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H2H 57: Chris Bosh vs. Chris Webber – Who was Better?

Note: Updated for Chris Bosh and Chris Webber’s 2021 Hall of Fame selections.

As the NBA has moved more and more towards “positionless” basketball (e.g. LeBron James could essentially play any position, and play it at a high level), the power forward archetype has evolved from a big bruiser who can score and rebound in the paint to more of a versatile playmaker with shooting range.  In recent history, two players who have exemplified this paradigm shift are Chris Bosh and Chris Webber. At their respective peaks, each player was among the dominant power forwards in the game, leading us to ask the question:

Who was better – Chris Bosh or Chris Webber?

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H2H 53: Marcel Dionne vs. Guy Lafleur – Who was Better?

When two players are drafted first and second overall in a given year, their careers are inexorably linked and will be forever compared and contrasted to each other (think Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in the 2004 NHL Draft, or in a different sport, Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf in the 1998 NFL Draft).  Such was the case in 1971, when two Quebec junior hockey superstars, Guy Lafleur and Marcel Dionne, were selected with the first two picks in that year’s NHL draft – both picks worked out, as each player went on to have a legendary Hall of Fame career, thus inevitably bringing up the question:

Who was better – Marcel Dionne or Guy Lafleur?

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