Would you trade the #1 pick for Joel Embiid?

[IGOTGAME]

Assuming your world class doctor says there is a 70% chance he has a full and relatively healthy career.

[russwest0]

Assuming your world class doctor says there is a 70% chance he has a full and relatively healthy career.

Yes.

[navy]

No.

[IGOTGAME]

I think it would be a good move. The more I watch Okafor, the more I realize he isnt the same level of prospect as Embiid.

[AirTupac]

Ill take a 100% Okafor then please

[christian1923]

I'll take my chances with Jahlil Okafor.

He's a beast

[fpliii]

Yep.

[Jailblazers7]

Yeah, probably.

[christian1923]

I think it would be a good move. The more I watch Okafor, the more I realize he isnt the same level of prospect as Embiid.
Really?

The kid dominates every game he plays in.

[Andrew Wiggins]

Really?

The kid dominates every game he plays in.

he's better offensively but he'll never have the defensive potential embiid does

[GOBB]

No we already have Embiid :lol

[IGOTGAME]

he's better offensively but he'll never have the defensive potential embiid does

I think Embiid is better offensively too. Just different when playing against little kids, it would show up more in the NBA. Embiid was in a strange situation in Kansas playing with another future HOFer. They both werent gonna score 20+a game.

I'm just not as impressed with Okafor (not really a knock on Okafor bc I was really high on Embiid). I think Cousins was a similar prospect at this time. Don't get me wrong, Okafor is my #1 pick though and I think he is going to be a perennial all star like Cousins.

[T_L_P]

The injury is still worrisome.

Both healthy, yes. Okafor isn't gonna be a superstar, I'm afraid.

[Smook A.]

Embiid's got potential to be a dominant center IF he stays healthy for his career. Would I trade the #1 pick for him? Maybe. It'd be a gamble but I'd do it.

[Jailblazers7]

No we already have Embiid :lol

To put it another way...would you be pissed if Hinkie traded Embiid for the #1 pick to select Okafor?

[christian1923]

Okafor is going to be 20/10 for a decade. You'd have to be crazy to risk that for such a huge question mark in embiid

[chocolatethunder]

I think Embiid is better offensively too. Just different when playing against little kids, it would show up more in the NBA. Embiid was in a strange situation in Kansas playing with another future HOFer. They both werent gonna score 20+a game.

I'm just not as impressed with Okafor (not really a knock on Okafor bc I was really high on Embiid). I think Cousins was a similar prospect at this time. Don't get me wrong, Okafor is my #1 pick though and I think he is going to be a perennial all star like Cousins.

It's Boogie's fifth year and he's not made the all star team yet. Do you know what perennial means?

[IGOTGAME]

Okafor is going to be 20/10 for a decade. You'd have to be crazy to risk that for such a huge question mark in embiid

If a doctor told me its a 70% chance(likely a better than actual chance) that he is healthy then Id risk it. That is the type of guy that is gonna bring you titles.

[IGOTGAME]

It's Boogie's fifth year and he's not made the all star team yet. Do you know what perennial means?

yup. I think Cousins will be a perennial all star. I phrased it wrong. From this year forward I see him on the all star team. So for about 6-9 year span I see Cousins on the all star team.

I see them as similar talents.

[christian1923]

If I doctor told me its a 70% chance(likely a better than actual chance) that he is healthy then Id risk it. That is the type of guy that is gonna bring you titles.
Sounds like what the Blazers war room in 2007

[oarabbus]

If I doctor told me its a 70% chance(likely a better than actual chance) that he is healthy then Id risk it. That is the type of guy that is gonna bring you titles.


:applause:

This guy is a generational talent, if healthy. Okafor, not so sure.

[dirkdiggler41]

No. Not after seeing players like Yao, Bogut and Oden holding their team back because of their injuries. I would rather have a star that plays then an superstar on the bench.

[GOBB]

To put it another way...would you be pissed if Hinkie traded Embiid for the #1 pick to select Okafor?

Yes I would.

[kurple]

No. Not after seeing players like Yao, Bogut and Oden holding their team back because of their injuries. I would rather have a star that plays then an superstar on the bench.people acting like there is no way okafor ever gets injured