Shaq was 300 LBs and the refs let him push other centers under the basket. He's disqualified from all great center comparisons as far as I'm concerned. I'd say Ewing was the best center in the league from 1989-1992. But he did lose a step by mid-90's thanks to those knees taking their toll. Too bad, because while he was in his prime he really didn't have the players around him he needed to win championships.
Ewing never had the talent around him in the prime of his career. By the time the Knicks got Allan Houston and Chris Childs, his knees were shot and he had shattered his wrist. It sucks that he never won a championship.
of course he could........patrick was 7-0 and pure muscle, but anyway i was talking about fronting, nobody could deny the entry pass to this guy, that was the point.
one of the greatest big man to not win a championship. top 5 greatest center of all time in my books.
THOUGH PATRICK WON AN NCAA TITLE IN 1984!
The knicks coulda had Bernard king Ewing mark jackson
Easily my top 10 Centers and my favorite B-Ball player....Ewing forever!!!
Shaq was 300 LBs and the refs let him push other centers under the basket. He's disqualified from all great center comparisons as far as I'm concerned. I'd say Ewing was the best center in the league from 1989-1992. But he did lose a step by mid-90's thanks to those knees taking their toll. Too bad, because while he was in his prime he really didn't have the players around him he needed to win championships.
PATRICK OR (A) HAKEEM THE DREAM!
Shaq dominated at a time when there was a dearth of good centers in the NBA in the early 2000s
Happy 50th bday
Ewing was my favourite player..but Shaq definitely held his own to say the least in Orlando
Big Pat before the chronic knees
What are you, 19? He dominated Shaq until Shaq went to LA in '96 and put on 40 lbs.
Ewing scored 51 on all-star center Robert Parish then followed this up with a 41 point performance in the next game.
Ewing never had the talent around him in the prime of his career. By the time the Knicks got Allan Houston and Chris Childs, his knees were shot and he had shattered his wrist. It sucks that he never won a championship.
of course he could........patrick was 7-0 and pure muscle, but anyway i was talking about fronting, nobody could deny the entry pass to this guy, that was the point.
excellent game
THE most unexciting 50 pts I've ever seen.
'90 was a career year for Ewing.
I was at this game when I was a kid. Larry was too much to Patrick!
ewing had better footwork and a better shot/touch than shaq..but shaq's combo of speed size and strength was 1 of a kind
Damn they were just FEEDING him. But where was the double or front?
This is very similar to how Hakeem Olajuwon plays!
i think the last big man of comparable magnitude was Shaq. ain't had nobody like either of those guys since.
Top 5? Hakeem, Shaq, Wilt, Bill, Kareem, Moses Malone, David Robinson are all better centers.
Bill Walton didn't have a better overall career than Ewing, just a better peak.
i think he meant bill russell
Wrong
Moses and DRob ain't better. Had better squads, though.
he was good but come one this guy could not push back shaq