If Shaq was in the 2003 draft, who's the #1 pick? Him or Lebron?

[fpliii]

Ok that I agree with. But they lost the series, so too bad for Wade.

But back to topic, only players I would draft over Lebron are MJ or Hakeem.

How far down do you have Duncan?

[MichaelCorleone]

How far down do you have Duncan?

Lebron/MJ/Hakeem

Duncan/Shaq/Bird/Magic/Russell

Kareem/Wilt

These are the tiers.

[Cold soul]

Easily Shaq and it's not even close.

[fpliii]

Lebron/MJ/Hakeem

Duncan/Shaq/Bird/Magic/Russell

Kareem/Wilt

These are the tiers.

I'm not sure what mine would be TBH.

[MichaelCorleone]

I'm not sure what mine would be TBH.

But my top 10 ranking is different from how I would draft these greats of course.

However, I feel that Wilt and Kareem are VASTLY overrated by many people.

[fpliii]

But my top 10 ranking is different from how I would draft these greats of course.

However, I feel that Wilt and Kareem are VASTLY overrated by many people.

I change my views on players all the time. I don't have a GOAT list but there's a lot that one has to take into account when doing these types of evaluations.

[Vienceslav]

But my top 10 ranking is different from how I would draft these greats of course.

However, I feel that Wilt and Kareem are VASTLY overrated by many people.

You draft prospects not legacies Mikey.

[MichaelCorleone]

You draft prospects not legacies Mikey.

That's why MJ, Lebron and Hakeem comes first 3 for me.

Then Duncan, Shaq, Magic, Bird and Russell.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

All time draft, trying not to use hindsight? Basically based off college careers, measurables, predraft hype, and hypothetically compare them from different eras...

Probably something like
Kareem
Shaq
Walton
Wilt
Hakeem
Duncan
Ewing

Pretty sure KAJ goes #1, tho.

[The Iron Fist]

Alonzo Mourning would have been drafted over bran.

[MichaelCorleone]

Alonzo Mourning would have been drafted over bran.

[Nick Young]

Shaq all day

[bdreason]

Pretty sure LeBron had more hype coming out of HS than anyone I can remember. They were showing his HS games on ESPN. It probably depends on the team, but my guess is that LeBron would have been drafted over Shaq.

[WillyJakk]

Cleveland woulda drafted LeBron cause of the Akron connection and regretted it once Shaq came to town and broke down the basket and support.

Ultimately they would be screwed either way because both players would leave the Cavs anyway, Shaq in 5 yrs, LeBron in 7yrs so this question ends with a losing outcome.

The question then becomes would Shaq have won a ring in Cleveland with the cast LeBron played with before leaving?

[pauk]

Generally you go with such big guy behemoths over perimeter players, its a safer bet... but that Lebron guy was special, unlike Kobe or even Jordan at 17-18 what he was gona be in the NBA was much more inevitable / easy to predict, he was perfectly NBA ready & better than any perimeter player at that age and just unique.... all that hype aswell... so i dont know....

Cleveland woulda drafted LeBron cause of the Akron connection and regretted it once Shaq came to town and broke down the basket and support.

Ultimately they would be screwed either way because both players would leave the Cavs anyway, Shaq in 5 yrs, LeBron in 7yrs so this question ends with a losing outcome.

The question then becomes would Shaq have won a ring in Cleveland with the cast LeBron played with before leaving?

If he couldnt win it with Penny, 3D, Nick, Grant etc. then i doubt he would do any better having Boobie, Mo, Hughes around him instead.

You could also ask, would Lebron have won a ring in Orlando with the cast Shaq played with before leaving? :)