re: pels and sixers talking about okafor

My bigger question is what are we doing?
We've made a switch to small ball, and our defense has sky rocketed b/c of it. We seem determined to get a big center right now, but you do that, and your entire philosophy on defense will have to change. You can't just have a guy like Okafor or Brook Lopez switching everytime. That's the problem with Asik's defense.

Going with Okafor to play the Kanter role, which I like, at least would keep the idea of small ball in tack. Getting a big 5 like Vucevic or Lopez completely changes how you play on both ends of the floor. Only mentioning and bitching about this b/c of the reports about the interest in those two.


Okafor is capable of coming off the bench and scoring 16 a night. That's not something you generally find with a mid to late first round pick. And he's cheap, which I always like about centers, and bench players.

I will be beyond pissed off if we somehow give Jrue and a first round pick away with Philly. I'll give Jrue and a first away if we are getting back a really good player on a decent contract, like Fournier and Vucevic.