Size, strength, and long-term durability are a hard combination to find in the NBA. In the past few years, combination center/power forwards have become the norm. There are few true big men left, and although he may not be a household name outside Dallas – or perhaps I should say outside his own home – he is undeniably a 5.
Meet today’s Thinks He’s / More Like feature, the greatest basketball player ever to come out of Monticello, Mississippi (*cough* except Al Jefferson *cough*): Dallas Mavericks starting (for now) center Erick Dampier.