Who should we take? (A blast from the past)
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:11 am
by Cigamodnalro
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi ... us_okafor/
My favorite part:
"No offense to Emeka," Howard said, "but offensively I can bring more to a team. I think my game, as far as what I can do with more polish, as far as I'm a lot quicker and handle the ball like a guard, I think I bring a lot to the table."
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:14 am
by The Letter J
I'd love to play along and post some other things, but the search function for the forums here sucks.
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:16 am
by Cigamodnalro
The Letter J wrote:I'd love to play along and post some other things, but the search function for the forums here sucks.
Use Google (seriously)
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:21 am
by Cigamodnalro
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:22 am
by The Letter J
Cigamodnalro wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Use Google (seriously)
Yeah, I had started to do that, but got lazy. Sry.
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 4:36 pm
by Cammo101
Dwight was much more of a KG type player coming out of high school. Making him a back to the basket big is one of the few things Brian Hill did right.
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 4:40 pm
by y 2 a B
We should of listen to Stephen A. Smith and taken Okafor..
The man is clearly an expert.
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 4:40 pm
by J-Mezzy
I thought Dwight was a bit cocky back then, his game was not more polished than Emeka's and he can't handle the ball like a guard, but boy am I glad we picked Dwight.
I remember that day, it was like a funeral in this forum thinking we made the wrong choice.
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 4:44 pm
by magicfan4life05
y 2 a B wrote:We should of listen to Stephen A. Smith and taken Okafor..
The man is clearly an expert.
dickie v too...seriously why do they have him at the draft? we all know hes just wants his college boys drafted and to heck with foreign players and highschoolers (when they were allowed)...
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 4:59 pm
by LBPTarHeel27
I wanted Dwight from the moment I saw video of him and I am glad that we are not regretting the decision...quite the opposite.
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:04 pm
by theTHIEF
i was Emeka the whole way until about 2 months before the draft...I started seeing Dwight video and I honestly thought that he would be a killer offensive player, jump shots, hook shots etc. well he hasn't done that exactly, but he is still the man, and the right pick...I will tell you that I absolutely expected Okafor to be better than Dwight for the first few seasons and I never thought that he would be the kind of player he is now, I really thought he would dominate...
wheww...
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:19 pm
by Last Guardian
Speaking of the past, I was just wondering how the 2004/2005 team would do under SVG.
PG - Steve Francis/Jameer Nelson
SG - Cuttino Mobley/Deshawn Stevenson
SF - Grant Hill/Hedo Turkoglu/Stacy Augmon
PF - Dwight Howard/Pat Garrity/Brandon Hunter
C - Kelvin Cato/Tony Battie/Mario Kasun
This team was pretty good. Mobley never should have been traded. That seriously ruined the season.
Too bad the coach was Johnny Davis.
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:52 pm
by NEM
it's funny cause he said that emeka is a lot bigger and stronger...look at them now
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 7:29 pm
by macdalejax
I thought Emeka was going to dominate too. I wanted Dwight from about 2 months before the draft as well but I seriously thought that Emeka was going to be the next Tim Duncan or Karl Malone. I never thought he would fade like he has. IDK...injuries have indeed played a part but honestly, I don't think Emeka is in the right system in Charlotte. Imagine if we could ever get Emeka and Dwight together
Posted: Thu Mar 6, 2008 10:54 pm
by Mr F 2u
i remember when they drafted dwight i wasnt too happy about it. i was hoping they would pick up Emeka boy was i wrong can you imagine where we would be if we had drafted him rather than dwight?
Posted: Fri Mar 7, 2008 12:52 am
by DontPushMe
Solid Snake wrote:Speaking of the past, I was just wondering how the 2004/2005 team would do under SVG.
PG - Steve Francis/Jameer Nelson
SG - Cuttino Mobley/Deshawn Stevenson
SF - Grant Hill/Hedo Turkoglu/Stacy Augmon
PF - Dwight Howard/Pat Garrity/Brandon Hunter
C - Kelvin Cato/Tony Battie/Mario Kasun
This team was pretty good. Mobley never should have been traded. That seriously ruined the season.
Too bad the coach was Johnny Davis.
Everyone on this forum knew the mobley trade was rediculous right when it happened. To this day i cant understand it.
For the record, I wanted howard. I dont remember if i posted here at the time or not, if not i was on the scout.com forums saying it.
Posted: Fri Mar 7, 2008 1:00 am
by MagicFan4Lyfe
I didn't know much about Howard or Okafor at the time, but I was more concerned about the Tmac situation. I figured if we drafted Howard, it was bye bye Tmac and if we got Okafor, we had a chance to keep Tmac. When I saw we drafted D12, I was disappointed only because we would be saying bye to Tmac.