Bob Lanier was an outstanding center in the NBA from 1970 to 1984. At 6-10 and 250, he would be an average sized player by today’s standards but in his day, he was a dominant center.
When you see this video, what may jump out is first that he’s a thick 250 and second, though he bumps and grinds a bit, he’s a finesse player.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar owned (and to an extent retired) the hook shot but Lanier had a nice left-handed hook shot too.
Told as a youngster he was too clumsy to play basketball, he went on to play at St.