QUICK TRIVIA: Who was the last legit 7-foot Rookie of the Year before Pau Gasol won it in 2002?

ANSWER: Shaq, 1992 (Tim Duncan 1998 ROY is 6-11).

So it's not surprising that both Shaq and Pau have become the best big men of their respective eras approximately 10 years apart. And they hold true the notion that Great Big Man anchored teams always win (with the exception of MJ of course). While Pau was really a Soph here (won ROY the year prior), his game was already incredible.

And actually, MJ was only 39 yrs and 304 days here but who's counting? When the greatest mid-range game there ever will be allows one to win 10 scoring titles at 51.5% through age 35 and hit 20+ppg at 45% on one leg at age 40 with surgery and three years of rust, nothing else really matters.