Who is a better scorer Hakeem Olajuwon vs Bradley Beal
Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2023 2:46 pm
by sashaturiaf
Peak Hakeem 27ppg 56% RAPTOR
Beal 31ppg 60% RAPTOR
Re: Who is a better scorer Hakeem Olajuwon vs Bradley Beal
Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2023 3:06 pm
by rk2023
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Re: Who is a better scorer Hakeem Olajuwon vs Bradley Beal
Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2023 3:17 pm
by penbeast0
Hakeem did it vs. regular double teams in an era where efficiency were lower and improved in the playoffs. So, I still go with Hakeem.
Re: Who is a better scorer Hakeem Olajuwon vs Bradley Beal
Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2023 6:57 pm
by HeartBreakKid
Isn't Beal's post season scoring pretty bad in the limited sample size we have? We know Hakeem is highly resilient and as Penbeast said he deals with double teams well for a non-passer.
Re: Who is a better scorer Hakeem Olajuwon vs Bradley Beal
Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2023 7:04 pm
by tsherkin
2021 Beal: 31.3 ppg, 59.3% TS, 104 TS+, +2.1% rTS, 29.6 IA PTS/75
1993 Hakeem: 26.1 ppg, 57.7% TS, 108 TS+, +4.1% rTS, 25.7 IA PTS/75
Or you could go with:
1994 Hakeem: 27.3 ppg, 56.5% TS, 107 TS+, +3.7% rTS, 26.3 IA PTS/75
Food for thought. Beal is obviously a better shooter and producing a higher raw volume and efficiency as a result of his volume 3pt shooting, which is worth considering. The scoring and coaching environments aren't the same between the two, though ostensibly Beal could still do what he does now back then if he had the green light from his coach. There's something to be said for him only having his 30+ ppg scoring seasons on 57 or 60 games, whereas Olajuwon had 4 reasonably similar years consecutively in the mid-90s. Different pace, different defense. Olajuwon was better relative to his peers in-season than Beal.
And of course, Hakeem was also maintaining a higher level of defensive effort and value than Beal simultaneously with his scoring.