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which two players make it to the championship matchup?  

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  1. 1. which two players make it to the final matchup?

    • michael jordan
    • lebron james
    • kobe bryant
    • kevin durant
    • steph curry
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    • larry bird
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    • Giannis Antetokounmpo
    • Other


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5 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

I don't see how anyone consistently beats KD in 1v1 competition.

MJ and Larry have that psycho competitive gear…but i tend to agree.

Posted

I think someone like young Hakeem Olajuwon or David Robinson would be tough. Both were great defenders and had the quickness to somewhat stay with guys like Bird or Jordan. But they would murder the smaller players down low.

Wilt Chamberlain would also be a handful. Dude was so athletic. There are players I would take in a team game over Wilt, but 1:1 he would be a problem.

Posted

I think it depends on matchups. If KD was matched up with Olajuwon, he probably gets beat. Hakeem would be able to defend KD, but KD would get abused by Hakeem.

If KD matched up with say Curry, he probably wins due to his length.

But if Curry was matched with Olajuwon, Curry might win because he would kill Hakeem with the 3s.

So really I guess the question is… who would win the most matchups. Because there is a bad matchup for everybody.

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3 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Hakeem

Not "stopped", but contained and outscored.

 

May want to look up their h2h stats.  Shaq crushed him.  Prime Hakeem scored vs 22 year old Shaq but he couldn’t stop him either.  Hakeem jacked up shots James harden style.  Shaq won every other statistical category

 

also may want to look up Hakeem vs robinson stats

Posted (edited)

To the point upthread, all of those stats are in a team game.  I'm willing to concede that Dream could stop Shaq, but I'd like to see it.

I just thought it strange that one of the toughest matchups( Shaq) in NBA history wasn't even mentioned in the thread.

 

and FTR, I like Dream way the hell more that I ever liked Shaq as a player; but was thinking about it objectively if the Big Diesel got going.  You'd have to get him at the top of the key and stop the possession itself before he got down on the block.  Hakeem's hands would be a problem for Shaq there.

Edited by Iceman
Posted

Accidentally voted Giannis instead of other. I know this won't be a popular pick, but strictly in a game of 1-1 not many guys are going to stop Kyrie. 

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