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Where would you rank current Jokic among All-Time Centers? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ExpiredCheeseIt@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I don’t think it can even be argued against that Jokic is one of the greatest centers to ever play the game. The man already has 2 MVPs, a Finals MVP, and a championship at 28 years of age. As long as he doesn’t face any injuries, his play style isn’t exactly one that will quickly deteriorate as he grows older. But where do you think he already ranks among All-Time centers? What does he have to accomplish to be considered at the level of players like Hakeem?

(please don’t misinterpret that as me saying Jokic has already surpassed Olajuwon, I just thought it was a fun benchmark to use)

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[–] tridentboy3@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Center is the most stacked position ever. Jokic, despite being legitimately an amazing player, is at this point probably just about cracking the top 10 somewhere in like 8-10.

I mean, the top 5 in no particular order are Shaq, Wilt, Bill, Hakeem, and Kareem. Jokic is not yet close to that level. Then you have Ewing, Robinson, Moses Malone, Willis Reed, Bill Walton, Dwight, Alonzo Mourning. So that's like 12 guys.

Jokic in my opinion is better than Dwight, Mourning, Ewing. He's not yet better than Robinson or Malone but he does have a very strong shot of passing them. He's around the level of Reed and Walton (though has them beat already in terms of longevity) That puts him at around number 8 all time for me.