorer because even though his numbers weren't great compared to other all-time players, he was just as effective in the playoffs as he was in the regular season, sometimes even more so.
But better than LeBron? More variety than LeBron?
Show me his range (I'll give you a hint - don't go past 15-16 feet or so). Show me how he breaks down guys from the top of the key. Or more bluntly, show me how he only averaged 51% on twos as a big man (never better than 53% in any season) while LeBron averages 55% on twos as a perimeter player?
Hakeem was no slouch on anything, peak Hakeem was the most well-rounded big ever, but LeBron still has a lot of advantages.
What do you even mean by that?
I'm guessing you missed the first 8 or so years of Hakeem's career when he wasn't even a great scorer, just a guy who used his athleticism down low. It took Hakeem a LONG time to become a effectively diverse scorer, that was just mid-90s Hakeem not 1980s Hakeem.
Still, Hakeem is underrated as a scorer because even though his numbers weren't great compared to other all-time players, he was just as effective in the playoffs as he was in the regular season, sometimes even more so.
But better than LeBron? More variety than LeBron?
Show me his range (I'll give you a hint - don't go past 15-16 feet or so). Show me how he breaks down guys from the top of the key. Or more bluntly, show me how he only averaged 51% on twos as a big man (never better than 53% in any season) while LeBron averages 55% on twos as a perimeter player?
The one place you're right. Even though LeBron is a great defender for his position, Hakeem's impact on that end as an elite big is much better. Hakeem's a more impactful rebounder too.
LeBron is a better shooter, driver, ballhandler, passer, perimeter defender on guards, has higher bball IQ and was a better leader.
Hakeem was no slouch on anything, peak Hakeem was the most well-rounded big ever, but LeBron still has a lot of advantages.
I agree with you that it was pretty equal to what LeBron did against the Warriors. The big problem for Hakeem being that he has an awful lot of early playoff losses on his resume outside of those two big years. A lot of those losses weren't his "fault", but he can't really pull ahead of LeBron on playoff record or even big moments.
What do you even mean by that?
Hakeem doesn't have the scoring volume or efficiency to be better there is literally nothing you can show me that hakeem is better than bron at offensively besides post moves.
nikkas really trying to argue hakeem is a better scorer because of footwork and ignoring the numbers.
Hakeem is #6 on my list. But no he is not.
Duncan was a center who came in a PF because David Robinson was still playing. When D-Rob retired, he played center.