Could Prime Shaq Dominate in Today’s NBA?

 


Bro… let’s stop playing.

We’re talking about Shaquille freakin’ O’Neal.
7’1, 320 lbs of pure destruction.
He didn’t just dunk on you — he dunked THROUGH you.
Then stared you down like “you really thought you could stop this?”




🏀 The League is Softer — and That’s BAD NEWS

Today’s bigs?

  • Pick & pop merchants.

  • Wanna hang at the three-point line.

  • Can barely back down a guard.

Put Shaq in 2025?
He’s eating dudes ALIVE.

No hand-checks.
No hard fouls.
No illegal defenses clogging the paint.

Bro would literally have one-on-one post-ups all day.
You think Rudy Gobert wants that smoke?
Please.

🔥 Analytics Might Hate Him… But The Bucket Wouldn’t Lie

Sure, the nerds would cry:

“Post-ups are inefficient! He doesn’t shoot threes! Spacing is compromised!”

But guess what?
When you’re shooting 60% from 2 feet,
when you put half the other team in foul trouble by halftime,
that IS spacing.

And trust me, Shaq would be in modern pick & rolls too.
Imagine Luka or Shai running PnR with PRIME SHAQ.
That’s literally death.

🤕 Would Today’s Pace Wear Him Down?

Maybe.
Shaq wasn’t exactly a cardio king.
Teams today run up and down non-stop, launch 50 threes a game.

But you’d slow it down just for him.
And let’s be real…
when he gets you in the halfcourt, it’s over.

📝 My Take?

Bro…
Shaq would absolutely terrorize today’s NBA.
Probably averages 35 & 15 easy, fouls out your starting center by the 2nd quarter.

Spacing wouldn’t be an issue —
HE’D be the reason spacing exists.
Defenses would collapse so hard shooters would have a field day.

Modern bigs are skilled, yeah.
But none of them want to stand under the rim with Shaq coming downhill.
Trust me.

💬 What do YOU think?
Would Shaq average 50 in today’s soft league, or would all these “switch everything” defenses actually slow him down?

Drop your takes below 👇 wanna see if y’all agree.

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