A 'State of the League' Poll

[Peter]

Is Chris Kaman (http://www.nba.com/playerfile/chris_kaman/index.html) a top 5 NBA center? Cast your vote now!

[polandprzem]

No!

5. Shaq
4. Yao
3. Camby
2. Eddy Curry
1. Jerome James

[Peter]

Curry can't rebound for shit.

[themvp]

Shaq
Yao
Camby
Rasho
Wallace

and no Kaman

[Solid D]

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/playerrankings/regularseason/C

The rankings are a total player-rating system based on various offensive and defensive statistics. Players increase their scores with every contribution they make to the game.

Bold = category leader for Centers

PLAYER.......RATING LASTWK CHG GP MPG PPG RPG APG FG % FT %
1. Brad Miller, SAC 78.03 77.64 +0.39 58 36.8 15.3 7.7 4.9 50.1 85.9
2. Ben Wallace, DET 71.79 71.65 +0.14 60 36.3 7.8 12.1 2.1 51.0 44.2
3. Zydrunas Ilgauskas, CLE 70.73 70.28 +0.45 61 29.9 16.2 7.6 1.2 50.6 84.1
4. Chris Kaman, LAC 67.25 67.02 +0.23 57 32.6 11.4 9.2 1.0 52.1 74.4
5. Yao Ming, HOU 66.97 64.97 +2.00 41 34.0 21.4 10.1 1.4 51.1 83.2
6. P.J. Brown, NO 64.16 64.19 -0.03 58 33.0 9.1 7.5 1.2 45.9 83.3
7. Shaquille O'Neal, MIA 64.13 60.57 +3.56 42 30.2 20.1 9.3 1.7 58.8 46.3
8. Marcus Camby, DEN 63.27 63.20 +0.07 40 33.0 14.2 11.9 1.7 48.8 73.7
9. Nenad Krstic, NJ 63.14 62.07 +1.07 59 30.1 12.9 5.8 1.0 49.7 67.8
10. Jermaine O'Neal, IND 63.08 63.58 -0.50 35 35.7 20.9 9.8 2.3 46.9 71.4

[ShoogarBear]

How can Kaman rank below Yao when Yao has more minutes, PPG, RPG, APG, etc.? Are you penalized for missing games?

Anyway, to answer the question: Shaq, Z, Wallace, Miller, Camby, and Jermaine (if you count him as a center) are all better.

[polandprzem]

Curry can't rebound for shit.
So what?

And jerome james is the best one :smokin

No comapison.

[polandprzem]

BTW

28. Rasho Nesterovic, SA 49.83 49.80 +0.03 60 20.6 5.1 4.1 0.4 52.2 56.0
29. Nazr Mohammed, SA 49.13 48.39 +0.74 58 16.1 5.6 4.9 0.4 52.0 77.6

[Solid D]

No!

5. Shaq
4. Yao
3. Camby
2. Eddy Curry
1. Jerome James


So what?

And jerome james is the best one :smokin

No comapison.

Ha, nice sarcasm polandprzem. Let's get old Jerome's "no respect, none" legs in shape and into some more practices before he's game-ready. I'm not sure 1 point and 5 fouls in 9 minutes is what Larry Brown had in mind with this 5-year contract burden.

[polandprzem]

Ha, nice sarcasm polandprzem. Let's get old Jerome's "no respect, none" legs in shape and into some more practices before he's game-ready. I'm not sure 1 point and 5 fouls in 9 minutes is what Larry Brown had in mind with this 5-year contract burden.
I think that Isiah had that in mind :smokin

I realy sory he will not give his effort in the playoffs, realy. :drunk


Ps. Do you remember the list Solid D?

[JamStone]

No.


1. Shaq
2. Yao Ming
3. Ben Wallace
4. Marcus Camby
5. Zydrunas Ilgauskas
6. Brad Miller
7. Alonzo Mourning (even as a back-up)
8. Jamaal Magloire
9. Chris Kaman
10. PJ Brown


Amare Stoudemire would move Chris Kaman down the list. And, if Joel Przybilla got more minutes and that sorry Blazers team actually passed him the ball sometime, he would probably be on the list as well.

[TDMVPDPOY]

kamen poor white mans version of looter

[cheguevara]

he's close

[Rynospursfan]

1. Big Ben
2. Shaq
3. Z
4. Yao
5. Miller
6. Camby (only because he is fragile as hell, otherwise #3)
7. Kaveman

[himat]

do we count amare as a center?

[Dunc]

do we count amare as a center?

He's more of a power forward, isn't he?

[ChumpDumper]

No one is including Diaw, so I declare this moot.

[ALVAREZ6]

No, but he is good, put's up solid numbers.

[scott]

Chris Kaman? He's that guy from Cabin Boy, right?

[mikejones99]

shaq, ben wallace, yao, camby, nazr, rasho, zo, z, are ranked better.

[T Park]

Id put Kamen ahead of Zo.

Kamen can knock down the jumper and make some around the basket shots and rebound well.

Zo dunks and blocks shots.


Top 5? I don't know.

But he is a stud yes.

[polandprzem]

Kaman!!!

Not Kamen

[MajicMan]

Chris Kaman? He's that guy from Cabin Boy, right?

No he's the blonde guy from Boogie Nights who tried to kiss Mark Walberg.