re: Best center in the NBA - Hassan Whiteside

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Dwight has been mentioned. If Boom finds this to go with RTR, we have a 10 pager at least

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I have no issue with people making the case for Dwight being #1, when Dwight is at his best he is best C in the league. The problem is that his injuries has really impacted how often we can see him at his peak. His defense has really dropped since he left Orlando.

It is an interesting discussion because Dwight is so damn limited in what he brings you, but he is so damn good at it. You can't really throw the ball in to him down low because he still only has 1 fricking post move. You can't throw him the ball in the high post because he isn't a threat at all there without a jumper or any sort of passing ability. He is a liability at times because his poor free throw shooting. Gasol is superior in all of these areas. Dwight is just one of the best PnR bigs we have ever seen and a monster on the glass.

I forgive Swag because he can be a bit slow at times, but I hate that herp derp look at these numbers line he likes to play so often. He so typically falls down the Boom rabbit hole of selecting certain numbers to try to make himself seem more right. Of course the guy who only shoots layups and dunks shot the higher % from the field than the guy who gets the most hi-post touches the league. He likes to leave out some things like FT% or assists for some odd reason. The teams function differently. Dwight plays majority in a 4 out 1 in system where he is basically the sole PnR option (also so happens to play with one the best PnR ball handlers in the league) and he is surrounded by guys willing to jack up a ton of 3's to space the floor. Gasol plays in an offense with few shooters, another big occupying the post, and where has to play creator a ton. There is a reason a ton of those numbers he posted go up for Gasol when ZBo is out (rebounds especially).