Top centers in the league?

[magnifier661]

Let's not add combo pf/c. I'm curious the order of the top 5 centers in the league.

1.) Howard
2.) Bynum (closer to Howard than you think if he didn't have injury questions)
3.) hibbert? I really don't think this is confident pick.
4.) Noah - he seems a little small, but he plays well over his height.
5.) nene - he's big and can score and rebound.

You know looking at the center pool, it's fucking weak as hell after these players. I guess bogut is up there, maybe Perkins I guess.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Tyson Chandler, Andrew Bogut, Brook Lopez, Greg Monroe, Marc Gasol too

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I'd go

Howard
Bynum
Chandler
Gasol
Hibbert (Bogut if healthy)

Edit: Well hell, Monroe has been playing out of his mind this year too. He is probably 6 even with a healthy Bogut.

 

[Run BJM]

I think of Monroe as an Al Jefferson type. Nice numbers but no presence on defense, not a guy you can build and win around, and perhaps really a 4 playing at the 5.

Nikola Pekovic has to start being in this conversation.

For me:
1) Dwight
2) Bynum
3) Chandler
4) M. Gasol
5) Noah

Really hard to pick the 5th.

 

[Natebishop3]

Greg Oden.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Obviously Horford would be 3-4 if you considered him a C, I think of him as more of a PF playing out of position though

 

[Run BJM]

Gortat might also be in the conversation. Obviously Nash is making him look good but hes also showing off a lot of skill this year. Probably not top 5 but hes worth mentioning.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Don't forget about Pekovic.

14 PPG
8 RPG
21.6 PER

 

[Nikolokolus]

Pekovic is just fun to watch. A total bull-in-the-china-shop ... with some skill.

 

[Run BJM]

Don't forget about Pekovic.

14 PPG
8 RPG
21.6 PER

Put up 16/10 in Feb, 19/9 in March.

 

[Boob-No-More]

DeAndre Jordan is probably top 10 due to his defense, but he still sucks on offense. I thought he'd pick up the scoring this season with Chris Paul setting him up for some easy baskets, but his scoring is actually down.

Spencer Hawes isn't top 5, but he gets overlooked due to the softness of his game and is probably top 10. He's having a nice season for the 76es. His PER = 19.2, he's a good passer and efficient scorer.

Damn, the center position really is weak these days. Depending on where the Blazers draft, they may be best served taking one of the many highly rated power forwards and moving Aldridge to center. In any case, give that our best two players (Aldridge, 4 or 5; Batum, 3 or 2) can play multiple positions, I hope the Blazers use their two first round picks on the best players available, regardless of position. Get the most talent you can and figure out how to use is. Fill out the rest of the rotation using the cap space to sign free agents (possibly including Freeland) or work an unbalanced trade.

BNM

 

[magnifier661]

Shit I totally forgot about chandler. That dude has to be at three. Also m gasol is damn good too.

 

[magnifier661]

I think of Monroe as an Al Jefferson type. Nice numbers but no presence on defense, not a guy you can build and win around, and perhaps really a 4 playing at the 5.

Nikola Pekovic has to start being in this conversation.

For me:
1) Dwight
2) Bynum
3) Chandler
4) M. Gasol
5) Noah

Really hard to pick the 5th.

I agree with this one.

 

[Run BJM]

Hoping for my W's sake Bogut proves to be healthy and top 5. His came is comparable to Gasol, probably more some more defense and a little less offense. Would be stoked if hes Gasol/Noah level.

 

[Nikolokolus]

DeAndre Jordan is probably top 10 due to his defense, but he still sucks on offense. I thought he'd pick up the scoring this season with Chris Paul setting him up for some easy baskets, but his scoring is actually down.

Spencer Hawes isn't top 5, but he gets overlooked due to the softness of his game and is probably top 10. He's having a nice season for the 76es. His PER = 19.2, he's a good passer and efficient scorer.

Damn, the center position really is weak these days. Depending on where the Blazers draft, they may be best served taking one of the many highly rated power forwards and moving Aldridge to center. In any case, give that our best two players (Aldridge, 4 or 5; Batum, 3 or 2) can play multiple positions, I hope the Blazers use their two first round picks on the best players available, regardless of position. Get the most talent you can and figure out how to use is. Fill out the rest of the rotation using the cap space to sign free agents (possibly including Freeland) or work an unbalanced trade.

BNM

Exactly. And even if there is some overlap and mismatching pieces you can always trade those pieces as long as they hold their value. You start the long slide into mediocrity when you start thinking that you need to fill a specific need on your roster via the draft and letting that trump taking a superior talent.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Hoping for my W's sake Bogut proves to be healthy and top 5. His came is comparable to Gasol, probably more some more defense and a little less offense. Would be stoked if hes Gasol/Noah level.

Just a couple years ago he was Top 5 easily. Sad to see what happened to his arm in that nasty fall.

 

[MARIS61]

Silly to leave out swingmen when some of them start at C, but...

Marc Gasol
Andrew Bynum
Marin Gortat
Tyson Chandler
Greg Monroe

 

[LameR]

Maris, you're funny.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Maris, you're funny.

Trollin', trollin', trollin'. Keep that old guy trollin'...

BNM

 

[MickZagger]

Pekovic is just fun to watch. A total bull-in-the-china-shop ... with some skill.

He's kind of a rarity. A bull in china shop with good hands and great touch.

 

[Boob-No-More]

He's kind of a rarity. A bull in china shop with good hands and great touch.

The guys a brute, but he's a brute with skills and a decent motor. He was a GREAT use of a 2nd round pick.

BNM

 

[MARIS61]

Maris, you're funny.

I like a guy who can laugh in the face of truth.

I went on stats and performance so far this year. Those are the clear leaders.

 

[MARIS61]

... I hope the Blazers use their two first round picks on the best players available, regardless of position. Get the most talent you can and figure out how to use is. Fill out the rest of the rotation using the cap space to sign free agents (possibly including Freeland) or work an unbalanced trade.

BNM

This should ALWAYS be the plan at draft.

We currently have a soft starting PF, and 14 bench players of varying levels of talent, so not too hard to fit in a good player.

 

[MARIS61]

Trollin', trollin', trollin'. Keep that old guy trollin'...

BNM

That's all you do, ususally because you have no valid dispute of my posts.

I'd love to hear you challenge my list of centers with some factual rebuttal.

 

[jlprk]

Howard, Bynum, Chandler, Przybilla. No one else is any good.

Joel is the most underrated center in the league of the last decade. He's our best current player, much more effective than our candy ass forwards Aldridge and Batum.

Chandler is underrated, but not as much, because of his leaguewide exposure on the champ team and now in the Big Apple.

 

[jlprk]

Silly to leave out swingmen when some of them start at C, but...

Marc Gasol
Andrew Bynum
Marin Gortat
Tyson Chandler
Greg Monroe

Why would anyone call these conservative choices a troll list. Nothing wrong with them. Attack my list with Przybilla.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

In looking at this thread it makes me think the NBA has never been so weak at the center position.

 

[jlprk]

Oh I see. He left off Howard. Come to think of it, a good argument can be made for that. Howard is a child who doesn't really know the game.