All time greatest centers

[BTP]

One word: Epic.

Another word: Goal tending.

 

[addictionary]

Bah

 

[carolinajazz]

Another word: Goal tending.

1st one was clean....the 2nd? May have been goal tending! Probably was.

 

[BTP]

1st one was clean....the 2nd? May have been goal tending! Probably was.

I figured you'd know which one I'm referring to.

 

[Stifle Tower]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y26ydmnSDKI

This guy.

PG_AB already has a full analysis of him in the draft thread.

 

[LogGrad98]

 

[addictionary]

If this giant spider crab played the game like Enes Kanter, the association would need a lot of balls to replace the dead ones after he grabbed the ball in low post after rebound or highpost to pass someone.

 

[TroutBum]

the two guys ending with -eem in no particular order.

Wow, 7'4" already. He probably won't be able to play basketball much, but he has a legit chance to be the tallest man in the world if he continues to grow at that rate.


As for the thread, if I were building a team, I'd select Hakeem or Kareem over the others. I just don't trust the numbers of Wilt and Russell in that ancient NBA era with only 8-10 teams and tons of 6'8", 6'9" centers.

gimme Dream Shake

The Euro's are the only people on this board who actually know anything about basketball it seems.

The Dream > Everyone > Science

 

[carolinajazz]

The Euro's are the only people on this board who actually know anything about basketball it seems.

....not European, never been there and not anxious to go....so I guess I'm the exception to the rule?

 

[Fabtrey]

Originally Posted by fishonjazz
russell did go against wilt (and owned him) and i think wilt is comparible to hakeem, shaq, kareem

nope. russell did not own wilt.

wilt had much better number head to head. russell had better intangibles and better teammates.

Wilt Chamberlain vs Bill Russell head-to-head stats:

Wilt Chamberlain: 28.5ppg, 28.1rpg, 4.3apg, 6.7bpg*, .486 FG%, .492 FT%
Bill Russell: 14.4ppg, 23.5rpg, 4.7apg, 5.8bpg*, .370 FG%, .566 FT%

 

[carolinajazz]

nope. russell did not own wilt.

wilt had much better number head to head. russell had better intangibles and better teammates.

Absolutely correct! And the only intangible Russell had over Wilt was his ability to block a shot and then either grab it or keep it in play! Wilt would just slap it 4 rows deep in the stands!