Tim Duncan

You mention Hollinger's categorization of Tim Duncan, but you dismiss it without reason. Tim Duncan IS a center. He plays in the deep post as the main post option. He defends the opponents center, and plays defense like a center. The only reason that Duncan isn't considered a center by his team is that he doesn't want to be categorized as a center because of all the great centers who have played whom he would be compared against. He wants to be the best power forward ever, not the 5th or 6th best center of all time.