SPIN: Your Top 10 Centers In Their Primes
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feelosofer
#ninergang
Just going off primes
1. Wilt
2. Shaq
3. Kareem
4. Hakeem
5. Russell
6. David Robinson
7. Alonzo Mourning
8. Yao Ming
9. Patrick Ewing
10. Moses Malone
1. Wilt
2. Shaq
3. Kareem
4. Hakeem
5. Russell
6. David Robinson
7. Alonzo Mourning
8. Yao Ming
9. Patrick Ewing
10. Moses Malone
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
It's hard to give Robinson that much love when he got owned by The Dream.
Malcolm Joseph
Microphone Checka
Prime:
1. WILT (different NBA then, but he did dominate at an unprecedented level)
2. Shaq (In his prime, I think he wins every matchup against any other center in history - sheer size and tenacity when scoring)
3. Kareem (For me he's the GOAT, excellence for such a long time - in his prime he was just too much, but he did have trouble stopping Reed based on old games. Still couldn't be guarded)
4. Dream (Couldn't be fukked with in his prime.)
5. Moses (In his prime, he was a bucket - plain and simple. If it went into the post, it was almost a sure 2 points - putback king)
6. Russell (Won 11 titles as the best player on his team, but never as the offensive focal point - #2 all-time. I think the guys ahead of him in their primes would've won 11 championships too on his teams - maybe not due to his leadership and unselfishness - but hey)
7. Admiral (Did everything and was the most athletic center that I've ever seen. Ran the floor like a gazelle)
8. Walton (Short prime, but was probably the most fundamentally sound Centers in history)
9. Wes Unseld (Leader, team player and winner. The most important guy on his teams when they won.)
10. Reed (Could shoot the mid-range, play-D and caused matchup nightmares in the favors of championship teams).
All-time:
1. Kareem
2. Russell
3. Wilt
4. Shaq
5. Dream
6. Moses
7. Admiral
8. Reed
9. Unseld
10. Ewing
1. WILT (different NBA then, but he did dominate at an unprecedented level)
2. Shaq (In his prime, I think he wins every matchup against any other center in history - sheer size and tenacity when scoring)
3. Kareem (For me he's the GOAT, excellence for such a long time - in his prime he was just too much, but he did have trouble stopping Reed based on old games. Still couldn't be guarded)
4. Dream (Couldn't be fukked with in his prime.)
5. Moses (In his prime, he was a bucket - plain and simple. If it went into the post, it was almost a sure 2 points - putback king)
6. Russell (Won 11 titles as the best player on his team, but never as the offensive focal point - #2 all-time. I think the guys ahead of him in their primes would've won 11 championships too on his teams - maybe not due to his leadership and unselfishness - but hey)
7. Admiral (Did everything and was the most athletic center that I've ever seen. Ran the floor like a gazelle)
8. Walton (Short prime, but was probably the most fundamentally sound Centers in history)
9. Wes Unseld (Leader, team player and winner. The most important guy on his teams when they won.)
10. Reed (Could shoot the mid-range, play-D and caused matchup nightmares in the favors of championship teams).
All-time:
1. Kareem
2. Russell
3. Wilt
4. Shaq
5. Dream
6. Moses
7. Admiral
8. Reed
9. Unseld
10. Ewing
Malcolm Joseph
Microphone Checka
Just some footage of Reed going toe-to-toe with Kareem. Kareem got his, but Reed was definitely the best player on the court at times.
T.he I.nformant
1st Ballot HOF Teller
Of those I actually watched play during my lifetime (in order)
Shaq
Hakeem
Admiral
Ewing
Sabonis
Yao
Zo
Mutombo
Smits
Dwight
Shaq
Hakeem
Admiral
Ewing
Sabonis
Yao
Zo
Mutombo
Smits
Dwight
