Not sure if I spelled Okafor's name right, but I think it this I'd take Dwight Howard. Forget about Oka being injury prone...I'd still have to take Howard. He grabs just about every ball that goes up in the air, and he can jump over ya head and bang on you. He D is there, I'm just not sure on how his offensive game is because I don't get many Magic games.
Dwight will be the better player, but Emeka will still be really good if he isn't constantly injured like he started off his career.
Dwight Howard is being currently considered the next shaq in just his third year he's been making the Magic fight for winning the Eastern Conference, although it's a weak conference its not an easy task for a third year C to do. He pretty much dominates every single big man category over Emeka except shot blocking which Emeka has a small advantage over him. However on another team Emeka could really make some noise.
It depends on the team they're on. If a team doesn't need a lot of scoring and they already have 2-3 scoring options I'd take Okafor because he brings much better defense, and can still pour in 15 a game if you need him to. His defense is on another level than Howards, and he has pretty nice post moves too.If I had to build a team around one or the other, I'd use Howard.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ Jan 21 2007, 12:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It depends on the team they're on. If a team doesn't need a lot of scoring and they already have 2-3 scoring options I'd take Okafor because he brings much better defense, and can still pour in 15 a game if you need him to. His defense is on another level than Howards, and he has pretty nice post moves too.If I had to build a team around one or the other, I'd use Howard.</div>You are making out Howard's defense to be worse than it is. Howard is a pretty damn good defender and shot blocker, its just that Emeka is an even better one. Both are good rebounders, but Dwight is the better one. As of right now, Emeka is slightly the better scorer, but I think that is going to change as of next year or the year after that. Once Dwight becomes more confident in his offensive game, you will see drastic improvement. I think that I would take Dwight out of these two. His upside is so much greater IMO, and he is younger by a few years. Imagine Dwight and two years and then compare him to Emeka.
Defensively, Okafor has the edge.Scoring wise, Okafor has a slight edge.Rebounding, Howard has the edge.In overall potential, Howard has the edge.You could make a case for either, really. I do however think that Emeka tends to get overlooked mainly because he's on the Bobcats.
