1. Tim Duncan - 4 rings? Check. Greatest center of his generation? Check.
2. Yao - too mechanical to be #1. Maybe after TD retires and he is more fluid on the court.
3. D Howard - can change the game on both ends of the court, needs more range though (should be #2 after next season)
4. Amare - a beast! better defensively than most give him credit for, but can't change the game with defense alone
5. Shaq - waaay past his prime, but can still give it to you in stretches. If he can become 84 - 88 Kareem, could win a few more chips before it's said and done.
6. EC 34 - Defensive holes and offensive awareness keep him from leapfrogging Amare and possibly Yao
7. Camby - Doesn't need plays called for him to contribute, defends, rebounds and hustles with the best
8. Tyson Chandler - Camby with a worse offensive game
9. Ben Wallace - blue collar work ethic, but is becoming less effective with age
10. Okur - the range, the rebounding, if only he wasn't the tin man, could be more of a force
after next season... i think D Howard will pass Yao, since the game comes more naturally to Dwight and because he has shown a killer instinct that Yao is still developing... i think Amare could pass Yao as well, but I doubt he will be better than Dwight when we include rebounding and blokcs into the equation... i think EC could be better than Shaq, Amare and possibly Yao if the jumpshot, offensive awareness and rebounding improve... I think only one of these will happen though, so I expect him to at least be better than Diesel who should continue to decline...