Jonas Valanciunas rank among NBA's starting centers

Screamshock · Post #1 » by **Screamshock** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:08 am

Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks)
Tyler Zeller (Boston Celtics)
Brook Lopez (Brooklyn Nets)
Al Jefferson (Charlotte Hornets)
Joakim Noah (Chicago Bulls)
Timofey Mozgov (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons)
Jordan Hill (Indiana Pacers)
Hassan Whiteside (Miami Heat)
Greg Monroe (Milwaukee Buks)
Robin Lopez (New York Knicks)
Nikola Vucevic (Orlando Magic)
Jahlil Okafor (Philadelphia 76ers)
Marcin Gortat (Washington Wizards)
Zaza Pachulia (Dallas Mavericks)
Jusuf Nurkic (Denver Nuggets)
Andrew Bogut (Golden State Warriors)
Dwight Howard (Houston Rockets)
DeAndre Jordan (Los Angeles Clippers)
Roy Hibbert (Los Angeles Lakers)
Marc Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies)
Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Omer Asik (New Orleans Pelicans)
Enes Kanter (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Tyson Chandler (Phoenix Suns)
Mason Plumlee (Portland Trail Blazers)
DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings)
Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz)

RaptorHusky · Post #2 » by **RaptorHusky** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 11:22 am

It very much depends how do you rank. If it is on influence on team's performance as a starter it's one thing. If you rank on +/- it is different animal. JV has good if not excellent stats in 1Q's but disappears in 4Q or any clutch statistics. On the other hand, comparing JV with Timmy is ridiculous. He's pretty good in rim protection but horrible in PnR rotation - how could you rank his defense? So, I would say, decent to good but (so far) nothing stellar hence between top 15 and top 20 (from 30 - lot of space to grow, isn't?).

zZero · Post #3 » by **zZero** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:02 pm

Top 10 for sure

RonaldArtest · Post #4 » by **RonaldArtest** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:06 pm

Top 10-15

nahom1319 · Post #5 » by **nahom1319** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:23 pm

Noel is the center for Philly and Kanter is coming off the bench for OKC their starter is Steven Adams....

ramsay123456789 · Post #6 » by **ramsay123456789** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:30 pm

22-23

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DeadHorse · Post #7 » by **DeadHorse** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:42 pm

Screamshock wrote:Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks)
Timofey Mozgov (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons)
Hassan Whiteside (Miami Heat)
Greg Monroe (Milwaukee Buks)
Nikola Vucevic (Orlando Magic)
Jahlil Okafor (Philadelphia 76ers)
Marcin Gortat (Washington Wizards)
Andrew Bogut (Golden State Warriors)
Dwight Howard (Houston Rockets)
DeAndre Jordan (Los Angeles Clippers)
Marc Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies)
Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Omer Asik (New Orleans Pelicans)
DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings)
Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz)

I think you can make the case for these guys above, so 18th at worst, imo. But I'd say around 12-14th

UcanUwill · Post #8 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:46 pm

15-20

Center position is quite decent now.

Screamshock · Post #9 » by **Screamshock** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:50 pm

nahom1319 wrote:Noel is the center for Philly and Kanter is coming off the bench for OKC their starter is Steven Adams....

So Okafor is playing 4 ??

JV4MVP · Post #10 » by **JV4MVP** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 3:04 pm

Top 15. Some of those guys on the list are more natural PFs.

Cousins, both Gasols, D12, Al Horford are in the top tier. Then you have purely rebounders and shot blockers like Jordan. JV is not better than all of those type of players but is better rounded so holds his own.

nahom1319 · Post #11 » by **nahom1319** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 4:26 pm

Screamshock wrote:
nahom1319 wrote:Noel is the center for Philly and Kanter is coming off the bench for OKC their starter is Steven Adams....

So Okafor is playing 4 ??

My bad, I was under the impression that Phili would play their shot blocker closer to the rim. After perusing the 76'ers board it seems Okafor is playing the 5.

DrCoach · Post #12 » by **DrCoach** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:06 pm

15-20

Detective · Post #13 » by **Detective** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:15 pm

Let's just subtract any number ranking involving the number 4, from JV. Since Casey doesn't like to associate him with any 4's either

SMH

cammac · Post #14 » by **cammac** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:49 pm

Jonas is in top ten or slightly above .

Komodo · Post #15 » by **Komodo** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:58 pm

25-30. I'd even take Koufos over Val.

Jonn · Post #16 » by **Jonn** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:20 pm

I would say middle of the pack so I went with top 15. I don't think hes a bottom 10 Center but certainly not a top 10.

Raps Militia · Post #17 » by **Raps Militia** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:28 pm

Top 10 for sure.

zZero · Post #18 » by **zZero** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:01 pm

Komodo wrote:25-30. I'd even take Koufos over Val.

Wow

Syd-TK3 · Post #19 » by **Syd-TK3** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:18 am

10-15 for me

720 · Post #20 » by **720** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:31 am

15-20

Where does Jonas Valanciunas rank among NBA's starting centers ?