y2ktors wrote:From 1993-99, 7 seasons, Shaq only made 1 All-nba first team. That's the best competition that he had amongst his fellow peers at the position and he was only top center once.
Hell even the 1 season that he was first team, Hakeem Missed 35 Games and D-Rob was back but sharing the load with rookie Duncan and Ewing wad lost for the season in December of 1997.
Basically, I'm saying that his overall resume doesn't quite scream "Potential GOAT" to me.
To be fair to Shaquille, not only was he going up the toughest All-NBA competition ever at Center, but you're talking about a stretch when he was 21-26 years old, and certainly pre-prime. Additionally, I think that Shaquille certainly had a big case for 1st team in 1994-96, when you look at the statistics:
1994-95
Robinson: 27.6/10.8/2.9/3.3, 53%
O'Neal: 29.3/11.4/2.7/2.4, 58%
1995-96
Robinson: 25.0/12.2/3.0/3.3, 51%
O'Neal: 26.6/11.0/2.9/2.1, 57%
Now, obviously there are other variables to consider, but my point is to illustrate the fact that just because Shaquille only made 1 All-NBA 1st team in that stretch, does not mean that he was necessarily only the best C in the NBA for 1 of those seasons. There wasn't really a bad pick at Center in most of those years.
