Letters to the Editor
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Correction
With all due respect here are the NBA rebounding Leaders since 1990:
2002/2003 Ben Wallace (A power forward, @ 6'8")
2001/2002 "
2002/2001 Dikembe Mutombo (Legitimate Center)
1999/2000 "
1998/1999 CHRIS WEBBER (Wrong again. Please verify your facts).
1997/1998 DENNIS RODMAN (Wrong again)
1996/1997 "
1995/1996 "
1994/1995 "
1993/1994 "
1992/1993 "
1991/1992 "
1990/1991 David Robinson (Legitimate Center)
You can verify these facts at a legitimate source: http://www.nba.com/history/
Having been an NBA Player Agent and associated with the game for a period of time on many levels, please verify your sources. Moses Malone was drafted as a power forward and essentially played in that same role, though being listed as a center. Olajuwon was drafted as a power forward and also played in essentially that role. There are very few true centers in the league which has become watered down in terms of talent with so many teams and individuals with poor footwork who are merely large bodies (similar to Bill Paultz and Swen Nater, who are grossly out of shape and kept because they were large bodies to clog the lane). Thank you for also proving my point regarding rebounding and which position tends to generate more rebounds. Mark Eaton moved in the classic sense of big men with no agility or footwork. He swung his legs rather than lifting his knees. He was clumsy. Had he been more like David Robinson or even Jack Sikma Utah would now have a title). The same is true of their current center. Wilt was the best athlete to play the game, without exception. This is recognized by his comtemporaries as well as those who played against him and and Shaq, at different times in their career and also verbalized this.
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I still think that Kobe hogs the ball too much
King wrote: "The idea that the Lakers would be better if Bryant would rein himself in and let his teammates (Go, Smush Parker! Why give the ball to Kobe when you can give it to Chris Mihm!) contribute more, well, I'm finding that a little silly."
Well, I respect your opinion, but (my prejudice having been admitted from the beginning), I still don't see how it wouldn't help for Kobe to reign himself in at least somewhat. Forgetting about the game on Sunday, look at the season's statistics for this year's Laker's team (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/stats.htm). Smush Parker, comical name aside, is forty points better (.387) than Kobe (.346) from three-point range, but has shot fifty fewer three pointers. If you can get it to Mihm inside he's shooting .517, compared to Kobe's .452. So why is it silly, especially since Kobe is generally facing tougher defensive pressure, to shift the shooting towards the journeymen shooters inside and outside?