The four major centers in the 1990s were Olajuwon, Admiral Robinson, Gorilla Ewing, and Shaquille O'Neal. Some people also added the great Mourning and called them the five major centers.
Da Meng is a combination of extremely excellent physical fitness and outrageous center skills. At that time, he was the undisputed number one overlord in the penalty area. Generals and sharks before 1999 were completely defeated by him.
The Admiral was a center who used his speed to the extreme. He was faster than many defenders at the time. He had studied gymnastics before and his body was very flexible. In addition, he was tall and had strong defense, which was equivalent to strengthening his inside ability. Version of KG (KG has better backcourt skills than the general). But once he meets Dameng, he will be restrained, because Dameng is also very fast, and the admiral's speed advantage is very small and cannot be used. His other skills and body will suffer comprehensive losses, so he is most afraid of Dameng. Meng rarely performs well in front of him, but he still has certain advantages against gorillas and early sharks.
Gorilla Ewing is a relatively orthodox power center, with good penalty area skills and strong defensive ability. He was the center that was least successful against Dameng at that time, although he was often seen being beaten by Dameng's dreamy dance moves. It's a joke, but his style of sticking to the penalty area can limit Dameng to the greatest extent, and the gorilla's turnaround jumper is very accurate and difficult to defend, which is his special skill. He and Dameng often fight or destroy each other, and Gorilla can only say that sometimes he is slightly at a disadvantage.
Shark O'Neal is the youngest of the four major centers. He proposed the idea of ??the four major centers when he first debuted. They used to be the three major centers, which shows his power, but at that time he He just relies on his brute force to play, and his technical content is very low, so he can only be ranked at the bottom. However, his skills have also improved rapidly. Around 1995, he was able to compete with Ewing. After 1996, he improved faster when he came to the Lakers, but he was still often bullied by Dream and General in the first two years. After 1998, with the combination of his skills and strength and the accumulation of experience, he has surpassed the aging General Dream and officially became the league's number one center. PS: Since Ofat was swept by Big Dream in the 1995 finals and before winning the championship for the first time in 2000, Ofat was swept out of the playoffs every time.
Mourning is far behind the top four centers. During his glory days, his scoring average per season was around 21, but there were two years when it was less than 20, with a peak of only 23.2 points and only about 10 rebounds. , did not reach 1 in 4 seasons. Before 2004, he averaged 20.0 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in his career, and averaged 19.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in the playoffs. He was only a little short of 2 and 1. He only had 2 and 1 in 4 seasons. +. This is too far behind the other four major centers who had at least 8 seasons of 2 and 1. Mourning was troubled by kidney disease and the peak period of his career was too short. At that time, the other three major centers began to decline, but he ended up due to a serious illness. The three major centers failed to surpass them in the later stages of their careers, so they are not qualified to be tied with the other four centers. Injuries are more severe than tigers. Mourning is strong in his defense. He averaged more than 3 blocks per game in his career and playoffs, and more than 3.5 at his peak. His uncle's offense is poor and he cannot be ranked.