B-Scott

There have been a lot of talented centers going back to the 1960s when it was Chamberlain vs Russell. If you had to name your all time top 5 who would they be? Mine would be

1. Kareem Abdul Jabbar - 6 time NBA Champion. Won the Regular Season MVP 6 times. The guy was averaging 23 points a game in 1986 at 39 years old,and put up 40 points (Twice) against Ralph Sampson and Akeem that regular season.

2. Akeem - 2-time NBA Champion. Defensive 1st team multiple times. Probably the most underated big man of all time.

3. Shaq - 4-time NBA Champion. Led the Lakers and Heat to titles. Talent wize,he easily could be 1# ,but he didnt maximixe his potential to the fullest. Had he stayed in great shape year after year,he easily could have won 7 or 8 titles.

4. Wilt - I got him this low because i dont think he faced great competetion at the center position. I have watched a lot of his games on Classic sports,and he was simply way before his time. He was bigger then everyone else,and the athletic ability was kinda lacking at that position in the 1960s. He averaged 50 points in a season,and is the only player to ever score 100 points in a game.

5 Bill Russell - i got him this low because i think the centers above have more of a ability to carry a weaker team if they were on a weaker team because of there offensive abilities. Russell though was one of the best defensive big man to ever play the game.

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Spaceman Spiff

Can't argue with that. I'd have Shaq first and move down the others.

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roux2dope

1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
3. Bill Russell
4. Shaq
5. Hakeem Olajuwan

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Minstrel

1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Bill Russell

My number 6, David Robinson, I feel is very close to Shaq and Russell.

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jericho

1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Bill Russell
5. Shaquille O'Neal

6. Moses Malone
7. David Robinson
8. Bill Walton
9. Patrick Ewing
10. Wes Unseld, Willis Reed, or Bill Laimbeer

R-Star

How quickly we forget. I hate Shaq, but I still respect him as the greatest of all time. The man is a physical specimen, and even now in his twilight, no one has yet to come close to the mix of physicality and skill he brings to the game.

1) Shaq
2) Wilt
3) Dream
4) Jabbar
5) Russell

Pistolballer

no Nate Thurmond? I'd say he was as good as Reed, Unseld and Laimbeer.

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Olajuwon (Dream Shakin' all over that ***)
Wilt
Shaq
Jabbar
Russell

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BucketDawg

Top Five:

1-Wilt Chamberlain
2-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3-Hakeem
4-Bill Russell
5-Shaq

Rounding out a top ten
6-Robinson
7-Arvydas Sabonis-Compiling his entire career, he was one of the best basketball players ever, and in his youth (21-24) was probably the best basketball player in the world at that time.
8-Moses Malone
9-Bill Walton
10-Ewing-Mikan-Thurmond

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