After 2000, in addition to O'Neal, only Howard and Yao Ming performed well, and most of the blue-collar players such as Noah, Chandler and Jordan Jr., so it is also called the era of weak centers. In fact, there have been some centers that have given us a lot of hope, such as Cousins, Auden, and some players whose performance can only be regarded as a flash in the pan, the peak period is only one or two years, let's take a look at who we have!
4th place: Nikolai Perkovich. Once the Timberwolves' main center, 211CM Perkovic is a famous "big white bear", he is very strong, almost unshakable in the low position. In April 2013, he was named the Western Conference Player of the Week, and that season, he averaged 16.3 points, 8.8 rebounds per game, shooting 52 percent from the field, and the Timberwolves gave him a five-year, $60 million contract, but the following season, he missed a large number of games due to injuries, and then he retired hastily, at the peak of just one year.
3rd place: Roy Hibbert. Retired at the age of 31, he has many nicknames, such as "Black Yao Ming", "Gao Yuanyuan" and so on. Entering the NBA through the draft in 2008, he averaged 12.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game in the 11-12 season, and was selected as an All-Star of the year. In the same year, the Pacers were awarded a four-year, $58 million contract, and in the 13-14 season, Hibbert was named an All-Star again, and was named to the All-Defensive Second Team at the end of the season. Immediately after, Hibbert joined the Lakers, and then began to perform sluggishly, often staging embarrassing data of 0+0 in the game, announcing his retirement in 17 years, the peak period was only more than 2 years.
2nd place: Andrew Bynum. Known as the "Little Shark", Bynum is the Lakers' two-time starting center, and he landed in the NBA at the age of 18. In the 11-12 season, Bynum averaged 18.7 points, 11.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, and in the first round of the playoffs, he delivered 10 blocks in a single game and was selected for the second team of the season. However, the Lakers are obsessed with it, and use Bynum to exchange Howard for multiple transactions, which also makes Bynum lose himself and become a "washing and blowing" little prince. In December 2013, Bynum was cut by the Cavaliers on the grounds that he had done something to hurt the team, and not long after that, at the age of 27, he hastily retired.
1st place: Eric Dampier. One of the NBA's most famous cold jokes is when Dampier said, "The Sharks are the number one center in the West, and I'm the second center in the West." Yao Ming did not pay attention to Yao Ming at all, but in his 26 encounters with Yao Ming, Yao Ming averaged 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, and Dampier only had 6 points and 6 rebounds, completely crushed. But Dampier's low-post defense still has a set, and the strength is not bad, in the 03-04 season, he played the best season of his career, averaging 12 points, 12 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. In addition, his career performance is mediocre, and he claims to be the second center is also overconfident!