Bogyo wrote:bwgood77 wrote:ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:
If he kept this up the rest of the year, I wonder if he'd work as CP3's replacement, given that we have Book and Durant as ballhandlers.
Well if we are thinking post CP3, we would need 2 more starters. KD may not be around much longer than CP3 either, in that case we'd need 3.
But he won't be able to keep it up quite this good. He's averaging over 21 on 52% from the field and 56% from 3 (15-27). He has rarely scored much in the NBA, and never shot well from 3, but in college he averaged 17 ppg and shot over 38% from 3.
But if he kept things up as hot as he is now, he'd almost certainly be worth far more than we could afford to pay. With that kind of shooting and defense, he'd be worth more than Cam Johnson. But certainly would get MLE or more and with so many rebuilding teams in the league with a TON of cap space, with him only being 24, he'd certainly get paid a fairly nice contract, and would have to take it.
He won't keep it up, its just a hot streak - as the early season 1-18 from 3 was a cold streak. His averages are now around where they used to be. The question is if he can up these averages a bit playing with CP, Book, KD setting the table for him, and if he will be on a hot or a cold streak in the playoffs when it matters. It could be maddening and costing us games if he pulls a 1-7 game or such...
Obviously he will not score 20 ppg for the rest of his career but he just needs to score around 10 points on decent shooting to be really valuable for us.
He has surprised me a lot, I was a fan of the signing but he has surpassed every expectation.
His defense is unreal for this era, he has everything in his pocket. High motor, crazy length, strength, athleticism, heart, technique...the guy knows how to play effective defense.
He doesn't get in foul trouble as much as you could expect from his aggressive defense, it's nice to see it.
I read somewhere that Saunders said about him that he can play even PF because "his effective height is 6'8" and I think it's true.
Mikal is a great defender but Okogie is right there. Okogie's weight and strength make him more versatile than Mikal IMO.