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(10-30-2017 09:35 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(10-30-2017 06:35 AM)monarx Wrote:  Alex L and Gerald L weren't true centers and they worked out fine.

A true center to me is one that has two qualities -

(A) Big enough and skilled enough to effectively defend a big opposing center one on one in the low post.

(B) Big enough and skilled enough to effectively score in the low post one on one against the same center.

Alex L and Gerald L checked both of those boxes. The fact that both could also score from outside or sometimes guard a player further away from the basket were pluses. Frank H and Mark W are very successful examples of former ODU centers that checked both of those boxes, but didn't have the more rounded games that Alex L and Gerald L did.