Kelly Dwyer's Top 30 series continued: Centers 30-21

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  1. Nate4Prez

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    Will these player rankings bring you solace if the Blazers don't do jack this year? Player rankings mean nothing to me.
     
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    Yeah, wow, it appears I may have once again over estimated an 'expert'. This list is crazy. And he's now got two #21's, so it looks like he doesn't think Oden is top 31 at his position. He'd rather have 30 year old, 5.9/5.1/.6 Collison...? Unless he's not counting Jefferson as a center, but he wasn't ranked as a PF that I saw. Then maybe Oden would get it. Oh well, I'll live.
     
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    I expect Greg to let his play do his talking for him. If healthy, GO is a top 2-3 center in the league.
     
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    Maybe Not.
     
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    Not what I'm talking about at all ... in fact I think you'd be hard pressed to find a single "implication" in anything I wrote in my original post. Mainly, I was shocked, because I figured Dwyer might sneak him in around 25 based on "potential." If Yao is 11th in his latest round then it just means that GO didn't make the cut.
     
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    I guess Juwan didn't want to come back to Portland and play for free. ;)
     
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    The article (ranked as #11):

    "If Oden stays healthy and can limit his fouls? He's top five. Maybe top three"

    Nailed it.
     
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    if every center is healthy this season, the top 4 (in no particular order) are Yao, Dwight, Greg and Bynum. It's a clear step down talent wise after that.

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    The last list confirmed it: Someone had a bet that they could have a picture of Ilgauskas with every center. Brilliant.
     
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    The recap is about the best summary I've read on why his injuries have been more bad luck than being injury prone. To be fair, GO broke his patella jumping, not landing, however.

     
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    ... except Oden! :D

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