View Poll Results: Was Hakeem's peak top 5
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by Phoenix
Barkley was truly incredible in his prime. Nobody that height-challenged compared to the interior players he faced should have been that dominant.
I disagree. When you factor in more importantly Barkley
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Bran Fam Member
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
'95 Playoffs Hakeem is arguably the GOAT peak and I'm not talking stats-wise but how he impacted the game. He might have had one or two bad games the entire title run and look at the teams he beat en route to the Finals
60-22 Jazz
59-23 Suns (comeback from down 1-3)
62-20 Spurs (demolishing peak Admiral with 35/13/5 with 4 blocks in WCF)
and he beat athletic peak Shaq on a 57-25 Orlando team in 4 games in the Finals..
Basically ran through every great big man of his era in one year, arguably the toughest competition any player has beat in a single run if we go by average opponent win record and who the best players on those teams were.
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Euros rule NBA, UMAD?
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by warriorfan
I disagree. When you factor in more importantly Barkley’s wingspan and standing reach and of course weight, he’s not undersized at all. He is a huge dude with odd proportions.
I didn't say undersized, I said height-challenged. I'm aware of his girth, weight and arm length. It's still amazing that he was able to dominate interior-wise in an era that featured a number of 7 footers who defended the paint.
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National High School Star
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by ImKobe
'95 Playoffs Hakeem is arguably the GOAT peak and I'm not talking stats-wise but how he impacted the game. He might have had one or two bad games the entire title run and look at the teams he beat en route to the Finals
60-22 Jazz
59-23 Suns (comeback from down 1-3)
62-20 Spurs (demolishing peak Admiral with 35/13/5 with 4 blocks in WCF)
and he beat athletic peak Shaq on a 57-25 Orlando team in 4 games in the Finals..
Basically ran through every great big man of his era in one year, arguably the toughest competition any player has beat in a single run if we go by average opponent win record and who the best players on those teams were.
Can't argue with this. That is an incredible playoff run.
In the debate of who was the best big in the mid 90s it was Dream, Shaq, Admiral, Chuck, Mailman. Hakeem was arguably on the worst team of all of them and still beat the lot in one run... convincingly.
I voted no in the poll on this thread, but he has a damn good case.
Last edited by AussieSteve; 07-18-2019 at 05:14 PM.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
overrated.
he beat ewing & scrubs by a a literal hair. couldve easily went the other way then what?
and in '95 he had an MVP candidate teammate going off in the playoffs that nobody ever acknowledges. act like it was a carry job.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by Phoenix
Barkley was truly incredible in his prime. Nobody that height-challenged compared to the interior players he faced should have been that dominant.
hes also a GOAT athlete to be able to move that fast @ 300 lbs or whatever...
its much better to be freakishly strong and fast then just tall... youd rather be barkley than manute bol
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Euros rule NBA, UMAD?
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by tpols
hes also a GOAT athlete to be able to move that fast @ 300 lbs or whatever...
its much better to be freakishly strong and fast then just tall... youd rather be barkley than manute bol
Manute Bol is a very extreme outlier. Most of the guys he would have faced in the paint in the 80s/90s would have been more proportionate in terms of size to strength ratio. By size I'm taking it all into account( height, weight, body dimensions etc)....
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Very good NBA starter
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Every body forgets that Hakeem wen't to the finals his 2nd year against the best team of all time in the goat decade in 86. Hakeem was the best player in the game in 94 and 95. Barkley? He had a top 10 all time peak from 89 to 93.
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National High School Star
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
THIS Barkley was better than pretty much anyone outside of Jordan and maybe a couple others in the last 35 years
1989 EC R1 PHI v NYK game 3 - final 5 mins of regulation
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NBA Superstar
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by ImKobe
'95 Playoffs Hakeem is arguably the GOAT peak and I'm not talking stats-wise but how he impacted the game. He might have had one or two bad games the entire title run and look at the teams he beat en route to the Finals
60-22 Jazz
59-23 Suns (comeback from down 1-3)
62-20 Spurs (demolishing peak Admiral with 35/13/5 with 4 blocks in WCF)
and he beat athletic peak Shaq on a 57-25 Orlando team in 4 games in the Finals..
Basically ran through every great big man of his era in one year, arguably the toughest competition any player has beat in a single run if we go by average opponent win record and who the best players on those teams were.
he was the underdog in every series too
went up against Karl, Stock, KJ, Chuck, Robinson, Shaq and Penny.......thats like most of the top 10 players in the league at the time and the competition faced is the best ever. Only 11 Dirk really comes close TBH
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NBA Superstar
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
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Very good NBA starter
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by AussieSteve
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Seething...
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by ImKobe
'95 Playoffs Hakeem is arguably the GOAT peak and I'm not talking stats-wise but how he impacted the game. He might have had one or two bad games the entire title run and look at the teams he beat en route to the Finals
60-22 Jazz
59-23 Suns (comeback from down 1-3)
62-20 Spurs (demolishing peak Admiral with 35/13/5 with 4 blocks in WCF)
and he beat athletic peak Shaq on a 57-25 Orlando team in 4 games in the Finals..
Basically ran through every great big man of his era in one year, arguably the toughest competition any player has beat in a single run if we go by average opponent win record and who the best players on those teams were.
Absolutely.
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2Willd & 2Fresh est.86
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by Vino24
No
Russell
MJ
LeBron
Shaq
Magic
Bird
>>>>
Lebron is number 21.
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2Willd & 2Fresh est.86
Re: Did Hakeem have a top 5 peak of all time?
Originally Posted by Vino24
No
Russell
MJ
LeBron
Shaq
Magic
Bird
>>>>
Kobe is way ahead of lebron. Better than Bird and Shaq too.
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