Following potential 2015 draftees
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Yeah I remembered he had an erection every time the word "Austin Rivers" got mentioned in the Summer of 2012.
spycam1
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Not sure if this has been talked about, but apparently Okafor beat Kanter a few years ago, FWIW.
https://www.rantsports.com/prep-sports/2013/03/11/jahlil-okafor-dominated-utah-jazz-center-enes-kanter-last-summer/
https://www.rantsports.com/prep-sports/2013/03/11/jahlil-okafor-dominated-utah-jazz-center-enes-kanter-last-summer/
mellow
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Yes, maybe no one is a star per se, but many of them have a higher ceiling than Trey and have not had the off court issues. So I think a better question is who was picked after Trey that is going to be better than Trey? I understand they are still young, but Trey is just coming up short, while others are showing more potential. My main point is that I have serious doubts about the Jazz's ability to evaluate draftees.
Oh well if you go and look at Trey's final year at MICH you'll see that he had improved quite significantly from his 1st year. If he had continued that growth it's not unexpected that eventually he would turn out to be a pretty good player.
- He was shooting lights out from 3 (38% no less).
- He had the best assist/TO ratio in college
- He was the best off the dribble shooter in college.
- His assists numbers improved, etc, etc, etc.
It's a pity his shooting went away and he never took that next step athletically.....
You can't take the next step athletically. There is a limit.
...... Hayward was this skinny white kid who took that step.
He is bigger now, but his athleticism is same. Getting bigger and being athletic is different.
Hantlers
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Just when I thought the Okafor-Derrick Coleman comparison was the worst thing I've ever seen, I saw that post that said Bilas or somebody said Winslow was Harden with defense. Both of those are complete crap.
Okafor seems to have the same problem Al does, in that they're so skilled, that they just don't get fouled. Good, but frustrating.
Okafor seems to have the same problem Al does, in that they're so skilled, that they just don't get fouled. Good, but frustrating.
NAOS
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Shroeder is better right now.
I'd take anything shown against Kanter's defense with a huge bucket of salt. But those are not the main questions about Okafor, it's obvious his offensive game is very good and polished. For me more interesting question is - how good(or at least average) he can be on the defensive end?