[shottaker23]

I'd count Unseld as a big.  If you made an NBA All-Star team and won a title playing the 5 in my lifetime, can't see how you'd call him anything else.

This. Unseld was listed as a F/C. Unsure how you'd call him anything but a big, even if he isn't "big" by today's standards.


Newport Central Catholic's Dave Cowens hasn't been mentioned yet either. He played for the Boston Celtics and won a pair of NBA Championships, was NBA Rookie of the Year, and was NBA MVP in 1973. If we're talking about careers as a whole, he has to be up there.

I think that Moreno belongs in certain discussions, but it's obviously way too early to rank him if we're looking at careers as a whole.


Two of the more physically imposing bigs from the last 25-30 years that I haven't seen mentioned are Brandon Bender (Ballard) and Tony Key (Russellville). Both were talented enough to play in the NBA and are names that I'd put ahead of Vanhoose.

Not saying that Moreno couldn't match up with either because he still has a height advantage and may be able to draw them out onto the floor and away from the rim, but I think it's fair to say that both outweigh him and could present matchup problems in really physical games, especially if they could camp around the rim.

I had mentioned Cowens earlier. I had always thought he was one of the better posts to come out of Kentucky.