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Julius Erving: Wembanyama Can Restore Centres' Glory
NBA legend Julius Erving says Victor Wembanyama could revive the centre position, once dominant in MVP voting before forwards and guards took over.
Julius Erving believes Victor Wembanyama can restore the centre position to the prominence it held before forwards and guards came to dominate the league's biggest individual award.
Erving's own case rests on history rather than sentiment. Between 1966 and 1982, the MVP award went to centres every single year: Oscar Robertson before him, then Erving himself. Since then, the trophy has gone almost exclusively to forwards and guards.
Wembanyama, 22, plays for San Antonio.
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