Why is the status of NBA center not as good as before?

The main reason is the change of rules, and the current center talent is not as good as before.

The most important feature of the center is that he is the tallest man on the court. If not, he is the second tallest. There are two attributes that determine the fact that the center has the best view of ball control and the most passing routes on the court. Before 2004, centers were roughly divided into two categories, one was low-level attack and the other was high-level cooperation.

Since Yao Ming and O 'Neal retired, the NBA's pure center status has gradually shrunk. At present, the centers of each team are only Howard and Hippert of the Rockets, which can be regarded as traditional centers and the core of other teams. Most of them shoulder the responsibility of defense, or take on the task of scoring in the critical period, but traditional core centers such as O 'Neill, Dream, Yao Ming and david robinson have disappeared in the development of NBA basketball, which is mainly due to the prevalence of fastball. Leading to the gradual decline of the role of the center. A series of rules issued by the league also have obvious restrictions on big men.

The current NBA can be said to be the era of forwards and point guards, and the center is the first team in the league. Howard has only been a power forward in the NBA where the Rockets and Horford lost Kobe this year, while the Hawks and Duncan played in the Spurs and Lakers. Other teams include Noah of Bulls, Lopez of Nets, Gasol of Grizzlies and other relatively versatile centers, but they are not the top stars, so the center has not disappeared, but its status has also dropped a lot. Compared with George Mikan, Zhang Dashuai, Russell's Lord of the Rings, Karim, and nine great centers in the 1990s, such as Olajuwon, Admiral, Ewing and O 'Neill, until the 20th century, only two pure centers, Yao Ming and Howard, could be called the traditional center system. Compared with the essence of history, everyone will think that this center has fallen. In fact, the center of each team still plays an irreplaceable role in each team.