In this nba teams would make shaq irrelevant.
Yes he could score. Yes he could get rebounds.
But he wouldnt even be able to keep up with the speed of players. He would gas.
Imagine shaq trying to defend a pg on a switch? Teams didnt switch defensively in the past like they do today...and that is due to the importance and reliance on the 3pt shot.
Any team playing shaq would be substituting 3pter for 2pters
Look at all the big, truely big players in the last 10 years. Boban for example, is a strong as shaq, bigger than shaq, and is essentially useless except for bench minutes
Shaq made 3 All-Defensive 2nd teams in his career - one of them being his Finals MVP season.
He is nowhere near as bad as you state. Please stop trolling and post facts / statistics if you are able to.
Shaq got nba all defensive teams for rebounds.
Not once in his career did he lead the league in steals or rebounds or defensive rating or defensive win shares.
He would score in todays game but would, just like guys like baynes, jonas, boban, cousins, howard(who was far more athletic than shaq) amd other big bodies centers, get caught on switches and get attacked offensively.
The game is much different.
The game has left guys like him behind
I dont even know if shaq is a top 5 center all time.