Yeah then he's right. Shack O'Neal was just O.K. But he was a stud at the local YMCA rec league.
Was he dominant in the pro's? Yes, but even there maybe Barkley has a point that he rode Kobe's coat tails. In college though for all the adulation, he sucked. I don't give a s*** how many points he scored or which NBA scouts were drooling over him. 30 losses in the three years he played at LSU speaks volumes, and never making it past the first round in NCAA's speaks more. Dominance my a**. Uconn and Rod Sellers were big time underdogs in the NCAA's in 1991 against LSU, UCONN blew them out by 25 points and Sellers had a double.double against your most "physically dominant player to ever lace them up". Lol, and u and HS can kma.
Hahahahaha.. Shaq was the most dominating big man of all time. Rode kobe's coat tails .. lord you need to watch some tapes
He has not been signed by a team.
I just think he was over rated in college, and what LSU did in his three years there backs that up. I do think, back to my original point that he improved a lot like most big men do once they make it to the pros. I wouldn't go as far as Charles Barkley does saying he's always sucked, that being said Kobe and Magic do deserve some credit for the dominance of the Lakers during those years.
Shaq and Magic never played together in LA. And sadly that is not the dumbest part of your post.
My bad you're right, Magic had already retired. What's the dumbest part, genius? If you can't honestly debate my point just S T F ......up
Few great players win by themselves. You hope you get three or more great players and they all happily ride each others coattails all the way to championships. UConn won the 1991 game by 17 points. I checked the box score because I can't remember all the details of that game even though I remember watching it. I watched it out somewhere. I think I was at Ted's actually. I believe I was a junior. It would explain the memory loss. Shaq had 27 points and 10 rebounds. No one else on LSU scored in double figures. They had a pretty poor backcourt if I remember right. UConn had three players in double figures and had some talent on the team. Chris Smith, Burrell, Sellers, Gwynn...Sellers had 13 points and 10 boards. I love Sellers as a player but they doubled and collapsed on Shaq on D all night. And he still had 27 points and 10 rebounds. The rest of his team just didn't show up.
Oh give up dimbulb. Do you honestly think he was the most dominant college basketball center ever??? His team lost 30 games in three fng years and never did squat in the postseason. Was he better than Jabbar at UCLA, Bill Walton at UCLA, Ewing at Georgetown, Danny Manning at Kansas, Ralph Sampson at Virginia?
So much for one great player making his teammates better. Lol. I guess no one thought to teach him how to kick the ball out to the perimeter when they doubled him until the NBA.
Try to put a complete sentence together telling me why Shaq wasn't that good in the pros and I will tell why it's idiotic. It's impossible to put together an educated reply to someone who said the Lakers won when Shaq was there because of Magic (his last full season was '91 Shaq came in '96 so laughable comment) and that he didn't suck as much as Barkley said he did. Those are not actual intelligent arguments to support your opinion.
GTH...I never said he wasn't that good in the pros. You need a lesson in reading comprehension. Lol
No you just said a guy who retired 5 years earlier helped him win those games in LA. Did you hear that Kemba wouldn't have won that 2011 title without the help of Rip Hamilton?
GTH...dw
I am an adult with a college degree so I don't speak in acrynoms so I have no idea what that means.
Then try and debate my original point instead of pouncing on an oversight on my part because it's the only thing you have. As I said u can GTH...dw.
Yeah but 30 losses in three years and never getting past the first round in the NCAA's. He couldn't put a team on his back like Manning could or Ralph Sampson could. He wasn't able to make his teammates better like others could, like Magic at Michigan State, IMO.
