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Shaq would own the post. To say otherwise is wishful thinking; the man is physically too much of a beast for either guy to contest. Sure, Kareem might get off a skyhook or two, but Shaq would maul him down low. You have to consider there would be about a 60 pound advantage... and Shaq in college was relentless. To many people only think of the later years in the NBA when he was slow. He ran like a small forward early on.

Shaq would foul out in 10 minutes against Walton and Kareem, and while he was in there they could intentionally foul him and put him on the line. He wouldn't get the star calls against Kareem and Walton and they have 100X more skills. A young Kareem and Walton would eat Shaq alive.

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Posted by Scoob

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Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:46 am to mmcgrath

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Shaq would own the post. To say otherwise is wishful thinking; the man is physically too much of a beast for either guy to contest. Sure, Kareem might get off a skyhook or two, but Shaq would maul him down low. You have to consider there would be about a 60 pound advantage... and Shaq in college was relentless. To many people only think of the later years in the NBA when he was slow. He ran like a small forward early on.

Shaq would foul out in 10 minutes against Walton and Kareem, and while he was in there they could intentionally foul him and put him on the line. He wouldn't get the star calls against Kareem and Walton and they have 100X more skills. A young Kareem and Walton would eat Shaq alive.

College Shaq actually shot FTs well at times. I remember him hovering around 60% and thinking he was gonna develop it. In the pros, he took a step back.

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Posted by tigerfan88

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Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:59 am to mmcgrath

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Shaq would foul out in 10 minutes against Walton and Kareem, and while he was in there they could intentionally foul him and put him on the line. He wouldn't get the star calls against Kareem and Walton and they have 100X more skills. A young Kareem and Walton would eat Shaq alive.

A lot would depend on the officiating ill give you that. But Walton and Kareem never faced anyone remotely like Shaq. On the other hand, Shaq did face someone like them in Hakeem. And although Hakeem outplayed him slightly Shaq got his too. And really all Shaq would have to do is not get dominated and let Jackson and Maravich do their thing.

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Posted by King Joey

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Posted on 2/21/13 at 12:05 am to mmcgrath

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A young Kareem and Walton would eat Shaq alive.

Yes, that's likely true. And while they were double teaming Shaq, Pete and CJ would rain in about 130 points, while Rudy and Petit would clean up for another 40 or so (depending on who they left unguarded for the double team).

Of course, that would never happen since no one with the privilege of coaching an all-time UCLA team would be stupid enough to double team Shaq. They would put one of Walton or Kareem on him and keep him to a manageable 20-25 points and likely edge him out in rebounding, and let the other one dominate Petit underneath while their perimeter players tried to slow down Pete and CJ with a little help from whoever was on Rudy.

Another note for this fantasy matchup, if coaching got involved we'd be fricked. I'd guess there are literally dozens of schools who could put an all-timer coach on their bench that would coach circles around anyone we've ever had at LSU. We've had some good ones, but no one who has been anywhere close to an greatest of all time conversation. I can think of at least 4 coaches in the game right now (as far as I know) that could probably do it (Coach K, Roy Williams, Bobby Knight if he's still coaching, Pitino . . . could probably name more if I really followed college Basketball any more).