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The good news for ranking centers is that we have ample evidence to predict who the 30 starting centers will be when the regular season begins, which makes the list easier to assemble. In this article, we’ll arrange the players into five tiers, including a list of honorable mentions who will also have an impact.

TIER 1A

Niko la Jokić, Denver Nuggets : My first two selections belong in their own tier, so we’ll call them “1a” and go from there. Jokić isn’t just a great center—he’s a multi-category behemoth who threatens the triple-double threshold nightly. Put simply, he’s redefined the center position, and other teams do their best to find a special player who can fill the same role. That’s a tall order, because Jokić is one of those on

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