NBA / Aug 21, 2009 / 7:00 am
Who’s Better: Shaq or Pau Gasol?
We argue. You decide.
SHAQUILLE O’NEAL (by A. Burton) November 2008: “Shaq has never truly gotten the credit he deserves for what he’s accomplished on the court and what he’s meant to the game. There was a good 6-7 year stretch (arguably much longer) where Shaq was the most problematic force in basketball. Like Lawrence Taylor did in the NFL, Shaq in his prime altered game plans and made teams create new strategies (Hack-a-Shaq, stockpiling not-so-talented bigs just to have fouls available, etc.) to deal with him. And inexplicably, he only has one League MVP to show for it.”
Nine months later, I still believe every word I wrote in that paragraph. Read More »
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