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[Video] Shaquille O'Neal: Healthy Yao could be a top 5 center ever

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by _RTM_, Jul 19, 2011.

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  1. ashishduh

    ashishduh Contributing Member

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    Hakeem couldn't even stop Shawn Kemp, I hardly think he could contain Yao.
     
    #61 ashishduh, Jul 20, 2011
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    This thread should be locked. I can't see the posts like this anymore
     
    #62 _RTM_, Jul 20, 2011
  3. t_mac1

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    I'm sure obviously he can front Yao as Hakeem was one of the quickest and agile centers to ever grace the basketball court, and run Yao down to death.

    but now I know you're a YOF. just stop it please.
     
    #63 t_mac1, Jul 20, 2011
  4. Rox2010Champ

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    Dude, seriously you are delusional.
    when is your next doctor's appointment?
     
    #64 Rox2010Champ, Jul 20, 2011
  5. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Only if Wilt, Kareem, Dream, and Shaq are 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D.
     
    #65 rockbox, Jul 20, 2011
  6. napalm06

    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    Hahahahahahahahahaha.

    You have just made my day, sir. The mental image of Yao playing Hakeem is more than I can handle.
     
    #66 napalm06, Jul 20, 2011
  7. TEXNIFICENT

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    WTF???:confused:

    WOW!

    You're delusional & should be banned from posting anything, anywhere ever IF YOU'RE NOT JOKING OR SMOKING!
     
    #67 TEXNIFICENT, Jul 20, 2011
  8. MadMax

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    and...we're done.
     
    #68 MadMax, Jul 20, 2011
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    Exactly.

    This guy is a Morey wannabe who posts stats to try to prove things about players he's OBVIOUSLY NEVER seen play. He should WATCH some more basketball before posting this nonsense. UNBELIEVABLE!:eek:
     
    #69 TEXNIFICENT, Jul 20, 2011
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    With all respect due, you are an idiot. That's the mildest term I can come up with at the moment.
     
    #70 Deckard, Jul 20, 2011
  11. TEXNIFICENT

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    RLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!:grin:
     
    #71 TEXNIFICENT, Jul 20, 2011
  12. ashishduh

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    It's ok, I already knew reading comprehension came at a premium on CFs.
     
    #72 ashishduh, Jul 20, 2011
  13. Deckard

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    And you missed a payment.
     
    #73 Deckard, Jul 20, 2011
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  14. ashishduh

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    Clearly I'm the one obsessing over a "Hakeem insult" in response to a post not even about Hakeem lol.
     
    #74 ashishduh, Jul 20, 2011
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    I'm on the same page as RTM on this poster. I don't believe he's ever watched a NBA game in his life.
     
    #75 tinman, Jul 20, 2011
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    he's not, Pryuen wouldn't embrace this guy.

    This guy is not a Rockets fan, look at all his posts, he's insulted Dream, Rudy T, Steve Francis, and the list will keep going on and on.
     
    #76 tinman, Jul 20, 2011
  17. janpwnz

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    Well.. I am not really suprised hearing that from Shaq mainly because the rules have changed ever since Yao entered the league. Yao could've dominated even further if the rules haven't change. Everyone knows he couldn't be stop by 1 defender no matter who u put on him. So you really wouldn't know what could've been.
     
    #77 janpwnz, Jul 20, 2011
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    FOR ALL OF YOU WITH NO LONG TERM MEMORY: HAKEEM IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST, PLAYERS TO SPORT A ROCKETS JERSEY!

    However, I cannot help stopping to admire what yao brought to the basketball court and the hope he gave me as well as many others as he pulled this once terribly painful, heart wrenching team to watch out of the slums of the league into a contender. As hard as it is to think about what could have been and to ignore the fact that we didn't win any championships, I have enjoyed watching our Rockets in the past few years.
     
    #78 infinitidoug, Jul 20, 2011
  19. t_mac1

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    Look you do not even have to be a Rockets fan to know how ridiculously stupid his statement was. Casual fans even pay homage to Hakeem and this fool has the nerve to say that. Clutch needs to off him ASAP.
     
    #79 t_mac1, Jul 20, 2011
  20. DiamondDobb

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    Actually, his listed height is 7' so you may be thinking of someone else. At any rate, We#re talking in hypotheticals, and hypothetically, if Yao would have stayed healthy throughout his career he probably COULD have become a top 5 center either in achievement or dominance. A 7'6 guy with a shooting touch like Yao had has unknown potential, there's never been another Yao so we have no frame of reference to base our assumptions on. But let's face it, I wouldn't have been an easy match up for ANY center, great or otherwise.
     
    #80 DiamondDobb, Jul 20, 2011
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