For years, Marc Gasol has flown under the radar. I know you’re going to ask how. Yes, he’s a three-time All-Star, a Defensive Player of the Year award winner, an All-NBA team player and a max contract guy.
However, during those years, people probably didn’t like saying he was the best center in the NBA. Once Dwight Howard was banished from this throne, many people tend to claim that some athletic, dunk-heavy centers (*cough* DeAndre Jordan *cough*) were the league’s best at the center position. Even after an All-Star year where he somehow abolished his career-high scoring average — at 32 — people believed young centers such as Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic have surpassed him.