Th3G3ntleman
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Jeez how is Okafor suppose to operate in the post with the opposing point guard damn near humpin his leg with how far they gonna play off Scrubio.
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They're both going to be very good, Okafor should have the better rookie season though, Towns has the higher ceiling.
tremonthustler1
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If Okafor is the go-to scorer, why the hell is Wiggins here because it's not as if he's great at anything else at the moment.
I think it's more like if Cousins and Aldridge were in a draft together, who do you take.
Towns has skill, he's not as skilled on the block as Okafor is, but he's just as skilled a passer, better shooter (80% from the line).
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
There has to be a payoff to all of this though. It's as if they're doing all this losing to be what they used to be at their peak. The only reason why I'm not bugging out about that is because they're realistically never gonna win a title. 11 years in and fresh off of a 66 loss season, the playoffs couldn't be farther away and this team's doing the same dumb shyt they did before. Drafting Okafor isn't an indictment on Okafor. It's an indictment on a team that doesn't seem to wanna learn from their mistakes. Okafor's gonna get busy, score 22/10/3 dimes a night maybe, but they're gonna lose most games because Flip has never attempted to fix glaring holes, holes Okafor will help continue to cause.
Wiggins and Okafor isn't a good combo. Wiggins takes up a lot of space when he's scoring and posts up a lot, that don't mix with a primarily offensive center. If they were to play together then Wig would have to become a much better 3 point shooter than he currently is.
tremonthustler1
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the same way Wiggins and Bazz do.
The question is, how is Okafor supposed to operate in the post when everyone's trying to operate in there?
Parker's on a team with Greek Freak, Henson, MCW, lanky defenders everywhere. He can be hidden. Okafor would have Ricky and a 15-18 mpg 39 year old KG.
Reid2Achieve
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Fair enough. I just think Towns needs a lot of development and isn't guaranteed to be a sure thing in Minny.
But then again I'm biased and think either player is more likely to reach their potential in LA. I'm a fan of both.
Nah, I think KG is the perfect player for him to learn under considering his game and him being such an intelligent kid he'd be a problem in a short time. I also think he'd probably end up being the leader of that team in 2-3 years.The Wolves are a great place for him to go and I think he'd reach his potential with them.
Jahlil is more likely to reach his potential in LA than Towns, LA doesn't really have experience with a player like Towns, which at his core is a faceup 4. While the Wolves have the original tall/defensive faceup 4 on their squad right now.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Well said
Dieng can't play next to anybody until he remembers how to play defense
He'd be better with a proper frontcourt mate that understands how to play defense.
Lakerman0834
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this gonna be this generations Duncan vs Garnett and we know who won that battle..
Blackrogue
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I kinda wonder. Tim seemingly won but garnett was wasted by being in the team he was on. I wonder how many rings kg would have had if he replaced Tim on the spurs his whole career.
All in all they're both beasts.
Btw wizards had flip and I had such high hopes from him. But all our young players during his era nick young, blatche, mcgee, Crawford despite being talented never developed.
Flip if I'm not mistaken was there when we passed on kawhi, on klay possibly on steph but that I'm not sure when we gave away the pick that would be rubio (we did do this. Can't remember if flip was around and too lazy to google)
Either way. Nothing good close to what i expected came from his tenure. I remember kawhi workout him shaking his head as kawhi missed jumpers. We got vesely.
You can't go wrong with either okafor or towns. It really depends on how much of a beast towns is and whether he can now expend energy on the defensive side. I think he's underrated. But I think towns should get the pick. Much easier to build a complete team around him and I think a player who can be a two way player at the PF or C spot the way kg or Duncan were is a prototype piece for a championship.
Talented players all over like melo, bosh before miami are some examples of players who were stars who because of flaws in their game were hard to build around and in the end their talents got wasted.
My suspicion is okafor will be good but towns will have a better team around him because pieces will be easy to put together because of how complete he'll be.
But then again if okafor goes to the lakers he can also end up being a beast and it's the lakers so pieces can be got
