Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
long time guy wrote:
They liked his aggressiveness, which in their opinion Okafor lacked. He tried to dunk everything. Never as skilled as Okafor and he was smaller but they liked the "beast" aspect to Alexander's game.
It worked against undersized high school players. Against college players his own size not so much. Self didn't do the guy any favors either. He should not have been playing behind Traylor. Traylor stinks.
Well, he's not as tall as Okafor, but he definitely plays bigger. I think way too much is made of an inch or two. A guy like Wes Unseld could hold his own with seven footers. Okafor is going to get pushed around in the NBA. Alexander is a more powerful player, or at least has the potential to be.
He doesn't have nearly the skill set that Okafor has. Post game, ball handling, passing Okafor is better. Okafor is going to be good in the NBA. I think he will be a multiple time all star.
Alexander will make an NBA roster. Someone will take a chance on him. There careers are going to turnout completely different though.
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The Hawk wrote:
This is going to reach a head pretty soon.