Welcome Okafor

[Traveyknicks23]

Unlike NYK, our situation can change in a hurry.

- We have 4 first round draft picks next year (and I believe at least 2 in 2017 - so far)
- We have 3 big men who were all arguably the top talents of the last 3 drafts
- We'll have enough cap flexibility to sign two max players
- We're loaded with international prospects - including Dario Saric, arguably the top Euro prospect out there.

Yes, we need to shape things out and start piecing this thing together, but the pieces are there to create a promising sustainable foundation. Yes kind sir but just so I understand in a conversation about basketball on the Internet why is grammar and punctuation an issue if you can understand exactly what I'm saying ? It's pretty obvious you can

The Knicks are committed to a disgruntled, overpaid, low character cornerstone guy for the next 4 years - you've mortgaged your future so many times in recent history, only to be left with a putrid roster that couldn't even compete with our JV team from last year. You're primed for a terrible season in 2015-16 with no pick to look forward to. Don't mean it in a disrespectful kinda way, I'm just tellin' it like it is.

so sucking as much as you can to try and stockpile talent hoping that atleast one of them turn out to be something special is a way to build a team how delusional can you be ? Listen I dont agree with a lot of the things the knicks did but one thing I do agree with is what phil doing and how he doing it a lot of the damage that was done was before phil and he is shaping a team into his vision im not and idiot I don't buy into that bs the media try's to swing about melo the only ones that do believe it are the ones that try to use that bs as a means to get there points across phil sold melo on the future on his vision and melo brought in free agency and the draft are what is going to determin where we go as a team this was phils first year and he did what he could idk what more you could possible ask from phil right now so it's weird when your talking about a putrid roster as if that's not what you have your not in any way a better position than nyc and is Dario coming over ? I thought he didn't wanna sign with yall ?

The same wonder who told you about the glass house also taught you punctuation I see.

Touché but it's obviously not as big of a deal as your trying to make it seem seeing as you can understand me pretty damn well ? Or am I way off ?

[Traveyknicks23]

Anyone ever tell you about stones and glass houses?

yes,yes they have

Your max deal with 31 year old Melo means you have to be in a win now mode. You don't have your own pick next year. How is Melo and Shawn Bradley 2.0 going to win now? Okafor will snap that twig in half.

explain the shawn Bradley label ? Lol hey maybe he will but if frank was giving jah that work I like my chances with zingy

[76thBearCub]

so sucking as much as you can to try and stockpile talent hoping that atleast one of them turn out to be something special is a way to build a team how delusional can you be ? Listen I dont agree with a lot of the things the knicks did but one thing I do agree with is what phil doing and how he doing it a lot of the damage that was done was before phil and he is shaping a team into his vision im not and idiot I don't buy into that bs the media try's to swing about melo the only ones that do believe it are the ones that try to use that bs as a means to get there points across phil sold melo on the future on his vision and melo brought in free agency and the draft are what is going to determin where we go as a team this was phils first year and he did what he could idk what more you could possible ask from phil right now so it's weird when your talking about a putrid roster as if that's not what you have your not in any way a better position than nyc and is Dario coming over ? I thought he didn't wanna sign with yall ?

The same wonder who told you about the glass house also taught you punctuation I see.

Touché but it's obviously not as big of a deal as your trying to make it seem seeing as you can understand me pretty damn well ? Or am I way off ?

Well your all over the place so its hard to decipher what your really trying to say. Im done trying.

[Sixteen]

Wtf is going on in NYC thats so good

A lot more than what's going on in philly for sure whether you want to admit it or not im not saying nyc is where it's at right now and that we are the prime destination but what I am saying is that compared to philly and a lot of other places nyc has its advantages

Are we talking about the cities itself or are we talking about the state of each franchises? If we're talking about cities, of course NYC is #1 but Philly is no slouch either, especially lately. This is not 2002 Philly anymore. If we're talking about current and future logical aspirations, then I'd really have to question your knowledge in basketball. Going forward, the 76ers are in a better position than the Knicks.

[76ciology]

http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/150627-okafor-story

Good read. Combination of hype and facts.

[GoldSwagger]

He mad

[CoreyGallagher]

He mad

Lays it on a table in front of him, if you watch the full vine he even partially folds it before laying it down. Looks like Tokoto is about to do the same thing, most people wouldn't take the time to nicely fold up a random jersey that was just handed to them for photos.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/maxrappaport/status/615179782708424704[/tweet]

[76ciology]

He mad

You do know he dropped it on top of the table don't you?

[76ciology]

So much potential greatness that is creating all these insecurity and jealousy.

[Arsenal]

I have to say, Okafor looks like he is in REALLY good shape now. He's definitely slimmed down from how he looked during the season. I would hope that if he can stay around 260 lbs. instead of the reported 270 lbs. + that he played at in college, that he will be more athletic. I trust Brett Brown's conditioning program to make it happen. As well, with our solid big man rotation, he should be free to be more aggressive on defense. It is said that at Duke he was instructed not to foul as they needed him in the game for his offense, so he wasn't as aggressive on D as he could have been.

Overall these are positive signs that he can improve as a defender. If he does, then the league needs to be very afraid...

[Stanford]

He mad

That's so good. Add a second to the beginning of that clip and you see him propping the bottom of the jersey up on the table so it won't hit the ground when he puts it down.

The hot take will surely prevail.

[Notas A3]

Welcome Jahlil, I truly believe you can do big things for us. I won't be surprised after you win ROY with 16-18ppg and 7-9rpg. This guy will help a lot with his passing ability and I think that if he makes 65% of his ft attempts, showing an improvement as Noel showed during the year, he will be a perennial all star.

[crow]

Wtf is going on in NYC thats so good

A lot more than what's going on in philly for sure whether you want to admit it or not im not saying nyc is where it's at right now and that we are the prime destination but what I am saying is that compared to philly and a lot of other places nyc has its advantages

Because being a 'premier destination' has done you guys wonders the past 20 years. You guys can't even tank right, which is why we got we got arguably the best player in the draft and yall ended up with some twig from Europe.

[76sbrazil]

Whats up sixers fans, i'm another one from Brazil and thats my first post here.

I like very much the okafor pick, but noel / embiid / okafor can realy share minutes? I think yes, but i dont like the idea of noel playing away from basket in defense, he is a strong rim protector as we saw last season, hope embiid get fully recorvery and we can see how the coach will manage this 3 big guys .

did you think okafor is better than embiid or noel?

[DowNY]

The true question is, what's gonna happen when Embiid is ready to go? Gonna trade him or Noel for another future asset & keep stockpiling? I'm lost. Imo, Hinkie took Okafor to spite the Knicks. Okafor wanted NY & was a perfect fit for the triangle. Thought he could squeeze any type of assets left out of the Knicks & roll with Porzingis or Mudiay. Phil wasn't having that. Nothing wrong with picking & keeping the opinionated BPA at the time but when you start creating a log jam, someone is going to start getting testy.

Hopefully Embiid comes back healthy & ready to ball or if the Sixers FO knows he's damaged goods at this point, trade him before his value drops a ton.

[DowNY]

Wtf is going on in NYC thats so good

A lot more than what's going on in philly for sure whether you want to admit it or not im not saying nyc is where it's at right now and that we are the prime destination but what I am saying is that compared to philly and a lot of other places nyc has its advantages

Because being a 'premier destination' has done you guys wonders the past 20 years. You guys can't even tank right, which is why we got we got arguably the best player in the draft and yall ended up with some twig from Europe.

Do you remember how KG, Durant & Dirk looked coming into the league? That was a very hater-isn comment against NYC but hey.

[Sixerscan]

The true question is, what's gonna happen when Embiid is ready to go? Gonna trade him or Noel for another future asset & keep stockpiling? I'm lost. Imo, Hinkie took Okafor to spite the Knicks. Okafor wanted NY & was a perfect fit for the triangle. Thought he could squeeze any type of assets left out of the Knicks & roll with Porzingis or Mudiay. Phil wasn't having that. Nothing wrong with picking & keeping the opinionated BPA at the time but when you start creating a log jam, someone is going to start getting testy.

Hopefully Embiid comes back healthy & ready to ball or if the Sixers FO knows he's damaged goods at this point, trade him before his value drops a ton.

We don't care about the Knicks. Sorry you didn't get the guy you wanted.

[crow]

A lot more than what's going on in philly for sure whether you want to admit it or not im not saying nyc is where it's at right now and that we are the prime destination but what I am saying is that compared to philly and a lot of other places nyc has its advantages

Because being a 'premier destination' has done you guys wonders the past 20 years. You guys can't even tank right, which is why we got we got arguably the best player in the draft and yall ended up with some twig from Europe.

Do you remember how KG, Durant & Dirk looked coming into the league? That was a very hater-isn comment against NYC but hey.

I mean if Knicks fans are gonna post on our boards then by all means they should do so. But if they start berating our city and team, don't you think there's gonna be a bit of trash talking?

[BarlesCharkley8]

The true question is, what's gonna happen when Embiid is ready to go? Gonna trade him or Noel for another future asset & keep stockpiling? I'm lost. Imo, Hinkie took Okafor to spite the Knicks. Okafor wanted NY & was a perfect fit for the triangle. Thought he could squeeze any type of assets left out of the Knicks & roll with Porzingis or Mudiay. Phil wasn't having that. Nothing wrong with picking & keeping the opinionated BPA at the time but when you start creating a log jam, someone is going to start getting testy.

Hopefully Embiid comes back healthy & ready to ball or if the Sixers FO knows he's damaged goods at this point, trade him before his value drops a ton.

We don't care about the Knicks. Sorry you didn't get the guy you wanted.

Speak for yourself...Jose Calderon and Alexy Shved keeps me up at night

[Sixteen]

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The true question is, what's gonna happen when Embiid is ready to go? Gonna trade him or Noel for another future asset & keep stockpiling? I'm lost. Imo, Hinkie took Okafor to spite the Knicks. Okafor wanted NY & was a perfect fit for the triangle. Thought he could squeeze any type of assets left out of the Knicks & roll with Porzingis or Mudiay. Phil wasn't having that. Nothing wrong with picking & keeping the opinionated BPA at the time but when you start creating a log jam, someone is going to start getting testy.

Hopefully Embiid comes back healthy & ready to ball or if the Sixers FO knows he's damaged goods at this point, trade him before his value drops a ton.

We don't care about the Knicks. Sorry you didn't get the guy you wanted.

Seriously lol. The Knicks are not on anyone's mind. We took the BPA. Simple as that. If Embiid comes back healthy, you trade whoever is the odd one out to the highest bidder. Who's not going to want a young stud big man?