O Neal: In the entire NBA history, there are only one players who can make me afraid

O'Neal can be said to be the most dominant center in NBA history and has a strong destructive power at the basket. O'Neal has also said many times in public that the only player that can really make me feel feared from the bottom of my heart throughout my career is Jordan. In the 1992 O'Neal rookie season, O'Neal admitted that every time I encountered Jordan's attack, I could only use foul methods to limit Jordan. I was afraid that he would dunk or score in front of me, and I was worried that such wonderful moments would become a classic shot and spread forever.

I highly agree with O'Neill's point of view, let's talk about it from several aspects.

1: Personal honors and historical status

Jordan has 6 career championships and 6 Finals FMVPs. The winning rate in the finals is 100%, especially in the 1993 Finals, Jordan highlighted Jordan's absolute dominance with 41 points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.3 times. 5 regular season MVPs, 10 scoring champions, 9 defenses, the best defensive player, and the key ball is also the top in history.

O'Neal has 4 career championships and 3 FMVPs. In the 2000 Finals, O'Neal averaged 38 points, 16.7 rebounds, 2.7 blocks, and his shooting percentage is as high as 61.1%. It can be said that he has no solution to the dominance and destructive power in the inside, but O'Neal's peak period may be too short. He only had 5 seasons in his peak period. He only won one MVP in his career, and had no rebounds and a defensive team. The shortcomings are free throws, and his career free throw shooting percentage is only 52.4%.

2: Direct match, Jordan has the advantage

Jordan and O'Neal have played 21 times in their careers, Jordan won 12 times, 6 wins in the regular season, and 6 wins in the playoffs. Jordan averaged 28.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4 assists per game. O'Neal averaged 25.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. The most classic is the second encounter between Jordan and O'Neal in the 1993 season. Jordan scored 64 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals, O'Neal scored 29 points, 24 rebounds and 5 blocks.

3: Jordan is stronger in overall planning, O'Neal's single-shot unsolved

If measured from historical status, technical comprehensiveness, and leadership, Jordan's championship purity, spiritual attributes, and comprehensive technology, it can be said that Jordan defined the ultimate form of basketball. O'Neal's single-shot destructive power and dominance at the basket surpassed Jordan's scoring ability, but O'Neal needs a specific lineup to make up for O'Neal's weaknesses.

Through the above understanding, we can understand O'Neal's mental feelings. Jordan's existence at that time made everyone understand that some heights are not only reflected in technology, but also spiritual crushing. Perhaps this is O'Neal's mentality at that time! Although O'Neal's career opponents have many Olajuwon, Barkley, Robinson, etc., Jordan is the player who truly conquered O'Neal with his strength.

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