Woodsanity wrote:Shaq a poor playoff performer? How biased can you get? He was a way better playoff performer than Wilt.
You can't criticize someone who had a poor supporting cast. There were times when Wilt had a better supporting cast than Russell and still failed. Lol Shaq only very good from 92-99.
Well let's see.
1994: Swept
1995: Swept
1996: Swept
1997: Barely won 1 game vs. the Jazz, lost 4-1
1998: Swept
1999: Swept
This IS THE SAME SHAQUILLE O NEAL WHO YOU CLAIM OUTPERFORMS WILT IN THE PLAYOFFS?
ROFL!!! Wilt in the Playoffs:
1960: Lost Game 6 by 2 points vs. the Celtics, a series in which he was fouled/flagrantly fouled without getting any calls against the Celtics, because the refs thought it made it "fair". Also had his shooting hand in games 4-5 injured, which saw a drop in his ppg.
1962: Lost Game 7 on a last second shot by Sam or KC Jones, and had what many called a bad goaltending call against him with a little more than a minute remaining in the game.
1964: Made it to the finals, lost against a clearly better Celtics team.
1965: Even though he was physically handicapped this year due to a heart condition, he recovers by the playoffs and loses in Game 7 on a steal from Havlicek.
1966: Loses 4-1 with HCA against the Celtics. However, the Celtics had fought them to a standstill that year in the regular season, and the 76ers were only ahead by 1 game to have HCA. Not as disappointing as it would appear.
1968: Loses in game 7 because his teammates were lousy, and for some peculiar reason they stopped sending the ball to him.
and I'll stop there. Based on this and comparing him to Shaq, it's laughable that you or anyone else would even debate this point. Shaq also won in 2000 because Portland choked, not because of anything shaq himself did. BTW, Wilt was never swept. Shaq was swept again in 2007.