i had an interesting conversation about the greatest centers of all- time. this was also a topic a couple of weeks ago on the wfan. how would you rate the best centers ever and where would ewing rank? i would have to factor the competition level and era that is why i would rank mikan lower than the others. also the tendency to make others around him better ( sorry wilt). here is my top ten:

1.) kareem abdul- jabbar

2.) wilt chamberlain

3.) bill russell

4.) hakeem olajowan

5.) shaquille o'neal

6.) patrick ewing

7.) george mikan

8.) moses malone

9.) david robinson

10.)willis reed

I dont like to do this because era's change.

I would say Hakeem and Shaq were better than Ewing, but Ewing had the edge on Robinson as far as the top centers of his era. If you want to slip in Kareem I would put him 2nd in that group behind Hakeem.

1) Patrick Ewing
2) Patrick Ewing
3) Patrick Ewing
4) Patrick Ewing
5) Patrick Ewing
6) Willis Reed
7) Willis Reed
8) Willis Reed
9) Willis Reed
10)Willis Reed

After thinking about it, I'd go:

1) Russell
2) Shaq
3) Wilt
4) Hakeem
5) Kareem
6) Duncan

Those are the elite to me.

1) Wilt
2) Russell
3) Kareem
4) Shaq
5) Duncan
6) Olajuwon
7) Ewing
8) Malone
9) Robinson
10) Reed

you can consider Dunkin a 5 since he guards Shaq but you cant consider KG/Dirk a 5