Where does Andrea Bargnani rank amongst Centers?

Marcus Camby is not even close to where u put him on that list. Andrea is still very young his defense is getting better and he’s a phenominal shooter. He is gonna be an 18 pts. 8 rbs. a game type of guy. I think he is hugely under-rated and that contract is a steal.

Shaq should be up there

A decent list until you stuck Al Harrington at #11.

i think there are some major problems with this. i know duncan is on his way out but i’d still take him over nene stoudemire or jefferson based on leadership/defense as well as scoring and rebounding. camby is a beast when hes healthy but hes never healthy. okur is fading off the map quickly too. i dont know where you get off puttin al harrington on this list really, let alone in front of guys like biedrins and kaman. but i suppose like you said there is a real changing of the guard going on at the center spot throughout the league. this list would be very different in two short years i would think which makes it harder to properly evaluate now

Harrington’s WAAAAAAY too high. I’d put him at the bottom of the list. I also wouldn’t even call him a center. I’d also move Biendris up ahead of Okur. Duncan also should be higher, maybe even 2nd, imagine how good Duncan would look if he was on that Laker team instead of Gasol. I’d say you have Bargnani about right (based on historical production) but if he can score with some consistency and rebound and defend adequately he can be better than Murphy, Kaman, and Lopez. I think the only thing that’s definitive is that Dwight’s the best center in the game right now.

I knew the Harrington rank would get everyone’s attention, but if you examine his stats a little more they’re very similar (courtesy of 82games.com):

Harrington / Biedrins (per 48 mins)
Points Scored: 112.9 v 114.1
Points Allowed: 110.6 v 109.3
Effective FG%: 51.3% v 51.7%
Offensive Rebounding: 28.4% v 30.5%
Defensive Rebounding: 70.9% v 68.7%
Free Throws Attempted/Made: 24/18 v 24/18
Turnovers on Offense/Defense: 12/16 v 13/15

Clearly Biedrins is a better players, but really not by much.

So going through this process some obvious categories show up:

1) The established Superstar (which I can only put Howard and Pau)
2) The aging Superstar who maybe questionable (Duncan, Shaq, Amare)
3) The above average veteran who’ve been good but not a superstar (Camby, Nene, Okur, Wallace)
4) The cross my finger they become a superstar young’ins (Al Jefferson, Al Horford, Aldrige [though he’s more of a PF], Bynum, Lopez, Bargnani, Marc Gasol)

Aside from Marc Gasol, this is the bubble year for everyone else in the 4th category. In 2-3 years time someone from this group could be the #1 but probably the #2 Center in the league, and right now I think Al Jefferson is the pack leader.

At the end of the day, in 3 years, Andrea should/needs to be competing to be in the top 5 Cs if not the 2 spot, albeit a long shot. But if he is top 7, the 9/10/11 $Million deal is a complete bargain, even in this current economic time! Looking at this list carefully, I am going to give that a 60/40 chance. So yes, he’s the only player in the league that has a guaranteed contract in 2014/15 and $12M is a gamble, but it could be a steal.

You have a lot of Power Forwards on your center list. (Aldridge, Lee, Stoudamire, etc.)

Granted that I don’t know as much as you Raptor fans but Bargnani strikes me as more of a PF.

Also Joel Przybilla definitely belongs in the top twenty for center.