dude he wasnt even the best player to wear #1 for the magic that honor goes to: actually who am I kidding its but on the real despite all you people who will say doug christie was the best to ever don #1 for the magic it will always be:
I'd say this guy because he averaged 32.1 in a season which was his prime. Shaq didn't become crazy dominant until his Laker years. Dwight Howard has some of the worst post moves that I have ever seen so I am not sure why he is up there. I know I will get flamed for this but it is easily T-Mac.
Both Howard and Shaq took their teams to the finals. Shaq was the scoring champ in 94-95 season. Ask the players who got dunked on by Shaq about his dominance. Dwight doesn't have much of a offensive game true, but he dominates the defensive end. Playoffs victories don't lie. Whom has T-Mac dominated in the playoffs with his sweet-looking jumper that comes flat in the 4th quarter?
You'd probably have to take on Juwan Howard's contract, give up Kelvin Cato, and take back small contracts like Reece Gaines & Tyronn Lue just to make it work under the CBA. The answer is Shaq.
Teams win in the playoffs not just individual players. The question is best magic player ever not team. If we are talking about a team then I would say Dwight's team. If we are talking about players then T-Mac takes this because he averaged 6 more points than Shaq did in his best season with the Magic. You don't have to agree with me that is just my opinion.
Why do you think people will flame you? because you are comparing one of the greatest players in nba history to a guy who can't carry a team? Do you think T-mac is easily better than Olajuwon 94-95 too? Dream never won a scoring title.
Is T-mac in Orlando better than Olajuwon in Houston? Dream never averaged more than 28 points/game in the regular season.
McGrady was always playing with a max player Grant Hill sitting in street clothes. What could've happened if Hill never insisted playing on a bum ankle in Detroit and/or Magic's doctors were competent enough to not rush him back to action... With Hill being the alpha dog, McGrady probably would have developed a better personality, less of that "impose my will on the game" crap, less talking of himself in third person. They should have been one of the favorites in the east, and they would most certainly passed the first round, possibly in the finals. The Magic team before they landed Hill and McGrady was actually pretty decent, a lot like the 09-10 Rockets team, barely missed out the playoffs without an all-star caliber player. It was such a shame that Hill's career was derailed so badly by poor decisions of himself and team doctors.
That's nice. Is he EASILY better than Shaq of 94-95 as the other poster mentioned? well before you answer that. 1 did you see 94-95 Shaq?
There is no "IF OLAJUWON". Honors: NBA champion (1994, '95); NBA Finals MVP (1994, '95); NBA MVP (1994); Defensive Player of Year (1993, '94); All-NBA First Team (1987, '88, '89, '93, '94, '97); All-NBA Second Team ('86, '90, '96); Third Team (1991, '95, '99); All-Defensive First Team ('87, '88, '90, '93, '94); 12-time All-Star; Olympic gold medalist (1996); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).
I don't think you remember how good T-Mac was back in Orlando. If he kept up what he was doing in Orlando without getting injured so much, he could have been one of the greatest individual players ever. I know you are still butt hurt about his stint in Houston but this guy was ridiculous in Orlando. Maybe you need to be refreshed of his time with the Magic. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GwSt6YUopZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GwSt6YUopZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
Lebron is the best player in the league yet he hasnt won a championship, got swept by the spurs but none of that matters when your talking about individual talent. Were talking about individual talent Tmac was the Lebron james back then, why do you think they have to add all these players to help Lebron win a championship? No player can do it on his own it takes a team a good team
Answer the question. Do you think he was easily better than 94-95 Olajuwon? you thought he was easily better than 94-95 Shaq. That's the next logical question.
Where did I say he was easily better than Shaq??? And is Aaron Brooks better than Hakeem Olajuwon? Dream never averaged more than 5 assists in regular seasons.
