Strongest NBA Player of All-Time

JordansBulls · Post #1 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:37 am

Strongest NBA Player of All-Time

Wilt
Shaq
Dwight
Karl Malone
Charles Barkley
Alonzo Mourning
Other

TAI8 · Post #2 » by **TAI8** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:43 am

Shaq...Honestly there's no way to really know these things unless you actually witness these guys in a max lifting competition..It could be someone you never heard of cuz he sucked ass as a basketball player but when it came to weightlifting he was the king..

Wade2k6 · Post #3 » by **Wade2k6** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:47 am

Shaq.

Post #4 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:06 am

Don't really care about who can lift the most weights or whatever. Shaq is the most functionally strong for the game of basketball.

shawngoat23 · Post #5 » by **shawngoat23** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:08 am

If I had to guess, in terms of functional strength:

1. Shaq
2. Wilt
3. Gilmore

Then some mix of the two Malones, Hakeem, and Barkley. Robinson and Howard don't make the cut, even though they're well defined, because I don't think they have the functional strength.

JordansBulls · Post #6 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:38 am

shawngoat23 wrote:If I had to guess, in terms of functional strength:

1. Shaq
2. Wilt
3. Gilmore

Then some mix of the two Malones, Hakeem, and Barkley. Robinson and Howard don't make the cut, even though they're well defined, because I don't think they have the functional strength.

I forgot Gilmore.

GDS20 · Post #7 » by **GDS20** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:46 am

trk · Post #8 » by **trk** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:52 am

It is probably Shaq. Yao Ming also deserves consideration.

guess_wh0 · Post #9 » by **guess_wh0** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:52 am

Ben Wallace,D-Rob and D.Howard could take Mourning and the Mailman.

This should be Shaq with Wilt a close second.

LV-Suns · Post #10 » by **LV-Suns** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:54 am

Shaq and Zo from that list.

Silk Wilkes · Post #11 » by **Silk Wilkes** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:01 am

So we're on a first name basis with Dwight Howard now? He gets "Dwight" in the poll but guys like Karl Malone and Charles Barkely need to have their full names in it so we know who you're talking about?

MagicFan32 · Post #12 » by **MagicFan32** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:07 am

Wilt he was benching over 300 in his 50's

MagicFan32 · Post #13 » by **MagicFan32** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:07 am

Youngblood wrote:So we're on a first name basis with Dwight Howard now? He gets "Dwight" in the poll but guys like Karl Malone and Charles Barkely need to have their full names in it so we know who you're talking about?

Don't be stupid

guess_wh0 · Post #14 » by **guess_wh0** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:10 am

Youngblood wrote:So we're on a first name basis with Dwight Howard now? He gets "Dwight" in the poll but guys like Karl Malone and Charles Barkely need to have their full names in it so we know who you're talking about?

Now I know why you have an "ASS" as your signature.

Blazerepresent · Post #15 » by **Blazerepresent** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:17 am

I dont know about lifting weights strength but when it comes to using his strength to gain advantage is definitely shaq. people dont realize shaq's size is not because he is fat he is just built bulky. bulky as in muscle not much fat. he was only 11% fat in 2006.

Patterns · Post #16 » by **Patterns** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:47 am

I don't know if Shaq is the strongest player of all time. He's certainly the player most capable of backing someone down.

Kobe said Dwight is the strongest player he had ever played against.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szmYKrZtwW4

kooldude · Post #17 » by **kooldude** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:50 am

NO-KG-AI wrote:Don't really care about who can lift the most weights or whatever. Shaq is the most functionally strong for the game of basketball.

Blazerepresent wrote:I dont know about lifting weights strength but when it comes to using his strength to gain advantage is definitely shaq. people dont realize shaq's size is not because he is fat he is just built bulky. bulky as in muscle not much fat. he was only 11% fat in 2006.

Dr Positivity · Post #18 » by **Dr Positivity** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:51 am

Shaq is 1st, after that I'd put Moses Malone over Karl. Karl was more ripped upper body, but Moses had a wider frame and build, he looks like a world's strongest man competitor. I'd put Shaq and Moses over Wilt too for that same reason, the lower body strength and core. Shaq and Moses also probably used their strength the most of all these guys

DaRkJaWs42 · Post #19 » by **DaRkJaWs42** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:05 am

Wilt had a very wide frame himself. Just because Wilt had skinnier legs doesn't mean they weren't stronger...he was, after all, a track star and he had the best endurance out of anyone who has ever played in this league.

TheGameWinner · Post #20 » by **TheGameWinner** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:20 am

TAI8 wrote:Shaq...Honestly there's no way to really know these things unless you actually witness these guys in a max lifting competition..It could be someone you never heard of cuz he sucked ass as a basketball player but when it came to weightlifting he was the king..

Strength and weight lifting are COMPLETELY different.