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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3597168, member: 3535"] [U][I]I wasn't talking of prime. That was the point of taking Russell overall. Russell had a "career type of prime." vs a shorter prime from Hakeem. But Hakeem's prime is off-the-charts. SoI agree I'd take Olajuwon's 3 year prime, but overall it's Russell imo.[/I] [/U]Though Wilt's 66-67 and 67-68 is absolutely sick. But not to be too picky I loved Olajuwon's prime. Man, would I love to have a prime Olajuwon at center and a prime Russell being coached up in today's game at PF. Russell as a PF can also lead some fastbreaks. It would be like getting "a skilled Rodman but bigger" at PF. [B]As for the bold above I don't put much stock in either[/B]. I wouldn't expect Hakeem to win titles with lesser quality teammates -- but Ewing also did well enough and his teammates were also highly overrated. Hakeem could've done better. Further, his complaining;--> Big deal. That's what he was before he settled down;; a complainer and as mentioned before a cheap-shot player. Then finding religion caused him to settle down. That's when he became "The Dream." That's when he began to dominate such a fine player in DRobinson. Without settling down he wasn't capable of dominating DRob earlier. The timelines all fit. [/QUOTE]