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OGLife wrote:Right from the get go, he reminds me a lot of Ibaka

Oh boy. As I was saying...

getrichordie wrote:

atlantabbq99 wrote:Most mocks have Oturu going in the top 10 for a while now.

Can you provide evidence of this? I haven't seen any. Are you confusing Oturu with Okongwu? If not, please show me some examples of Oturu going top 10 in mocks.

Oturu, Okongwu, Okoro.....same difference

Klomp wrote:

getrichordie wrote:

atlantabbq99 wrote:Most mocks have Oturu going in the top 10 for a while now.

Can you provide evidence of this? I haven't seen any. Are you confusing Oturu with Okongwu? If not, please show me some examples of Oturu going top 10 in mocks.

Oturu, Okongwu, Okoro.....same difference

Lol. I think he genuinely was confused. At least, I hope so.

Do people think Oturu can switch on the pick and roll?

Klomp wrote:

EvanZ wrote:Fun fact that everyone should know about Oturu: His dad is 5'5".

Correct, he gets his height from his 6'1" mother.

wth with that genetic angle...who cares if his unlikley to be actual biological familia have stubs for legs?

hugepatsfan wrote:Do people think Oturu can switch on the pick and roll?

Not regularly against top perimeter players, I don't think

Baby Nurkic? Seriously I watch his tape and just keep thinking how much he reminds me of the Bosnian Beast.

Goldbum wrote:Baby Nurkic? Seriously I watch his tape and just keep thinking how much he reminds me of the Bosnian Beast.

That's a decent comp, I think. One of the better ones I've seen for him.

he reminds me Vin Baker

What about a more fluid and /or thinner shotblocking version of Al Jefferson with a 3 or shot? Can you guys make any comparisons there perhaps?

Ghost of Kleine wrote:What about a more fluid and /or thinner shotblocking version of Al Jefferson with a 3 or shot? Can you guys make any comparisons there perhaps?

I don't think so Jefferson had a mobility issue not just a sub standard explosion. He was more of a black whole.

Goldbum wrote:

Ghost of Kleine wrote:What about a more fluid and /or thinner shotblocking version of Al Jefferson with a 3 or shot? Can you guys make any comparisons there perhaps?

I don't think so Jefferson had a mobility issue not just a sub standard explosion. He was more of a black whole.

Yeah, that's true man. I'm actually pretty high on Oturu, And wouldn't at all be surprised to see him go as high as somewhere in the teens to 20s'. I made the Al Jefferson comp mainly due to how dominant a post player he was back in his prime. And he easy he made it look scoring. But again, as mentioned, I do see Oturu as being a more fluid (mobile/agile) and better shot blocking ( more athletic) version of Al Jefferson. And with a three point shot. So in hindsight, It might have just been better to summarize the comp as: A much faster, more athletic rich mans' version of Al Jefferson. But both still being quite dominant ( and scoring easily) in the post.

I do think that either Boston or Dallas looks to draft him, Depending on whichever team hasn't already taken Achiuwa first.

The Nurkic comparisons are pretty good IMO, but I have not seen the passing from Oturu. Other than that, I can get behind that comp.

Yeah, Oturu isn't much of a passing big, but we've seen bigs show competent passing chops at pro level after not showing it in college. Could be due to his role on the Gophers. All of his teammates (even Marcus Carr) shot around 50 TS% or below. So it's feasible that also dwarfed his AST%.

Nurkic wasn't a passing big before he came into the league and I'm sure that's true for quite a few bigs that have played in the NBA.

I like him more as a Miles Turner type long term.

there are ridiculous threads in RealGM but this one may top them all and it has only 2 pages, unreal

Fischella wrote:there are ridiculous threads in RealGM but this one may top them all and it has only 2 pages, unreal

I take it you are not a fan of a good story lol

OGLife wrote:Right from the get go, he reminds me a lot of Ibaka

I could live with him being Ibaka 2.0.

Ghost of Kleine wrote:

Goldbum wrote:

Ghost of Kleine wrote:What about a more fluid and /or thinner shotblocking version of Al Jefferson with a 3 or shot? Can you guys make any comparisons there perhaps?

I don't think so Jefferson had a mobility issue not just a sub standard explosion. He was more of a black whole.

Yeah, that's true man. I'm actually pretty high on Oturu, And wouldn't at all be surprised to see him go as high as somewhere in the teens to 20s'. I made the Al Jefferson comp mainly due to how dominant a post player he was back in his prime. And he easy he made it look scoring. But again, as mentioned, I do see Oturu as being a more fluid (mobile/agile) and better shot blocking ( more athletic) version of Al Jefferson. And with a three point shot. So in hindsight, It might have just been better to summarize the comp as: A much faster, more athletic rich mans' version of Al Jefferson. But both still being quite dominant ( and scoring easily) in the post.

I do think that either Boston or Dallas looks to draft him, Depending on whichever team hasn't already taken Achiuwa first.

Big Al was a true artist in the post. I love watching players with that skill level.

I like him, mid 1st round to early 20s I think he gets drafted. Underrated by most imo. I could see him playing 20+ min a game pretty early in his career.