In the '90s, Jordan ruled the league, but the '90s were also the years of good centers, during Jordan's two retirements, but the teams that won the championship were all teams with super centers, the Rockets with Olajuwon in '94 and '95, the Spurs with a combination of David Robinson and Duncan's Twin Towers in the '98-99 season, and the Lakers led by Shak O'Neal in the '99-00 season.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's the 03-04 season, and only O'Neal is still in the league, and the other three are all retired. In addition, the tough guy Monin is battling his kidney disease, and the defensive tough general Mutombo hero Twilight. The entire league has a withered midfield talent, and the opposite is the talent of the big forwards, Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki, Chris Weber, O'Neal Jr., Rashid Wallace and others are star-studded, and only O'Neal is a superstar among traditional centers. Many of the remaining centers are no longer the team's star, but the team's second or third choice, the position of center gradually began to wither, at that time there were many people who were not outstanding, but they were once called the second center of the league under O'Neal, let's recall those familiar names.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Ilgoskas</h1>
Lithuanian Irgoskas is also a member of the golden generation of 96 years, he was selected by the Cavaliers with the 20th pick in the first round, is 2.21 meters tall, is a typical technical center, has long-range attack ability, has a high basketball IQ, played as an organizational defender as a child, also played small forwards, and eventually moved to the center position due to his rapid height growth. He is a player with both offense and defense, and his shooting feel is soft, but he is not able to fight and moves laterally slowly. He averaged 15.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in 13-14.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Ben Wallace</h1>
Ben Wallace was known for his defense in the league and was drafted in 1996, but he was not drafted by any team. He returned to the NBA to play for European teams and gradually gained a foothold in the Pistons, averaging 9.5 points, 12.4 rebounds and 3 blocks per game in the 03-04 season, was the starting center of the Eastern Conference that year, and was selected for the NBA Best Team 2nd Team and the Best Defensive Team First Team. That season, he helped the team beat the Lakers to win the championship.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Yao Ming</h1>
The 03-04 season is Yao Ming's second season, and Yao Ming's statistics have steadily improved, averaging 17.5 points, 9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.9 blocks per game. Named to the 3rd Team of the Season's Best Team, the Rockets also made it to the playoffs, but they met the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs and were eliminated in the first round.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Eric Dampier</h1>
Looking back now back to when Dampier called himself the NBA's second center, it seems like a joke. However, many people believed his words at that time, until he and Yao Ming were abused and had no skin. The 03-04 season was the highlight of Dampier's career, averaging 4th in the league in rebounds per game, averaging 12.3 points, 12 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, the stats look good, which is also the source of his self-proclaimed second center confidence. But he also only had a one-season rebounding double and quickly became a substitute blue-collar player.
Brad Miller
Since the transfer to the Kings, The Great White Miller has opened up the pass all at once, and he has integrated well into the Princeton system. He averaged 14.1 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in the 2003-04 season and was named to the NBA All-Star Team. As a non-draft player, it is not easy for him to achieve such results.
After that season, Howard entered the league, and together with Yao Ming, he became the last light of the traditional center, and now there is no traditional center in the league, and the center floating outside to shoot three points has become one of the most common ways to play.