With the advent of the small ball era, it can be said that the 15-18 period is very unfriendly for traditional centers, because the Warriors' extreme five small let them win three championships in these four years, and everyone has begun to follow suit to play five small speeds and strengthen rotation, but in 19 years, the traditional interior of Gasol Jr. transformed into a 3D center, the main strategy, space and defense have given traditional centers the opportunity to prove themselves, and in recent years, new era centers such as Adebayo and Thick Brow have begun to appear. It also allowed the center to prove his worth again.
But the current center is also different from the previous traditional center, now more advocating comprehensiveness, a center is either fast enough to rotate multiple positions, or you have space and defense, or you have excellent coping ability, anyway, only rely on the inside to kill and eat cake is not a big contract, then today we will take stock of the best 10 interior lines in the league, and give them a ranking, let's take a look at it.
Tenth Ayton
The 18th champion, the template is Admiral Robinson, to be honest, Ayton has not yet reached the level of the admiral, I even think his template is a report error, Ayton does not have the general's excellent organizational skills and offensive skills, but although it does not reach the height of the famous, Ayton is still good for now, he can defend multiple positions, because of the fast speed, good interior technology, he is also extremely efficient in the interior, and Ayton also has a good mid-range.
So far this season, Ayton can average 16.7 points, 10 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.8 blocks, shooting 63.7%, three-point shooting rate of 38.7%, just look at the three-point shooting rate is not bad, in fact, the average shooting per game is only 0.1 three-pointers, not at all his commonly used weapon, Ayton is still far from the top inside line, the other few days against the Bucks, in terms of rebounding, the letter was exploded, experience is also lacking, but he is only 23 years old and still has a lot of room for growth.
Ninth Turner
At the beginning I wanted to add Vucevic or Nurkic to the list, but when you think about it, they may not be so good, and Turner, the interior player, has always been underestimated, because he does not have enough tactical position to play good statistics, has excellent interior finishing ability and three-point shooting ability, although the strategy is not good, but the blocking quality and defense are top-notch, it is simply the perfect interior blue collar.
This season Turner can average 12.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.7 steals, 2.8 blocks, shooting 50.9%, 34% from three-point range, averaging 1.5 three-pointers per game, a center three-point shooting rate to reach this level is very good, after all, there are few geeks like Towns, Turner has blocked the league first this season, and so far in his career he has won 2 blocks, he has not received much praise, he has the strength to impact the best defensive player.
Eighth Jarrett Allen
In fact, Allen's teammate Mobley is also very good, this first-year player has brought too many surprises, but too young, inexperienced, coupled with the number of games is small, so it did not enter the list. Jarrett Allen is probably the most traditional inside of these interiors, he is not well organized, he has no spatial ability, but he has done what he is good at, guarding the frame, killing the inside line, blocking and even breaking through with the ball, very good.
Allen has averaged 16.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.3 blocks, shooting 67.7%, ranking second in the league, Allen is only 23 years old, the Nets gave up this inside line is very unwise, if you get Harden in the trade to change other chips, maybe now the Nets will still be strong, this season Allen has also been selected as an All-Star with excellent performances, I believe he will achieve good results in the future of the Cavaliers.
Seventh Adebayo
A center can be used as the axis of the team, such a place is very rare in the past, after all, the center is the end of the team's offense, but with the advent of the small-ball era, now many centers can do it, like Adebayor, this season if it is not lowry's arrival, Adebayo will also be the axis of the team's offensive system, Adebayo can defend multiple positions, the ability to respond and cover is top, the only thing he lacks is the three-point ability, which is why he ranks seventh, otherwise it will be higher.
This season, Adebayo can average 18.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.5 steals, 0.8 blocks, shooting as high as 53.4%, Adebayo is the future of the Heat, but I think the Heat should also force him, it is not okay to practice three points, if this does not go on, Riley may change him for a big star in the future, Riley has always had the habit of collecting superstars, Ade ayo is good, but the limited ceiling may make him unable to stay in the Heat for a long time.
Sixth Sabonis
A center can support a system, to be honest, now such a center in the league number over, the emperor of attack and defense, the big core of the ball, plus the iron gate Gobert, Sam may be the third can do, he attacked and passed, the offensive range is also no dead end, but this season, whether in the Pacers or in the Kings, he did not get his due opportunity, last season with absolute ball rights, the average of 20 + 12 + 7 per game is very good.
Many friends may say that Sa is a big forward, in fact, after joining the Kings, Sa has been playing in the center position, he played the No. 4 position because of turner on the inside line when he was in the Pacers, after joining the Kings, Sabonis averaged 17.4 points, 12.8 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, his performance is still comprehensive, but the King's boss is always Fox, Sabonis can only follow the peak of squandering here. Then again, if Sa is to achieve more in the future, his defense must improve.
Fifth thick eyebrow brother
Yes, even if Anthony Davis may be the most talented of all the interior lines in the active campaign, but this season his performance can only be ranked in this position, to be honest, if it is not his contribution to the defensive end, I even want to put him in the sixth position, this season the thick eyebrow brother played the fifth position, after weight gain, the speed is slow, the three points are gone, and the middle distance that he is good at is not good, and this season's performance can only be described by pulling crotch.
But talent is good after all, one-on-one want to defend the thick eyebrows is almost impossible, the vast majority of centers face his speed is a loss, the front line to face his height is not enough, so he plays anyone misaligned, this season averaged 23.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.3 blocks, shooting 53.7%, three-point shooting rate of only 18.2%, since winning the championship, the state of thick eyebrows has been very poor, I hope he can get back to form, then he will still be the league's top three levels of the inside line.
Fourth Gobert
Just now we talked about a player who supports a system by himself, and Gobert has made the Jazz stand in the Western Conference playoffs for many years with his own insoluble defense, which is very good. Although Gobert does not have the ability to space and the ability to organize, his defensive ability is too good, whether it is to assist in defense or to protect the frame is the top existence of the league, although it will only eat cake, but after entering the peak of his career, Gobert's ability to finish under the basket is very efficient.
So far this season, Gobert has averaged 15.6 points, 14.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.7 steals, 2.2 blocks, blocks and Turner tied for the league first, rebounds first, the overall shooting rate of up to 71% is also the first in the league, an interior line without space ability, can win a 5-year 205 million big contract, he can't get such a big contract without two brushes, but Gobert because of his size, when facing the top backcourt, the speed can not keep up and it is easy to be targeted by opponents in the playoffs.
Third Downs
Seeing Downs in this position, many fans may not be satisfied, a center who will only brush points is third? If it was Downs last season, to be honest, I might have ranked him in tenth place, and it is true that before this season, Towns would not brush points except for others, and now Towns is different, the leadership temperament is excellent, the offensive and defensive ends like to lead by example, very leader temperament, and the current Timberwolves have also reached the top eight in the West.
This season, Towns can average 24.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1 steal, 1.2 blocks, shooting 52.7% from the field, 40.4% from three-point range, and averaging 2 three-pointers per game, which is very good. This season's All-Star Game Towns also won the three-point contest championship, he is definitely the most active projection ability of the inside line, although the current Towns has been very good, but he is still a little far from the top two.
Second Embiid
The emperor is the active offensive ability may be the strongest center, at the same time this season his organizational ability has also improved, and he has the top spatial ability and ball-holding offensive ability, defense is the league level, but so good but can only rank second, the first estimate everyone also guessed, is Jokic, the reason is because Jokic is more comprehensive, and Jokic has won the MVP to prove himself, the emperor also needs more honors, in order to have the opportunity to kill the first.
Embiid averaged 29.7 points, 11.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.4 blocks, 49.2% shooting and 35.1% three-point shooting this season, Embiid is the most lethal center in the game, averaging 11.7 free throws per game, his overall shooting rate does not show how good Embiid is, his ability to destroy the opponent's defense is very terrible, and now that the emperor has Harden around him, he may be able to win the championship earlier than Jokic.
First Jokic
A second-round show, the only second-round pick in history to win the MVP, and is still the first center in the active duty, how did Jokic manage to force all the talented monsters to climb to this position? I think it's a ball dealer, Jokic can support a set of offensive systems by himself, and everyone thinks that he is not good at defending, he can rely on early standing and prejudgment to complete steals or blocks, and one person can lead the team to the top six of the division, which is Jokic's horror.
Averaging 25.9 points, 13.8 rebounds, 8.1 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.8 blocks, shooting 57.3% from the field and 36.3% from three-point range, Jokic's influence on the team is really too great, a bit of the shadow of the peak old Zhan leading the team, and even he does more than the peak old Zhan, and now the pentathlon data is the first in the whole team, what is this concept? No one in history has ever done it, and Jokic is expected to make history, the first of which is well deserved.
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