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For basketball fans: Jordan vs. Shaq pregame in 1996
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:42 pm
Ran across this and don't think I've ever seen this footage before — thought some old guys here like me might enjoy it.
I'm guessing Shaq is 23 or 24 here (and looks younger than that), but he absolutely schooled MJ in the paint.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. I'm guessing Shaq is 23 or 24 here (and looks younger than that), but he absolutely schooled MJ in the paint.
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:45 pm to paperwasp
Shaq could really move when he was younger/lighter
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:46 pm to paperwasp
Since then the NBA has been on a slow steady slide.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:54 pm to lowhound
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Shaq could really move when he was younger/lighter
If Shaq would have had the mental focus to take care of his body like Kobe Bryant he'd have been the GOAT.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:59 pm to paperwasp
Those wind breakers need a comeback
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:00 pm to Camp Randall
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Since then the NBA has been on a slow steady slide.
Blame LeBron
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:02 pm to Safety Blitz
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Those wind breakers need a comeback
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:19 pm to lowhound
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Shaq could really move when he was younger/lighter
He would've been the GOAT if he had developed any type of shot. Hard to argue with his success though imposing his size/strength on teams. He also has freakishly large hands, even for his size, making it impossible to shoot normally with backspin.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:21 pm to paperwasp
Hadn’t seen this before either. Cool share 
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:22 pm to paperwasp
Is that the best 2 v 2 team of all time?
Has to be, right?
Has to be, right?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:31 pm to paperwasp
I remember this, it’s before the all star game.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:42 pm to wesman21
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Is that the best 2 v 2 team of all time?
Yeah, that's pretty amazing to watch.
Along those lines, that same year was the third iteration of "The Dream Team" in the Olympics. (Shaq was on the second FIBA version in '94.)
Foreign countries have mostly caught up in terms of some legit talent, but 30 years ago imagine China going up against 7'-1" David Robinson, Shaq, and Hakeem Olajuwon on the same team.
They lost 133–70, BTW.
It (barely) predates Shaq, but they say the closed-door practices of the 1992 Dream Team was the best basketball that's ever been played in the history of the sport — and nobody got to see it.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:00 pm to Camp Randall
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Since then the NBA has been on a slow steady slide.
And all under the watch of LeBitch Blames. It’s unwatchable.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:56 pm to Tangineck
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If Shaq would have had the mental focus to take care of his body like Kobe Bryant he'd have been the GOAT.
I see people always bring up something similar to this usually stemming from Kobe’s quote about Shaq but the truth is not many people at all had the obsession with basketball Kobe did. He lived, ate and slept basketball. Even the goat Jordan didn’t have Kobe’s obsession as he had other hobbies (golf, gambling and business). Shaq was still arguablythe most dominant player ever in the nba. 13 year’s averaging over 20 points and 10 rebounds. He did fine
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:17 pm to paperwasp
Super cool. First I’ve seen that.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:51 pm to paperwasp
That's cool
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:03 pm to paperwasp
As I’ve stated, the MOST athletic big man (in his early prime) the NBA has ever seen. Sure Wilt could jump out of the roof… but he didn’t have “guard-type” moves and run the fast break like SHAQ.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:57 am to Juan Betanzos
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Sure Wilt could jump out of the roof… but he didn’t have “guard-type” moves and run the fast break like SHAQ.
Wilt wasn't far off, if at all. The stunning part about him is that he had Shaq-like size and athleticism more than a decade before Shaq was born. Wilt would have been a star NBA Center in 2009, 50 years after he was drafted in 1959. A specimen like him in the NBA of 65 years ago was literally so unfair that they had to change the actual rules of the game. THAT is a GOAT.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:14 am to paperwasp
Kobe said if he wanted to be. He would be the goat.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:47 pm to King Joey
Switch Wilt and Shaq birth dates.
I would've LOVED to have seen Shaq abuse all.those 6-8 honkies with tape on their glasses like Wilt did.
During Wilt's time (especially early in his career) the NBA had whatever 5 total 7 footers?
During Shaqs whole career almost every team had MULTIPLE 7 footers.
I would've LOVED to have seen Shaq abuse all.those 6-8 honkies with tape on their glasses like Wilt did.
During Wilt's time (especially early in his career) the NBA had whatever 5 total 7 footers?
During Shaqs whole career almost every team had MULTIPLE 7 footers.
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