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Shaq retires!!!


Dpantherman

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I think Dave Miller has it right when he said Shaq retired a few season ago, hes just announcing it now. That said, easily a first ballot HOFer, entertaining as hell. Hes going to be all over TV. Hes the next Charles Barkely, only we might actually understand what he has to say.

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Never was a fan. He played like a bully and acted like one off the court. Refs gave him plenty of calls. He never could beat the Jazz (although that was mostly Kobe's fault) and was injury prone for LA up until the point MJ retired (convenient). Had he gotten to the NBA Finals and beat MJ his legacy would have been so much better.

I'll remember him not being able to handle Malone and Stockton and his Lakers teams not being good enough until the overall quality of the NBA went down after MJs retirement.

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Never was a fan. He played like a bully and acted like one off the court. Refs gave him plenty of calls. He never could beat the Jazz (although that was mostly Kobe's fault) and was injury prone for LA up until the point MJ retired (convenient). Had he gotten to the NBA Finals and beat MJ his legacy would have been so much better.

I'll remember him not being able to handle Malone and Stockton and his Lakers teams not being good enough until the overall quality of the NBA went down after MJs retirement.

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Wow, we all know he will go down as one of the best bigs ever. However for more than a decade there has been a consesus as to who the top 5 were, Kareem, Hakeem, Wilt the Stilt, Bill Russell & Moses Malone (U can pick your order although Kareem should be #1).

Does he push one of those guys out?

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Wow, we all know he will go down as one of the best bigs ever. However for more than a decade there has been a consesus as to who the top 5 were, Kareem, Hakeem, Wilt the Stilt, Bill Russell & Moses Malone (U can pick your order although Kareem should be #1).

Does he push one of those guys out?

If he did it would be Hakeem... he doesn't touch the other four.

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No way that Shaq is better than Russell, Kareem, or Hakeem (remember how bad Hakeem abused him in the NBA finals?). I'd say no on Wilt also (although I consider him massively overrated), and Moses. He's probably next on the list though. There weren't many as dominant as Shaq at his apex.

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