Harden is doubtful for tomorrow night's game after spraining his ankle tonight against the Warriors.

Neddy wrote:hey since you posted hakeem's pic, i just want to say that olajuwan was the best center i have ever seen with y own eyes. his NBA finals performance against shaq's magic team was truly amazing. i believe it was the second of their back to back but their first finals win of that decade started with stanley roberts and the clippers pushing them to the limit in the first round.
my list of all time best centers ( i have only seen old and diminished kareem, so he doesn't count. never seen bill russell or wilt) i have seen live
1. hakeem
2. shaq ( in his younger years, he was very agile as well as strong)
3. duncan ( he is not PF. he is a center. only years he actually played PF was when robinson still played)
4. ewing
5. robinson
6. moses malone
7. the Chief! aka robert parish
8. brad daughterty
9. dikembe mutumbo
10. stanley roberts ( i am always gonna be biased for this dude. he was a shaq stopper in his heyday)
Hakeem is the second best player that i've been able to witness for a good portion of his career. Although, there's a current player who will almost certainly take that spot.
I personally put Duncan (who I agree has played center for the majority of his career) over Shaq. Shaq was the more physically dominant player with a higher peak, but Duncan is just a savant. I'd take Duncan's character, leadership and consistency over Shaq any day of the week. That's not a total slight to Shaq who I have despised (Orlando was my east coast team growing up who he left to join none other than that other LA team), but I'll still give him credit where it is due (have him about 9th all-time). Tim was a winner from day one. Shaq's discipline (or lack thereof) is what I feel hurts him the most. He did a whole lot throughout his career, but could have done even more if he got out of his own way.