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Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

Center Rankings 2025-26 + Monday Daily Duncs (3/16/26)

Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

Nate Duncan

Sports

4.52.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:00.0

Happy Monday, everyone.

0:01.6

Another huge episode today are center rankings.

0:05.7

For the first time and a lot of time, I have two guys in this top tier.

0:10.9

And that's obviously Victor Womenyama at age 22, Nicole Yokic at age 31.

0:16.0

I have not actually officially decided yet who I will be placing first. So I understand where you're coming

0:24.7

from because Victor Wobanjama is this absolutely ridiculous defensive force. I mean, you could

0:32.1

listen to any of the awards pods we've done. I picked him as the defensive player of the year,

0:35.7

even when his number, the amount of missed games was significant because I think he is the most impactful defensive player. We've done, I've picked him as the defensive player of the year, even when his number,

0:40.8

the amount of missed games was significant because I think he is the most impactful defensive player. We've talked about that at nausea. What makes Wembenyama so tantalizing for this is two

0:46.9

things. One, he's, you know, his offensive game is continuing to improve for this season.

0:52.8

Wembenyama taking 6.7 3s per 36, and notably,

0:57.8

1.7 of those 6.7 are self-created as we're defining things. So that is a quarter. That is

1:04.9

much higher than most guys at this position, and he's making 36.5% of them. So that is an

1:10.4

offensive weapon.

1:11.2

But the bigger one for me on that front, on the offensive thing,

1:14.7

is that when Victor Wenam is on the floor,

1:18.5

the San Antonio Spurs have a 119.6 offensive rate.

1:21.5

That is not the ludicrous heights of Nicola Yokicch, to be clear.

1:26.9

But it is still very good. And when you consider

1:29.6

how he how he elevates your defensive floor, that sets the table for this ridiculous net rating

1:36.3

that he has, which is that the spurs and the spurs have a plus 15.6 net rating when Victor

1:43.5

Wembeyanama is on the floor, that is markedly better.

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