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Shaq has become underrated. If every big had half of his post game there would've never been a 3 point revolution
He'd be better than EmbiidHaving said that...do you think he was perfect for his era? I know we often say that players would evolve if they played in different eras but if he was around today, I feel he would have had to stay in Orlando Magic shape his whole career to not get played off the court. I could be way off base, though.
He'd be better than Embiid
Shaq has become underrated. If every big had half of his post game there would've never been a 3 point revolution
Shaq had hella skill and great touch on top of being a freak. That's what made him so dominant. He was excellent at getting position and when he did he was unstoppable then when he didn't get position he had enough skill to drop a hook over anybody. That's why hack a Shaq was a thing, there was literally nothing else you could do with him. If you've heard about Shaq's early career he talks about how he could barely even dunk. He had to put in work to become the player he was, that's why he has such a sensitive ego . You're almost making him sound like he was Dwight or something, he had infinitely more skill than a guy like him. Give a guy like DeAndre a percentage of Shaq's skill and he'd be a HOFer easyI'll give Shaq credit as a dominant player but his success wasn't because of his skill, it was because of his freakish athleticism and size. Shaq definitely had post moves but the key to his success was that team's knew exactly what was coming and they couldn't stop it. You can give an average big man Shaq's moves and skills but they wouldn't have been anywhere near as effective
Also, there would still have been a three-point revolution because teams could use shaq's size against him. If Shaq played nowadays, they'd switch him onto guards and big man who can shoot. He would still get his 35 or 40 but he would give it back on the opposite end