Robert Horry is one of the winningest players in NBA history with seven championships.
Horry won titles with the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs during his 16-year career.
He was fortunate to play alongside many NBA legends, including Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Tim Duncan.
Horry now has decided which of the three greatest big men of all time he would build his team around if he were general manager.
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Hawley began by explaining that O’Neal was the best of the three players in the 2000-01 season.
However, because O’Neal didn’t take good care of his body, he didn’t have the long career that Olajuwon or Duncan enjoyed.
Holly ultimately chose Olajuwon as his first choice. Because he was an incredible leader and more stable.
“Look, that’s the hardest question to answer, because if you give me Shaq from 2000-2001 and I can keep that guy for years, I’ll take Shaq,” he said.
“But when you talk about what his career was like, I’m hiring Dream, everyone would say, ‘Isn’t that Tim?’ I love Tim. I think he’s one of the best players to ever play.
“But I love Dream and that’s just my opinion. He’s my mentor. The matches we played against and his toughness. He’s my mentor.”
“If we got into a fight…I know now that Tim would take over all the jiu-jitsu stuff, but he never did that when he was playing.
“Look, Dream already knew all that when he played. So you need something to push you back. So I think I’ll take Dream, then Shaq, then Tim.”
O’Neal, Olajuwon, and Duncan are the subject of discussion as one of the 10 greatest players in NBA history.
O’Neal was arguably the greatest player of all time in his prime, but he couldn’t sustain that for more than a decade.
However, he still averaged more points per game than Olajuwon or Duncan by a significant margin.
| player | point | rebound | assist | block | steal |
| shaquille o’neal | 23.7 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 21.8 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 |
| Tim Duncan | 19.0 | 10.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 |
Dream was perhaps the best defender of the three, winning two titles in the same era as Michael Jordan.
Duncan has five rings with the Spurs, which puts him ahead of the pack when it comes to wins.