Shaquille O'Neal thinks Julius Erving was the greatest basketball player ever
In a recent interview with Antenna Magazine, Shaquille O’Neal offered this microwave-reheated, re-fried take to the Kobe Bryant-LeBron James debate:
“They’re different. LeBron is more of an all-around player — Hey this guy’s open, let me kick it to him. Kobe is more of, Oh, we’re down six? I’m going to shoot it three times and get us six points. But they’re both great players.” Yes, yes. Very judicious and measured. James is the most dynamic and efficient player in the game but Bryant’s game is art. Fair.
But then Shaq went a little off-script and said that the greatest player of all time was…Julius Erving.
“To me, Dr. J was the greatest player ever. But I ask other people, they say Jordan, some say Kobe, some people say LeBron. It’s always going to be a matter of opinion.” It might be a matter of opinion, but there’s no real basis for Shaq picking Dr. J over everyone else that’s ever played the game.
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