Would Hakeem Olajuwon be the best player in the league today?

[CarbonBraddock]

Or has the game evolved too much?

 

[010101]

the point.gawd controls it all now*

 

[desjardins]

Looking at the way Embiid be shaking and crossing dudes over with ease I think Hakeem would be nice in this era
He could handle the pick and roll fine and i'm assuming he could expand the range on his J

 

[Sinnerman]

He and David Robinson are perfect Centers for this era

He'd eat

 

[Ugo Ogugwa]

Hakeem could have hit 3s if he needed to.

 

[Bigblackted4]

He’d be top 3

 

[Nero Christ]

if Embiid & Jokic can eat, Hakeem would feast

and really, any offensively skilled player of the past would have a good chance of doing well now

 

[Jplaya2023]

Easily the best today player. Dream was 27-12-4 in his prime playing in a snails pace (compared 2 today) in a much tougher era when the game was more physical and packed in towards the lane.

 

[feelosofer]

Yea definitely he could dominate in the paint but he also had an underrated jump shot. He could have easily developed a solid 3 ball.

 

[High quality poster]

Embiid is a discount Hakeem and he’s dominating. So... yea.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Don't know if he'd be the best but he'd definitely be up there.

 

[NoHalfWay]

He’d be the best player in the world by a good margin.

You replace Clint Capela with him on the current Rockets and they beat GSW in 6 games.

Barring any Harden or CP3 fukk ups/injury

 

[Shorty K]

Prolly not even top 5

 

[hayesc0]

He could have easily been the best today.

 

[hayesc0]

Prolly not even top 5