CP went to 2nd round last year. Tyson Chandler is a 11m player. David West is jump shooter, but he is a all-star jump shoopter w/ 20ppg and 10m salary. Wade won a ring when somebody was there and won a lottery bonus when that guy was lazy and traded in midway. Again, compare c with pg/sg is not fair. A top c in a weak team cannot go anywhere while a top pg/sg in the same situation may still be able to achieve 0.5 even make playoff. However, a contender has to have post existence, no exception. Last year, dont forget before his injury Yao had 16 wins in a row, overlapping half of the great streak.