Awww shyt
IRONICALLY NONE
OF THESE GIFS ARE FROM YOUR
PEAK SHAQ ERA YET YOURE
PRETENDING YOU WATCHED HIM.
No one was more dominant than Peak Shaq
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murksiderock
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Shaq's three most dominant playoff performances were versus:
•2000 Pacers
•2002 Nets
•2001 Sixers
Tell me the front line these teams had that had anything close to competing with Shaq. His biggest series were versus neither great teams nor an elite big (4 or 5) that could rival his production...
This dude was "decimating" chumps. His biggest postseason moments aren't against anyone relevant...
Beat Jordan in the playoffs..LeBron, Curry, Durant was never on his level. Ever.
I don't think that's exactly fair. The Sixers had Mutombo who was an all-time great defender at center. Nets split time between Todd MacCulloch and Jason Collins, who both at least had the size to match up with Shaq. Rik Smits was soft but he was 7'4" and had Dale Davis on the help who was a hardnosed defender with length. It's not like there were ever a bunch of 7' 300lb defensive stalwarts in the league, so those aren't the worst options.
I don't think you can really take away from Shaq's Finals performances 2000-2002, which were truly impressive. The bigger knock on his dominance is how inconsistent he was. If he was so dominant in 2000, they why did he only average 25ppg on 53% shooting against a hobbled Sabonis in the 2000 WCF, and put up 18 points on 5-9 shooting (with 4 turnovers) in the decisive Game 7? Why'd he only average 24ppg on 49% shooting against a past-prime Robinson in '99 while getting swept out of the WCSF? Why didn't he enforce his will upon the game in the losses against the '95 Rockets, '96 Bulls, '97 Jazz, '98 Jazz, '03 Spurs, or '04 Pistons? And how is it that the most dominant player in history never once averaged 30ppg for a season?
Shaq really might have been the most dominant player in history. He at least has a case. But it's frustrating to see how dominant he could be at times, and yet how inconsistently that dominance appeared.
This is a bad post.
Riveting analysis, friend.
That statement didn't need one, friend.
So two wrongs make a right(in your opinion)? I'm wasting bandwidth and brain cells on this exchange. Enjoy your day brehthren
I CANT TAKE YOU SERIOUS
WHEN YOU POST shyt LIKE THIS
AND YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME.
I DONT KNOW IF YOURE
BEING SNEAKY WHEN YOU DO IT
OR YOU JUST DONT WATCH GAMES
AND SIMPILY RELY ON BOXSCORES.
PORTLAND OBVIOUSLY DOUBLED SHAQ
WHEN HE DIDNT EVEN HAVE THE BALL
LET ALONE WHEN HE CAUGHT THE BALL
AND FORCED THE LAKERS ROLE PLAYERS TO BEAT THEM.
SO HES CLEARLY SEEING MUTIPLE
DEFENDERS MOST SHOT ATTEMPTS
WHEN HES NOT RECIEVING HARD FOULS
YET YOU PRETEND A "HOBBLED" SABONIS, ROBINSON OR WHOEVER ELSE
SINGLE COVERED HIM AND CONTAINED HIM.
IT WAS PICK YOUR POISON
WITH THE LAKERS.
GIVE ALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
SHAQ AND FORCE EVERYONE ELSE
TO BEAT YOU OR STAY WITH THE
SHOOTERS AND WATCH SHAQ GO CRAZY.
THATS WHERE THE "INCONSISTENCY"
COMES FROM IN HIS NUMBERS.
There's only one wrong here
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
Imagine if Shaq was just an ok free throw shooter
I CANT TAKE YOU SERIOUS
WHEN YOU POST shyt LIKE THIS
AND YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME.
I DONT KNOW IF YOURE
BEING SNEAKY WHEN YOU DO IT
OR YOU JUST DONT WATCH GAMES
AND SIMPILY RELY ON BOXSCORES.
PORTLAND OBVIOUSLY DOUBLED SHAQ
WHEN HE DIDNT EVEN HAVE THE BALL
LET ALONE WHEN HE CAUGHT THE BALL
AND FORCED THE LAKERS ROLE PLAYERS TO BEAT THEM.
SO HES CLEARLY SEEING MUTIPLE
DEFENDERS MOST SHOT ATTEMPTS
WHEN HES NOT RECIEVING HARD FOULS
YET YOU PRETEND A "HOBBLED" SABONIS, ROBINSON OR WHOEVER ELSE
SINGLE COVERED HIM AND CONTAINED HIM.
IT WAS PICK YOUR POISON
WITH THE LAKERS.
GIVE ALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
SHAQ AND FORCE EVERYONE ELSE
TO BEAT YOU OR STAY WITH THE
SHOOTERS AND WATCH SHAQ GO CRAZY.
THATS WHERE THE "INCONSISTENCY"
COMES FROM IN HIS NUMBERS.
First off I watched every minute of every game of that series, dumbass. That was the height of my Portland fandom. But you were, what, going through puberty at the time? What the fukk do you remember?
Like you claiming that Portland was regularly doubling Shaq off-ball when that was completely illegal in 2000.
Yeah Portland often doubled Shaq when he got the ball, but what the fukk does that have to do with anything? No one said "They never doubled Shaq". EVERY dominant star gets doubled when possible, especially the ones who need to be within 5 feet of the hoop to do anything. But in that era they didn't even allow zones yet and in 99-00 the Lakers were loaded with shooters (Kobe, Glen Rice, Horry, Fisher, Shaw, and Fox), so Portland couldn't cheat on the zones to the degree that teams do now.
You did a whole lot of talking to juelz out of the most dominant player at his peak only scoring 18 points and needing the ref to bail him out of an elimination game.