Mario Hezonja and Jahlil Okafor dont get their options picked up

gavran · Post #141 » by **gavran** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 9:22 am

islanders11040 wrote:i would love to trade Kuzminskas for Hezonja.

For what? Hezonja is worse than Kuzminskas.

MaseInYourFace · Post #142 » by **MaseInYourFace** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 9:33 am

Huestis didn't get option picked up by thunder.

Oscirus · Post #143 » by **Oscirus** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 9:46 am

gavran wrote:
islanders11040 wrote:i would love to trade Kuzminskas for Hezonja.

For what? Hezonja is worse than Kuzminskas.

I assume because he's younger. If we're using arbitrary reasons, might as well keep kuz cuz his wife is likely hotter

Rodimus921 · Post #144 » by **Rodimus921** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 10:37 am

Okafor has talent but For a team like the 76ers who is rebuilding, to bury okafor deep in the bench and having thoughts of buying him out, its more than not seing eye to eye. what i think makes him a problem is probably his mental toughness, preparation to the game, behavior off the court. Bro your getting paid to be a proffesional. Maybe it got to his head that he was top 3 in the draft and didnt think he had to work hard to play for the 76ers.

Post #145 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:49 am

Oscirus wrote:
aq_ua wrote:
Oscirus wrote:Ironically enough the analysts were probably right in that it was a three person draft. They just got two of the three wrong.

Eh, still a two man draft for me. First and fourth pick.

Admittedly haven't been watching alot of basketball outside of the knicks but isn't Booker supposed to be the man over there in Phoenix?

And this one guy Myles Turner

Post #146 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:50 am

Rodimus921 wrote:Okafor has talent but For a team like the 76ers who is rebuilding, to bury okafor deep in the bench and having thoughts of buying him out, its more than not seing eye to eye. what i think makes him a problem is probably his mental toughness, preparation to the game, behavior off the court. Bro your getting paid to be a proffesional. Maybe it got to his head that he was top 3 in the draft and didnt think he had to work hard to play for the 76ers.

He didn't want to be there from get.

He has shown to be his own worst enemy.

Post #147 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:54 am

Oscirus wrote:
gavran wrote:
islanders11040 wrote:i would love to trade Kuzminskas for Hezonja.

For what? Hezonja is worse than Kuzminskas.

I assume because he's younger. If we're using arbitrary reasons, might as well keep kuz cuz his wife is likely hotter

Hezonja has proven to be every bit the head case and bum we were warned about. His talent can't save him. And he's not even talented enough to entertain the risk.

Unless NY is a perfect place for him to latch on for the minimum, I could see him headed back to Europe in the next couple years. But he's burned bridges over there too.

Post #148 » by **duetta** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 12:05 pm

I would take a shot at one or two of these guys, in the right deal. But it has to be the right deal. We still need a SF going forward - and maybe a change of scenery can help. Okafor doesn't fit in here - but he absolutely landed in the wrong situation. In the right situation, he could be very effective.

blanko · Post #149 » by **blanko** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 1:36 pm

Okafor can't rebound:that's the difference between him and other scoring bigs. That was one of the major knocks on him coming out of Duke. You can't have a guy who sucks at defense and can't rebound.

Amsterdam · Post #150 » by **Amsterdam** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 1:50 pm

Watch on YouTube

He reminds me so much of Eddie Curry.

Newyorknick94 · Post #151 » by **Newyorknick94** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 2:23 pm

Don’t want either both bad defenders let pop or Brad Stevens fix them

knuckles862 · Post #152 » by **knuckles862** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 3:59 pm

Sign okafor then trade him for assets

St Knick · Post #153 » by **St Knick** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 4:19 pm

BBALLER4FR wrote:Can you imagine if the Knicks roster had the 3rd, 4th and 5th picks of the same draft on the roster? Has some **** like that ever happened before?

too easy...
2003 - 1st,4th, 5th

Post #154 » by **kane2021** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 4:37 pm

Capn'O wrote:
Thugger HBC wrote:
Capn'O wrote:
His skills were fantastic. People that questioned his personality and motor appear correct.

Agreed. No one questioned whether he could score. Folks got mad when he was compared to Eddy Curry, and even though I don't care for Okafor, I thought that was excessive. But Okafor wasn't known for really anything but low post scoring. rebounding and defense was question marks as was his motor.

Not revisionist at all.

Unfortunately, the Eddy Curry comps could be prophetic. He can still be something in this league in a new environment but it's really up to him. Post scoring isn't dead but you need to be able to do other things and he has the physical talent to get there. Even Kanter can grab a board.

I saw curry play a lot when he was high school and saw similarities in okafor. His career path is trending towards Derrick Williams though. Who I also see some similarities with.

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Post #155 » by **NoLayupRule** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 4:38 pm

Amsterdam wrote:

Watch on YouTube

He reminds me so much of Eddie Curry.

he must have been emotionally out of it or something

he doesn't even pretend to put his hands up

I watched him in college
he's better than that

Post #156 » by **NoLayupRule** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 4:40 pm

its also worth noting that the teams we talk about emulating - celtics and spurs - are the two teams Jahil are rumored to and the two teams people say he could thrive on

but not us

no way!

granted we have 11 centers but still

Oscirus · Post #157 » by **Oscirus** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 4:57 pm

NoLayupRule wrote:its also worth noting that the teams we talk about emulating - celtics and spurs - are the two teams Jahil are rumored to and the two teams people say he could thrive on

but not us

no way!

granted we have 11 centers but still

Why would we want him? He's a headcase. We're clearly not a team that's equipped to deal with that.
Hell we don't even need him , so it would make no sense for either side.

KnickFan33 · Post #158 » by **KnickFan33** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 5:06 pm

If Okafor wilted under the pressures of being in Philly, how would he react under the bright lights of New York?

Post #159 » by **NoLayupRule** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 5:14 pm

KnickFan33 wrote:If Okafor wilted under the pressures of being in Philly, how would he react under the bright lights of New York?

i dont get that it was the pressures

it was not playing, not being valued and the team still being f'ing terrible

Post #160 » by **NoLayupRule** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 5:16 pm

Oscirus wrote:
NoLayupRule wrote:its also worth noting that the teams we talk about emulating - celtics and spurs - are the two teams Jahil are rumored to and the two teams people say he could thrive on

but not us

no way!

granted we have 11 centers but still

Why would we want him? He's a headcase. We're clearly not a team that's equipped to deal with that.
Hell we don't even need him , so it would make no sense for either side.

no, we dont need him

thats not the point

1.5 years ago when we might have used him or last year he was available too and everyone here poo poo'd it

but when he turns it around its gonna be a kick in the azz