Fastbrk4brkfast wrote:Ugly Duckling wrote:Fastbrk4brkfast wrote:
Thing with him is when he catches outside the paint his instinct is to put the ball on the floor to generate a better shot and draw contact. There's very little footage of him just catching and popping a jumper. Still he shot 72% from the line and almost a quarter of his points came from there. So when I say he might have some range I'm talking Rolo range here.
Hmm his form isn't that bad. If Arturas was somehow able to gauge that he could develop an outside shot, then maybe it's a risk worth taking. I was going off of the limited tape I've seen of him and analysts saying he can't shoot. The reason I'm still kind of hestitant is because a guy who can't knock down an open 3 is now a liability, because defenders can sag off him and the floor isn't as spread out as it should be. That being said, if he develops a 3 ball, he could wind up being the best player in this draft. The other thing is his handles aren't that good and I see him as purely a C in today's game. We already have a pretty good one in WCJ. One who can play D and shoot. I'd still go with someone like Toppin at 4
I see him as a 4 because he's a much more viable perimeter defender than any of our current bigs. Whether he's a 4 or 5 isn't as important as the fact that he won't get exposed on switches. I also see him as younger and more coachable than Toppin. Not like Toppin is a locker room cancer but his game pretty much is what it is at this point. Okongwu is a guy who can grow and develop in the direction the team needs him to.
Toppin made a huge jump from yr 1 to yr 2 (last yr). Just because he's 22 doesn't mean he's done improving. There are many players who start getting better around that age. You're right about Okongwu's position not mattering on defense, but we wouldn't be able to put Wendell and him out there together. Like I said, I see him as a perennial all NBA defensive team guy, which makes him a lottery pick. 4 is just too high for guy with such a big question mark offensively. Now if he had handles and vision like Ben Simmons, that'd be a different story altogether
