Quote (potentate @ 20 Feb 2018 14:03)
Shaq would go for 40/ 20 easy lmao.
Was already 30/15 in playoffs during his prime
Barkley in today's game would actually be nuts. He would fit right in as a small center (used to be comparisons with draymond for whatever reason) and defend and clean house on offensive rebounds lol
Wade still got it but man. It woulda been fun to see him play in this era in his prime, same as tmac and ai
AI would be interesting to watch because he was a speedy mid-range guy with surprising handles and a deceptive wingspan. Tough as heck, I think he'd score in the paint all day.
Wade would kill it if he was in his prime. He killed it then, he'd kill it now, he'd kill it in the All-Galaxy league. His Flash days were ...
But yeah, Shaq and Barkley would get video game stats every night. If Shaq played on a team with outside shooting in today's game, they could drop it to him for 50 per night and there's nobody who could do fook all aboot it. The 90s had better centers on both sides of the ball and more allowances for defense. The game discriminates against true bigs now, but some of them would destroy everything today. Wilt, Shaq, Hakeem, Sir Charles, The Admiral ... these guys would clean up every night, and they wouldn't be so bad defensively for most of their careers.
David Robinson was a nice guy but he'd straight up mug children like KAT. I could see him dropping 50 on KAT and holding him under 10.
Guys like Adams, Gobert, JV and Baynes are in their own ways throwbacks, but they don't have the same tools at either end as the 90s greats did. I love watching them play because they play tough.
I wish Randle wasn't 6'8 x 6'10. If he was a truly big guy with a few solid moves I think he'd murder the current NBA because of the way he plays.