Greatest OVERALL Player- Hakeem or Jordan?

[AboveLegit]

We love to talk about dominance, when you take a look at the all time greats, what sticks out to you the most? Stats? Accolades? Well, I want you to focus on the fundamentals only. There are players like Reggie Miller and Allen Iverson who are offensively dominant players. There's the Ben Wallace's and Dennis Rodman's of the league that give you their best each time down the floor on defense. Then there's the two way players like Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon who simply give you their best on both ends of the court.

 

Hakeem's the most skilled offensive and defensive force the league has ever seen at the center position. Think about it... Is there one weakness you can point out with Hakeem? He could do it all, pass, run the court, leads the league in all time blocked shots, score from the post and hit the midrange jumper, steal the ball, and lead a team to 2 titles. There was no holes in his game.

 

Michael Jordan, as we all know, simply redefined the shooting guard position. Not only was he statistically dominant through nearly his whole career, he did it while being a great defender. Some call him one of the greatest perimeter defenders of all time. There's no denying what he can do on both ends of the court.

 

I must say, for everything Jordan did on defense, Hakeem did it better. It showed up on the stat sheet for him, but most importantly, he simply shut down opposing centers. He had all the intangibles, understood the game, and was relied upon far more than Jordan was for the Bulls on defense.

[bravenewworld]

Um...

Trap?

 

first off, its hard to compare a center and a shooting guard and determine who is the better overall player. These two positions are entirely different and there is no legitimate debate for either side.

Second, positions aside, Jordan changed the game as a whole and every franchise completely revamped roster structure because of him. Hakeem while fantastically dominate, did not do any of this.

[fish7718]

Yeah I think that's why a lot of people passed on this because it's still Jordan. Despite Hakeem being an amazing defender his defense is comparable to a lot of other players where Jordan's offense is comparable to no one. Vice versa Hakeems offense will never be considered elite. While Jordan's defense may not be elite it was mighty damn close. At the end of the day offense is more valuable than defense and if we need any more convincing Jordan won 6 rings Hakeem won 2.

[Real Deal]

Jordan didn't have a weakness after he added the three-pointer to his game, so there's your answer.

[YugoRocketsFan]

Yeah I think that's why a lot of people passed on this because it's still Jordan. Despite Hakeem being an amazing defender his defense is comparable to a lot of other players where Jordan's offense is comparable to no one. Vice versa Hakeems offense will never be considered elite. While Jordan's defense may not be elite it was mighty damn close. At the end of the day offense is more valuable than defense and if we need any more convincing Jordan won 6 rings Hakeem won 2.

 

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[fish7718]

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Obviously you missed the point. I mean elite on the level of Jordan, Kobe, Shaq, Kareem.

[YugoRocketsFan]

Obviously you missed the point. I mean elite on the level of Jordan, Kobe, Shaq, Kareem.

 

Thats a mightly small group, although Hakeem still was and is considered an elite scorer, averaged at least 20 ppg in his first 13 seasons and finished with 26,000.

[fish7718]

Thats a mightly small group, although Hakeem still was and is considered an elite scorer, averaged at least 20 ppg in his first 13 seasons and finished with 26,000.

Yes the elite is very small, like top 5. Sorry for the misunderstanding .