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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
I think a closer comparison would be a prime Dave Cowens and a prime Sabonis.
And I likely would take Cowens.
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Local High School Star
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
that's most likely because the only footage you've seen is of a washed up injured Sabonis
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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by SpanishACB
that's most likely because the only footage you've seen is of a washed up injured Sabonis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUz3C0p-Yso
A young, skinny Robinson, at nowhere near his peak, outplayed what was probably a peak Sabonis.
BTW, Robinson was CLEARLY more athletic.
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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Russell
Thurmond
Reed
Lanier
Gilmore
McAdoo
Walton
Cowens
Moses
Ewing
Robinson
Shaq
KAJ
Wilt
That's a start, and I likely would take players like Cowens and Hayes over a prime Sabonis, as well.
There are probably some that I unintentionally left out, too.
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by LAZERUSS
Russell
Thurmond
Reed
Lanier
Gilmore
McAdoo
Walton
Cowens
Moses
Ewing
Robinson
Shaq
KAJ
Wilt
That's a start, and I likely would take players like Cowens and Hayes over a prime Sabonis, as well.
There are probably some that I unintentionally left out, too.
Hakeem's a pretty big omission
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SexLand
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by LAZERUSS
I could come up with a LONG list of NBA centers, and in their primes, that I would take over a prime Arvydas.
Based on what?
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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
Hakeem's a pretty big omission
Oh yes...thanks.
I did a quick list in my head.
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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by Uncle Drew
Based on what?
Based on what we know.
A nowhere near his prime Robinson outplayed a peak Sabonis. And a decade later he was wiping the floor with him.
Shaq just crushed Robinson, Hakeem, and Ewing in his career H2H's, and destroyed an old Sabonis.
McAdoo at age 40 was a better scorer in the Euroleague than Sabonis ever was.
A 39 year old Kareem annihilated a 24 year old Hakeem in their H2H's.
An aging Thurmond outplayed a PEAK Kareem in the '72 playoffs, and overall, in their career H2H's, held a PEAK KAJ to a .447 FG%.
Moses just pounded Kareem in their 40 career H2H's.
A prime Chamberlain was FAR more dominant against the same centers that a PEAK Kareem faced.
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Local High School Star
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
you make arguments based off one game or on even one action of the game and don't feel silly when you make those big posts?
by the way, the thread is now about wilt
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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by SpanishACB
you make arguments based off one game or on even one action of the game and don't feel silly when you make those big posts?
by the way, the thread is now about wilt
Not at all. It's about ALL of the truly great centers. And a prime Sabonis would be well down that list.
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SexLand
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by LAZERUSS
A nowhere near his prime Robinson outplayed a peak Sabonis..
You mean the game in '88 when Sabonis just came back from an achilles tendon injury?
Originally Posted by LAZERUSS
And a decade later he was wiping the floor with him.
You mean when Sabonis finally decided to come to the NBA, while being broken down, and it being a miracle for him to basically walk, let alone play?
Last edited by Uncle Drew; 11-29-2014 at 02:31 PM.
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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by Uncle Drew
You mean the game in '88 when Sabonis just came back from an achilles tendon injury?
Alright...tell us exactly when this "peak" Sabonis ever played a game, then. And please give us the list of true NBA centers that he outplayed in that time frame.
Last edited by LAZERUSS; 11-29-2014 at 02:33 PM.
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SexLand
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by LAZERUSS
Alright...tell us exactly when this "peak" Sabonis ever played a game
I don't know. If you don't mind, I wasn't watching European basketball in the 80's. I'm just keeping to the facts.
But comparing a broken down player to Shaq, the most dominant ever, and, at his peak, the greatest to ever play, seems pretty unfair to me.
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Local High School Star
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by LAZERUSS
Alright...tell us exactly when this "peak" Sabonis ever played a game, then. And please give us the list of true NBA centers that he outplayed in that time frame.
there was no peak sabonis in the NBA, I thought american NBA fans were aware of this?
there was just a broken down player, think of Kobe, just worse, doing what Duncan has been doing the past couple of years with added range
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NBA Legend
Re: A PRIME Walton vs a PRIME Sabonis
Originally Posted by Uncle Drew
I don't know, If you don't mind, I wasn't watching European basketball in the 80's. I'm just keeping to the facts.
But comparing a broken down player to Shaq, the most dominant ever, and, at his peak, the greatest to ever play, seems pretty unfair to me.
You asked me, "based on what?"
I responded by what we KNOW.
Show us a peak Sabonis dominating someone of the calibre of a peak David Robinson.
Was Sabonis an outstanding NBA center? Yes, even a well past his peak Arvydas played well in his short NBA career. But there are those here who would have us believe that he was a Top-10 center of all-time. I just don't have ANY evidence to support that.
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