RE: KNIGHT and THE CHIEF

[Charles Jowett <jowett_charles@waters.com>]

>everyone says that knight is not truely a legitimate or starting center, but>
>as I recall was the Chief really that fantastic? or at least in the early
>years?... The're both the same type of players.. In my opinion Knight is and
>will be as the chief was.. both not superstars like Ewing or Robinson, but
>get the job done and can became or will become successful as a roll player

Parish was probably the second or third best center in the NBA during
the mid 80's.  I would only consider  Jabar (although he was never a strong 
rebounder for his size) and Moses Malone as better players at that time.

I couldn't find any stats on the web before 1988 but here's his numbers for
the 85-86, 1988-89 (the year Larry was out) and the 89-90 seasons.

       G  M/Gm  FG%   FT%  PPG    RPG  BPG
85-86  81 31.7 .549  .731  16.1   9.5  1.4

88-89  80 35.5 .570  .719  18.6  12.4  1.4
89-90  79 30.3 .580  .747  15.7  10.1  0.9


Charles