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Hey, Walton was a great, great player ; if it wasn't for his injuries, he could have dominated the L for many years. When he was healthy, he gave Jabbar a really hard time
I'm assuming Walton is on the list due to his awesome play by play commentary abilities.
Hey, Walton was a great, great player ; if it wasn't for his injuries, he could have dominated the L for many years. When he was healthy, he gave Jabbar a really hard time
I agree w/ that, but I'll say this, if they were playing w/ Hakeem in his prime, he would roast any of the mofos on this list.
not me
The Admiral always frustrated Shaq. I remember when Shaq challened him to a boxing match.
I love his ESPN Sportsnation chats and his appearances on the morning talk shows. The guy gets in like 4 questions in a one-hour session. I remember last year around this time, he waxed poetic through a 15 minute segment of Mike & Mike about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
GOAT!
Yup. Pretty much:
And he only averaged 25.9 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 3.2 apg, and 3.3 bpg in 145 career playoff games.Code:Year Ag Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +---------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ 1985 22 HOU NBA 82 35.5 8.3 15.3 0.0 0.0 4.1 6.7 5.4 6.5 11.9 1.4 1.2 2.7 2.9 4.2 20.6 1986 23 HOU NBA 68 36.3 9.2 17.5 0.0 0.0 5.1 7.9 4.9 6.6 11.5 2.0 2.0 3.4 2.9 4.0 23.5 1987 24 HOU NBA 75 36.8 9.0 17.8 0.0 0.1 5.3 7.6 4.2 7.2 11.4 2.9 1.9 3.4 3.0 3.9 23.4 1988 25 HOU NBA 79 35.8 9.0 17.5 0.0 0.1 4.8 6.9 3.8 8.3 12.1 2.1 2.1 2.7 3.1 4.1 22.8 1989 26 HOU NBA 82 36.9 9.6 19.0 0.0 0.1 5.5 8.0 4.1 9.4 13.5 1.8 2.6 3.4 3.4 4.0 24.8 1990 27 HOU NBA 82 38.1 9.8 19.6 0.0 0.1 4.7 6.5 3.6 10.4 14.0 2.9 2.1 4.6 3.9 3.8 24.3 1991 28 HOU NBA 56 36.8 8.7 17.1 0.0 0.1 3.8 4.9 3.9 9.8 13.8 2.3 2.2 3.9 3.1 3.9 21.2 1992 29 HOU NBA 70 37.7 8.4 16.8 0.0 0.0 4.7 6.1 3.5 8.6 12.1 2.2 1.8 4.3 2.7 3.8 21.6 1993 30 HOU NBA 82 39.5 10.3 19.5 0.0 0.1 5.4 7.0 3.5 9.6 13.0 3.5 1.8 4.2 3.2 3.7 26.1 1994 31 HOU NBA 80 41.0 11.2 21.2 0.1 0.2 4.9 6.8 2.9 9.1 11.9 3.6 1.6 3.7 3.4 3.6 27.3 1995 32 HOU NBA 72 39.6 11.1 21.5 0.0 0.2 5.6 7.5 2.4 8.4 10.8 3.5 1.8 3.4 3.3 3.5 27.8 1996 33 HOU NBA 72 38.8 10.7 20.8 0.0 0.2 5.5 7.6 2.4 8.4 10.9 3.6 1.6 2.9 3.4 3.4 26.9
And he was only All-NBA First Team on 6 occasions, while making the 2nd Team 3 times and the 3rd Team 3 times. (most of which came in an era where he was competing, first, with guys like Jabbar, and later with guys like Shaq, Robinson, and Ewing). And he was only named 5 times to the First Team All-Defense selections and 4 times to the Second Team All-Defense. And he only had 12 All-Star appearances.
Other than a couple of years, though, he really wasn't very good at all.
You can't consider Hakeem overrated if you REALLY watched him play. Nice way to prove a point.
93-96 is when Olajuwon made his mark. After that though he wasn't really that good. He definitely wasn't a Shaq on the offensive end that fouled everyone out. He had some solid players on that team. Kenny Smith, Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Clyde Drexler, Vernon Maxwell, and Mario Elie. Shaq had Kobe and that is about it. Medvedenko?
It's amazing how he blocked enough shots in those 3 years to become the NBA's all time leader.
Ever notice how other C's are measured by what they did against Drob?
Sabonis
Hakeem
Shaq
No one ever remember DRob winning the Gold Medal against Sabonis(when half his team wasn't sick)
No one remembers Drob PWNTING Hakeem head to head at a 30-12 clip, even with Hakeem being suppported by Barkley, and Pippen and Drexler.
No one remember Shaq's o-fer against Drob his first 3 years in the league...the trip doubles and near quads he laid on Shaq's one dimensional ass.
Post your All Star Dunk....shoulda watched Shaq's first All Star Game.
There aren't that many clips of Drob because Spurs games didn't get a lot of national PT...that's why you can take everything said about him(including by broadcasters who I gurantee didn't see him play that much) with a grain of salt.
crack kills93-96 is when Olajuwon made his mark. After that though he wasn't really that good. He definitely wasn't a Shaq on the offensive end that fouled everyone out. He had some solid players on that team. Kenny Smith, Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Clyde Drexler, Vernon Maxwell, and Mario Elie. Shaq had Kobe and that is about it. Medvedenko?
And how about the decade before that?93-96 is when Olajuwon made his mark. After that though he wasn't really that good.
Bill Walton never even averaged 19 points a game in any season, not even his MVP campaign in 1977-78. Until his feet were finally fixed in 1985, he never played more than 65 games in a season.
In Walton's prime, his game was like Hakeem Olajuwon's in his decline.
Walton's "best days" were few and far between in the NBA, and his "great" pro career is a myth extrapolated from his achievements in college.
And the les before that?
But but...finals MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just like Chauncey Billups!
He probably doesn't think Dave was black enough.
Speaking of les.............
Did you watch basketball while Shaq and Kobe were winning championships?93-96 is when Olajuwon made his mark. After that though he wasn't really that good. He definitely wasn't a Shaq on the offensive end that fouled everyone out. He had some solid players on that team. Kenny Smith, Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Clyde Drexler, Vernon Maxwell, and Mario Elie. Shaq had Kobe and that is about it. Medvedenko?
Unfortunately, EVERYONE remembers Hakeem kicking the out of Drob in the WCF.
I'm not saying Robinson wasn't great cuz he obviously was. But there's no way you can put him over Hakeem or Shaq. In my non-Spurs fan opinion.
I loved Scoop's article where he says that the security problems during the All-Star Game in Vegas were a myth propagated by white racism.
Yep. I also watched les while Hakeem got championships. Lucky for Hakeem that the bulls didn't have Jordan or Hakeem would be ringless.
Not even Al Sharpton plays the race card as much as Scoop Jackson. I was shocked that he didn't blame the white man for Tim Hardaway's phobia. Or did he?
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