69. "RE: Lots of Jokes here and I jumped on too- but he did mention era" In response to In response to 68
>>If you put it in a vacuum - Patrick’s offensive game >>doesn’t exist in the NBA anymore for a starting center. >Even >>Olajuwons hasn’t aged well, but he was always more >versatile >>and I’d trust him to stretch and rim run way more. He can >>also guard 4-5 positions. > >I don't know if I agree with that, Ewing was the better >offensive player earlier in their careers, Hakeem didn't >develop his offensive game until later. And people used the >criticize Ewing for shooting to much away from the basket but >that's what centers are praised for now. Hakeem was always the >better defender at the pro level but I don't know about him >guarding 4 or 5 positions either.
I think both changed drastically throughout their careers so I sometimes do conflate the best of all worlds.
Could definitely guard 4-5 positions but when he was an mvp and champ, he wasn’t this mobile and athletic. This version of Akeem would’ve been reduced to a pick and roll rim runner in today’s NBA
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