Re: hakeem vs d. robinson
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Re: hakeem vs d. robinson
For me its a similar debate of Duncan VS Garnett.
Garnett and DRob were both athletic freaks. Duncan and Hakeem had the intangables that make them great.
[U]Alot of people base DRob and hakeems ENTIRE career on that ONE playoff series[/U]. sure it was big and DRob seemed to get owned, but [U]Duncan also OWNED KG in 1999 [/U]and some people still think that KG is better than Duncan.
I wish there were more highlight mixes of David Robinson because he was an amazing talent. he peaked alot faster than hakeem. Hakeem didnt hit his stride until he was 30-32.
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I see, I commented in September... for me I'd take prime D-Rob as he is my favorite player OAT. I know it's clear Hakeem had the better career, but the reality gap between the two is minimal.
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[QUOTE=XxNeXuSxX]I see, I commented in September... for me I'd take prime D-Rob as he is my favorite player OAT. I know it's clear Hakeem had the better career, but the reality gap between the two is minimal.[/QUOTE]
David Robinson is the main reason why I became a Spurs fan. I once saw David steal a pass, run down court, dunk the ball, then run back and block a shot on the other end. he was an athletic beast, the same way KG is...but he didnt have the leadership qualities or the intangibles that Duncan or Hakeem had.
If you look at both of their bios on NBA.com/history, you will see how great both of them were.
[B]If you can make a claim that KG is better than Duncan, then you can make the EXACT same claim that DRob is better than Hakeem. the similarities are so close its scary! [/B]
alot of people just hear that Drob got owned by Hakeem in a playoff series and automatically jump to the conclusion that Hakeem owned Drob every single time they played, which is obviously NOT the case, and that is a huge injustice to David.
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David Robinson was my childhood hero, but I will say this: Hakeem had a better career.
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not even close my friend, we are talking about 36/12/4/5/55% vs 23/11/3/2/48% here, we all saw the embarassment on national tv, and i was there to see it LIVE so no highlights on youtube here.
i won't even bother with their regular season games, (in which hakeem still dominated) because they don'0t mean jack, true legends are remembered because of their playoffs performances. hakeem is remembered for outplaying ewing, embarassing robinson and running in circles around a young shaq, robinson is remembered for riding duncan's coat-tails to 2 championships, lol.
if you wanna rank shaq above hakeem that's ok, i don't agree and never will but at least shaquille is a "true" nba champion, please leave robinson (90's version of KG) out of this discussion.
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triple post, garbage browser.
Re: hakeem vs d. robinson
Olajuwon Vs Robinson Head-To-Head:
Career Regular Season: Hakeem- 21.9 PPG, 11.3 RPG, Robinson- 19.6 PPG, 11.2 RPG
Post season: Hakeem- 35.3 PPG, 12.5 RPG, Robinson- 23.2 PPG, 9.3 RPG
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[QUOTE=The Mamba]
Admiral was just straight better. [/QUOTE]
don't be stupid dude, there isnt a single case you can make for robinson being better than hakeem, only the other way around.
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[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=hW4uXlRGAF0[/url]
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its very close..but david robinson over hakeem olajuwon.
granted, hakeem led his team to the finals in 3 years..but what about all those years he led his team to a .500 record ('87, '88, '89, '90, '92) with a supporting cast similar to the one david had when he was winning 55-60 games every year?