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I put Shaq way over Howard. I think Shaq deserves votes. I think Howard in his prime deserves to be on or near this list. Before his injury he was 2nd most athletic (not best) big man I ever saw, behind Shaq. Don't forget this was a 7 footer with hardly any body fat who could jump out the building.

Shaq physically dominated basketball more then I have ever seen another athlete physically dominate any other sport. Not only was he stronger then 99.9% of the league, he was quicker then every single person who was within about 100 pounds of him.

Philaflava wrote:By seen I mean were alive to actually watch and appreciate. Pick from the list.

I thought you meant, like, seen live so I voted Griffey but then I read your post and I am desperately trying to vote Barry Bonds.

It's Michael Jordan, guys.

Had to go Bo. Just on an athletic level. Not the best in his field, but just a freak of nature in a sport full of freaks.

I was pretty young when Jordan and Griffey were in their primes, so I have to go with Lebron.

naturalborn103 wrote:I put Shaq way over Howard. I think Shaq deserves votes. I think Howard in his prime deserves to be on or near this list. Before his injury he was 2nd most athletic (not best) big man I ever saw, behind Shaq. Don't forget this was a 7 footer with hardly any body fat who could jump out the building.

Shaq physically dominated basketball more then I have ever seen another athlete physically dominate any other sport. Not only was he stronger then 99.9% of the league, he was quicker then every single person who was within about 100 pounds of him.

if you take all NBA players in their prime, and draft for a single season Shaq goes #1

some of that is just positional value, other players like Jordan/Lebron have similar peaks but they play much less valuable positions

Cash Rulz wrote:Had to go Bo. Just on an athletic level. Not the best in his field, but just a freak of nature in a sport full of freaks.

Bo would have been my second pick. Would have loved to see him do the decathlon I am pretty sure he would have put up a world record that would be out of touch until the 2030s or so. Hershual Walker is another fucking freak of nature.