yea you have said that a few hundred times. Why not contribute by saying what teams you think would want him and would give a decent price for him?
Other than Boston (who reportedly was turned down when they offered a major package built around the 2016 Brooklyn pick 7 months ago), my wild guess is that the Suns or Lakers might have some interest.
I don't think anyone has yet offered an acceptable package by Philly's standards. Otherwise he'd be gone already.
To your point about perception/supposed trade value dropping, I guess that just proves how quickly opinions can shift. Last year Okafor won a National Championship as a Freshman and was widely believed to be one of the three best prospects in the draft. Now suddenly we have people like you who think he's worth peanuts. Philly would be wise to wait until next season to see if these fickle opinions shift back in the other direction.
So the Suns would presumably be giving up on Len in this scenario and possibly risking that Okafor and Bender could play together long term? Len was creeping up on averaging a double double the second half of the season and is 23 right now. Would it be worth them presumably moving other assets and Len to risk Okafor? That seems like a tough sell.
Are the Lakers going to give up Randle in this deal? It seems doubtful those two could play together much at all. Although I personally don't think Randle is a longterm star.
i still think Okafor for d'Angelo Russell might make sense for both teams.
that's the 76er pipe dream that's for sure
glad someone finally agrees with me that D'Angelo Russell looks like a future superstar.
Future superstar? That's a bit much. But he did play pretty well whenever Kobe wasn't around, and I think he's got a solid future in this league.
However, that's the reason LA won't be trading him for Okafor. Russell has a skillset that can fit with a bunch of different play-styles. Okafor doesnt. The idea that LA would trade the guy they took INSTEAD of Okafor, for Okafor, is ridiculous. Never gonna happen. If Philly wants to trade Okafor for Larry Nance Jr. And Clarkson, then maybe. But he's not worth D'Angelo Russell, the same way he isn't worth Jaylen Brown.
I know you love you some Okafor LB, but he's just not very valuable around the league. And of Philly goes into this season with both him and Noel, his value will continue to plummet. Playing in Philly is seriously exposing all of Jahlil's flaws and accentuating none of his strengths. If they don't wanna take a Rozier/Hunter/2nd rounder kinda package, he'll just continue to lose trade value.