If a center is any good, the other team won't trade him. There are no dominant AVAILABLE centers. Nelson has had that quest for a center his whole career. Just because a GM WANTS a center, doesn't mean a decent one can be acquired. We can list all the better centers in the league but why do the other teams trade them, if they are among the better centers in the league?
Ewing was past it when Nelson was the coach in NY and needed to be phased out. He wasn't as good as Shaq on his best day and certainly no comparison at the end of his career. Van Gundy actually implemented Nelson's changes gradually and Ewing was shipped off, later.
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