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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 2915096, member: 767"]
So I was about 6 or 7 in that period, and I definitely don't have great memories of that period as it happened, but I have read a ton of stuff, and anyway, long story short, I never would have guessed in a million years Kevin Duckworth made 2 AS games in that period.  My impression of him was good but not great player at all.
I had to look it up.  in 89 the West had 4 (!) all star Centers; Hakeem, Kareem, Duckworth, and Mark Eaton (!!!!)

Meanwhile the East had Ewing, Moses Malone, Brad Daugherty, plus guys who could've passed for C in Larry Nance and Kevin McHale.  The fact that makes this even crazier is the 89 Blazers weren't any good!  They went 39-43, yet they had 2 all stars.

in 91 the Blazers were great (63-19) so you could see them getting the benefit of the doubt for an extra guy.The West that year had David Robinson, Duckworth, and maybe Tom Chambers, but I don't think in that era anyone considered him a 5.  Hakeem averaged 21-14-4 that year, but it looks like he didn't play due to injury.

So my main takeaway?  Kevin Duckworth made 2 all star games!! It's weird, I always think of the era of right before I started following basketball and when I did start following it as a golden era for centers, but it seems like that era didn't really start until later than I thought, maybe the early 90s, when you had Ewing, Shaq, Hakeem, Robinson, and Mourning all going at it.
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