The NBA has not seen standout white centers who weren't European in decades, but Holmgren is promising to change that by emerging as one of the best players of his generation. The OKC Thunder star ...

While the center position saw a fall out of popularity for a long time in the NBA, this has reversed course in recent years as players like Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid have come to dominate the game.

Among NBA centers, that number would be the fourth-best in the league, behind only Nikola Jokic, Domantas Sabonis, and Joel Embiid. Jokic and Sabonis are regarded as some of the best passers in ...