I had him as the #1 player in that draft. I valued the two bigs far above anyone else, as I felt there were two players worthy of the #1 in most years. I thought the Lakers were completely out of their minds, but something must have scared them off Okafor. I couldn't believe it was character coming from Duke, Coach K but it was.
Towns on the other hand...the thing with him was the character. The theory was that his offense might progress faster than Okafor's defense, and he would surpass him at some point...he just happened to do it in the 4 month off-season and won't be caught because it appears Okafor is not interested in fixing the defense.
I don't know why he acts like such a tough punk on 6 footers if he is a soft little ***** inside against guys smaller them him, but whatever.
He has been incredibly disappointing as a human being, and somehow surpassed that as a basketball player which given he had about the most developed and unstoppable array of offensive post moves I have seen come out of college in forever to go with the hardware of a championship on a one and done (super rare)....
We gotta have this guy. Fucking sign Rose too. Bring him home to the point, at his market value. A little time in the big city and he may want to come cry home to momma like he ran home for a weekend, and sign with us for a little below market value. Replacing Rondo. All things being equal...the smart money thing would be to opt out of Rondo and offer that money to Rose. Rose is better than Rondo, who managed a -20 today in limited time.
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The price being Snell, a second, and Cannan is unbelievable. I actually do think the Sixers get better from it, and will have a nasty defense if they can only score. But Noel, McW, Embiid....good luck putting up points. They don't know what they are doing. I think we win this from a value perspective in the biggest landslide since Pau Gasol left the Lakers even if both teams somehow got better.
Is this the clear the way for Grant move or Valentine? Or Rondo?
