Best Big Men to Ever Play the Game

[Assani Fisher]

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Also worth noting. To win those two titles, Hakeem had to go up against Patrick Ewing and Shaq in their primes in the finals. In the Spurs three championships Duncan has had to contend with a frontcourt of Kurt Thomas and an aging declining Patrick Ewing with the help of David Robinson, Jason Collins, and Ben Wallace.

Hakeem during his career had to match up with the likes of Shaq, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Mark Eaton, Moses Malone, and probably even more that I'm forgetting all in their primes. The only top big men in their primes Duncan has ever had to face are Shaq and Garnett. And yet Hakeem still comes out looking better on the stat sheet.

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LOL....your analysis is so ridiculously one sided here. It simply isn't even worth debating if you're going to go about it like this. Seriously, I just love how you include Mark Eaton for Olajuwon but then don't include Ben Wallace for Duncan. Thats just ridiculous.

First off, Shaq wasn't in his prime when Hakeem faced him.

Secondly, Shaq in his prime(when Duncan faced him) was better than anyone Hakeem ever faced, and KG was probably better than anyone Hakeem ever faced either!

Here, lets match up players that were/are in their prime during Duncan's career versus players that were in their primes during Hakeem's career. I'll leave it up to you to decide which one was better in each matchup. I'll list Duncan's on the right and Hakeem's on the left:

D Robinson/Shaq
Moses Malone/KG
Ewing/Amare
Alonzo/Dwight Howard
Mutombo/Chris Bosh
Eaton/Ben Wallace

Like I said, I'll let you compare the matchups, but if you honestly think that the left side is better than the right, then you're crazy. Moreover, I didn't even mention Gasol, Camby, Chandler, Yao Ming, Okafor, or Jermaine O Neal!