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GOAT, singular?
Basketball, the center position for example. Five centers up for consideration: Wilt, Kareem A.J., Shaq, Tim Duncan, and Hakeem Olajuwon.
After selecting one of them for your fantasy team, would you suffer doubt over your choice or be ok with it? |
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Well, considering the position in the context of a team sport, Bill Russell would be in my top 2.
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At that level, would you be just as happy with one as the other? Who's the other?
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Kareem is my other favorite. The team surrounding the Center would determine who I’d prefer. But I’d take either.
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I thought Duncan was considered to be a power forward.
I’m shocked that Bill Russell isn’t on the list. Kareem is my pick. |
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Bill Russell, Wilt and Kareem are 1,2 and 3. Who I would pick depends on the surrounding cast. If I have 2 or 3 other dependable scorers then it's Bill. But his game really doesn't translate to the current style at all.
Bill Walton was the best college center I ever saw. Is there any such thing as a center these days? I was a basketball addict for a long time, but I no longer follow the NBA, and the college game has lost much of its luster for me, too.
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No wes unseld?[emoji3]
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Walton
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But Walton for NCAA. He was incredible. The semi final game UCLA lost to NCSU was the greatest college game I ever saw.
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Unseld, tough, playing on bad knees. Lew Alcindor, early 70s with the Bucks, my first bandwagon team, once had me clueless as to his identity when he grabbed a defensive rebound, then wove through two defenders to dribble the length of the court with a forward's speed and agility. It wasn't possible that it was him, even though it was.
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I’m lucky enough to see Joel Embid play a lot. He’s young and still learning the game (he didn’t start playing until he was something like 18) but he’s the most exciting post player I’ve seen in a number of years, dominating in a game that’s not a center-dominated game anymore. If his body holds up and he has a long career, he might have a chance to join that elite group... Way too early to say, but on hisbest nights, he’s really something to see... |
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Embiid is the one positive reason why anyone outside of Philadelphia would notice the Sixers (legendary ineptitude). But then I never thought the Eagles would win a championship while under Lurie's ownership, so...
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Tim Duncan by a mile. 6th leading NBA scorer of all time. Also a great person. Lots of philanthropic activities around San Antonio.
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Duncan was one dimensional in one regard - his expression never changed, even when he was pissed off. Impassive Kareem could be a little more expressive. When the Sixers won the title, Kareem had the ball and was going to back Moses Malone in, but Malone faked a foul by suddenly reeling backwards, as if he had been bumped hard, when in fact Kareem hadn't even touched him. A foul was called, and Kareem ran back down the court with his hands in the air, shouting in disgust. I dug the Sixers, but that was tawdry.
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Kareem, Wilt and Bill .. I remember watching them all as a youth. I saw Big Lew nearly beat Big E and the Cougars in the Astrodome, Alcindor playing with one eye. Bill Russel and Wilt changed the game, IMO.
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