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Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees for 2008 - On tomorrow.
Patrick Ewing
Hakeen Olajuwon
Pat Riley
Andrian Dantley
William Davidson
***** Vitale
Cathy Rush
Ewing & Olajuwon are 2 of the all time greats. The fact they have been inducted the first year they were eligable says a lot about the impact these two had on the game. Both are great men both on & off the court. They are greats of their respective teams (Knicks & Rockets) and remained loyal to thier franchises for the majority of their careers. They have both revolutionised the way the game is played, especially defense. Modern day players like Carmelo & Curry could learn a thing of these in regards to the importance of D
But who was better?
I never saw much of them when they were in their prime (mid 90's) so cannot have much of a educated opinion.
If I had to choose one for my team, I would probably take Olajuwon. The guy was an absolute brick in defense, but still could outmove most big men in attack.
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Hakeem "The Dream" for me. Two titles to none plus we beat the Knicks in the 1993-94 series, even though it was 7 games but nevertheless. And 1994-95 we beat the Shaq lead Orlando Magic and Hakeem gave Shaq a Basketball lesson.
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"The Dream"
enough said!!
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usherprince wrote: Both are great men both on & off the court. Just try telling that to the 400,000 kids Ewing has fathered over the years. And that little pesky prostitution ring he was involved with......haha But I agree, both were awesome players and were consistantly the best Centers in the game for 10+ years. You dont see many Centers getting 20/10 nowadays, but both Ewing and Dream did it for over 10 seasons. Thats incredible. I don't want to compare either and say one was better because it is a slight on both players. Yes, I realise that this is a discussion thread blah blah blah but I have drawn my line in the sand. I am noticing not much love for EWing. Watching Ewing and the Knicks MSG was a sight to behold. Great atmosphere and I hated the Knicks back then. Dream was awesome but you just gotta love the rivalries the Knicks had with the Bulls, Pacers and Heat. Ewing was always the Center-piece for those games.
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Olajuwon for me but only just. Both were great players and had some great battles over the years. One of the last great rivalries of the NBA
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Hakeem the Dream for mine ... was a big game player - seemed to always stand up and outpoint some very big names (Shaq, David Robinson, Ewing etc).
Hard to beat his grace, timing and footwork in the paint as well
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Moises wrote: One of the last great rivalries of the NBA I second that notion. Nowadays its all about "Oh I can score on you therefore I'm more awesome. " Now it's Ego b.s......... Ewing and Dream competed hard against eachother to get their team to win not to brag about which one is better. That's one thing I really do miss about back then. It was less about 'me' and more about whoever wins.
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46 & 2 wrote:
I second that notion. Nowadays its all about "Oh I can score on you therefore I'm more awesome. "
Now it's Ego b.s.........
Ewing and Dream competed hard against eachother to get their team to win not to brag about which one is better. That's one thing I really do miss about back then. It was less about 'me' and more about whoever wins.
Not only that but they were massive rivals during college as well. Nowadays a 'rivalry' is when one player comes out and raps about another, asking him "tell me how my ***** tastes"
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kobe and shaq were REALLY close
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Whens Shawn Redhage entering the Hall of Fame?
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