I argue his biggest downfall is listening to those old farts that basically insinuate that center without post game is pussy and he forced that shit instead of doing what he did best being a pnt/lob threat

It wasn’t pretty, but prime Dwight’s post-up metrics were very good just off raw athleticism.

I wish those synergy sports stats were still around for back then, but to my recollection he was like ~85th percentile in efficiency and near the top of the list for high-volume post-up scorers.

Yeah but it was also overstated how “bad” of a post-up player he was. It was more or less ppl just over-indexing on aesthetics or trying to pigeon-hole him into being the next Shaq/Ewing/Olajuwon when that just wasnt in the cards for him.

In reality, he still had a pretty good jumphook and nice running hook with both hands, and then he could obviously just overpower most guys on a drop step and dunk it.

Those things didnt look pretty and he moved so robotically that he would catch flack for “only” being able to do just those instead of having the Dream Shake, a turnaround jumper, the McHale step-thru’s, etc, but it was good enough to help him score 20-24ppg in his prime.

There were only like two guys in the league that could actually guard him single coverage so in terms of functionality, he was actually a very effective post player, Kendrick Perkins and Andrew Bynum. Dwight used to have monster scoring numbers in playoff series’ because most teams didnt have a center that could physically match him in the post.

And Im sure if I can find PPP stats from that era, they’ll back it up that he was one of the best post scorers in the game at that time. He wasnt an all-time post scorer like the other HOF centers of the 90’s that ppl wanted him to be, but he wasnt as bad as the narrative painted him out to be.

Yes, he wasn’t very skilled, but his physical abilities were so good that he was a dangerous post threat in his prime, which made Orlando’s inside-out offense  dangerous. Once he started declining the dropoff was pretty sharp

Shame he decided to focus on the former rather than let the latter just happen.

Shaq is the answer. He’s the only one with the combo of that level of size, force, and agility.

Anybody else on that level of agility had less size and force.

Shaq was breaking backboards with the agility needed for lobs.

Also has one of the most iconic lobs in history on his resume. Kobe absolutely breaking Pippen’s ankles and lobbing to Shaq for the massive dunk that punctuated the comeback that launched a dynasty 

That was my best answer too

Really rare to find that combination of power and post finesse paired with leaping ability

STAT had a few moves already, but he really fleshed out his post game after he had lost most of his athleticism.

Yeah, def forgot Shaq lol. And maybe Admiral

i havent gone tos lepe yet and its 7:11 am am i cooked

Shaq had no post game and minimal skill in general.

His fat ass played obesity bully ball against 6’6” centers like Chuck Hayes and he declined fast once his chicken wing intake exceeded his genetic output. 

Guy played with hall of famers everywhere he played and ended up with 4 rings only. One of the greatest waste of potentials of all time. 

AD wasn’t the best lob threat of all time, but probably best overall player though (lob, post, defense, IQ.)

You’re never going to convince me he’s a better lob threat than Griffin. Maybe im biased though.

Definitely Shaq, he had a beautiful spin off hook shot that was damn near money every time, people just think he dunked the ball everytime. The lob threat is a no brainer but his post work in 97-03 gets really underrated from all the highlight tape plays he made.

Aldridge had an outstanding post game but he was far from a major lob threat

Amare and Antonio McDyess pre injuries.

David West pre old age

My mental highlight reel doesn’t have many Hakeem lobs in it. But I’ll be willing to be proven wrong.

They weren’t throwing lobs like that in the 80s.

100% yes. Young Hakeem was an athlete first. An amazing one. Champion Hakeem may have had the greatest footwork in history.

His college team was nicknamed Phi Slamma Jamma for a reason.

Nobody thought in tetms of “vertical threat” back then, so it wasn’t used much in his day. But hevwas absolutely a big verticsl threat.

Amare’s post game was cringe

Not a lob threat at all.