Lakers dodged a bullet by passing up on Okafor
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Okafor is putting up 17 and 7 and he's only 20...
360Waves
2 girls and they get along like I'm Lou Will
He's growing on me. Dude's got such a slow-mo game, super under control. He'll score 25 and you won't even realize it. I dunno how to explain it.
This gon be an all time great class.
This gon be an all time great class.
okafor can't play any goddamn defense. not sure why no one realizes this except that they probably haven't actually seen him play much this season, which i can't really blame you for. guy gets worked in the paint constantly. he's not a bust, but he is the next al jefferson.
I like the pick because it's getting harder to build a team around low post scoring Cs who aren't rim protectors. If you have Okafor on your squad as the starting C, the big that fits best next to him is a shot blocking floor spacer...which is currently the rarest player in basketball. After Porzingis, Davis, Ibaka, there aren't hardly any of those dudes in the league period.
Just look at Milwaukee. They went from a great defense last year (1st in Defensive Efficiency) with rim protector/hard roller to the rack Zaza at C to a weak defense (LAST in D Efficiency) with Greg Monroe, who is not a rim protector or roller to the rack off the Pick and Roll.
These back to the basket scoring Cs who can't protect the rim (Enes Kanter, Monroe, probably Okafor) are going to get attacked all day in this era of small-ball. Can Oak defend out in space, a must in an era where constant switching is the norm? I could be wrong but I don't see it happening.
The league is outside-in now as opposed to inside-out like it was in the past. I'd much rather have a playmaking Guard who can shoot, pass, and rebound like Russell than an offensively skilled but plodding C like Okafor. Much easier to build around a perimeter guy than a low post guy.
Just look at Milwaukee. They went from a great defense last year (1st in Defensive Efficiency) with rim protector/hard roller to the rack Zaza at C to a weak defense (LAST in D Efficiency) with Greg Monroe, who is not a rim protector or roller to the rack off the Pick and Roll.
These back to the basket scoring Cs who can't protect the rim (Enes Kanter, Monroe, probably Okafor) are going to get attacked all day in this era of small-ball. Can Oak defend out in space, a must in an era where constant switching is the norm? I could be wrong but I don't see it happening.
The league is outside-in now as opposed to inside-out like it was in the past. I'd much rather have a playmaking Guard who can shoot, pass, and rebound like Russell than an offensively skilled but plodding C like Okafor. Much easier to build around a perimeter guy than a low post guy.
That's nothing a great defensive minded coach n practice can't fix...
They made a mistake on Randle tho.. He's looking like his peak is Dale Davis 
really? that's all it takes? okay name me one defensive coach that has fixed a terrible interior defender like okafor, i'll wait. i ask this every time and not a single person has named me a center that was completely on defense and managed to become good in his career. it doesn't happen. a
scott skiles is a good defensive coach and he hasn't made vucevic a better interior defender. hell, at the start of the season he just straight up benched him for being a bad defender at times.
They made a mistake on Randle tho.. He's looking like his peak is Dale Davis
Who should the Lakers have taken?
Full Measures
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Randle was the BPA and has already shown flashes. If he gets a consistent jumpshot he'll be a double double machineThey made a mistake on Randle tho.. He's looking like his peak is Dale Davis
Edit: Wait I just realized I responded to Seum's WOAT
I lost
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thats really not the point.
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
Did yu just call Zaza a rim protector
So you have no point. Seum's woat y'all.
Let me guess, you think because he's not a big shot blocker he doesn't protect the rim? By all means, please explain to me why he isn't.Did yu just call Zaza a rim protector