Who's prime would you take in today's league?

[Marchesk]

Say over a five year span.

Bird - 1
Kobe
Lebron - 2.5
Shaq - 12 (?), with two not even close
Curry - 1
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Added:
Hakeem - 1
Wilt - 1

Just wondering.

Edit: updating for votes

[SouBeachTalents]

Shaq

[nba_55]

Shaq

[iTare]

shaq or lebron. but probably shaq.

[SugarHill]

Curry - the new Shaq with better freethrows

[Dr Hawk]

Shaq please

[inclinerator]

lebron ja,mes

[Harison]

1. Shaq
2. Bird
3. Lebron
4. Kobe
5. Curry

Curry is awesome now, but lets not forget how great other guys were in their primes. Shaq was tearing NBA apart, Bird was winning back-to-back-to-back MVPs in the Golden age against GOAT competition, etc.

[feyki]

Bird

Curry

Kobe

Lebron


Shaq

[Cold soul]

Shaq

[AnaheimLakers24]

Snaq

[HOoopCityJones]

Shaq

[Uncle Drew]

It's Shaq and no one comes close.

[dubeta]

LeBron has the highest PER out of the group, so him.

[PHILA]

With such a dominant paint scorer all you need are floor spacers, of which there is an abundance in the league. Unfortunately the personal fouls drawn data on NBA.com basically does not exist before 2006. That is that stat I would want to see of Shaq from his prime years.


http://stats.nba.com/league/player/#!/

League Leaders

*Data below is Half Court Only (assuming all fast break points came in paint)

PPG in Paint Leaders

2015 Top 5:

- Howard, 11.1 ppg
- Cousins, 10.9 ppg
- Monroe, 10.1 ppg
- Drummond, 9.9 ppg
- Davis, 9.4 ppg

- Shaq 2000: 20.7 ppg

[SHAQisGOAT]

Shaq and Bird had the better peaks out of those players... Larry would've been even a better fit in today's league than what he was back then but Diesel had the GOAT peak and he would've ABSOLUTELY KILLED today's crops of bigmen... So, Shaq.

[aj1987]

Shaq and it's not even close. Dude would average 35/15/4 on 60%.

[dubeta]

I don't think you guys realize, but every team has a Shaq stopper now days :oldlol:


This isnt 2011-2013 when there were no big men, slowly more and more elite big men have entered the league.


Cousins, Davis, Embiid, Jahlil, Towns, Noel



Every team has a player that could lock down Shaq

Cavs have Mosgov

Sixers have Noel

Lakers have Hibbert

Pisonts have Drummond

Kings have Cousins

Houston has Dwight

OKC has Ibaka

Spurs have Duncan/Aldridge

Warriors have Bogut





Literally every team in the league has players who can slow down Shaq, and obviously can also hack him at the FT line, Shaq would still be great obviously, but he wouldnt be the best player in the league.


If I had to guess what he would average, something like 24.5 ppg 12.5 rebounds with 2.3 blocks on 57% FG would be a reasonable estimate

Yup, he would still be a superstar and top 5 player, but he wouldnt be this messiah GOAT level player, simply a top 5 player

[Kobe_6/8]

Shaq.

[aj1987]

I don't think you guys realize, but every team has a Shaq stopper now days

This isnt 2011-2013 when there were no big men, slowly more and more elite big men have entered the league.


Cousins, Davis, Embiid, Jahlil, Towns, Noel



Every team has a player that could lock down Shaq

Cavs have Mosgov

Sixers have Noel

Lakers have Hibbert

Pisonts have Drummond

Kings have Cousins

Houston has Dwight

OKC has Ibaka

Spurs have Duncan/Aldridge

Warriors have Bogut

Literally every team in the league has players who can slow down Shaq, and obviously can also hack him at the FT line, Shaq would still be great obviously, but he wouldnt be the best player in the league.


If I had to guess what he would average, something like 24.5 ppg 12.5 rebounds with 2.3 blocks on 57% FG would be a reasonable estimate

Yup, he would still be a superstar and top 5 player, but he wouldnt be this messiah GOAT level player, simply a top 5 player
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:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[StephHamann]

Wilt Chamberlain, and every other answer is wrong.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Shaq and Bird had the better peaks out of those players... Larry would've been even a better fit in today's league than what he was back then but Diesel had the GOAT peak and he would've ABSOLUTELY KILLED today's crops of bigmen... So, Shaq.


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[4 Inches]

Gimme Hakeem
Ain't nobody locking him down plus today he would have developed a reliable 3 point shot.
Unguardable.