Another month, another Jahlil Okafor thread.
He sucks the life out of your offense. It's the opposite of a team game with him. He's an outstandingly poor defender and has a history of awful rebounding.
Not a desirable sum total for any team, but a particularly bad fit for Boston. It wouldn't be expensive, but there's no good reason to occupy a roster spot with him; it's much better in the big picture to give those precious floor minutes to Theis and Yabusele, who do fit well with Boston.
I did NOT know that our second unit had life to be sucked out. I just thought our second unit sucked on offense, especially interior scoring!!!!
Smitty77
Given Brad's wacky rotations, it's hard to pinpoint the "second unit": let's just call them "bench guys". But I feel like Theis is getting better (learning to involve himself in the offense with confidence and anticipation) every game. His roll game is pretty good already, and his weird Euro-cuts sometimes produce nice results.
Same with Semi. His defence is utterly brilliant already, but he seems to be getting a little more creative with his offensive decision-making. I'd be willing to ride the guys we have for this year, of course if something pops up at the deadline you consider making a move. Despite my natural bias of not liking Okafor's game
at all, I would like to see the second unit continue to develop as is, and think that adding a guy in Okafor's situation right now would be counter-productive.
Baynes is Baynes, he is always going to be Baynes. He might be the candidate to get moved. But Okafor's rebounding per 36 is about the same as Baynes. He shoots a slightly lower % than Baynes. He will draw more defensive collapses than Baynes because of his ability to really put it on the floor, but really that is about the only clear advantage. Not to mention that it is not a good look to move a FA, and Baynes sets FAR better screens.
Good luck with your career Jah. Good luck with it in Atlanta.