Greg Oden mowing lawns *video

[GAVol]

7'2" 350 lbs with good feet translates well into any era.

 

[hatvol96]

7'2" 350 lbs with good feet translates well into any era.

Exactly.

 

[tidwell]

I have never heard shaq, quicknes, and agility all in the same sentence before.... interesting you view it that way. I tend to agree to some extent, but shaq never had to go aginst another dominant center, other then early in his career, which btw, he was handled. I always wondered how he would fair aginst the other greats, but we will never know.

Shaq didn't go against another dominant center because HE was THE dominant center. Since the Rockets beat the Magic in the Finals 11 years ago, it hasn't even been close.

 

[hatvol96]

I am not sure that inch is much of a factor, seperating the heights of Shaq, Ewing, and Olajuwan. I would say Olajuwan was a much better athlete at the position than Shaq. Olajuwan could at least score from outside the paint and could hit 70% of is free throws for his career. Shaq just uses his big body, camps in the paint (apparently they stopped calling 3 seconds at the same time they stopped calling traveling in the NBA,) and just dunks it all day. Not all that athletic.

Shaq has about 70 pounds on the Dream. Olajuwan was a great athlete, regardless of position. If it were simply size, why isn't Stanley Roberts still a force in the League? Ask Ewing how athletic a young Shaq was. The Diesel regularly punked Ewing out when he was in Orlando. A good portion of that was achieved by beating Patrick down the floor.

 

[hatvol96]

I have never heard shaq, quicknes, and agility all in the same sentence before.... interesting you view it that way. I tend to agree to some extent, but shaq never had to go aginst another dominant center, other then early in his career, which btw, he was handled. I always wondered how he would fair aginst the other greats, but we will never know.

Bob Knight said he had never seen a player that big with that kind of agility, other than possibly a young, pre-knee injury Arvydas Sabonis. I'll take his observation. If you dont think Shaq was athletic, you must not have seen him at LSU or in Orlando.

 

[tidwell]

Don't mind vols2345, he's a hater. He thinks Kobe won those 3 championships for the Lakers on his own...

 

[hatvol96]

Don't mind vols2345, he's a hater. He thinks Kobe won those 3 championships for the Lakers on his own...

How'd Kobe do in the playoffs without Shaq last year? Oh, that's right. They didn't qualify.

 

[vols2345]

How'd Kobe do in the playoffs without Shaq last year? Oh, that's right. They didn't qualify.

opposed to shaq winning the championship?????? Like it matters, the lakers are in the playoffs, and are going to probably sign chris bosh in the offseason making them one scary team.

 

[hatvol96]

opposed to shaq winning the championship?????? Like it matters, the lakers are in the playoffs, and are going to probably sign chris bosh in the offseason making them one scary team.

Yeah, add Bosh and they'll be the 5 seed in the West next year.

 

[volfan2024]

When Greg Oden has been the most dominant force in the NBA for over a decade and won 3 NBA titles, then maybe a comparison to the Diesel will be in order.

Agree!