Shaquille O’Neal’s 5 best dunks of NBA career (Video)

3. Shaq vs. the best

Alas, Shaq didn’t just dunk on the weaker opponents of his generation. The Big Cactus has been a thorn in the sides of many legendary NBA big men, with victims including David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon and, yes, even Dikembe Mutombo. This needs to be repeated for the youngsters out there: During his prime, nobody could stop Shaq.

But from all his contemporaries, it feels like Shaq had the most fun playing against (and dunking on) fellow 1992 draftee Alonzo Mourning. The two had many a heated battle after they broke into the league as the top two picks, as Mourning did his best to out-muscle the noticeably bigger and stronger Shaq Diesel.

In this particular match-up between the Magic and Hornets during the 1994-95 season, Shaq seems hell-bent on giving Zo a hard time via two dehumanizing dunks. How they eventually became teammates after this massacre is still a mystery.

(Actually, Zo will join Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, and Bill Russell as presenters when Shaq is officially enshrined in Springfield. All love is clearly not lost between the two former rivals.)

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