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Originally Posted by Knick_Killer31
He was thought to be better than Shaq! One of The USA's Dream Teams took Laettner over O'neal i believe.
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laettner was rewarded for his college accomplishments as a token collegiate on the dream team. in no way was he thought to be better than shaq, which is of course why shaq was the #1 pick without any question.
laettner was a 1x 1st team all-american. he wasn't close to alcindor or walton or oscar or lucas or sampson or david thompson or a bunch of others.
if we were to think of someone similar to walton, it would be if duncan got hurt early in his career after winning his 1st title, except with a far better college career.