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

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Shaq is without question a top 10 player in NBA history. Pettit isn’t

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Popularity and recency bias (and other bias’ I won’t get into) created by TV coverage doesn’t mean he was a better pro. The numbers don’t lie. Ask people who were players who Petit was 50 years or more later and they knew he was the first person who reached 20000 points and all those boards.
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.
Player 1
SUMMARY
Career
G 792 PTS 26.4 TRB 16.2 AST 3.0

Player 2
SUMMARY
Career
G 1207 PTS 23.7 TRB 10.9 AST 2.5

He is one of four players who was named to all four NBA anniversary teams and one of only two living members as of 2023 with Bob Cousy. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time.[3][4]

As a mark of true consistency, Pettit played in 11 straight All Star Games, was named All Star Game MVP more times than any player in history, and guided the Hawks to the 1958 NBA championship. When Pettit retired in 1965, he was the league's highest scorer (20,880) and second highest rebounder (12,849).
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.

They are still writing about him in 2023 but but but he wasn’t great. Freaking people like you do not understand what great truly looks like including the BEST 4 to ever play. Unlike Shaq, he quit after 11 seasons with his full health.

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