Lakers dodged a bullet by passing up on Okafor

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Regular_P said:
I'm not gonna go back and forth with someone who refutes facts. :yeshrug:
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when Noel and Okafor play together, the team's Defensive Rating is 113, the same number it is when Okafor plays without Noel. The worst Defensive Rating in the league belongs to the Milwaukee Bucks (109.6). They're 4 points per 100 possessions worse than the worst squad when the two play together.

Noel's individual Defensive Rating is 103, proving what we already knew: he isn't the defensive issue.

In fairness, though, Noel is allowing a field goal percentage of 51.4 percent at the rim on 7 attempts per game, a higher rate than Okafor's 49.4 percent on 7.9 attempts per game, per NBA.com.
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Can Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel Play Together Effectively?

but but but but...FG% at the rim.


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360Waves said:
He's growing on me. Dude's got such a slow-mo game, super under control. He'll score 25 and you won't even realize it. I dunno how to explain it.

This gon be an all time great class. :wow:
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Yep.

Devin Booker should've went top 5, tho.

If they could redo the draft today, I think it would go something like this

Towns
Porzingis
Okafor
Portis
Booker
 
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Now who else wanna fukk with Hollywood Court?
KOBE said:
okafor can't play any goddamn defense. not sure why no one realizes this except that they probably haven't actually seen him play much this season, which i can't really blame you for. guy gets worked in the paint constantly. he's not a bust, but he is the next al jefferson.
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His man to man defense in the post is actually pretty good, his problem right now is in rotation, he's not that far behind Karl Towns and Kristaps in regards to percentage at the rim.

KAT - 46.0%
Kristaps - 46.7%
Okafor - 48.0%


He can improve to the point that he wont be a liability on defense, he's taller than Jefferson and you can hide guys like him a bit better, he's not as slow as Enes Kanter either. I suspect he'll drop 15-20lbs in the offseason and come back next year a bit quicker laterally, also Jefferson was on a top 5 defensive squad.
 
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Jah has the ability to play defense. Dude is nimble as hell for a guy that big. Has shown the ability to stay in front of guards and everything...His man defense is solid too. He just doesn't give a fukk about that side all the time which is a problem. We bringing in a lot of Duke players tho so we are stuck with hoping he learns to give a fukk.
 
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