I've looked elsewhere to back up my statement so here it is: http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/37388467 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110211053227AAx6TOm http://www.bestcovery.com/best-nba-centers-all-time I'm not a kareem fan and I'm a Hakeem fan. I'm just unbiased and these are the opinions from the rest of the world.
Career highlights and awards As player: 3× NBA champion (1981, 1984, 1986) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986) 12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992) 9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988) All-NBA Second Team (1990) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1980) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1980) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982) 3× Three-point Shootout champion (1986–1988) NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team No. 33 retired by Boston Celtics John R. Wooden Award (1979) Naismith College Player of the Year (1979) AP National Player of the Year (1979) Oscar Robertson Trophy (1979) Adolph Rupp Trophy (1979) NABC Player of the Year (1979) 2× MVC Player of the Year (1978, 1979) 2× Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1978, 1979) As coach: NBA Coach of the Year (1998) As executive: NBA Executive of the Year (2012)
Do you realize that this is based on careers? Our draft is based on career PEAK. I already told you Kareem had a better career than Hakeem and it is partially due to better players. Put Hakeem with Oscar or Magic and he puts up the same numbers. Put Kareem with Cassell and Smith and all the other "great" rocket pgs and see what happens
Here's more Kareem #1-4 best center all time. Not one site had Hakeem above Kareem. http://www.hoopsmanifesto.com/articles/basketball/top-10-nba-centers-of-all-time.html http://www.roc4life.com/2011/06/10-greatest-nba-centers-of-all-time/ http://unassistedsports.com/top-10-nba-centers-of-all-time/ http://www.playersvoice.com/NBA/top-10-centers-of-all-time/Top-10-Centers-of-All-Time-pg-2.html
Most sites has wilt as the best. You agree that we both basically were stupid since we opted for a center that is not the best. right?
ok, im not going to argue if it's 123rockets.. bird, kareem, hakeem, magic led their teams to championship.. so we're all good
Dude, I was saying the exact same thing as you. Did I ever say that Bird did not lead his team to championships?
Wilt-bill-Kareem? Bill is only 6'9 and I love 7 footers. Kareem is still the all-time scorer and his shot was literally unguardable. Im sure it's been blocked before. It's an ever lasting argument that can go in the books for along time. Who's the all time greatest? IMO It's a toss up between wilt and kareem.
Do you look at a glass half full or look at it half empty? We got who we wanted. Both super studs. Wilt is overhyped ballhog who put 100 points on a team full of 6'6 players. He dominated an era of smaller people. It's hard to judge a player from the time that they have played. IMO wilt is overrated so I went with Kareem.
