What makes a good centerpiece?
No, not the ones you see decorating tables at Halloween and Thanksgiving, but the ones that serve as the linchpins of NBA rosters.
Ideally, you want a player who can lend a team its identity, in terms of both basketball style and personal substance. You want someone whom a front office can build a stable squad around.
That's easier said than found. Every team has a de facto centerpiece, but not all can boast someone who truly fits that description. It's not always a club's best or highest-paid player, though those factors can play a pivotal part in sorting out centerpieces.
These designations can and often do change quickly—from year to year, month to month, week to week, sometimes even game to game. For now, the following 30 players look like the centerpieces of their respective organizations based on past individual production, league-wide recognition and projected impact on team success heading into the 2015-16 season.
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