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

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You’re blaming media for overrating Shaq then citing media as proof Pettit was better. Kind of hypocritical no?

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I’m not blaming the media. I’m saying most don’t know who he was and there are people in the know who did not forget. Russell only mentioned him once in a quip because he was white and from the south and talked with that drawl. That was a black-white thing and Russell was all about that when a player at his position was his equal.

Then there is the whole thing about the Hawks. They were a terrible franchise until him. He didn’t need 2 other all time greats to win a title. He was great. One could say Kobe was better than Shaq - lots of people do in fact - and Dwayne Wade who is a top 15 of all time.

Russell needed Cousey an all time great.
I mean you have to have context. White tall guy that was great in the 50’s and 60’s and didn’t play with Wilt or Russell.