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.
I know were deep at every position now, but I could totally see Olshey using it to get an impact player. Depth is great, but if you have the chance to sacrifice some of it for an impact player, you do it. Okafor fits in that category. Not sure philly would do it, but I'm sure they'd rather deal him to a western conference team lol.
Yep but the issue is we only have 2 players who can shoot from 3 point range. Turner is a poor 3 point shooter and Okafor will probably hit about three 3-pointers in his entire career.
That's true but I still think turner spaces the court with his playmaking ability. He also did improve his outside shot last year so maybe he keeps developing in that area, similar to Aminu.
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.
Yep we'd basically be swapping Aminu for Turner in that scenario and I think Turner is a better player. Another worry of mine is whether Okafor would be able to adapt to a power foward role, he's pretty poor defensively at C but might be even worse at PF. I rate his talent very highly offensively though and if he could improve his defence he'd be an absolute monster of a player, so it could be worth a risk. His upside is enormous and considering Sixers were not even able to get #3 which turned into Jaylen Brown for him means he's probably not really much "in demand" across the league.
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.
This would be brilliant. Consolidate some of our "good" talent to bring in a difference maker. Dame CJ Turner Millsap Ezeli ......50 wins+
I suspect he meant power forward. People get confused about this sometimes. At least this is what I hope for.
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!
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.
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? 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
Is that the one that fought communism by getting super into Jesus and pretended it was always Jesusland?
As pointed out previously, Portland is overcrowded in the front court. Consolidating wouldn't hurt if you can get an upgrade that fits. 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'. 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 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.
