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Lets say we land the first pick in the draft. The Bucks offered Jabri Parker for the 1st along with Henson taking back Budinger. Would you do it?

bleedspeed177 wrote:Lets say we land the first pick in the draft. The Bucks offered Jabri Parker for the 1st along with Henson taking back Budinger. Would you do it?

Are you kidding? Do it before the Bucks change their mind.

I would do it straight up 1st for Parker. Not sure how others feel about him.

bleedspeed177 wrote:Lets say we land the first pick in the draft. The Bucks offered Jabri Parker for the 1st along with Henson taking back Budinger. Would you do it?

I don't think I would. I'd rather have a true big man in Towns or Okafor than a small ball 4 in Parker already coming off a significant knee injury. We don't have a Bogut type Center that can cover up for Parker on defense and I think small ball still puts you at a disadvantage defensively and on the boards in most cases. Offensively it would be great to pair him with Wiggins and Lavine, but you need to be able to lockdown the other team in the playoffs to succeed and I don't think a team can do that with Parker having to defend the likes of Griffin, AD, LA, etc. in the West.

bleedspeed177 wrote:Lets say we land the first pick in the draft. The Bucks offered Jabri Parker for the 1st along with Henson taking back Budinger. Would you do it?

That's tempting at this point I woukdbhave a hard time passing up on Towns. I think this trade comes down to how good donyou think Henson is. The potential is there to be plenty useful but will it come together? The Bucks seem pretty high on him now that he has produced for Kidd this year so I don't think this trade has a prayer of happening considering theybwould have to give up both Parker and Henson even if they liked Chase.

Do Okafor or Towns have the ability to be in the Davis tier of elite or do you feel they will be a notch or two below.

I have a feeling both will be very good, but I'm not sure they are the type to carry a team. That being said with Wiggins we won't need them to.

TRKO wrote:Do Okafor or Towns have the ability to be in the Davis tier of elite or do you feel they will be a notch or two below.

I have a feeling both will be very good, but I'm not sure they are the type to carry a team. That being said with Wiggins we won't need them to.

I think with the offense of Okafor he could translate into an elite player. I look at Towns and think he will be an all around good to great big, but I don't think he will be elite (ie Cousins, Davis) type of player.

TRKO wrote:Do Okafor or Towns have the ability to be in the Davis tier of elite or do you feel they will be a notch or two below.

I have a feeling both will be very good, but I'm not sure they are the type to carry a team. That being said with Wiggins we won't need them to.

Davis might be in a tier by himself when it's all said and done, but Towns' potential is very high. He won't be the high-flying, face-up menace that the Brow is, but I do expect him to be better in the low post, as a passer and potentially a better jumpshooter.

I will say that Karl's skilled enough to be a big-time stat-stuffer like Anthony is, though (Pts, Rebs, Blks, Ast). To what degree, that is the question.

Camden0916 wrote:

TRKO wrote:Do Okafor or Towns have the ability to be in the Davis tier of elite or do you feel they will be a notch or two below.

I have a feeling both will be very good, but I'm not sure they are the type to carry a team. That being said with Wiggins we won't need them to.

Davis might be in a tier by himself when it's all said and done, but Towns' potential is very high. He won't be the high-flying, face-up menace that the Brow is, but I do expect him to be better in the low post, as a passer and potentially a better jumpshooter.

I will say that Karl's skilled enough to be a big-time stat-stuffer like Anthony is, though (Pts, Rebs, Blks, Ast). To what degree, that is the question.

Yeah Davis may have been the wrong one, he may be the best player in the league before too long.

I've become more and more convinced that KAT is going #1 no matter what. Perhaps only Philly, if they get the #1 pick, would be willing to trade out of it.

I was looking at his numbers vs. Davis and they aren't too dissimilar:

Stat - AD vs. Towns
Points per 40 minutes - 17.7 vs. 19.5
Rebounds per 40 minutes - 13 vs. 12.7
Assists per 40 minutes - 1.6 vs. 2.1
Blocks per 40 minutes - 5.8 vs. 4.3
TS% - .654 vs. .627

The big difference at the NBA level is that Davis is a PF with a killer combination of length and athleticism. Towns isn't necessarily a physical freak compared to other NBA Centers. So I don't necessarily see things translating to the same degree as they did for Davis. But still, he has an impressively strong all-around game.