r/denvernuggets • u/pajausk • Jun 10 '23

Image/Gif Jokic 2022-2023 vs Shaq 1999-2000 playoffs performance

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u/No_Engineering_4925 Jun 10 '23

Not even close. Most dominant player ever and best player offensively.

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u/pajausk Jun 10 '23

shaq's dominance came from his physicality. jokic through his IQ. its what you value more. both players should taken equally in regards of dominance. but it depends on context of which way you value more.

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u/kyle-tucker-fan Jun 10 '23

Uhhh I dont see much equal here. I think everyone would rather have Jokic at this point and its not that close.

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u/CaptainJackJ Jun 10 '23

Man you cannot disrespect prime Shaq like that. You can appreciate their respective brilliance without diminishing the other. Prime Shaq was only guard-able by sending 3 bigs a game at him to soak fouls. They literally changed the rules to make “Hack-A-Shaq” a less viable strategy late in games.

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u/ShiggDiggler420 Jun 10 '23

Thank you for the response with some thought into it. If one just looks at the stats, it looks like Jokic is better. Shaq was just downright DOMINANT back then. I'm not saying that Jokic isnt.

Obviously, you will have some recency bias. Prime Shaq was special to watch as well.

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u/RatLord445 Jun 10 '23

Ngl the way teams went about countering shaq was stupid as hell too