Now that the passion around the AB signing has died down a bit (aleast emotionally for me), I started to wonder what is his true value against other NBA Centers?  A buddy of mine feels he's currently amongst the top 10 Centers in the NBA and I definitely don't agree.  However if you look to the near future, say 3 years out where will players like Yao, Duncan, Amare, Camby rate and can anyone project where AB will be?  Will any of the 4 from that group even be in the league by that time?  If I'm strictly looking to the future, would I prefer a Al Jefferson, Brook Lopez or Marc Gasol?

With that in mind, here's how I currently rate the top 20 Centers in the NBA for the upcoming season(and I've removed Bosh as a C for this season, and Yao as it's looking unlikely he'll play) :

1) Dwight Howard

2) Pau Gasol

3) Al Jefferson

4) Amare Stoudemire

5) Nene

6) Tim Duncan

7) Marcus Camby

8) LaMarcus Aldridge

9) Mehmet Okur

10) Al Horford

11) Al Harrington

12) Andris Biedrins

13) Andrew Bynum

14) Chris Kaman

15) Troy Murphy

16) Brook Lopez

17) Andrea Bargnani

18) David Lee

19) Rasheed Wallace

20) Marc Gasol

Go ahead, debate!