The future of center play in the NBA

[dirkfansince1998]

Bump. 

I can't be the only one who feels this way about where the game is, has been heading and still is heading, relative to the center position. 

There aren't enough Adabayo types to go around (yet), but that's where it's heading. After that, we'll see an offensive revolution from the position similar to what Dirk, KG, Rasheed Wallace and others did for the 4 spot in the last era. 

Since not everyone can have an Adabayo (I wonder what a comprehensive list of those would look like...5 names, 10?), what's better, an Ayton, or someone you might feel is juuuuust a bit undersized for the position, but who brings more skills to the table to make up for it?

You know that I completly agree with you when it comes to the role of bigs in the modern NBA. But I actually think that when it comes to the defensive end Ayton is already close to the best you can get (not named Giannis or Bam) when it comes to foot speed.
His iso defense on the perimeter probably isn´t worse than Bam´s but he struggles with the team defense part. When he is asked to rotate, switch or help. The one thing that might be even more important than mobility. Decision making, instincts, IQ. In that sense he might be the anti-Powell. More often than not in the wrong spot. Wrong rotation. Lazy closeouts.