Okongwu ready for a Breakout Season

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Okongwu quietly having a better season than Bam Adebayo.

(Adebayo hasn't hit a 3-pointer in weeks.)

Bam is officially 'Over-the-Hill Okongwu'.

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Daniels also gets the occasional sideline pep talk from Okongwu.

"At a time out, he'll just come let me know about it," quipped Daniels. "I'll say, 'I thought I wasn't open', and he'll say, 'Nah, nah, it's open!' And then I'm like, 'Alright, I'm going to cut next time. If you turn it over, it's not my fault."

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Okongwu is approaching peak trade value.

Do we move him in trade or write him in as Center of the Present & Future?

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Onyeka Okongwu seems to be doing all the right things.

He went 3 for 3 from deep a few games ago, the next game he missed one, and then against the Nets he went 1 for 2.

Another offseason of developing his range and he's going to be a real threat.

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OO was putting up numbers like this last season until he had to miss last March to Oct. If he stayed relatively healthy during his career, the Hawks deal with the Mavs gets done.

The deal breaker was swaps of 1sts iirc, Fields should've just bit the bullet and the Hawks would have a rotation of OO and Lively. Could then just focus on the two best prospects for this draft instead of reaching for another big.

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I can harp on shooting at times, but OO was 4 for 9 from deep in the last three games.

He's 8 for 18.

He's going to be everything we need if he continues to improve his range. He's developed nicely.

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He might be the most coveted trade piece on our roster...

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Onyeka's shot chart looks pretty damn clean...

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The Most Intriguing Players in the NBA’s Play-In

Atlanta Hawks: Onyeka Okongwu



Here are Okongwu’s numbers since he replaced Clint Capela in Atlanta’s starting lineup back on January 20: 15.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, while hitting 41.1 percent of his catch-and-shoot 3s and getting one of the highest true shooting percentages in the league. Pretty solid! His pick-and-roll (a.k.a. slip-and-roll) chemistry with Trae Young is a swift way to create favorable switches, hesitations, and open runways to the rim.

It’s a lot harder to blitz Young and put two on the ball when no screen is actually set—hence all the slips—but if Okongwu does make contact and becomes the release valve with a four-on-three advantage, he can make a fast read and either kick out to a corner 3 shooter or hit a short floater on his own. He’s also so good at finding cutters from the high post—since he became a full-time starter, Okongwu has had the 11th-most elbow touches in the league—which is such an important quality in an offense that’s constantly searching for the means to diversify its attack.

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With Capela about to become an unrestricted free agent, the 24-year-old Okongwu is an interesting building block for the Hawks, who are hoping that their rebuild will be transitory. Internal development from heavy-minutes contributors like Okongwu will ultimately decide whether it can be.

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Onyeka Okongwu started 40 games for us, and to me, I feel like we have good value with him now, but we need to see how much we trust having him as our 5 long-term.




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