Put an 18 yrs.old Rookie Shaq with the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1960's

[Ariza4three]

CavsFTW in meltdown mode

[Deuce Bigalow]

[LAZERUSS]

This guy averaged 26 ppg and 12 rpg last season...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7TnbhJr8iY

And how about these career H2H's...

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=onealsh01

Oh, and how about this 6-8 guy's defense on Shaq...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg3BiOw4TWo

[LAZERUSS]

BTW, Shaq would have been great in the 60's. But he would have had to adapt his game.

On this one sequence alone, he would have fouled out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3FXLyNFew

No way the NBA in the 60's would have allowed that.

[Nash]

kyrie is jealous of these moves

[Ass Dan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQD3C8Muco

Shaq at LSU.

Peak Shaq was the most unstoppable force in the modern era (Jordan included).

Trouble is, peak Shaq didn't last very long.

He should have been the GOAT, this video only reaffirms that.

Wasted opportunity.

[CavaliersFTW]

Peak Shaq was the most unstoppable force in the modern era (Jordan included).

Trouble is, peak Shaq didn't last very long.

He should have been the GOAT, this video only reaffirms that.

Wasted opportunity.

It does not affirm that.

It shows he only dunked off lobs at LSU.

That means you only score on backdoor plays created not by you, but by your guards/forwards.

You will never be the GOAT scoring only off backdoor plays and rebounds. Based on that LSU video Shaq was destined to be a bigger Deandre Jordan.

Shaq got way better than that LSU video indicated, he actually played in the post. All that video showed was the athletic entertaining plays not technically challenging/skilled basketball plays he eventually learned - those are more impressive IMO.

Still, he never rebounded or played defense like Wilt Chamberlain so these Wilt comparisons are tiresome. Physically it's of course an interesting matchup. But actual production? Wilt was doing more things for his teams.

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKH03PQDVGg

Shaquille O'Neal (34p/15r) vs Alonzo Mourning (35p/6r) - Highlights 1994/95 season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XivZd3mRVw


David Robinson (36p/13r/7a/6b) vs Shaquille O'Neal (32p/11r) - Highlights 1993/94 Season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKICLZfKMG0

41 points vs. Dikembe Mutombo in the NBA Finals

Shaq always had great games against great defensive NBA Centers.

[Marchesk]

I'm going with the strong era:

[dreamwarrior]

Shaq was an incredible player and all, but he never would have had the stamina to play an insane amount of minutes to put up monster numbers, which is why he rarely scored over 40 a game and averaging less than 35mpg for his career.

[Marchesk]

Shaq was an incredible player and all, but he never would have had the stamina to play an insane amount of minutes to put up monster numbers, which is why he rarely scored over 40 a game and averaging less than 35mpg for his career.

Yeah, he might have put up great numbers back then being that he's a freak of nature, but he wouldn't be playing Wilt minutes. I don't think Shaq gets 40 shots a game on 48 minutes. That's just insane.

Both Wilt and Shaq our outliers, but in different ways.

[inclinerator]

cavsftw is a joke

[jongib369]

I really hate that rag doll quote. As strong as Wilt was it's going to be hard moving someone who's not only strong as hell himself, but heavier than you, has a lower center of gravity, with feet the size of aircraft carriers (22s vs 15). Wilt's the superior athlete, faster, stronger, could jump higher, more stamina, longer etc....with the way they called fouls then they likely wouldn't budge each other...But Wilt would give Shaq a lot of problems more than the other way around, especially with the way Handchecking was called back then.

Anyways with that said it'd be interesting to see Shaq in the 60s. I've seen the types of offensive fouls called on big men and it wasn't even a sliver of the bulldozing Shaq did....So his game would be totally different....He might of actually played a lot like Wilt

2nd-3rd best center in the league, if he's lucky 1 or 2 rings

[The_Pharcyde]

He would put up crazy numbers cause he is an all time great

Then you would have dumb kids on forums saying shaq wouldn't be able to play today cause everyone he played against was a 6'5 white beta

That's exactly what would happen

[StephHamann]

Shaq probably wins 15 rings from 1960-1970 and 18 finalsmvps