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Shad said:
I remember watching a video about centers being the star players or championship caliber. I can't remember how long it's been since a center was the center piece of a championship team but it has been a LONGGGGGGGGGGGG time
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Duncan and Shaq are probably the most recent. An argument could be made that Nowitzki was a center as the primary big man.

(Yes Duncan was a center. All this hype about him being a PF is ********.)
 
LogGrad98 said:
Duncan and Shaq are probably the most recent. An argument could be made that Nowitzki was a center as the primary big man.

(Yes Duncan was a center. All this hype about him being a PF is ********.)
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Shaq was dominant but not "THE' man on the team, that was Kobe and Dwade so that's a no. Duncan doesn't get placed at center, doesn't matter what you say. Dirk wasn't a center either. NEXT
 
Shad said:
Shaq was dominant but not "THE' man on the team, that was Kobe and Dwade so that's a no. Duncan doesn't get placed at center, doesn't matter what you say. Dirk wasn't a center either. NEXT
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lol ok
 
Wow! I didnt actually believe it until my bro sent me a text saying he can now get a Rudy jersey at 50% off now. Of all the teams we heard interested in Rudy(Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta) Minnesota is the team that comes in with that offer. Rudy can now play with the big dick energy knowing he took one of the biggest offers ever in order to get him, a proper f you to the haters. I hope he grabs another dpoy award next year.

I guess the biggest disappointment for me is having one of the best defensive players ever and not being able to capitalize on it. It really felt like the stars aligned for 20-21 season and we didnt take advantage. Rudy did his part, but we failed him. Minnesota is now a better team and my message for the jazz is to keep going with this rebuild. It's going to be long and hard(thats what she said) but we have to realize if we want to be a contender again we have to move on from guys.
 
Shad said:
Shaq was dominant but not "THE' man on the team, that was Kobe and Dwade so that's a no. Duncan doesn't get placed at center, doesn't matter what you say. Dirk wasn't a center either. NEXT
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What the **** are you talking about? Shaq absolutely was “The Man” on those 3 Lakers championship teams. Maybe you were too young? You don’t win Finals MVP 3 straight times without being the man. Shaq in the 2000 Finals averaged 38 pts, 16 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Just to compare, In that same series Kobe averaged 16 pts, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists. And you still want to claim that Kobe, not Shaq, was “The Man?”

Shaq would later lead the Lakers two more times in similar (but not as bad disproportionately) in points and rebounds in the Finals.

Also, eyeballs. Those of us alive who watched these series all knew who “The Man” was. It wasn’t until 2004 that clearly Shaq was fading as Kobe’s star was rising. How else do you explain their breakup? If Shaq was always playing second fiddle to Kobe then Kobe taking over in 2004ish wouldn’t have been a thing since he had always been “The Man.” Since Kobe had always been second fiddle, him taking over as “The Man” created such animosity between them and the team that they traded Shaq to Miami betting that the younger and rising star would provide them with more championship runs than the aging star in decline.

Whatever you’re smokin, pass it over to me.
 
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