no edit function...sorry to keep adding posts, but i keep thinking of more centers from hakeem's era. add: shaq mourning
It's a matter of fact not what I choose to believe. Duncan starts and plays the majority of his minutes at Power Forward regardless if you acknowledge it or not. Duncan and Robinson basically played the same roles as Dream and Sampson used to play. Ralph was our Power Forward and played that position anytime he and Dream were on the floore together. If you want to say that he is the best center based on his limited playing time there or when he matches up against Shaq then I guess that is ok. Maybe we can say that Tim Duncan is both the best Power Forward and Center in the league since technically he does play both positions.
that's exactly what i'm saying. anytime a big man is consistently playing at the high post position, you're playing power forward. the times d-rob was on the low right block were when tim was not in the game.
I guess we will have to disagree on that one. Granted I did not watch many spurs games outside of the play offs or when they played Dallas or Houston but Robinson always played center in those games.
Cato is probably one of the top 3 backup centers in the league, would be #1 in my book if it wasn't for his contract.
robinson was always listed at center. truth be told, malik rose is more of a center than david robinson was last year.
Cato may not be a "top 10" center, but given the minutes, his production wouldn't be too far off from many of the centers on that "top 10" list.
cato has proven this statement to be false already. he could be a changed man, true, but most nba gm's are not willing to take that chance, given his megacontract.
I can't see how somebody could call Duncan a center based on where he plays on offense. Hakeem played high post, low post, iso on the wing, wherever he was needed. Look at a guy like Charles Barkley - he played the same spots on the floor that Hakeem did (one of the problems in that lineup, really). Clyde Drexler had an excellent low post game, that didn't make him a 5. Bill Laimbeer spent alot of his time spotting up outside. You have to judge a player's position by who they guard, not where they play on offense. And Timmy Duncan consistantly guards a team's power forwards - ergo, he's a 4. As for Cato in the top 10, I remember arguing for that several years ago when he was playing well. Then he fell into a long stretch of crapitude from which he just emerged last year. I wouldn't bet a nickle on him maintaining that level of committment to the game, although he certainly has the skills.
The center position was never really that deep in the 90's. You only had like 3 guys who are really good and that's about it. People get mislead by the fact that you had Ewing, Hakeem, and Robinson at their primes and they would automatically assume that the center position was deep. All in all it was probably a little deeper, but not by much.
