Hakeem the Playoff Dream

[Axe]

if we judge players based on pure overall ability and talent, him and kawhi are the most complete players the game have seen

kawhi is really underrated, puts up elite shooting numbers while having zero weaknesses while also being an all time great defender

Nice try but let's not forget what happened to his team during the 2020 disney bubble, shall we?

[paksat]

Nice try but let's not forget what happened to his team during the 2020 disney bubble, shall we?

28 ppg
9.3 rpg
5 assists
2 steals
1 block
49% fg %
33% 3pt %
86% ft %

plus he missed a lot of games that year

what did we forget?

[HoopsNY]

Shaq started doing what Hakeem had done. No one had ever used the 3 and spacing like those Rockets up to that time

THIS^. It's amazing how people have forgotten this point. Also, I really do have to wonder how Hakeem's career looks if he has the amount of peak players playing alongside him the way Shaq did.

peak Penny
peak Kobe
peak Wade
peak LeBron
peak Nash

Imagine Hakeem has a rotating turn of elite superstar guards/wing players like that AND someone like Phil as his head coach. We saw how well he meshed with Rudy T. If he has Phil then I think that could have only helped him.