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Originally Posted by Diable
Okafor is our power forward and he's better than Aldridge.
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Okafor is pretty good, but if he is better than Aldridge, it is not by much. He is a better rebounder and better shot blocker - but he does not have the speed, hands or shooting touch of Aldridge. The real problem with Okafor, imho, is that he is a PF/C tweener - while Aldridge might be a better pure PF when all is said and done. Add the fact that Aldridge is younger and longer - and his potential is higher, IMHO, than Emeka's.
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Originally Posted by Diable
Gerald Wallace is better than anyone on the Trailblazers period.
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At the SF position, you bet. He is, individually, better than what the Blazers currently have - but the SF position of the Blazers overall is better than the Cats (when the bench is included) and Outlaw has all the tools in the world to be as good as if not better than Wallace - he is 2 inches taller, jumps higher and is a better shooter.
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Originally Posted by Diable
We simply don't have a bench by any stretch of the imagination.To be honest Raymond Felton hasn't really outplayed Steve Blake for the most part.He's a very inconsistent player just like he has always been.Oden has to play in the NBA before we can count him as an NBA player.
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I would say that without Oden, the Cats are probably about as good as the Blazers - but the Blazers are younger and have more potential. If Oden reaches even 70% of his potential - this should be a non-contest.