I don't think people realize

How good Olajuwon was, especially in his prime.

His defense was light years better than Shaq, and he was just as good of a scorer as Shaq was in some instances, but worst case, he was a tick below.

Hell, Olajuwon was going toe to toe with him as a 32 year old while Shaq was in his first few years.

People need to go look at Olajuwon's stat line from the 1986 Western Conference Finals, going up against Worthy and Jabbar.

1986 WC Finals

Olajuwon averaged 31 Pts, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks a game.

There is no better "all around" center in NBA history, who combined Hakeem's scoring and defense. Some were better than him at one of those two, but never both at the same time.

His block record will never be touched. He averaged 3 blocks per game, over 1,200 games. No one will ever come close to that, ever. That's 246 blocks a season, for 14 straight seasons.

As some context, Gobert had 124 blocks, total, last year. Anthony Davis had 134, Brook Lopez had 149 and Whiteside had 187 blocks. Olajuwon averaged what amounted to 246 blocks a season for 14 straight seasons playing 82 games, over the course of his career.

1992-1996 Hakeem is better than 2000-2004 Shaq.

It's close offensively, but Hakeem smoked him on the defensive end.