To compete in today’s NBA, you need to have a quality center. Whether it’s a rim protector who patrols the paint or an offensive savant who provides a serious matchup problem, having a top center greatly improves your chances of winning on a nightly basis. Narrowing a list down to the NBA’s top 10 centers wasn’t easy. Several impactful players just missed the cut. However, we did the dirty work and compiled a list of the top centers in the league. Here are the 10 best big men heading into the 2024-25 season:
10. Kristaps Porziņģis — Boston Celtics
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Boston’s big man can change a game on both ends of the floor. We saw as much during Game 1 of this past NBA Finals. After missing the previous two series, Porziņģis came off the bench in the opening quarter and wreaked havoc on his former team, the Dallas Mavericks. He was hitting jump shots over smaller defenders, launching threes from well beyond the arc, and protecting the rim like a Defensive Player of the Year candidate. Health has been a major issue for him throughout his career, but he’s an extremely unique player who can have a massive two-way impact.
