ty 4191 wrote:I think Wilt had a much more sophisticated offensive style and offensive repertoire than Shaq. He scored most of his points early career by having the team come down, pass the ball in, and taking a 15+ foot bank shot off the glass.
You know I'm a big Wilt fan, but how is that more sophisticated than what Shaq did? It's actually extremely simple, though effective, approach. That's my point - both Wilt and Shaq were primarly low post players and offensive rebounders. Wilt isn't modern player in terms of style, not any more than Shaq.
Can you imagine Shaq's FG% shooting delicate, extremely difficult fade away 15+ footers for 20+ of his shots a game? Wilt also had a gorgeous finger roll
I can, because I tracked Shaq's fadeaway efficiency - it wasn't pretty to say the least. That said, it's a difference in their scoring arsenal, but it doesn't make Wilt more sophisticated. Wilt didn't have Shaq's moves either.
an excellent pull up shot, and could drive and back players in at least as well as anyone in that era.
I haven't seen a single pull up shot from Wilt in all NBA footage I've seen. I have seen him taking and making straight jumpshots, but they weren't pull ups. It's fair to say that Wilt had a wider range than Shaq on his shot, but it reached around FT line - nothing further. At least I've never seen any evidences of that.
The free throw issue- which was purely psychological- would be fixed by a Sports Psychologist today.
I don't think it's true either. We still have a lot of horrible FT shooters in the league. Wilt tried a lot of things in his era, I doubt psychologist would change much.
I don't think you're a Jokic hater at all, but most people here seem either totally indifferent to, or straight up disdainful of, the greatest player on the planet the last 2 seasons. It's really quite strange. Why?
I don't know, maybe it's because of his unique style of play? Maybe it's because people forgot how it is to have center as the best player in the league?
That said, I don't think taking Shaq over him equals to hating.
And, I still contend that Giannis is peaking higher than Shaq ever did. And he's more skilled than Shaq was. Send me a PM if you're interested in not derailing this thread, and convincing me otherwise.
It's fine, I disagree but it requires a lot of talk and I don't think there is a wrong answer here
like Gobert and Ayton (which is not the case as we all know) or by good positioning he forces them to shoot floaters or jumpers. Players with the highest frequency of shots taken against them at the rim are Embiid, Mobley and Turner. So, either players are not scared of them at all or they are letting opponents to the rim where they challenge their shots. With Mobley and Turner it is probably working but Embiid is second worst in number of made shots against him at the rim after Vucevic. How bad defender is he?
