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monsterpile wrote:Who needs Mikel Bridges, Cam Johnson or Kevin Durant when you have Josh Okogie who is averaging over 20ppg the last 3. I always said he would put it all together.

Lol. I remember you were the one telling us that one day Okogie would be great. Now it looks like he's closing in on greatness. :)

lipoli390 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:Who needs Mikel Bridges, Cam Johnson or Kevin Durant when you have Josh Okogie who is averaging over 20ppg the last 3. I always said he would put it all together.

Lol. I remember you were the one telling us that one day Okogie would be great. Now it looks like he's closing in on greatness. :)

It's the mask!!!

Poeltl had 30 points, 9 rebounds and 6 blocks tonight for Toronto.

60WinTim wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:Who needs Mikel Bridges, Cam Johnson or Kevin Durant when you have Josh Okogie who is averaging over 20ppg the last 3. I always said he would put it all together.

Lol. I remember you were the one telling us that one day Okogie would be great. Now it looks like he's closing in on greatness. :)

It's the mask!!!

Maybe I should wear a mask the next time I go out on the court.

lipoli390 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:Who needs Mikel Bridges, Cam Johnson or Kevin Durant when you have Josh Okogie who is averaging over 20ppg the last 3. I always said he would put it all together.

Lol. I remember you were the one telling us that one day Okogie would be great. Now it looks like he's closing in on greatness. :)

In all seriousness it is kinda shocking that he hasn't panned out to be more. He plays with tons of effort and he did shoot 38% behind the arc in college. I would have thought he would become more by now.

Kings lose to the Suns
Warriors lose to the clippers
Blazers lose to an East team

I think the wolves can catch the kings. Also I think the warriors are in trouble of possibly not even making the play in. They are not good without curry and he still could be out multiple weeks

kekgeek1 wrote:Kings lose to the Suns
Warriors lose to the clippers
Blazers lose to an East team

I think the wolves can catch the kings. Also I think the warriors are in trouble of possibly not even making the play in. They are not good without curry and he still could be out multiple weeks

Yeah, I'm hoping the Kings go down. They have had incredibly good luck with health this season. Their 5 starters have collectively missed 12 games. That's insane.

Tactical unit wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:Who needs Mikel Bridges, Cam Johnson or Kevin Durant when you have Josh Okogie who is averaging over 20ppg the last 3. I always said he would put it all together.

Lol. I remember you were the one telling us that one day Okogie would be great. Now it looks like he's closing in on greatness. :)

In all seriousness it is kinda shocking that he hasn't panned out to be more. He plays with tons of effort and he did shoot 38% behind the arc in college. I would have thought he would become more by now.

I know we joke a lot that shooters come to die in MN (RIP to this years victim Forbes), but Okogie never shot over 30% for 3 in his career. He has only had 1 month with the suns he shot under 30%. Crazy

Good for him, has a legit shot at being that last starter when everyone is healthy

kekgeek1 wrote:

Tactical unit wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:Who needs Mikel Bridges, Cam Johnson or Kevin Durant when you have Josh Okogie who is averaging over 20ppg the last 3. I always said he would put it all together.

Lol. I remember you were the one telling us that one day Okogie would be great. Now it looks like he's closing in on greatness. :)

In all seriousness it is kinda shocking that he hasn't panned out to be more. He plays with tons of effort and he did shoot 38% behind the arc in college. I would have thought he would become more by now.

I know we joke a lot that shooters come to die in MN (RIP to this years victim Forbes), but Okogie never shot over 30% for 3 in good career. He has only had 1 month with the suns he shot under 30%. Crazy

Good for him, has a legit shot at being that last starter when everyone is healthy

Burned again! Rubio shot better after he left Minnesota. Wiggins shot better after he left. Tyus Jones shot better. Now it's Josh Okogie, who looked hopeless as a shooter for years in Minnesota! It just amazes me.

We used to talk about Josh Okogie being a $15M per year player (now might be closer to $20 or $25M) if he just developed a reliable 3 because he is such a terror defensively. If this keeps up, then Phoenix is scary good once everyone is healthy and Okogie fits perfectly....like a combination of Jae Crowder and Mikal Bridges!

I was not in favor of letting Josh go. First, if you went to games and watched the interaction, he was clearly Ant's best friend on the team, and Ant's development is so key to our success...I'm not so sure Josh's absence didn't have something to do with Ant's slow start. He was a great presence and leader in the locker room and a consistently good defensive presence. His three-point shooting was frustrating, but I always suspected he would figure it out after a while (I have the same thought and hope for Nowell now). He's a guy I will always cheer for, so it's nice to see him successful in PHX. He's now second on the team among players with more than 600 minutes (only behind Booker) with and on/off of +4.6. Keep it up, Josh...just not against us!