Vote Now for the Starting Center

[Sabbath]

The nominations are in and it is time to vote in the center position of SI's all-time team. This thread will be open for 48 hours. Players receive 3 points for a starter vote and 2 point for a back-up vote. The top two will then be placed on the official all-time team.

please vote, discuss, argue, and debate each other in this thread, as this is the official time to vote. If you want to change somebody's mind do it here. I highly encourage you go onto youtube and watch highlight videos of these players and do some research. Here is a good source if you are unfamiliar with some of the old timers: http://www.hoophall.com/

 

[Sabbath]

This is going to be an interesting four-man race.

I voted for Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain because they are the two best on this ballot.

 

[Mexi]

Kareem and Russell
If Kareem doesnt get votes, I'll be pissed

 

[MapleLeaf]

Had a hard time deciding on this. I knew I wanted Russell off the board, but couldn't decide on Kareem or Chamberlain.

Meh, I'll vote for Chamberlain, he just flat out DOMINATED. Put up numbers that just make your eyes pop out. Although I know Kareem was just a scoring machine. So really could go either way.

 

[Yankees2772]

I voted Shaq and Russell... Shaq in his prime was easily the most dominant player ever. Wilt played in a time where player as tall as Jamal Crawford would be guarding him. But Crawford on Shaq and he'd score at least 50 a game too.

 

[playmaker7]

Had a hard time deciding on this. I knew I wanted Russell off the board, but couldn't decide on Kareem or Chamberlain.

Meh, I'll vote for Chamberlain, he just flat out DOMINATED. Put up numbers that just make your eyes pop out. Although I know Kareem was just a scoring machine. So really could go either way.

Let me remind you that Wilt put up huge numbers against short white guys lol. Still great though

 

[DJT]

I voted for Hakeem the dream, one of the best C's ever, and he played in an era where he wasn't always the tallest person on the court.

 

[Sabbath]

oh c'mon. The average hegiht of a center when Chamberlain played was at least 6-8 or 6-9. And there were a lot of players around the 6-10 and 6-11 range. Yes smaller than today, but still big.

 

[DJT]

oh c'mon. The average hegiht of a center when Chamberlain played was at least 6-8 or 6-9. And there were a lot of players around the 6-10 and 6-11 range. Yes smaller than today, but still big.

Yea but very few were as big as Wilt.

 

[Sabbath]

Yea but very few were as big as Wilt.

the same could be said for Shaq.

 

[Pugz]

I voted for Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain because they are the two best on this ballot.

Thats the way it should be Bill is the BEST Center and Wilt is pretty damn close to Bill.

 

[Mexi]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most points in NBA History...

 

[Pugz]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most points in NBA History...

Yea but Bill is the only one who could shut Wilt down on a consistint basis.
And Wilt was just so good.
Kareem is 3rd on my list.

 

[Mexi]

no one could stop Kareem either
thats why they banned dunking when he was at UCLA

 

[Sabbath]

Yea but Bill is the only one who could shut Wilt down on a consistint basis.
And Wilt was just so good.
Kareem is 3rd on my list.

Bill didn't really shut down Wilt, Bill just won the game

 

[Pugz]

Bill didn't really shut down Wilt, Bill just won the game

Bill was better than Wilt IMO way better.
I mean how tall was Bill 6'9 maybe 6'10 and how tall was Wilt? And Bill always had the best of Wilt besides I think maybe one season.

Thats my point on why Bill's number 1

 

[Pugz]

no one could stop Kareem either
thats why they banned dunking when he was at UCLA

True but they didn't ban it in the NBA did they?

 

[Sabbath]

no one could stop Kareem either
thats why they banned dunking when he was at UCLA

go to about 1:55. In the next 10 seconds you will see Jabbar's "Unstoppable" hook shot stopped not once but twice.

 

[Mexi]

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go to about 1:55. In the next 10 seconds you will see Jabbar's "Unstoppable" hook shot stopped not once but twice.

I never said it was unstopable
and did you see who blocked it?
arguably one of the best shot blockers of all-time, no?

 

[Pugz]

I never said it was unstopable
and did you see who blocked it?
arguably one of the best shot blockers of all-time, no?

I didn't watch it who blocked it?