Remember how center used to be one of the weakest positions in the NBA?
Yeah, so much for that.
Led by seven truly elite big men and followed up by a bevy of contenders vying for a chance to ascend into the realm of the premier standouts, the position is back. Traditional back-to-the-basket play might not have returned, but dominant big men have.
And the scary part is that the ranks are only getting thicker.
Players like Andre Drummond, Jonas Valanciunas, Nikola Vucevic aren't good enough to merit honorable mentions right now, but they will be by the end of the season. In fact, I'd be shocked if one or more of the aforementioned players doesn't supplant a top-10 guy by the time the 2013-14 campaign comes to a halt.
Plus, there's Andrew Bynum.
The new member of the Cleveland Cavaliers has too much uncertainty swirling around him right now, but he was the second-best center in the league before an injury kept him out for an entire season and effectively ended his Philadelphia 76ers tenure without a single second on the court. Bynum could ascend back up the rankings, but he could also fail ...
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