No you don't if your opponent knows anything about the game. You never pass on Hakeem. The Houston Rockets, the only team to ever pass on an all-time great like Michael Jordan and have zero regrets about it. Not one regret. Hakeem is the greatest basketball player to ever grace this planet.
I'm old enough to have seen everyone on that list play …. ugh. A lot would depend upon which set of rules we're playing by …. oldschool or this new age cant handcheck , stand in the restricted area is a foul where guards are at a great advantage. If you want a player to transcend era's , it would be Magic and its not even close and I hated those bastards back in the day. The mismatches he was able to create … a point that was as big as most 4's and could guard 1-5 in an era where post play dominated. Round two I'd be looking for a big man …. pick and roll works in every era.
