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The 31-year-old center earned an All-NBA second team selection with averages of 24.7 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.2 steals on 55.6% shooting from the field.
HoopsHype ranks the top 25 centers ahead of the 2022-23 NBA season, including MVP favorites Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid.
The center is almost always the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the NBA, the center is typically close to 7 feet (2.13 m) tall; centers in the WNBA are typically above 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m). Centers traditionally play close to the basket in the low post.
HoopsHype projects and ranks the Top 22 centers in the NBA ahead of the 2021-22 season.
The center (C)— also known as the five, the pivot, or the big; typically plays near the baseline or close to the basket (the "low post"). They are usually the tallest players on the floor. Centers usually score "down low", or "in the paint" (near the basket, in the key), but there have been many centers who are good perimeter shooters as well.
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Yahoo Sports is breaking down the top players in the 2024 NBA Draft by position this week. On Monday, we ranked the best point guards in this class. Today, we take a look at the centers, led by ...
Drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Miami Heat with the 9th pick of the 1988 draft and the first-ever pick for the Heat, Seikaly developed into one of the best centers in the NBA and the team's top offensive and defensive contributors—winning NBA player of the week twice—and also amassing many of the team's records ...