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[Cali Syndicate]

Its a shame that this has become the lasting image for robinson. Olajuwan was just on a different level during his run. But robinson fared very well and got the better of Olajuwan head 2 head otherwise.

[thefatmiral]

Goat two way player. One the better regular season players.

[eliteballer]

If you put Robinson in the league today he would be unstoppable...the style of play is tailor-made for him.

[Duncan21formvp]

Because he used to get owned in the playoffs even with HCA. Karl Malone, Hakeem, Chris Mullen used to wax his ass.

[Vino24]

same reason why Kobe doesn't get brought up

[BigShotBob]

Because he used to get owned in the playoffs even with HCA. Karl Malone, Hakeem, Chris Mullen used to wax his ass.

And Barkley.

[LukeWalton]

cuz he's on the spurs. most underrated of the great 2000s-2010 teams

[Mr.GOAT2408]

He was an insane athlete and could have been as good as anyone but he just didn't have the mentality of a true alpha dog, it's why he got outplayed by other stars (namely Hakeem) in the playoffs.

Still one of the best ever though just not in the GOAT discussion

[TheCorporation]

same reason why Kobe doesn't get brought up

[plowking]

He was amazing.

People can bring up that Dream series all they want, but for the majority of their careers, he got the better of Hakeem.

It was literally 3 games in the series that defined both their careers in a way.

[nayte]

He was amazing.

People can bring up that Dream series all they want, but for the majority of their careers, he got the better of Hakeem.

It was literally 3 games in the series that defined both their careers in a way.

Pretty much. He gets judged on a few games like no other player.

[Overdrive]

He was amazing.

People can bring up that Dream series all they want, but for the majority of their careers, he got the better of Hakeem.

It was literally 3 games in the series that defined both their careers in a way.

He got the better of all the other 90s center before his injury aswell. His problem wasn't being a better player, but to win in the playoffs.

[plowking]

He got the better of all the other 90s center before his injury aswell. His problem wasn't being a better player, but to win in the playoffs.

Robinson carried a lot of shitty teams very far, ala LeBron.

Made guys look a whole lot better than they were.

[Overdrive]

Robinson carried a lot of shitty teams very far, ala LeBron.

Made guys look a whole lot better than they were.

I know, I already said he was the better player against alot of his matchups.
Wins aren't dependent on single players, I'm not naive.

To be fair though Hakeem in '94 had a shitty team himself and came through. That's what seperates them in greatness. Not their skills. Robinson was just as skilled.

[Phoenix]

Admirals career record is 30-12 against Hakeem, but I wouldn't put too much stock in that because's a team thing and the quality of their respective teams fluctuated over the years.

Head to Head

Admiral 20/11/3/2 49%
Hakeem 22/113/2 44%

Removing that 95 finals and if you didn't know anything else about basketball or them as players, those stats don't point to Hakeem being ranked higher. Just goes to show how much that series impacted both their legacies, but beyond that Robinson was never as great in the playoffs as the regular season. Dream's game was just better built for the playoffs, but without those title runs he's likely out of your top 15 all-time.