Best big men ever

[Volsfan895]

Who are your top 5 big men to ever play in the NBA? Mine are...

1) Hakeem Olajuwon
2) Shaq
3) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4) Patrick Ewing
5) Bill Russell

Maybe not in that order, but there is my list.

 

[KingNick865]

My list............

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Patrick Ewing
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Hakeem Olajuwon

 

[d4ster3]

i gotta throw David Robinson in there, that was my boy.. and because of him, i'll add Duncan

 

[Jaytrain5]

In no order...

Russell
Olajuwon
Shaq
Duncan
Kareem

 

[BigPapaVol]

In no order...

Russell
Olajuwon
Shaq
Duncan
Kareem

You really have a list with Shaq over Wilt? I can't stand Wilt, but he was the most dominant basketball player to ever step foot on the court. Shaq's MDE handle is just silliness.

 

[Jaytrain5]

You really have a list with Shaq over Wilt? I can't stand Wilt, but he was the most dominant basketball player to ever step foot on the court. Shaq's MDE handle is just silliness.

It was a toss-up...I gave Shaq the nod because of the rings, and a slight generational favoritism.

 

[BigPapaVol]

It was a toss-up...I gave Shaq the nod because of the rings.

and that I understand. Wilt has some rings. He also happened to exist when Boston played 5 all-stars and brought another off the bench.

The comparison of the two is a good one. Both dominant physical specimens with no FT shooting ability whatsoever. I do think Wilt had much better moves and touch around the bucket.

 

[615 Vol]

Jon Koncak
Mark Eaton
Manute Bol
Todd McCullough
Big country Reeves



(in no order)

 

[Vol Mania 21]

Jon Koncak
Mark Eaton
Manute Bol
Todd McCullough
Big country Reeves



(in no order)

you so forgot Shawn Bradley, and George Merason

 

[volinbham]

No Moses Malone? The man sweat more than any human alive.

My personal favorite was from the planet Lovetron...Chocolate Thunder himself. His most famous dunk was "The Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam, Glass-Breaker-I-Am-Jam."

Other fun facts.

He named other dunks as well: the Rim Wrecker, the Go-Rilla, the Look Out Below, the In-Your-Face Disgrace, the Cover Your Head, the Yo-Mama, and the Spine-Chiller Supreme. The 76ers also kept a separate column on the stat sheet for Dawkins’s self-created nicknames: "Sir Slam", "Dr. Dunkenstein" and "Chocolate Thunder."

Also, he claimed to be an alien from planet Lovetron where he spent off-season practicing "interplanetary funkmanship" and where his girlfriend Juicy Lucy still lived.[1]

 

[volinbham]

While I'm at it, some Chocolate Thunder quotes from a Q&A with fans:

Darryl Dawkins: My most difficult player was Bob Lanier - 7 foot, 320 pounds, left handed, crosseyed, and he wore size 22 shoes! He had a button he'd push that would make his rear end grow. As far as MJ - it's different players for different eras. He's the best at this period. Magic and Wilt were the best of their eras.

Darryl Dawkins: The majority did smoke it, not all, but most. And we smoked the good marijuana too, not yard grass.

Darryl Dawkins: About several hundred attempted the trip, but only about 70 reached LoveTron since they had to fasten their boots. They'd get their big toenails blown off when they hit LoveTron. No joke.

Darryl Dawkins: The point is to put fear in the other players. After you break one people don't try to block you. They have to shower to get the glass out of their a##.

 

[volinbham]

More DD

I've flown over it a couple times. I gotta say, I've never really been able to understand that whole scene. Superman, people from Krypton, they all get destroyed by Kryptonite! I mean, that doesn't make any sense. See, I'm Chocolate Thunder, but I don't get destroyed by chocolate. I like chocolate.

That was my whole thing, taking the ladies out there. That's why, when I go there, I travel in an invisible transporter, so everybody can see all the fine women I travel with. I like to show them off, you know. Back in the day, Lola Folana was often to be seen in my spaceship.

NM: What about Darth Vader? He seems like he's probably got some game.

DD: Oh definitely, Darth is a mother in the paint. He just backs you down and backs you down. He's relentless.

NM: Finally, Mr. Thunder... on a personal note. Obviously you Lovetronians are very skilled in the art of love. We've been having a little trouble with the ladies lately. You got any seduction tips for mere mortals?

DD: Toes. Earthlings always forget about the toes. Women love to have their toes done. And don't be afraid to use your mouth.

 

[milohimself]

You really have a list with Shaq over Wilt? I can't stand Wilt, but he was the most dominant basketball player to ever step foot on the court. Shaq's MDE handle is just silliness.

IMO you have to put Jabbar and Shaq as the two best big men of all time. I don't believe that any other two players in the history of the NBA affected the Association the way these two did. For me:

1. Kareem
2. Shaq
3. Russel
4. Wilt
5. Hakeem