Jeff Withey doesn't play center anymore -- at least, not the way he learned the position growing up.
In today's NBA, very few players actually play the pivot the way George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Hakeem Olajuwon or Shaquille O'Neal intended it to be played.
Basketball has changed, and the big men have had to adapt.
"You got more guards posting up than big guys," Withey said. "In high school, that's all I did, and I don't think I've posted up in the NBA ever."
Instead, the 7-footer from Kansas has joined the Mavericks with the hope that he will get the chance to show his perimeter game.