Would Hakeem Olajuwon be the best player in the league today?
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He never played with anyone on the same level as Durant.Except Hakeem has probably played with more HoF players in his career than Curry
Yeah it's getting whooped to lose 3 str8 games..its one of the biggest fumbles, letdowns, and chokes in recent history.
DaKidFromNoWhere
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Now you a mind readerBro I get it, you don't understand how the game has evolved.
A man of many gifts huh
VegetasHairline
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ManBearPig
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I don’t see how any of this helps your case of them being better than young Akeem let alone Olajuwon in his prime.
No he is not.
Because as efficient and prolific as Curry is shooting from deep or the field period, he does not dominate in the post season like that.
Don’t compare Kobe to Olajuwon, Hakeem shredded apart the entire Western and Eastern conferences in ‘94 and ‘95. Every team and superstar that was put in front of him Hakeem was still able to dominate on both ends. Neither Curry or Kobe have playoff runs equivalent
The only players playing today I’d give the advantage over Hakeem offensively are KD and pre-LeBron. Because their skill set and physical gifts allow them to dominate competition on a more consistent level than guys that put up flashy numbers like Harden
Kobe and curry has been dominate in the post season but i will put hakeem over curry
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ManBearPig
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Except Hakeem has probably played with more HoF players in his career than Curry
Drexler
Barkley
PIPPEN
all were 32 and up while playing with Hakeem
They’re different types. Curry and Harden are players that can facilitate and score from anywhere on the floor, so of course they’re more versatile scorers than Hakeem.
But they do not dominate on the level like Hakeem can in the post. All in all Curry and Harden aren’t as effective perimeter scorers as Hakeem is a post scorer. They also do not posses the defensive impact a player of Olajuwon’s caliber brings to the table so this notion that they’re better is baseless.
Show me a postseason run of either one of those guys averaging above 30 on good efficiency while playing elite defense. It doesn’t exist
Steph Curry isn’t the overall player Kevin Durant is but he is the engine of the GSW and that system is predicated on his prolific shooting.
Neither Kobe or Curry dominated on the level of prime Hakeem. They’ve been great, but not to that level
We’re talking first 3 peat Jordan, 70’s early 80’s Kareem, early 00’s Shaq, mid 90’s Hakeem, late 80’s Magic level
shyt, 2017 KD on that first championship run level
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ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Neither played in an “easy era”.And who playing in a easier era at age 24?
If you want to go that route Hakeem played in an era without defensive three seconds, 5 seconds back to the basket, or zone defenses, the game was built around the big. He was 24 in a high paced and high scoring NBA just like Embiid today.
‘87 NBA had 101 possessions per game, 108.5 offensive rating, 110 points per game, 48% FG leaguewide, and this was before three point shooting was really a thing.
Embiid is on a similar trajectory at the same stage of development. He is no discount or poor mans version of Hakeem. Will he match peak Hakeem and dominate in route to titles is what remains to be seen.
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