Hakeem really did not get a ton of airtime and back then it was hard to catch anyone other then the local team. But I was a nerd and watched sportscaster everyday and checked the boxscores and Hakeem could put up some of the most ridiculous boxscores. I really have never seen a successful team that leaned so heavily on a single player (not even Lebron). Hakeem was their team's entire offense and defense. Not in stretches, for the whole fucking game. When he used to get in foul trouble in the playoffs the other team would go on like a 18-0 run over the next 5 minutes.
And no one in the NBA, including Lebron can guard 1-5. Lebron can definitely guard any 2-3 and he can handle most 4s, but if it is a truly elite post player he would be destroyed like any other small player in the post. We don't have more than 3 or 4 of those players in the league (if that) so you can definitely keep him on most bigs today who just spot up for jumper and dunks. And he cannot guard an elite PG who knows how to use screens. Parker undressed him and everyone else on the Heat in game 1 of the Finals. He didn't do much after he got hurt, but no one on the Heat, including Lebron, could stop him.
