re: Who beats LSU's basketball all-time starting five ?

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Shaq was a rookie

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Shaq was drafted in 1992, they played the Rockets in the NBA finals in 1995, nice try though

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ETA: everyone says he was this unstoppable force with the Lakers, yet his 99-00 stats are about the same as his 93-94 stats.

Don't get me wrong, Shaq was a beast, 1 ofthe all time greats, but the hyperbole goes a little overboard.

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IMO, LSU's starting 5 on this better then anyone else's starting 5.

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LSU's starting 5 is pretty stout, but to say its better is than UCLA or UNC is part bias, part not knowing some of the college greats from those schools that weren't necessarily NBA superstars.

I don't think anyone mentioned UConn

Ben Gordon
Ray Allen
Rip Hamilton
Donyell Marshall
E Okafor

Maryland hasn't been mentioned.

John Lucas
Len Bias
Len Elmore
Buck Williams/Joe Smith
Juan Dixon

Bench

Albert King
Steve Francis

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Like some mentioned, Hakeem was dominating in the era when there were still legit big men. I love Shaq but he played when there were a bunch of scrubs at center.

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I'm waiting for people to realize this regarding Michael Jordan and the SG position.

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I'm waiting for people to realize this regarding Michael Jordan and the SG position.

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It's def a valid point. Jordan and his Bulls also never had to go up against any teams with a legit center. I'd love to see how they'd matchup against those Houston teams but the Rockets always shat the bed until Jordan retired.

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the Rockets always shat the bed until Jordan retired.

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What?

I love how people think losing = choking or shatting the bed or whatever
Its not the same thing.

The 91 and 92 Rockets were not contenders. In 93 they were 3rd in the West they lost in the 2nd round to Seattle (the 2 in the West) in 7, the home team won every game. They won the title the next 2 years its called progression. In 96 they lost to Seattle in 4, Seattle was a bad match up for them back then. 97 Stockton hit a game winner in gme 6 of the WCF and that was it.

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Actually I do know a lot about College B Ball

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my apologies, though you may want to brush up on the your NBA history since you think Shaq was a rookie in 95 when he was in fact in his 3rd year

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Actually I do know a lot about College B Ball. and Pete Maravich and Chris Jackson were both stronger at their positions in college then anyone UNC or UCLA had.

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I can't comment on Petit either, but Alcindor and Walton were way better in college than Shaq. Macklin was great and an AA, (and it was the 81 team that made me an LSU fan), but Worthy, Jamison and Jordan were all Player of the Year. Like I said LSU's 5 can hang with anyone, but to say its clearly the best, is biased.

not that anyone here saw wilt play in college, but he was probably better/more dominant than all these bitches

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my apologies, though you may want to brush up on the your NBA history since you think Shaq was a rookie in 95 when he was in fact in his 3rd year

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I don't know why I said rookie, but even in his 3rd year, shaq was not in his prime. Like 3 or 4 years from it actually. HO on the other hand had one of his best seasons that year.

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I can't comment on Petit either, but Alcindor and Walton were way better in college than Shaq. Macklin was great and an AA, (and it was the 81 team that made me an LSU fan), but Worthy, Jamison and Jordan were all Player of the Year. Like I said LSU's 5 can hang with anyone, but to say its clearly the best, is biased.

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Where did I say LSU was "Clearly" the best? I said IMO if I'm not mistaken didn't I? UNC and UCLA would beat LSU in that scenario because of depth, not because of the starting 5 if they beat them. Also if Shaq and Jackson had both played 4 years....... LSU might have gotten a National Championship, even if Dale Brown was the head coach. lol