Remembering the Often Forgotten Greatness of Moses Malone

In a world of ever-evolving basketball narratives, where debates over eras and players rage on, the legacy of Moses Malone, a dominant figure in the history of the game, has been quietly and unjustly overshadowed by the passage of time

The center position might be one of the most heralded in the history of basketball. So many of the greats played the position and those players have helped to define the history of basketball as we know it today. The list of great centers is so vast that if you were to play a game with a basketball fan to name the 10 greatest players at each position, I would wager that they could come up with 10 great centers the fastest. And while we have had books and written and movies filmed about greats like Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, and Bill Russell there is a great center that is one of the best that the game has ever seen whose name is constantly overlooked. His name was Moses Malone.

We recently passed the 8 year anniversary of Malone’s untimely passing at 60 years of age as a result of heart disease. As I look at the conversations around the great NBA players on social media and other circles, I consistently notice that his name is absent. Moses was a trailblazer, a master of the center position in his era, and a deliverer of one of the most iconic predictions in…