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L.Kizzle
08-08-2007, 02:46 PM
How would you rank these centers by grouping them tiers instead of numbering off?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Walt Bellamy
Wilt Chamberlain
Dave Cowens
Patrick Ewing
Artis Gilmore
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Moses Malone
Bob McAdoo
George Mikan
Alonzo Mourning
Dekembe Mutombo
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Robert Parish
Willis Reed
David Robinson
Bill Russell
Nate Thurmond
Wes Unseld
Bill Walton
TIER 1
TIER 2
TIER 3
TIER 4
TIER 5
Psileas
08-08-2007, 03:30 PM
Considering careers, not primes (and ignoring the fact that, say, tier 5 centers are not literally tier 5 ones, meaning that they are not that far apart from the rest):
TIER 1
Bill Russell
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Wilt Chamberlain
TIER 2
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Moses Malone
TIER 3
Willis Reed
David Robinson
George Mikan
Dave Cowens
Patrick Ewing
TIER 4
Wes Unseld
Robert Parish
Nate Thurmond (arguably 3rd)
Alonzo Mourning
Artis Gilmore (if we include ABA career, he moves to 3rd tier)
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Bob McAdoo
Walt Bellamy
TIER 5
Bill Walton (arguably 4th)
Dekembe Mutombo
The A-Hole
08-08-2007, 03:58 PM
Not In Order, just seperated by tiers. IMO not need for a 5th tier.
TIER 1
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Shaquille O'Neal
Hakeem Olajuwon
Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
TIER 2
David Robinson
Alonzo Mourning
Patrick Ewing
George Mikan
Moses Malone
TIER 3
Dekembe Mutombo
Bill Walton
Willis Reed
Robert Parish
TIER 4
Nate Thurmond
Wes Unseld
Walt Bellamy
Dave Cowens
Artis Gilmore
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Bob McAdoo
SRZ66
08-08-2007, 05:03 PM
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
TIER 1
Shaq
Hakeem
Wilt
TIER 2
David Robinson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Moses Malone
Patrick Ewing
TIER 3
Alonzo Mourning
Willis Reed
Robert Parish
Dekembe Mutombo
Bill Russell
TIER 4/5(The scrubs)
Wes Unseld
Nate Thurmond
Artis Gilmore
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Bob McAdoo
Walt Bellamy
Bill Walton
George Mikan
i actually agree with this, except put kareem in tier 1
Glove_20
08-08-2007, 05:08 PM
Considering careers, not primes (and ignoring the fact that, say, tier 5 centers are not literally tier 5 ones, meaning that they are not that far apart from the rest):
TIER 1
Bill Russell
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Wilt Chamberlain
TIER 2
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Moses Malone
TIER 3
Willis Reed
David Robinson
George Mikan
Dave Cowens
Patrick Ewing
TIER 4
Wes Unseld
Robert Parish
Nate Thurmond (arguably 3rd)
Alonzo Mourning
Artis Gilmore (if we include ABA career, he moves to 3rd tier)
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Bob McAdoo
Walt Bellamy
TIER 5
Bill Walton (arguably 4th)
Dekembe Mutombo
:applause:
Well done
Psileas
08-08-2007, 05:10 PM
What do I see? BULLS is putting :roll: emoticons before his list. Self-knowledge is a step towards improvement.
Jabbar is the same category with Ewing. :oldlol:
Russell in the same category with Mutombo. :roll:
*Ignore list thoroughly maintained*
IGOTGAME
08-08-2007, 05:19 PM
Shaq should be tier 1
basketballer4
08-08-2007, 05:22 PM
I can't rank them all due to lack of knowledge, but I'll rank the ones I know.
Tier 1:Abdul-Jabaar, Walton, Mikan, The Dream, Shaq, The Admiral, Moses Malone, Russell
Tier 2:Bells, Cowens, Lanier, Reed, Unseld
Tier 3:Zo
Tier 4:Mt.Mutombo
And I don't think any were deserving of a 5th tier.
haji_d_robertas
08-08-2007, 07:59 PM
tier one:
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Shaquille O'Neal
Hakeem Olajuwon
tier two:
Bill Russell
George Mikan
Walt Bellamy
Dave Cowens
Patrick Ewing
Artis Gilmore
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Moses Malone
Bob McAdoo
Alonzo Mourning
Dekembe Mutombo
Robert Parish
Willis Reed
David Robinson
Nate Thurmond
Wes Unseld
Bill Walton
haji_d_robertas
08-08-2007, 08:01 PM
TIER 4/5(The scrubs)
Wes Unseld
Nate Thurmond
Artis Gilmore
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Bob McAdoo
Walt Bellamy
Bill Walton
George Mikan
The scrubs? Disrespectful.
D-Fence
08-09-2007, 10:39 AM
How would you rank these centers by grouping them tiers instead of numbering off?
Grouping in tiers will invitably lead to cutoff players, who could go either way, seeming misplaced, at least in my mind. That said:
TIER 1
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
TIER 2
George Mikan
Moses Malone
Willis Reed
Nate Thurmond
David Robinson
TIER 3
Dave Cowens
Patrick Ewing
Wes Unseld
Bill Walton
TIER 4
Neil Johnston
Bob McAdoo
Robert Parish
Alonzo Mourning
Artis Gilmore
TIER 5
Bob Lanier
Dikembe Mutombo
Walt Bellamy
feyki
07-22-2016, 08:00 PM
How would you rank these centers by grouping them tiers instead of numbering off?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Walt Bellamy
Wilt Chamberlain
Dave Cowens
Patrick Ewing
Artis Gilmore
Neil Johnston
Bob Lanier
Moses Malone
Bob McAdoo
George Mikan
Alonzo Mourning
Dekembe Mutombo
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Robert Parish
Willis Reed
David Robinson
Bill Russell
Nate Thurmond
Wes Unseld
Bill Walton
TIER 1- Kareem,Wilt,Russell
TIER 2 - Hakeem,Shaq
TIER 3 - Mikan,Moses
TIER 4 - Admiral
TIER 5 - Ewing
TIER 6 - Gilmore ,Cowens , Thurmond ,Wes , Reed
TIER 6 - McAdoo ,Lanier , Parish
TIER 7 - Mourning ,Mutombo ,Ben Wallace
TIER 8 - Walt Bellamy ,Neill Johnston ,Edward Dancker
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