What your top1 0 power forwards list?

Question

mine would have Karl Malone and Tim Duncan in a close battle for top spot

Answer 1

1. Duncan (He edges Malone because he has three Rings)

2. Malone (Close Second)

3. Barkley(Great, gave the Bulls the biggest scare in 93, undersized but accomplished a ton)

4. McHale (Overshadowed by Bird, but was a very skilled post player and as important to those Celtic teams as Bird was)

5. KG (Poor guy can't win or get the pieces around him, but will go down as the most dominating in the history fantasy basketball if it is any compensation)

6. Pettit (great for his era, but questionable how the level of competition was)

7. Dirk (On the rise(2007 MVP), but needs to overcome the disappointment of this years playoffs)

8. Denis Rodman ( the most dominant defensive player of the past 25 years, one of the greatest rebounders ever, too bad he is not remembered for his play)

9. Webber (he was very good before he hurt his knee, best passer on the list)

10. Bosh or Amare ( both will be high on the list if they keep it up)

Answer 2

1. Karl Malone - I still put him on top despite Tim Duncan's 3 rings because at his very best, his stats overshadow Tim's

2. Tim Duncan

3. Elvin Hayes - the Big E was the Karl Malone of his day

4. Charles Barkley

5. Kevin McHale

6. Bob Pettit (obviously I never saw him play but he was the first great power forward of the NBA and retired as the all-time leading scorer before Wilt demolished record)

7. Maurice Lucas

8. Dennis Rodman (if he had averaged even just 16ppg, he might have become the greatest power forward of all time)

9. George McGuiness - largely forgotten, but what a power forward he was with Indiana in the ABA, and later as Julius Erving's teammate at Philadelphia in the NBA

10. Dave Debusschere - may have been the heart and soul of the great Knicks' teams of the early 70's

I would have put Kevin Garnett if only his team could win some playoff series once in a while. When Nowitzki plays at his current level for around 3 to 4 more seasons, he will be there

Answer 3

There are two types of power forwards, and they largely depend on what kind of center the team has, because the two generally work together.
Teams with great centers need blue collar guys who focus on defense, rebounds, picks, and easy put backs. On this list are guys like Dennis Rodman, Maurice Lucas, Happy Hairston, Udonis Haslem, Dave DeBusschere, Clyde Lee and others. Your list should include some of these even if not these particular names.
Teams with defensive centers, like most now, make their big forward the main offensive star. Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Jerry Lucas, Kevin McHale, Elvin Hayes are examples on this list. Some even call these forward-centers.
So, which kind do you consider better? It's a matter of opinion.
Tim Duncan and Karl Malone are forward-centers. I'd even argue Duncan isn't a forward at all. He's the NBA's best center right now.

Answer 4

Karl Malone
Tim Duncan
Charles Barkely
Kevin Garnett
Kevin McHale
Shawn Kemp
Rasheed Wallace

Answer 5

1. Larry Bird
2. Karl Malone
3. MATRIX (Shawn Marion)
4. Tim Duncan
5. Rasheed Wallace
6. Dirk Nowitzki
7. Chris Bosh
8. Antawn Jamison
9. Elton Brand
10. Boris Diaw (I cant think of the 10th)

Answer 6

Dirk.

Answer 7

dirk nowitzki, the man can do anything!!