1. Tim Duncan

Tim Duncan remains the best power forward in the league today, and he is arguably the greatest of all time. Tim Duncan has been a champion pretty much since the start of his career.

He has also been the Finals MVP in every finals he's played in except for 2007, where Tony Parker won the Finals MVP.

Some critics say that if you switch Tim Duncan's team with the type of team that Kevin Garnett had in Minnesota, Duncan would never win a ring. That is false. Tim Duncan didn't really have any teammates in 2003 when he had won the title. He had no other All-Stars by his side.

David Robinson was on his last leg that year, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili were nothing more than role players at that time as well. So you cannot say Tim Duncan is a guy who is only successful because of his teammates.

It also took Kevin Garnett's placement with great teammates to not only win the NBA Finals, but to get to the NBA Finals.

Tim Duncan has been so consistent in his career that many people in the world today don't appreciate his ability. Duncan is not only the best all around power forward in the league today, but he's also the best defensive power-forward in the league.

Duncan may not have won Defensive Player of the year in 2008, but that does not mean he is not a better defender. It really means that Garnett had been a bigger impact on that end, and he has changed much of it.

Garnett is a more versatile defender, but Duncan is a much better interior defender, which is what a lot of people look for in a power forward. Neither of them have dominating stats anymore, but they are very great team-players, something you don't see in a stat sheet.

2. Kevin Garnett

Kevin Garnett, at the very least, is second in most rankings of power forwards. Garnett just won the NBA Championship for the first time in his career and had been the leader of the Celtics throughout the first three series' in the playoffs, and was their most consistent player.

He may not have always been the leader statistically but I think he is clearly the best locker-room leader in the league. He brings so many intangibles, so much intensity, and so many things people under appreciate because it isn't in a stat sheet.

During his years with the Timberwolves, he had done a fantastic job improving their franchise. He is, at the moment, the greatest T'Wolve of all time. It will take many years before somebody can pass Kevin Garnett.

He led a bunch of tomato cans to the playoffs, and he had dominating stats during his time as a T'Wolve. He probably would have traded those stats for a ring, because Kevin Garnett has a heart of a champion and just always wants to be one.

Unlike other star players, Kevin Garnett never asked to be traded during his run there. He would have been supportive if he had, but he didn't want to disrupt the team chemistry by asking for a trade. Many people should, and do, respect him for that.

3. Dirk Nowitzki

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