Nice. Love his energy. He's going to get torched though if he always sags off his guy when someone else is penetrating into the lane. I remember him in Summer League too being virtually everywhere. I mean, 3 blocks last night? You just don't see 2-guards doing that kind of stuff unless it's a young D-Wade.
With a little more discipline, I think he can eventually be elite defensively. Unfortunately, we don't have enough players on this squad with that kind of dog in them.
Love the defensive hustle and the lateral quicks to stay with his guy and recover from the pick. Man, it would've been nice to see Butler and Okogie defending on the wing together.
Mikkeman wrote:Josh Okogie is one reason why I'm not so interested about Josh Richardson. I'm hoping Okogie will turn out similar or even better player than Richardson is.
We absolutely need a starting caliber wing that can defend and hit the 3 come back to us in the Butler trade. Whether that's Richardson or Covington or someone else, that has GOT to be a priority.
I like Okogie and his energy, but I'm not convinced he has the outside shot to be a regular starter, at least this season. And we already have two reluctant long range shooters back there with Wig and Teague.
You can't have enough wings. Look at Boston.
Tatum.
Hayward.
Brown.
They all basically play the same position. Who cares. That's actually a good thing when they're interchangeable. Let's get a guy like Richardson and pray that a guy like Okogie ends up being at his level or better someday... and play both of them next to a MUCH-improved Wiggins (ahem) and keep pace with where the league is going.
Yes, I would absolutely want wing back in Butler trade but I prefer someone whom have legit size to defend also bigger wings and whom can possibly play some small ball four. I don't see that anyone from Wiggins, Richardson or Okogie would have enough size to defend Kawhi, LeBron, Giannis or Durant. If Wiggins will gain some strength, he might have but I'm pretty sure he won't ever be good enough rebounder to play minutes in small ball four. Richardson is even worse rebounder than Wiggins and even tough Okogie seems to have better rebounding instincts, he is just 6'5, so he doesn't have enough size for small ball four. Boston wing situation is much better since all three of their wing trio are big enough to play some minutes as small ball four.
So I would prefer to get back wing with size like Covington, Hollis-Jefferson, Otto Porter or Tobias Harris. My personal dream scenario would be that GM Lebron would save us once again by wanting Butler so badly that Lakers would be ready to give Wolves Ingram in trade.
Mikkeman wrote:Josh Okogie is one reason why I'm not so interested about Josh Richardson. I'm hoping Okogie will turn out similar or even better player than Richardson is.
We absolutely need a starting caliber wing that can defend and hit the 3 come back to us in the Butler trade. Whether that's Richardson or Covington or someone else, that has GOT to be a priority.
I like Okogie and his energy, but I'm not convinced he has the outside shot to be a regular starter, at least this season. And we already have two reluctant long range shooters back there with Wig and Teague.
You can't have enough wings. Look at Boston.
Tatum.
Hayward.
Brown.
They all basically play the same position. Who cares. That's actually a good thing when they're interchangeable. Let's get a guy like Richardson and pray that a guy like Okogie ends up being at his level or better someday... and play both of them next to a MUCH-improved Wiggins (ahem) and keep pace with where the league is going.
Yes, I would absolutely want wing back in Butler trade but I prefer someone whom have legit size to defend also bigger wings and whom can possibly play some small ball four. I don't see that anyone from Wiggins, Richardson or Okogie would have enough size to defend Kawhi, LeBron, Giannis or Durant. If Wiggins will gain some strength, he might have but I'm pretty sure he won't ever be good enough rebounder to play minutes in small ball four. Richardson is even worse rebounder than Wiggins and even tough Okogie seems to have better rebounding instincts, he is just 6'5, so he doesn't have enough size for small ball four. Boston wing situation is much better since all three of their wing trio are big enough to play some minutes as small ball four.
So I would prefer to get back wing with size like Covington, Hollis-Jefferson, Otto Porter or Tobias Harris. My personal dream scenario would be that GM Lebron would save us once again by wanting Butler so badly that Lakers would be ready to give Wolves Ingram in trade.
Wiggins held up pretty well even last year when he was guarding small ball 4's. I actually think defensively he would be alright there and was a positive development. I agree that rebounding is a concern though.
