Johnny Hoops wrote:Triple C wrote:Let me rewrite this.
KAT's stock is based too much on potential. No it's not -- he has already shown that he's oozing with skills/production.
KAT is on a stacked team with WCS covering for him on defense.He is the best all-around player on a great college team - and he's a freshman. It's Towns that is doing most of the covering up on the Kentucky defense -- his all around defense is superior. While he may not be the athlete that WCS is -- he is the better all-around team defender (rim-protector).
If I'm wrong he can correct me but I don't think he meant that WCS was covering for him. Just that its easier for him to look good when he's surrounded by a ton of guys projected to be decent to good NBA defenders in the near future. Yes he is better than everyone else on the team and we can see that but how much better is he exactly and how good is he compared to past prospects.
People think Okafor is a 23 year old undersized center, while Towns is much younger. Okafor is actually 19. I never heard anybody say that Okafor is an older player --- or fully developed just yet. The problem with Okafor is that his current weaknesses won't be fixed with maturation. Where Towns current weakness - youth/strength -- will.
He was probably referring to the crowd of people acting like what Okafor is doing at 19 isn't crazy but going nuts over Towns even though Okafor is a month younger.
You are right in saying Towns has strengths that'll mature with age naturally and Okafor has to improve in ways that he has to go against the grain to work for. That is why I keep saying Towns is the safe pick and Okafor is the upside guy.
Okafor has Cousins' 6'11" size and HIbbert's 7'6" wingspan. OK
Okafor's post game is one of the best all times for a freshmen center. OK and what about everything else besides his passing?
Well Okafor is a great offensive rebounder, a good defensive rebounder (his team has a higher defensive rebounding percentage than Kentucky so I don't want to hear the teammates thing again), and when he's feeling like it he has shown that he knows how to guard the rim without drawing fouls Roy Hibbert style. His work on the boards reminds me of someone like Andre Drummond (7.6 rebounds a night at UCONN) or Kevin Love (10.6 rebounds a night at UCLA) in that he doesn't go all over the world for boards but he positions himself where the ball falls into his chest or within the range of his fast but low jumps.
For someone so offensively talented, his mid range game will develop and not remain in the sewers. Sure he will expand his range some but by the looks of that foul shot -- how much he improves is debatable while Town's stroke is pure right now.
Okafor without any more development is still a bigger and stronger All Jefferson. OK
Towns reminds him of Marvin Williams vs CP3/Deron Williams. Potential vs skills.
No idea how you get Marvin Williams with Towns????
Before going any further I want to make it known that I don't agree with him at all.
You don't remember the Marvin Williams hype? He was on that 33-4 national champion Duke team in 05 (its funny because the last team to have a 25+ SRS in a major conference before this years Kentucky team was that UNC team) and most saw him developing into what Kawhi Leonard is right now but with the ability to score 20 a game. He played 22 minutes a night, averaged 20/12 per 40 on 63 TS (Towns is averaging 19/13 per 40 on 62 TS), and he was easily the best player on the roster. He was seen as so good that he was taken over the obvious future All Stars CP3 and Deron Williams.
I'd agrue that with their different team builds (Kentucky not really have that great of an offense and UNC leading the NCAA in scoring while being 5th in FG%) Towns' offensive numbers are way more impressive and that he's a better defender but I understand his point.
So we have a only 5% chance of picking Towns, what are you basing that on? I know you said it's not up for debate but who died and proclaimed you the authority on basketball analysis? 
