<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oladipo2.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Victor Oladipo speaks out on comparisons of his injury to Grant Hill, Kawhi Leonard’s</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-31T17:38:17-07:00">July 31st, 5:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-31T17:38:17-07:00">July 31st, 5:38pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/justintalvarado" rel="facebook">Justin Alvarado</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As human beings, it’s simply second nature for us to constantly draw comparisons. NBA players are no exception as similar injuries are also compared in which the trajectory for recovery is also relatively expected to be the same. Indiana Pacers reporter, J. Michael recently questioned Victor Oladipo’s return in which he implied that he might have come back too soon.</p><p>The reporter also drew comparisons to Grant Hill and Kawhi Leonard who were in the same boat when they were also injured back then and tried to rush their respective returns from injury. Oladipo shrugged this off and answered that he has his recovery in complete control. As of the time of writing, the <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsJMichael/status/1289289795567407104">tweet</a> has gained 3 Retweets/comments and 7 Likes.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Asked Oladipo if he thinks about/considered what happened w/guys like Grant Hill who came back too soon: "Things are different from me, different from Grant, different from Kawhi…I'm trying to figure things out. Essentially this is my knee, my leg, my body." <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PacersSixers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PacersSixers</a></p><p>— J. Michael (@ThisIsJMichael) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsJMichael/status/1289289795567407104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This news comes off the fact that Victor Oladipo suffered a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-victor-oladipo-showing-no-frustration-amid-injury-woes/">ruptured quad tendon</a> in his right knee on Jan. 23, 2019, and returned earlier this year only to play a total of 13 games with an average of 14 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. His recent return has brought speculation in which the decision to step on to the hardwood floor again might have been rushed.</p><p>Nevertheless, Oladipo will play in the NBA restart. Look to him to produce good numbers to provide a boost to the Indiana Pacers as they make their push to the postseason. In the Pacers’ second scrimmage against the Dallas Mavericks, Oladipo performed exceptionally well with 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. He also split double-teams and traps, got into the paint and found shooters spotting up, and was 4/8 from three-point territory,</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Victor Oladipo speaks out on comparisons of his injury to Grant Hill, Kawhi Leonard’s

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/rockets-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Rockets are ‘a dangerous team that nobody wants to play,’ per Grant Hill</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-08T19:33:33-07:00">July 8th, 7:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-08T19:33:33-07:00">July 8th, 7:33pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>NBA Hall of Famer Grant Hill is <a href="https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1281022794617073664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1281022794617073664%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Fnba">bullish</a> on the Houston Rockets’ chances to win the 2020 title down in Orlando, Florida at Walt Disney World.</p><p>During an interview with NBA TV on Wednesday, Hill said the Rockets — led by MVPs James Harden and Russell Westbrook — are “a dangerous team that nobody wants to play.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“This is a dangerous team that nobody wants to play.” <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/realgranthill33?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realgranthill33</a> discusses Houston’s playoff outlook ahead of the NBA restart in Orlando on <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GameTime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GameTime</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/YeUv5cxYSv">pic.twitter.com/YeUv5cxYSv</a></p><p>— NBA TV (@NBATV) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1281022794617073664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Hill touched on Harden and his incredible body transformation. The Rockets’ leading scorer lost a ton of weight during the NBA hiatus.</p><p>Now, we’ll have to see if all that work will pay off in the playoffs, where Harden has gotten tired in previous years.</p><p>Before the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-nba-season-suspended-after-rudy-gobert-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/"> season was suspended in March</a>, Harden was leading the NBA in scoring for the third consecutive year. The Beard was averaging 34.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists in 61 games for the Rockets while shooting 43.5 percent from the field, 35.2 percent from beyond the arc and 86.1 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>Westbrook, meanwhile, was putting up 27.5 points, 8.0 boards and 7.0 assists in his first season with the Rockets after having a legendary run with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The former MVP was shooting 47.4 percent overall, 25.4 percent from deep and 77.7 percent from the charity stripe. Westbrook also racked up 21 double-doubles and eight triple-doubles.</p><p>Before the 2020 playoffs start, the Rockets will face the Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers in the seeding games. It will be a good opportunity for Harden and Westbrook to knock off the rust after not playing in a game since March.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rockets are ‘a dangerous team that nobody wants to play,’ per Grant Hill

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jamal-Crawford-recalls-Chicago-wanting-to-sign-Tim-Duncan-Tracy-McGrady-Grant-Hill.jpg"></figure><h1>Jamal Crawford recalls Bulls wanting to sign Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-05-21T08:20:49-07:00">May 21st, 8:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-05-21T08:20:49-07:00">May 21st, 8:20am</time><address><a>Bruno Manrique</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jamal Crawford came to the Chicago Bulls in 2000, drafted as a top-10 selection two years into the post-Michael Jordan era. Being there gave him the window to see Jerry Krause plotting to reel in would-be Hall of Famers Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, and Grant Hill — all in one season.</p><p>Crawford explained how Krause intended to turn a Bulls rebuilding year into an accelerated flip.</p><p>Via <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/jamal-crawford-jerry-krause-bulls-duncan-mcgrady-hill-michael-jordan-214457227.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jack Baer of Yahoo Sports</a>:</p><blockquote>“My first year and second year, we’re the youngest team in the league, right? And the fans knew, like, ‘OK, it’s going to be a rebuilding year.’ But my rookie year, Jerry thought he was going to get Grant Hill, Tim Duncan and T-Mac,” said Crawford as a guest of The Platform Basketball Podcast.“So, obviously, MJ just retired, right? We have all this cap space, and so we have all these rookies. And he was like — go back and look, I guarantee Grant, Tim and T-Mac were all free agents. And Jerry wholeheartedly believed we would get all three of them. Even if we get two of them at the time, boom.</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bulls GM Jerry Krause thought he was going to get Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Tmac to come to the Bulls after Jordan left 😳 <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JCrossover?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JCrossover</a> via theplatformbasketballpodcast <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/9dX3FkIjIf">pic.twitter.com/9dX3FkIjIf</a></p><p>— Swish Cultures (@swishcultures_) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/swishcultures_/status/1262788866857029633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Hearing Crawford say this about the late Bulls GM just calls for one thought: delusions of grandeur.</p><p>Krause has been accused of thinking the Bulls could reel in free agents for way less than market value. According to another former player close to the situation, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-former-player-recalls-chicago-low-balling-tracy-mcgrady-jermaine-oneal-free-agency/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Krause low-balled</a> McGrady and Jermaine O’Neal, who was also among the list of would-be free agents back then.</p><p>Krause was hoping that the six Bulls titles in the ’90s would be enough to sell players into coming to a championship organization — but he was dead wrong. Once Michael Jordan walked away from the game during his second retirement, out went the championships and the prestige the Bulls had in the eyes of many, especially after other key cogs like Scottie Pippen and Steve Kerr went out after that 1997-98 three-peat season.</p><p>To think Krause could reel in three would-be perennial All-Stars just on past merits is as next-level cuckoo as it gets. The Bulls didn’t get any of those players, and they haven’t returned to the NBA Finals since the Jordan era.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jamal Crawford recalls Bulls wanting to sign Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Shaquille-O_Neal-claims-1-on-1-game-was-like-Grant-Hill-wanted-to-put-moves-on-Hakeem-Olajuwon.jpg"></figure><h1>Shaquille O’Neal claims 1-on-1 game was like Grant Hill, wanted to put moves on Hakeem Olajuwon</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-05-15T13:09:44-07:00">May 15th, 1:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-05-15T13:09:44-07:00">May 15th, 1:09pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/">NBA</a> legend Shaquille O’Neal recently said his one-on-one game was like fellow Hall of Famer Grant Hill. The Diesel also admitted he wanted to put moves on Hakeem Olajuwon back in the day.</p><p>When he was slim with the Orlando Magic, O’Neal sometimes displayed his point center skills. The four-time champion told<a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/nba-insider-tom-haberstroh/war-floor-concept-could-be-just-what-nba-needs"> Tom Haberstroh of NBC Sports</a> that his NBA game was nothing like his one-on-one skills:</p><blockquote>“My NBA game was nothing like my one-on-one game,” Shaquille O’Neal said. “My one-on-one game was similar to Grant Hill. I could handle it, put it between the legs, do a lot of tricks and all that stuff. (Olajuwon) wouldn’t have been expecting that. He wouldn’t have been ready for that. I wanted to be able to showcase a different game.”</blockquote><p>This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufg2KlnoM3g">vintage footage</a> of Shaquille O’Neal playing Michael Jordan one-on-one at an All-Star Game sort of gave a glimpse into Shaq’s one-on-one arsenal. O’Neal was also slated to play in a highly publicized one-on-one game against Olajuwon, but it wound up getting canceled because of an injury to the Houston Rockets legend.</p><p>While it would have been neat to watch O’Neal showcase those moves against Olajuwon and in NBA games, fans had enough fun watching him dominate in the post. Shaq is universally recognized as the most dominant player in NBA history.</p><p>During his legendary NBA career, The Big Aristotle averaged 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists. He won three titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Miami Heat. 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Shaquille O’Neal claims 1-on-1 game was like Grant Hill, wanted to put moves on Hakeem Olajuwon

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Shaquille O’Neal claims 1-on-1 game was like Grant Hill, wanted to put moves on Hakeem Olajuwon