Who is stronger in the prime of O Neal and Spark?

If you choose one between the peak O'Neal and the peak Howard, I believe that the answer for many fans is O'Neal, after all, O'Neal is the most dominant player in the center position, except for Michael Jordan, no one dares to say that his basketball strength can overpower the peak "big shark" O'Neal.

Let's take a look at "Big Shark" O'Neill first. O'Neal was the No. 1 pick in 1992 and was known as the "Big Four" of the 90s, along with Olajuwon, David Robinson and Ewing. In 1996, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the NBA, the top 50 superstars in NBA history were selected, and O'Neal, who was only 23 years old, was successfully selected for this list.

In O'Neal's eighteen-year career, he won a total of four championships, including a "triple championship" and "triple FMVP", a regular season MVP, a two-time scoring title, and was selected to the All-Star team eight times and the All-Star team fifteen times. O'Neal averaged points per game in the regular season in his career, and O'Neal was able to average about 30 points per game at his peak.

Howard, the No. 1 pick in 2004, has a 16-year career and has won three Defensive Player of the Year, five rebounding titles, two block titles, five All-Star teams, four All-Defensive Team teams, and eight All-Star teams. Howard is currently averaging points, rebounds and blocks per game in his career. Unlike O'Neal, Howard is significantly more energetic on the defensive end than on the offensive end, and Howard at his peak was the big gate on the inside and an excellent interior blocker.

It's a pity that these two super centers have been in the NBA for more than a decade, and they haven't staged a peak matchup in their prime. When O'Neal was still at the tail of his prime, Howard had just entered the NBA, and when Howard matured, O'Neal gradually faded out of the league.

That must have been O'Neal stronger at his peak, and he outperformed Howard by more than one point. We all know that on the basketball court, the center, has always been a crucial position. Although, today's NBA has entered the "small-ball era", and all teams are pursuing the ultimate offensive and defensive conversion to make the pace of the game faster;

However, some centers with outstanding comprehensive ability and excellent physical fitness are still hot and sought-after items in the free market. Some people say that the reason why basketball in the 21st century is small is because there is no center like Howard and O'Neal;

Rather than modern basketball is more advanced. It sounds like there is some truth to it. Howard and O'Neal are both considered representatives of the "traditional center", the one who has brought the role of the "big center" to the extreme.

The Magic and Lakers, in the peak of Howard and O'Neal, did revolve around them for tactical design.

These two centers have each led an era. So, who is better in their hard power? I feel that this problem is simply "self-evident". To put it bluntly, Howard and O'Neal are not players of the same level.

First of all, Howard's proudest physical fitness was crushed by O'Neal in all aspects. Whether it is explosiveness, strength, or confrontation ability, O'Neal at his peak has surpassed Howard by more than one and a half stars, and there is a widely circulated saying in the basketball forum, called "There is Joe Joe, no Joe chooses the shark".

At that time, O'Neal's dominance on the court was unparalleled, except for the peak Jordan, there has never been a similar phenomenon level player in NBA history. And Howard, put in the "four centers" in the 90s, is estimated to be inferior to Robinson and Ewing.

The reason why he is talked about by modern fans is also due in large part to the fact that as time goes by, the rules of the league are more favorable to the outside, and there are fewer and fewer good centers. A Yao Ming, who can still beat him to the north; O'Neill, not to mention, is a complete explosion.

O'Neal is stronger, O'Neal is taller than Howard, and Howard can't guard against O'Neal at all.

It should be that O'Neill is stronger, because O'Neal has a higher personal level.

It must be O'Neill, because O'Neill is stronger in stature, and his technical strength is not of the same level.

He was very terrifying at his peak, almost unbeatable as a center forward, with a shooting rate of about 61%, and a strong ability to cooperate with the team, and his performance in the game was outstanding.

He was very strong at his peak, and his attacking ability was very strong, because he was very tall and very large, so he could fight three athletes alone.

Very strong, he was very good at his peak and he scored very well in the competition.

As we all know, Big Shark O'Neill is the most dominant super center of the 21st century, he is very strong and has a brilliant career. As the champion of 92, he was the representative of the peak of his debut, won the scoring title early, and in the 95 playoffs, he let the comeback Jordan swallow his strength, and led the team to the finals at the age of 23 is impressive. When it came to the Lakers, O'Neal partnered with Kobe Bryant to complete three consecutive championships, and the OK combination can be said to be prestigious.

However, in the 04 Finals stage, the Lakers lost to the Pistons, and the OK combination also had conflicts, and finally the Lakers decided to keep the younger Kobe. At that time, O'Neal was already 32 years old, and he was eventually traded by the Lakers to the Heat. So what level was O'Neal in the Heat era?

In the finals, he averaged only 13 points per game and made two best teams.

O'Neal's Heat era lasted less than four years, and in the summer of 2004, the Lakers sent the 32-year-old O'Neal to the Heat. At that time, he was still at the tail end of his prime, and in 05 he handed over gorgeous statistics of points and rebounds and blocks per game, but Wade was the team's scoring leader, and Wade averaged 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists per game that season. Together, the two led the Heat to a 59-23 record, ranking first in the East, and O'Neal was also named to the All-Star team.

In the 05-06 season, it was the year of the Heat's gods. At that time, O'Neal was 34 years old, and his strength had dropped significantly, and he averaged 20 points and 9 rebounds per game in the regular season, but the team boss had become Wade. That year, the Heat had a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, ranking second in the East, because the competition for the center position was not strong, so O'Neal was selected for the team again.

The Heat successfully won the championship that year, and Wade averaged 34 points per game in the Finals, but the Sharks only averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds per game.

As he grew older, O'Neill's athleticism declined, his weight increased, and his strength was much lower than before. In the 06-07 season, he averaged only 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block per game, and his and Wade's attendance was not high, and the Heat only had a 44-38 record. As the defending champions, they were eliminated in the first round.

This year, O'Neal was not selected for the best team.

In the 07-08 season, O'Neal only played 33 games for the Heat, got the data of points and rebounds and blocks per game, and transformed into a role player. After that, the Heat sent O'Neal away in a trade. The 36-year-old O'Neal was traded to the Suns and began a wandering career, moving between the Suns, Cavaliers and Celtics before retiring at the age of 39 in a low-key manner.

Overall, O'Neal's performance in the Heat era was very good. He joined the team at the age of 32 and was at the peak of his career, partnering the rising Wade to win the championship in '06. Although the Finals performance was average, he was still the league's No. 1 center in '05 and '06 and was selected for the first team, which was still good enough.

O'Neal's strength during the Heat period was also very tough, and after he and Wade joined forces, they won the championship together, which shows that his strength was also very good at that time.

O'Neal was still very good in the early days of the Heat, and although he didn't have the dominance he had in his prime, he was still one of the best centers in the league.

He averaged a high number per game during his time with the Heat, and although his strength was not as strong as at his peak, he still led the Heat to a championship.

O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Caron Butler, Ramar Odom, Brian Grant and a future first-round pick. O'Neal changed his jersey number from No. 34 with the Lakers to No. 32 from his time with the Orlando Magic.

O'Neal's arrival not only helped the Miami Heat statistically, but also mentally, the team benefited. As long as O'Neal is on the court, the players of the Heat team will be full of confidence, as long as they hand the ball to O'Neal in the offense, they can slowly run to their basket, and it doesn't matter if the opponent misses the defense when attacking, anyway, there is O'Neal under the basket. It is O'Neal's selfless team that will make such rapid progress, and Wade's progress is also thanks to O'Neal's earnest teaching, and the most O'Neal said when he came to Miami is that I am Wade's big brother and have the obligation to help him improve.

O'Neal will try to create opportunities for Wade in the game, and it is with O'Neal's help that Wade scored the most points in the team in 42 games in the 2004-2005 season, while O'Neal only scored in 32 games. After O'Neal's arrival, the Heat team underwent a radical change, and finally achieved the best record in the East with 59 wins and 23 losses, and if it weren't for Phoenix's Nash's fabulous play, O'Neal would have almost won the second regular season MVP of his life. In the playoffs, the Heat also reached the Eastern Conference Finals, but unfortunately they were hated by the Pistons in seven games.

Earliest in magic. And then with the Lakers. Now in the Heat.

At his peak, O'Neill was a combination of strength, skill and flexibility. The league has changed the rules several times because of him. Defending him became a nightmare for the managers and players of various teams. The "shark cutting tactic" invented by former Mavericks head coach Nelson Sr. also proves O'Neal's insolvability from the side.

Although Shaquille O'Neal is 2.16 meters tall and weighs more than 140 kilograms, he can sprint like a sprinter, soar like a high jumper, and jump and dunk under the weight of two or three people like a weightlifter.

The 00 Finals averaged points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and shooting percentages and was also considered the most dominant player in Finals history.

O'Neal's pinnacle is undoubtedly the dynasty established by the three consecutive championships when he was the Lakers, and Kobe Bryant was still a young man at that time, and it can be said that 80% of it relied on O'Neal's dominance on the inside. There are really very few people in the NBA who can dominate at a position, and it is terrifying that O'Neal can play dominance in that era when there are many strong men on the inside.

How strong was Oreo at his peak? In other words, under the basket, he is basically his world, he is tall and big, and he has a certain ability to break through, and he is one of the strongest centers in history.

O'Neal, who has top physical talent, is better than many people no matter how hard he doesn't work, although he doesn't defend seriously, but when he really gets to the basket, this mountain is really difficult to cross. To sum up, if the two can really meet at their peak, then there is no doubt that O'Neal will finish Howard.

The O'Neill at his peak and the spark at his peak are of course O'Neill at his peak. After all, the spark at his peak was only playing with his strong physical fitness, and O'Neal was the more well-rounded one.

O'Neill is even better. O'Neal has some independent offensive ability, and his defense is also stronger than Howard's.

Peak O'Neal is even more powerful, Peak O'Neal can blow up Howard at will, and Howard can't prevent it.

O'Neal at his peak can completely blow up Howard, and the two are not even players of the same grade. We all know that since the beginning of the new century, the NBA has had two big centers who are at their peak and seem to be invincible: O'Neal, known as the "Big Shark", and Master Howard Howard, who is known as the "Happy Beast".

These two people can be called the "optimus pillars" under the basket, maximizing the power of the inside line. At that time, the Magic and Lakers also coincidentally built teams around Howard and O'Neal; They serve as the initiator of the team's attack and the axis of the entire team's tactical system;

Today, in the NBA in the small-ball era, there is no center whose comprehensive strength can be comparable to these two superstars. Therefore, many fans like to compare the strength and weakness between the peak O'Neal and the peak Howard. However, the answer is obvious, Howard is not comparable to O'Neill at all.

Why? O'Neal, who won three consecutive championships at his peak, is the most powerful player in basketball history, and even, we don't need to say "one" at all. Jordan and James may have outperformed O'Neal in terms of all-around and scoring, but they may not have the shock and pressure of O'Neal when they play.

Moreover, O'Neill spanned the nineties and the twenties, and also experienced the era of the four major centers. Although he is the youngest of the four centers, he has not faced off against the head of the four centers, another legendary center Olajuwon.

It can be said that the peak Olajuwon, on the field, still did not reach an overwhelming advantage over rookie O'Neal, although the Magic was swept out by the Rockets, but O'Neal is better than Olajuwon, whether it is high-level data or basic data, it is not far behind.

And Howard obviously couldn't do it. To put it mildly, he can become one of the most dazzling center forwards in the new century, to a large extent, because he has taken advantage of "no tiger in the mountains". Throw Howard into the nineties, and it is estimated that Robinson and Ewing are better than him.