re: Was Shaquille the best all around center to ever play for LSU?

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He was great. But he does not compare

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You would be wrong. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO AFRAID TO ADMIT SOMEONE WHO WAS AN ALL TIME GREAT? I had season tickets from the late 70’s through the mid 90’s.
You do realize Petit had a more impressive individual NBA career than Shaq, don’t you? If there wasn’t a team called the Celtics, he wins 5 titles. He took a terrible team and won the title by himself with 50 in the final game.

He won more league MVP titles than Shaq
Was more scoring titles than Shaq.
More first team all NBA than Shaq - 10
Same ROTY
And was once a second team.
MVP of the All Star game more than Shaq.
More rebounding titles

They didn’t have an all defensive team then.

He quit at the top of his game because he wanted to make sure he was healthy when he got old.





Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1958)
2× NBA Most Valuable Player (1956, 1959)
11× NBA All-Star (1955–1965)
4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1956, 1958, 1959, 1962)
10× All-NBA First Team (1955–1964)
All-NBA Second Team (1965)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1955)
2× NBA scoring champion (1956, 1959)
NBA rebounding leader (1956)
NBA anniversary team (25th, 35th, 50th, 75th)
No. 9 retired by Atlanta Hawks
Consensus first-team All-American (1954)
Consensus second-team All-American (1953)
No. 50 retired by LSU Tigers