Interested In Okafor?

[Sarni]

Other than the fact that our best player, leader, and star of our team is a PG?

I suspect he meant power forward. People get confused about this sometimes. At least this is what I hope for.

 

[0-Our!]

Issue is there aren't many power forwards who would fit in here. There's lack of quality at PF across the league IMO. Players like Jabari Parker will be impossible to get for us.

Having Aminu, Turner and Harkless in the same team might be overkill though, especially as Crabbe can also play at small forward. We also have way too many centers. A package of Aminu/Harkless + Leonard/Davis/Plumlee could be properly tempting for some teams. Aminu + Davis/Plumlee for Millsap would be marvelous business for instance and Atlanta might even go for that if we throw a pick at them as well.

In your package ^, I would keep Harkless & replace him w/ a 1st round pick & I think we/trading partner would go for it!
Your packaging option(s) ^ for Milsap... I'd do in a heartbeat!

 

[Mediocre Man]

I suspect he meant power forward. People get confused about this sometimes. At least this is what I hope for.

Pretty sure he meant depth. There is no one after Dame

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I would rather have Aminu than Okafor, and it's not close. Vonleh, I don't care. But the Sixers are way overstocked with bigs and have a serious guard-deficiency.

If the Sixers are going to trade Okafor, they're going to want SHOOTERS. Crabbe was our only shot, and now he's untradeable. No way is Okafor worth CJ. That's not overvaluing CJ, that's just a fact - Okafor doesn't fit with the new NBA.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

And who the fuck is Sixers Nation? I can't think of a more unlikely nation myself.

 

[Sarni]

In your package ^, I would keep Harkless & replace him w/ a 1st round pick & I think we/trading partner would go for it!
Your packaging option(s) ^ for Milsap... I'd do in a heartbeat!

But we don't really need all of Aminu, Harkless, Turner AND Millsap at the same time. I don't think Atlanta will give up on Millsap for a center plus a bunch of picks, especially as those won't be very high picks and they have Howard as main center.

 

[Mediocre Man]

And who the fuck is Sixers Nation? I can't think of a more unlikely nation myself.

One Nation under God comes to mind

 

[0-Our!]

But we don't really need all of Aminu, Harkless, Turner AND Millsap at the same time. I don't think Atlanta will give up on Millsap for a center plus a bunch of picks, especially as those won't be very high picks and they have Howard as main center.

You're right. Doesn't your trade include Aminu in your offer for Milsap though?

Aminu + Davis/Plumlee for Millsap would be marvelous business for instance and Atlanta might even go for that if we throw a pick at them as well.

Also, I would actually (Aminu +) include Davis AND Plumlee for Milsap; now THAT'S a deal! With my revised trade, we would need Moe for sure

 

[BlazerCaravan]

One Nation under God comes to mind

Is that the one that fought communism by getting super into Jesus and pretended it was always Jesusland?

 

[TBpup]

From the twitters:

I'm told the Trail Blazers are increasing interest in Sixers C Jahlil Okafor. Portland needs to add depth in their front court.

As pointed out previously, Portland is overcrowded in the front court. Consolidating wouldn't hurt if you can get an upgrade that fits.

Saying we offered Noah, Aminu and 1st round pick for him. Not sure how to embed tweets here. Dwight Jaynes re-tweeted it if you want to find it

With all the mentions Aminu got in the press conferences about how much better the Blazers are at the '4', that would seem odd. Okafor is certainly an offensive talent and if you trade out someone like Plumlee, maybe he gets run at center as well as I doubt Ezeli gets big minutes there. That means you re-sign Harkless for sure to be able to play small-ball '4'.

We have depth but Okafor would be a big upgrade for our bigs. None of them have his offensive skill set or upside.

Completely agreed. I'm just worried about the defensive side of the ball where he would be a terrible match-up on smaller or stretch '4's.

I just don't see Aminu as our starting PF. It's gonna leave us way undersized. I hate CJ at the point. He can create his own shot but does nothing to get others involved. Still need a legit PF and solid PG off the bench. We have the pieces to make a move to fill these holes.

I agree with Aminu as the full time PF....too small for an entire season. He's more of a match-up guy at that position against smaller or finesse PFs but in the Clipper series when Griffin did decide to go down low, he just toyed with Aminu. Not a huge fan of CJ at the back-up PG either but the addition of Turner helps that quite a bit as you'll see 2 of Dame/CJ/Turner on the floor at almost all times.

 

[TBpup]

Interesting that in Hollinger's analysis, it's a whopping 14 losses to the Sixers and just adds 3 wins to the Blazers.

 

[Mediocre Man]

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Interesting that in Hollinger's analysis, it's a whopping 14 losses to the Sixers and just adds 3 wins to the Blazers.

So the 76ers would have a record of -4 and 86?

 

[TBpup]

So the 76ers would have a record of -4 and 86?

Exactly....I thought that was a little strange.

 

[illmatic99]

Don't see Philly being a good trade partner. If we really are interested in Okafor, we'd have to bring in a third team (like DEN, who's loaded with guards).

I don't like the idea of trading Aminu or Davis -- their small contracts for the next two seasons are ultra valuable. But if we are indeed keen on moving them, trading them for guys on their rookie contracts is probably the best idea.

 

[Sarni]

You're right. Doesn't your trade include Aminu in your offer for Milsap though?

Also, I would actually (Aminu +) include Davis AND Plumlee for Milsap; now THAT'S a deal! With my revised trade, we would need Moe for sure

No, in the second one I meant either Aminu or Harkless, not both in one package.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Saying we offered Noah, Aminu and 1st round pick for him. Not sure how to embed tweets here. Dwight Jaynes re-tweeted it if you want to find it

Mmmnnnnnnnnturtle...

 

[BBert]

Needs to add depth to the front court? Wtf? We have more players than we have minutes.

Exactly my reaction. LOL

Maybe add more better players....

 

[BBert]

Saying we offered Noah, Aminu and 1st round pick for him. Not sure how to embed tweets here. Dwight Jaynes re-tweeted it if you want to find it

That's a lot.

 

[Blazinaway]

That's a lot.

really, looks pretty cheap to me, guy had a great rookie yr and that's 3 more yrs of very good production before he gets paid big time

 

[Denny Crane]

I think this is actually an interesting possibility.

Okafor is on a rookie scale contract, which helps for next season.

Leonard becomes our starting PF, and I say "why not?" Landry would be the backup PF, or push Leonard for the starting job.

An Okafor at C gets us a serious inside/outside game that is going to be hard to stop. Ezeli would be the backup, which seems about right.

The knock on Okafor is weak defense, but he's so young still. He's got enormous upside potential, though. I think he might be the C version of Durant if he continues to grow his game.

I wouldn't get hung up about Landry, though.

 

[Natebishop3]

I would do it. I think Neil has been selling aminu at the four a little too hard. This would also signal the return of harkless as a sure thing.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm not sure if this is the trade I like for the Blazers, but something along these lines intrigues me at least. Neil's gonna have to do something to push this team from one of the also-rans to a true contender. I'm still thinking about a consolidation trade centered around CJ to get a guy like Boogie (or somebody of his caliber).

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

in a heartbeat!!!!

 

[Schilly]

I'm not sure if this the trade I like for the Blazers, but something along these lines intrigues me at least. Neil's gonna have to do something to push this team from one of the also-rans to a true contender. I'm still thinking about a consolidation trade centered around CJ to get a guy like Boogie (or somebody of his caliber).

I'm not so sure Okafor is that far off from being a Boogie.

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

Okafor is not yet 21 yrs old. He put up serious numbers for 76ers last year. He is a better/younger version of Al Jefferson IMO. With our coaching staff, we could teach him how to play a little defense.

Dame - CJ - Turner - ML or other - Okafor is a serious lineup.
Still have Crabbe, Plumlee, Ezeli, Connaughton and possibly Harkless off the bench.

 

[Natebishop3]

If it's not this, it has to be something else. We need a consolidation trade badly.

 

[noknobs]

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That's a believable offer actually. Not sure if Okafor fits the culture, I'm not familiar with his personality, but he can ball. We could then trade Plumlee in a separate deal to someone that needs a center. Maybe we can get a non lottery first for plumlee and add that to the package for Okafor?

Dame
CJ
Turner
Okafor
Ezeli

Damn that's legit.

He's had a series of off court issues - reckless driving and a couple separate altercations at nightclubs.

As for on the court, yes he's gifted offensively and very young. But he's slow, not a great leaper & not a great rim protector (not sure he'll ever be) and not good on defense. He can't chase around stretch 4's, like Leonard, so I'm not sure that combination would work. He was a horrible fit with Nerlins Noel because they both like to play around the rim offensively, so for those same reasons I doubt he'd fit well with Ezeli or Plumlee or even Davis if he started at center. I suppose he could start alongside Aminu but then we'd be back to have no rim protector.

I don't think he's a good fit.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Long term Okafor would be a good addition. He can flat out score down low.

What does Philly need? Are they going with Simmons at PF and bringing the SF from Europe over? Not sure if they need Aminu.
Vonleh would need to explode in the next 3 summer league games to sell that trade. If were them I would ask for Plums and Vonleh and a draft pick. But I agree with those that say we are not the best trade partner for them.

 

[Sarni]

I'm not so sure Okafor is that far off from being a Boogie.

He's long way from Cousins still although near the basket he's probably already as good offensively. The issue with him is he is poor defensively at C and probably even worse at PF. I worry about our perimeter defense if we play Lillard/McCollum backcourt and Ezeli/Okafor frontcourt, there will basically be none.

 

[Natebishop3]

I would rather try to pry Jabari Parker away from Milwaukee.