Well that’s interesting I would say from my reserves of NBA history here’s what I would consider the best power forward in the NBA during each era:
1950–1955: Dolph Schayes
1955–1965: Bob Pettit
1965–1969: Jerry Lucas
1969–1980: Elvin Hayes
1980–1985: Larry Bird (yes Bird played PF during his early years)
1985–1988: Kevin McHale
1988–1993: Charles Barkley
1993–2000: Karl Malone
2000–2004: Tim Duncan
2004–2007: Kevin Garnett
2007–2011: Dirk Nowitzki
2011–2015: Blake Griffin (or Lebron if you want to be technical about him playing PF in MIA)
2015–2018: Anthony Davis
2018-now: Giannis
So yeah that’s generally your list of all time power forwards, but who’s the best PF after these guys? I’ll probably go with one of these two guys (both underrated):
Spencer Haywood
You might be wondering who is this guy.. well in his prime he was pretty much a freak. Very strong, deadly scorer from the inside and a great rebounder too, the first superstar for the Sonics who was All-NBA 4 times, averaged 25/12 for the Sonics.
The other guy is Chris Webber
Like Haywood, he had a short but dominant prime, 5x All-NBA player who averaged 23/10/5 for the Kings. Webber not only had the whole scoring and rebounding package, but he’s probably one of the most gifted passers I’ve seen from that position.
I even have a video comparing the two… but yeah I think it’s probably one of these two.
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