Top ten NBA centers of all time - David Robinson on the list?

[AustinDoug]

I would just note that the year he won league MVP and defensive player of the year, Olujawon averaged 40+ points against him in the western conference finals. I don't put a lot of stock in the awards as they are frequently influenced by political decisions.

He was a very good player, but not well rounded. He had no offensive post game (couldn't play with his back to the basket). All of his points came off (a) dunks; and (b) mid-range jump shots (not where you want your center to be).

[Slacker13]

I excluded him from my list because for some reason I always thought he was a power forward. He should def go on the centers list. Carl Malone too.

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Malone retired following the 1994-95 season having scored 27,409 points and grabbed 16,212 rebounds in his 19-year NBA career. He made more free throws, 8,531, at the time, more than any other player in NBA history and also finished his career ranked second behind Wilt Chamberlain in free throw attempts with 11,090.

He also left the game as third in games played (1,329), sixth in minutes played (45,071) and 10th in field goal attempts (19,225). Since 1973-74, when the NBA began keeping offensive and defensive rebounds as separate categories, Malone is ranked first on the all-time list in offensive rebounds (6,731).

Add in his two ABA seasons and Malone's numbers are even more impressive. In 21 pro seasons he scored 29,580 points, sixth on the all-time list behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan and Julius Erving. He also grabbed 17,834 rebounds, third behind Chamberlain and Bill Russell. He's second in free throws made (9,018) and attempted (11,864) behind Karl Malone, fourth in minutes (49,444) played and fifth in games (1,455).

[andyfox]

Here are the centers that made the NBA's Fifty Greatest Players of the First Fifty Years list:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Dave Cowens
Wilt Chamberlain
Moses Malone
George Mikan
Hakeem Olajuwan
Shaquille O'Neal
Willis Reed
David Robinson
Bill Russell
Nate Thurmond
Wes Unseld
Bill Walton

Thirteen of 'em. I would rank Robinson above Cowens, Reed, Thurmond, Unseld and Walton. That would make him 8th.

[Slacker13]

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I'm just going to let this one go. I suspect others won't be quite as forgiving.

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Oh geez, thanks for taking it easy on me.

[captZEEbo1]

I'm pretty sure malone WAS a power forward....

[jakethebake]

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At the age of 19, when he was a lean and lanky 6-10 man-child, Malone had no trouble making the jump from Petersburg (Va.) High School to the Utah Stars of the ABA. Playing forward until he filled out enough to take the pounding at center, Malone was an immediate success in the ABA, averaging over 18 points and 14 rebounds as a rookie.

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[captZEEbo1]

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I'm pretty sure malone WAS a power forward....

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At the age of 19, when he was a lean and lanky 6-10 man-child, Malone had no trouble making the jump from Petersburg (Va.) High School to the Utah Stars of the ABA. Playing forward until he filled out enough to take the pounding at center, Malone was an immediate success in the ABA, averaging over 18 points and 14 rebounds as a rookie.

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That just says what he played as in the ABA, not the NBA.

[Slacker13]

edit.

[jakethebake]

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That just says what he played as in the ABA, not the NBA.

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What are you arguing? That he wasn't a cneter? Are you serious?

[Phoenix1010]

Karl Malone was always a power forward. Moses Malone started out as a PF and then became one of the most dominant centers in the league for almost two decades.