Okafor

[YC42Balla]

I see Okafor as becoming the same situation as what Elton Brand is now before too long, and Okafor wasn't as good in his prime as Brand was in his.

Huh? The only reason Elton Brand is the current Elton Brand is because he suffered a MAJOR injury. So yeah, Okafor could become the next Elton Brand if he suffers an equally debilitating injury--which can be said about any player in the league with a big money contract.

If the Hornets are offering Collison the likely asking price would be Okafor/Collison for an expiring (or even cap space). I'm not of the belief that Collison has uber-high value but I'm also not of the belief that Okafor is a downright horrible contract either. With the way bigs are paid in this league a guy of his talent is probably going to make $9-11mil a year easy. He's making more (I believe his contract averages out to about $13mil over the next 4 years). So basically you're overpaying Okafor (something the Kings would have to do to get a high caliber big man anyways) and in exchange you get Collison.


I'm just throwing this out there for **** and giggles but what if the Kings could pull off something along these lines:

Nocioni for Okafor/Collison
Sign Amare to a near max deal (I'm saying this because I've heard the Maloofs have a relationship with him and, well, you know they're going to make him an offer anyways)
Then go and draft BPA at 5 (probably Johnson).

The Kings then run with a line-up of:
Collison / Beno
Evans / Garcia / Greene
Johnson / Casspi
Amare / Landry
Okafor / Thompson / Hawes

All things considered that's a pretty strong lineup both offensively AND defensively. And what's more: it's very young. Okafor & Amare will both be 28 around the start of the season, Johnson & Collison are around 23, and Evans still can't have alcohol. That's a good looking team RIGHT NOW that has a good 3-5 years before the bigs start to decline.

Lmao.. If we could pull all that off during this off season I'd seriously sh** my self!!
That would be a team bound for Playoffs.. not really sure how far they would make it though..

[Bac2Basics]

I think the Amare thing is a little pie in the sky.

[perezident]

I'm all for Amare...why? Because we have someone who can REBOUND next to him in that lineup

[RIPskaterdude]

I think the Amare thing is a little pie in the sky.

Signing Amare is probably more realistic than somehow convincing the Hornets to trade us Collison and Okafor for Noci.

[rpa]

I think the Amare thing is a little pie in the sky.

Signing Amare is probably more realistic than somehow convincing the Hornets to trade us Collison and Okafor for Noci.

It really depends how bad their finances are and how willing other teams are to take on Okafor's contract. That deal saves them nearly $45mil over the life of the contracts (including over $6mil along next year).

[SacTown Kings]

Yea there is no way we can get Amare, he is all about the limelight and he wont get the national attention he seeks playing in sacto. And yea there is no way hornets trade okafor and collison for noc. They could prolly get all expiring or a decent player in return. And yea the Okafor and Brand comparison is not a good one imo. This team needs post defense and rebounding, I don't see Hawes ever providing that no matter how much he improves those just aren't part of his skill set. I would do Hawes for Okafor and Collison in a heartbeat. Okafor was doo doo last year but take paul outta the lineup and your gunna see people struggle.

[RoyalCourtJestr]

I'd take Okafor to get Collison in a heartbeat.

[Bac2Basics]

So does the Dalembert deal mean that any Okafor deal is dead?

[chriswebb86]

So does the Dalembert deal mean that any Okafor deal is dead?

I think at this point Okafor deal probably wont happen. However a front like of Okafor and Big Sam could be pretty scary on the Defensive side of the ball. Then bring Carl and Thompson off the bench. Could be a solid 4 man rotation.