The NBA's Top Five Centers

1. Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard has no definable weakness, other than his free-throw shooting, in his game. He is a monster rebounder, and a terror in the paint on both ends of the floor.

One can say that Dwight needs to improve his low-post moves, and that is absolutely true—but if averaging twenty points mostly on dunks and short-range bank shots and hooks is a weakness, I can't wait to see Dwight dominate once he rectifies that.

Howard is a prolific shot blocker, interior defender, and dunk artist. There is no big man in the league that can dominate a game on both ends of the floor as well as he can.

And the scary thing is, Howard is still very raw. His stat-sheet stuffing and emphatic dunks and blocks are the result of pure athleticism. Once he refines his game and polishes his post moves, Dwight Howard could become a more versatile version of Shaq.

Though no center will likely ever be athletic as the Orlando Magic era Shaquille O'Neal, Dwight Howard is right up there, and can potentially be more dangerous than Shaq down the stretch if he develops solid fundamentals in the low post. 

Another knock on his game, though this weakness applies to many other elite players in the league, is his high turnover-per-game statistic—almost three per game for his career.

Howard is the best center in the league, and the margin isn't even close, yet he is still developing his game and has yet to find a true identity on offense.

Once he develops a few dependable moves and continues to dominate both ends of the floor, there's no reason he can't be included in the top-five centers of all time debate by the end of his career.

Career Stats: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 1.7 blocks, 1 steal, 2.93 turnovers

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