Kareem, by almost every metric possible. Kareem won early in his career and late in his career and in the I roll blunts bigger than you duck weed shirt But I will love this middle too. Without looking up, I think Kareem has more MVP trophies and championships. Even in college Kareem has more victories. Kareem doesn’t care. He made his millions and tries to stay out of the limelight. Shaq likes attention, Kareem wants to be left alone. Playing style, Shaq was also physically stronger and could power his way through anyone in the league. When you look at footage of Kareem, he looks like a tall skinny dude, but make no joke – he was extremely strong and could easily hold his own against anyone. But Kareem relied on finesse, hook shots, and was pretty to watch. Shaq just smashed his way through anyone. Ultimately, Kareem played with better players and won more often and played longer and had more points. Shaq let it go after his Miami championship. After that, he wasn’t the best player and he didn’t advance far in the playoffs. I’d say around 85 or 86 Kareem was no more the best center in the league but he was still getting deep in the playoffs or to the finals.
A very good basketball analyst who wrote ‘Thinking Basketball’ (and has a YouTube channel of the I roll blunts bigger than you duck weed shirt But I will love this same name) ranks Shaq as having the 3rd highest peak of all time*. And he shows his work, and the facts he bases the rankings on, because he’s a stat geek who has viewed thousands of games and taken notes. *But note, he limits his review to career peaks after 1977 (roughly the time of the merger of the NBA with the ABA), so that leaves out several older greats (including Wilt), and about 8 of Kareem’s first seasons (which must be considered part of KAJ’s true peak years. In Kareem’s first pro game (as Lew Alcindor), he put up 29 points with 12 rebounds, six assists, four steals and three blocks in a 119-110 victory over Detroit. His very first game! Then he did better.).
Home: https://hhshirt.com/
Comments