Are we about to enter a renassaince of great centers and bigs?

[knickballer]

Not one mention about PorizGOAT in this thread smh

[WorldWarriors]

Seems like a nice crop of big men. Hopefully Festus makes it into this club. He's not there yet but he's working on it.

[tmacattack33]

I hope so.

It gives more variation to teams in the league.

[ProfessorMurder]

So are Duncan and Pau, but they can play both spots and have for large amounts of time. I see Davis the same way. Actually, he's probably more of a natural center in this day and age the either of them.

Duncan played more minutes at center than PF in his career.

[magnax1]

Duncan played more minutes at center than PF in his career.

He started most of his career with another center.

[kwajo]

Don't forget guys like Vuc, Jonas, Kanter etc. who are very good starters in this league.

Kanter and Jonas are only 23 too, so lots of years left to mature their games, both of which are built on post skills not athleticism.

[GrapeApe]

I know Whiteside isn't exactly "young", but he's still just 26 and what he's doing right now (in terms of career ascension) is nearly unheard of. So far this season he's averaging 16/11 with 3.5 blocks, 76%fg, and a 29 PER in 30 mpg. He has a 26 PER in the 52 games he's played with the Heat and per 36 averages of 18/15 with 4 blocks. He still has some serious holes in his game to clean up, but I can't think of any other player who ascended from being out of the league to being a potential max player in less than one full season.

I've said it multiple times and it warrants repeating that Jawan Howard deserves a TON of credit for Whiteside's emergence. Whiteside might still be in the D-league or playing overseas if not for Howard's tutelage.

[ClipperRevival]

It's only a matter of time. At some point, the league will go too small and several teams will counter with size and once one of these teams win it all, more teams will follow. Basketball isn't a stagnant sport, it always changes and evolves. Not to mention, a copycat league.

[DoctorP]

We have quite a few good young centers that already have, or might pan out.
Cousins and Davis are already very good centers, both arguably top 10 players in the league.
Gobert and Noel are both likely to become defensive juggernaughts
WCS, Okafor and Towns have all looked very good so far, though obviously they have to show that they can play well consistently.
The we have a few older centers who might have a few years left of near all star level play. The Gasol's, maybe Dwight, maybe Duncan if he sticks around, and I'm sure Deandre can last at least a few years.

It certainly appears so.