Why Dirk Nowitzki is Better Than Hakeem Olajuwon Rockets fans just love bringing up their hay days with Hakeem “The Flyswatter” Olajuwon whenever a Mavs v. Rockets debate is started, but that discussion ends here. Dirk Nowitzki is, and always will be, the superior player to Hakeem, and here is why. Let’s just take a quick look at the career stat lines of the two players. Now, let’s also not forget that Dirk’s career still has several more years in it, so his numbers still have room to grow. Dirk not only has played more games, started more games, played more minutes, but he’s still playing! As of right now Dirk has started over 100 games more that Olajuwon, and he’s also played more than 3000 minutes more than Hakeem. Obviously Dirk is a
Everyone says Lebron James is the best small forward, while a lot of other people say Kevin Durant is the best small forward. Lebron James shoots a .499 percent shooting field goals in his career while Kevin Durant shoots a .487 percent in his career. Kevin Durant and Lebron James are different because Kevin Durant has only 1 MVP. Lebron James has won 4 MVP. They are similar because they both won ¨Rookie of the Year¨.
“Keep moving the ball around and dump it inside to Hakeem.” – Rudy Tomjanovich Sounds pretty easy right. Wrong. While Hakeem Olajuwon was one the most dominating centers that the NBA has ever seen, the defense usually didn’t let him get easy buckets inside the paint. Or at least try not too. The offense that coach Tomjanovich used during the Houston Rockets back-to-back championships relied heavily on Hakeem’s post skills and the ability of their outside shooters to knock down wide open looks. This kind of offense is known as a 4-Out, 1-In Motion Offense and it is probably one of the easiest offenses that a team can use. The concept of the offense is to get the ball and defense moving and end up getting the easiest shot possible.
Introduction: Since the departure of Kevin Durant leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC for short) to the 73-9 Golden State Warriors, Russell Westbrook now a lone star in Oklahoma has been taking the league by storm averaging a triple double this season with (31.4 pts, 10.6 reb, 10.3 ast).This feat haven’t happened in over 55 years since “The Big O” Oscar Robertson who played for the Cincinnati Royals averaging a triple double in the 1961-62 season with a staggering average of 30.8 points, 11.4 assists, and 12.5 rebounds. However, by acknowledging the fact that this output hasn’t happened in over 55 years, I believe that James Harden in the Houston Rockets will win the MVP race. As much as I like Russell Westbrook to win the 2017 MVP award,
LeBron James is a superior basketball player to Kobe Bryant. Being a 13x NBA 1st team makes LeBron the superior player over Kobe. According to Landofbasketball.com, the years LeBron James was chosen were 06, 08-2018, and the latest being 2020. These 13x selections beat Kobe by 2, who only had 11 selections LeBron was selected 10 years in a row. Furthermore, another
Who do you think is better Michael Jordan or Larry Bird? They are both amazing basketball plays. Do you know who has won more NBA titles? If you don’t you are about to find out.
Lebron James and Kobe Bryant are two of the most explosive players in the NBA today. Each player has his own playing style that separates him from the rest of the league. Both players have their own career achievements, endorsements, and personal life stories behind the game. If you ask anybody, the comparison between these two players is great. It is a never ending debate between who is better because both players have something different to bring to the table. Side by side on paper, both players seem dominant and may one day end up in the basketball hall of fame. But as individuals, side by side, each has a different but similar life.
I am going to try to persuade you in thinking that Stephen Curry is the best player in the NBA as of right now. With the following arguments that that will be made in this argument.
James is so far 25th in steals, averaging 2.3 steals a game. Lebron is a beast when it comes to blocking shots, but has only 262 career blocks, while Jordan had a 100 block just within a season. People can go back and forth with the stats, Lebron is better than Michael in certain areas but at the end, Jordan will overall have a better record than Lebron.
Also Michael has done some crazy things players like Lebron James only dream of doing. He had 10 triple doubles in 11 games when the Bulls put him at point guard but he then went back to shooting guard because it is more comfortable for him. He has the highest. He has the most 30 point playoff games with 109 and when Jordan made it to the finals the Bulls won the championship every single time. In his last finals game ever the Bulls trusted him so much that he was the only person on the Bulls to even touch the ball in the last 40 seconds and hit a game winning shot. Also in every full season that he
Many people think of two men when the question of who the best NBA player is of all time. Some may say Michael Jordan, and some may say Kobe Bryant. They are both insanely good and their statistics are extremely similar, but the statistics lean more towards Jordan. This is why Michael Jordan is better than Kobe in the sport they both love and care for dearly.
Through nine seasons Lebron James has has averaged 27.20 points per game and in his career he has 26,338 which is 18th most of all time. Stephen Curry through 6 seasons has averaged 21.90 points per game and in his career he has 10,257 which is 343rd most of all time. Right now it is very hard to argue whether Lebron is a better shooter than Stephen curry, but you can argue what if they were better at one time. In 2006 LeBron James averaged 31.4 points per game and in 2016 Stephen Curry averaged 29.7 points per game. Although when it comes to 3-point shooting LeBron has never shot as well as curry on average; Stephen Curry currently has a .443 3-point shooting percentage over his career in the regular season while LeBron shoots .339 from three. In addition Curry also has a better free throw shooting percentage at .901 compared to LeBron's .744 free throw shooting percentage. Although both players n field goal percentage are nearly the same LeBrons percentage is .497 while Currys field goal percentage is .475 slightly below
Have you ever wondered who truly was the greatest NBA player of all time was? There are very many players that could be selected for this title. Some names that you would be likely to see when discussing this topic are: Bill Russell, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan (Top 10 Players in NBA History). Most people can recognize most of these names but one of these people may be the most well known people in all of sports. The reason for this is because he is you doubtfully the best person to every play the game of basketball. This man is Michael Jordan and he was the greatest player to ever be apart of the NBA because of his accomplishments in basketball, his impact on
We may have one of the best all-time NBA shooters playing right before our eyes. That player is none other than Stephen Curry. It has been apparent mostly this year in the season he is currently playing with the Golden State Warriors. With the NBA being quite contemporary, Stephen Curry has done things never before seen on the basketball court. There have been many NBA legends in awe and left speechless because of the talents of Curry. Stephen Curry has proven to best the best shooter in NBA history by having a great work ethic, inheriting genes from his father, and having the team he has around him.
They now both have the same eight second back court rule and a twenty four second shot clock rule, as well as making the three point line the same distance from the basket as each other. By doing this NBA scouts can compare
Stephen Curry has better handles than his splash brother. He has broken ankles more than 20 times in his NBA career. Now Klay Thompson is not really