[grantland]Robert Horry Says Hakeem Was the Best Center in History

it's not like he played with shaq or duncan...

oh wait.

 

I heard of this guy named Wilt Chamberlain, sounded like he was pretty good

 

Hakeem at his peak was probably the best. But longevity and consistency counts and that is why russell, wilt, shaq, and jabbar also make good cases.

 

No, he meant OVER ALL of them

 

BTW, Horry's been saying this for A DECADE now. Nothing really new.

But something nice to refresh and go over once in a while.

 

Hakeem was no power forward. In fact, most good power forwards bested us. (Kemp, Malone, etc.)

 

I hated Horry outside of the Rockets, but I gotta agree with him here.

Hakeem is the best big of all times. All times!

And top 3 in best player ever.

 

YESSSSSS!!!

 

Preeeeeeccchhhhh!!!!

 

Thanks for the thread, I agree 100% Dream was the best center of all time.

If you take just seasons and not the whole career I think Dream had some of the best seasons of any NBA player ever. You don't see many players totally dominate both ends of the court.

 

This was great!

 

It's too bad Hakeem didn't truly peak as an offensive player until his 30s. He really only had one or two seasons in which he was at the top of his game both offensively and defensively. Could be one reason why he's under-appreciated by some, I guess.

 

Spoiler

 

I'm surprised he didn't say Dwight Howard is the best center ever because he now works for the Lakers broadcast like Calvin Murphy.

 

No doubt in my mind Dream is the GOAT. Wilt was Shaq 30 years earlier when there were no other big men. Russell was good but nowhere near dream. Shaq would never have put up the numbers he did if the refs called all the offensive fouls they should. Robinson was good but not on Dreams level. Ewing was not even close. Jabbar is the closest but Hakeem was better.

I would ranks them
1) Dream
2) Kareem
3) Wilt
4) Robinson
5) Sabonis (in his prime)
6) Shaq
7) Russel
8) Mo Malone
9) Ewing

 

Horry has always said Dream was the GOAT.

 

thats laughable on so many levels, look at the comp of both eras. Olajuwon dominateed the golden era of the NBA. Wilt, a bunch of undersized guys with no athleticism.

Ppl also say theres a big footm you wnt to beleive that also?

game.set.match.

 

it is difficult to say who was the GOAT, but hakeem was the most diverse center in comparison to others. his footwork man...

 

That's right, Hakeem was not a PF in a center's body.

He was a guard in a center's body.

 

Why do people keep saying he was really a PF? He played center almost his whole career, he wasn't that much smaller than other centers, blocked and rebounded like a center, had a post game like a center...just because he was more fluid he wasn't a center? I don't get it.