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

[swede123]

So I'm talking basketball with a guy at work and start praising David Robinson. My friend thought of Robinson as kind of weak, which I strongly disagree with. The Admiral is an all-time top ten center, right?

Swede

[RicktheRuler]

Named the league's MVP in 1995
NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1992
NBA Rookie of the Year in 1990
Has won the IBM Award five times: 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 and 1996
Won the NBA Rebounding Title in 1991, the NBA Blocked Shots Title in 1992 and the NBA Scoring Title in 1994 (he and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the only two players in NBA history to win each of the three titles)
Honored with the 2001 NBA Sportsmanship Award
Named to the All-NBA First Team four times (1991, 1992, 1995 and 1996) the All-NBA Second Team twice (1994 and 1998) and the All-NBA Third Team three times (1990, 1993 and 2000)
Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team four times (1991, 1992, 1995 and 1996) and the All-Defensive Second Team four times (1990, 1993, 1994 and 1998)
Is the only player in NBA history to be named to both an All-NBA Team and an NBA All-Defensive Team in each of his first seven NBA seasons (since the NBA started the All-Defensive Team in 1968-69)
A 10-time All-Star
In 1996 named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of All-Time
The Spurs all-time NBA leader in games, rebounds, blocked shots, assists and both FT made and attempted and is second in franchise history in points and both FG made and attempted
Has been named the NBA Player of the Week 15 times and NBA Player of the Month 4 times
The only male basketball player in U.S. history to appear in three different Olympic Games: was the leading scorer on the 1996 Team which captured gold in Atlanta, was a member of the 1992 Team that won the gold in Barcelona and the 1988 Team that won the bronze in Seoul
Is the United States' all-time leader in Olympic history in career points (270), rebounds (124) and blocked shots (34)
Played on the 1987 Pan American Team and the 1986 USA World Championship Team

[Los Feliz Slim]

I absolutely think David Robinson would belong on this list.

What about Robert Parish?

EDIT: I don't know my NBA stats, obviously, because I just checked and I don't there's any question; OF COURSE Parish is on this list, near the top.

[Sponger15SB]

Not to mention he also is only 1 of 4 players to ever record a quadruple double, which is pretty freakin cool.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Definitely top 10. If not, which 10 (plus?) are ahead of him?

[Phoenix1010]

Great question. My gut goes with no, but I'm gonna have to think about it.

[swede123]

I agree he is top ten for sure. Top of my head the list would go something like this, when considering them playing in their own era, not just who would be better matched up.

Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Shaq
Bill Walton
George Mikan
Kareem
Moses Malone
Hakeem Olajuwon
David Robinson
Patrick Ewing

I'm probably missing some people here, maybe Robert Parish.

Swede

[Phoenix1010]

Shaq
Abdul Jabbar
Olajuwan
Chamberlain
Russel
Mikan
Ewing
Walton
Parish
Reed
Malone

Here, in no particular order, is a list of who I think should be considered for this, other than Robinson. You would have to take two of these guys out to put Robinson in. The only way you can squeeze him in is if you put him ahead of Ewing, and count Reed as a PF. Neither is inconceivable, so I change my answer to a probable yes. If I missed any great centers, someone can correct me.

Edited to add: Moses Malone.

[Phoenix1010]

Edit: I was wrong.

[PhatTBoll]

In no particular order:

Kareem
Shaq
Wilt
Mikan
Malone
Hakeem
Parish
Russell
and???

He has to be on this list.