You are acting like Emeka was a bad player. I'm honestly not even sure Ibaka is much better all considered.
Spoiler Round 1 1. LCAhmed - Monta Ellis 2. Yung-T - DeMarcus Cousins 3. RedNation - Al Jefferson 4. VBG- Lamar Odom 5. dfb - Serge Ibaka 6. lwqbulb - Tayshaun Prince 7. thething - Marcus Camby 8. jvu - Mike Bibby 9. Voice of Aus - Josh Smith 10. latebloomer19 - Jason Terry 11. FTW Rockets FTW - Andrew Bogut 12. Spooner - Jalen Rose 13. Jmc - Andre Drummond 14. Oelman - Kyle Lowry Rd 2. 2. Oleman -Kevin Martin 3.JMC - dragic 4.SPooner - Mike Conley 5.FTW -Jamal crawford 6.Latebloomer - shane battier 7.VoiceOfAus - Rudy Gay 8.Jvu - hedo turkoglu 9.TheThing -richard jefferson 10.LWQbulb - stephen jackson 11.DFB - eric bledsoe 12.VBG - Nene 13.RedN - kawhi leonard 14.Yung - Nic batum 15.LCA - Bruce Bowen round 3 1. LCA - Ryan Anderson 2. Yung t - Jason Richardson 3. RedN - Andre Miller 4. VBG - Mike Miller 5. DFB - Doug Christie 6. lwqbulb -Anderson Varejao 7. thething - Cuttino Mobley 8. jvu - DeAndre Jordan 9. VoA - Scola 10. latebloomer - Skipped 11. FTW Rockets - Eric Gordon 12. Spooner - Corey maggette 13. Jmc - Larry Hughes 14. Oelman -asik Round 4 1. Oelman - John Salmons 2. Jmc - chandler parsons 3. Spooner - emeka okafor 4. FTW rockets - Greg Monroe 5. Latebloomer - skipped - Jason Williams (sub Horry) 6. Voa - Tony Allen 7. Jvu - Raja Bell 8. The thing - Ty Lawson 9. Iwqbulb - Boris Diaw 10. Dfb - Nikola Pekovic 11. VBG - Wes Matthews 12. RedN - Klay Thompson 13. Yung - Robert Horry 14. Lca - Calderon Round 5 1. LCA - Dalembert 2. Yung - Thad Young 3. RedN - Carl Landry 4. VBG - Aaron Brooks 5. DFB - Jimmy Butler 6. lwqbulb - Kemba Walker 7. The Thing - Kenneth Faried 8. JVU - James posey 9. VoA - Larry Sanders 10. Latebloomer - skipped - Brent Barry (sub Horry) 11. FTW Rockets - Mike Dunleavy 12.Spoon - Leandro Barbosa 13. JMC - Al Harrington 14. Oelman - Tyreke Evans 1. Oelman - Troy Murphy 2. Jmc - Ben Gordon 3. Spooner - Andris Biedrins 4. FTW rockets - Aaron Afflalo 5. Latebloomer - skipped - Marcin Gortat (sub Horry) 6. Voa - Rubio 7. Jvu - Nate Robinson 8. The thing - PJ Brown 9. Iwqbulb - Taj Gibson 10. Dfb - Danillo Gallinari 11. VBG - Bobby Simmons 12. RedN - Chuck Hayes 13. Yung - Kerry Kittles 14. Lca - OTC
He's a nice enough player. But there are still PFs on the board that I would rather have. So from my perspective, I'm basically getting a backup center and giving up Ibaka just to go from Bledsoe to Mike Conley, which is a horrific deal for me.
As for Okafor, he's a nice player, but he's also kind of stuck between positions. Offensively he's clearly a center, even more so in his prime when he had an even worse jump shot than he had in Washington. He's very mechanical on post ups, he's just a so so pick and roll player, pretty bad touch and IQ offensively. He has some offensive value near the rim -- but he's a negative offensive player if he's paired with a typical center. And defensively he's a smart player, a good shot blocker and rebounder. But he's not as mobile as Ibaka at PF and more of an inside defender, but he's also undersized and not a great man defender against the best offensive centers. There's clearly value in him but he's not an easy player to stick into a lineup. If I had to, I'd do it at center but there's a number of non all star centers who are just as good or better.
