The best shooting center of all time?

[alexandreben]

Which center has the best shooting of all time? you can only pick one...

Because this thread is mainly talked about center, therefore, players like Dirk, etc. should be excluded.












I know people will argue that Raef LaFrentz, Brad Miller, Yao, etc. should be in the discussion, but I doubt they're @all-time level regarding to shooting...

I know someone will post Wilt's picture here later on, so I skip that part

[DaHeezy]

I'd go with Bob McAdoo

[Reggie43]

Rik Smits has a case for it if you base it on pure shooting.

[alexandreben]

I'd go with Bob McAdoo

one might argue players like McAdoo or Duncan as a center...

[Kblaze8855]

Raef and Okur are better straight up shooters than most of them.

[az00m]

if we talking range across the board Bill L was sick. Didn't look pretty though.

if we talking 10-12 feet out ill take wilts fade away:p

[Dwade305]

Sam Perkins is laughing at this thread

[Javat_90]

Mid-range: Olajuwon and Ewing.

3pt shot: Sabonis and Okur.

[west]

Yao?

[wally_world]

LaFrentz
Okur
McAdoo (if you regard him as one)

some yet to be named:
Wang Zhi Zhi
Predrag Drogniac (sp?)
Manute Bol

[Gotterdammerung]

None of the above (in OP) cuz Bob McAdoo was, for my $$ the greatest shooting center of all time.

A slight 6' 9," 215 pound rookie for Buffalo Braves, McAdoo was slotted at forward and won ROY in 1973. Then Buffalo traded away Elmore Smith the following year, and played McAdoo at center. He exploded for 30.6 ppg at 54.7% FG, but since he was undersized, he shot mainly from outside. Now, this was remarkable, because the only other guys to lead the league in scoring AND FG percentage were Wilt (four times) and Shaq (once), who played much closer to the basket.

McAdoo wasn't a one-dimensional scorer like Dirk. He hauled down 15 boards per and blocked 3.4 shots per game. He was runner-up MVP that year to Abdul-Jabbar. McAdoo was even better the following year at 34.5 ppg. No less authority than Bill Russell, who had coached against him that year, called him the greatest shooter of all time.

[Slam91]

Okur

[Kingwillball]

Hard to say who was the best because some shot mid range and some shot mostly 3's but here some that I have seen play in no particular order.. Sabonis, Smits, Ewing, Hakeem, Perkins, Divacs, Yao

[Heat007]

that one special season hakeem had was the best i ever saw,

[BallPhunk]

Which center has the best shooting of all time? you can only pick one...

Clancy Brown from Shawshank Redemption played center for the Sonics?