This is abject nonsense. Far too early to know.
Both players are talented, but have different skill sets and backgrounds.
Porzingis shoots better, because that's stressed in the European game, and has been more physical than advertised, and he's tall. But he's not especially nifty.
Okafor is a better athlete but less polished, he never shot or played defense in his one year in college, he's climbing a learning curve, but in three months has extended his range out to 15 feet. For a guy who can't jump, he's averaging 1.1 blocks per game, and has a true shooting % of 51.8.
Thing to remember is Porzingis has better, and more importantly, far more experienced talent surrounding him, his numbers with Anthony off the floor are dismal, because defenses crash on him.
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york-kn...s-shows-how-important-carmelo-is-to-porzingis
Abject nonsense??? What the hell did I say that's nonsense exactly? Nothing I said wasn't true.
Porzingis is a much better 2-way player than Okafor right now and looks like a better building block right now, and still would have fit better with Noel. There are still questions with Okafor's game, his defense in almost all aspects and his rebounding especially. Those things need to improve if he continues to play the 5. As the last line of defense, you have to protect the rim and rebound at a much higher percentage than he is. To ignore those aspects would be ignorant.
Can he improve? Sure, never said he couldn't.