A Dieing Breed

Lately Ive been writing about a lot of deep stuff but the truth is, I'm honestly not all that deep of a person. Yeah I have thoughts about life and stuff, but I like it simple. So today I'm gonna tone it down a bit and talk about something we can all relate to and love. Sports.
The NBA today is full of stand-up players who can just plain dominate. However, there is one thing we don't get to see a whole lot, and that is centers. When I say center, I mean a REAL center, not this wishy-washy center stuff we see today. I'm glad to say however that their are a few centers who uphold the canter name with enormous shoulders. Ill start with Dwight Howard, who leads the NBA in blocks AND rebounds, need I really say more? Bottom line is this guys a beast, and lets see you try to contain his eight foot wing span or his 6' 11 height with his 265 pound frame. 254 is actually not a lot for a true center, but Howard is the exception. Averaging 21.0 points per game, and 13.90 rebounds a game Id say hes a force to be reckoned with.
Another true center is the one, the only, Shaquille O'neal. The big guys not averaging as high as Howard (18.2 points per game, 8.60 rebounds) but hes a beast none-the-less. All you have to do is step back and take a glance at his career to know that this guys a legend. Just this last play-off series I found out that it was the first time in ten whole years that somebody had made it to the finals without Shaq or Tim Duncan. What does that say about their dominance? Duncans not really a center, but Ive seen him play that position and hes not bad, but hes still not a center. Shaq AKA the Big Cactus or the Diesel is a figure in the line of centers, and that's because hes 7' 1 and weighs 325 pounds. That helps in that whole center thing.
Just to name a few other good centers are Kendrick Perkins and Yao Ming.
So if you take a step back physically you will see just how big these dudes really are. Now if you take a step back figuratively which (which is what I was talking about) you'll see that the NBA is dominated by huge, freaky-scary guys who could probly eat your youngest sibling. And what makes these guys so dominant? well lets think. Here you got these enormous guys, all over around the 7 foot marker and their in the best shape of their lives, and he wants to go to the hole strong.... Unless your also a true center what exactly are you gonna do about it? Part of what makes these NBA figures what they are is because they aren't content to take shots, they don't wanna easy jumper, they wanna layup, hook shot, or a jam. most of the time a jam. And unless your willing to get physical their gonna do it whether you want them to or not.
Even those there is a major shortage of centers in the NBA, there dominance continues as they stand out more and more because they are twice the size of the rest of their team mates.

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