Celtics want to trade 3rd pick for Okafor

[Duderonomy]

What do you think Avery +3 for Okafor?

Can Stevens get Punchy to play defense?

Things could get interesting

[NBAGOAT]

that's too much for Okafor.

[Snarky Narc]

Too much for him given his lack of defense and general immaturity.

[Klay 3D]

Dragan/Buddy or Okafor...
3&D/sharp shooter or skilled low post...

I like Okafor more for the Celtics, and I'm sure Philly wants Buddy. Simmons/Buddy/Embiid/Noel is simply awesome.

Celtics should do the 3rd+Avery for Okafor+24th.

[JohnnySic]

Yeah too much. Pick 3 and someone less valuable than Bradley.

[imdaman99]

Bradley is more valuable than a throw-in, no? I guess they have to make salaries match up?

[bdreason]

Okafor is a dinosaur. The modern league favors agile, defensive Bigs who can shoot. Okafor looks like Al Jeff 2.0 to me.

[Tking714]

Proven 20ppg-ish scorer vs a kid this year that would be a maybe? Always go with the proven. Considering last year Jahlil was in the same spot as these kids. No one in this draft is as good as the top 5 of last year. Simmons may be better than Russell but thats it

[Sarcastic]

Philly can get a better offer for Okafor.

[PP34Deuce]

I actually like it!

Okafor can score and rebound. Defensively, he's subpar but if you pair him with an athletic Rangy PF, it can absolutely work.

What combination works best? I don't like him and Sullinger together-Not enough athletiscm.

Maybe Amir and Okafor? Mobile PF shot blocker with a back to the basket punishing scorer.

[Sarcastic]

I actually like it!

Okafor can score and rebound. Defensively, he's subpar but if you pair him with an athletic Rangy PF, it can absolutely work.

What combination works best? I don't like him and Sullinger together-Not enough athletiscm.

Maybe Amir and Okafor? Mobile PF shot blocker with a back to the basket punishing scorer.

Of course Boston likes it. They easily win the trade.

[Thorpesaurous]

I don't like the fit with Okafor. I'd be more inclined to package the later picks and try to see if they'd be willing to part with Embiid who is total question mark. Or even Noel for rim protection.

I do think Bradley or Smart is available given they keep the pick, because it seems more and more like it has to be Murray, at which point one of the two defensive minded pieces might be worth moving on from. I'd probably prefer to keep Bradley, who's a better shooter, and who's success is less tied to him having the ball, which isn't going to happen a ton with Thomas around. Murray actually has a lot of with the ball value too, but Thomas isn't exactly a pure PG, so pairing him with a secondary playmaker makes sense to me. I guess it just depends what combo you value most.
Murray is Playmaking and Shooting
Smart is Playmaking and Defense
Bradley is Defense and Shooting.

It's a tough choice. I actually think Thomas' best spot may still be as an elite bench scorer. Playing the three young guys together would allow for a weird combination of size and shooting and defense and playmaking on the perimeter, even though Murray isn't the top end athlete people like, but with the other two, and Murray's size, it could definitely work.


If I'm moving the three pick and a piece, I'm swinging for the fences and seeing if I can pry Boogie Cousins out of Sacramento. They say no, but he could force it, and it wouldn't be a terrible way to take a mulligan with Vlade and Joerger now being fully in place.

[GINOBILI!]

I like it too.

[kurple]

Okafor is a dinosaur. The modern league favors agile, defensive Bigs who can shoot. Okafor looks like Al Jeff 2.0 to me.

Not every team has Steph

Okafor is arguably the most skillled post player in the league already

[bdreason]

Not every team has Steph

Okafor is arguably the most skilled post player in the league already

Is there a single team in the league whose offense is built around post play?

Only team that comes to mind is San Antonio, and I think that was just a result of Pop designing his offense to try and beat the Warriors.


Look, I love post play... but it's a dying art in the NBA. If you're going to try and base your offense around a post player, he better be able to get you 30ppg on 50%... otherwise it's simply more optimal to play outside-in with modern NBA rules.