Emeka Okafor

It ain't like rappers ain't been catching cases since the beginning of time, but the way him and Drew Findling, this mans who picked apart, basically had them niggas ...

You know, like, when you playing ball and they say, "Oh, he has him on a island"? Remember when Chris Paul used to get pa- Remember that time in the playoffs, I think it was, like, the first round, I think Emeka Okafor was playing for the, the, uh, New Orleans Hornets at the time? And Chris Paul, this was the year he was supposed to go to the Lakers, he had, uh, Pau Gasol.

Oh, he has him on a island.

Them niggas spanked everybody.

Eric Gordon at 24.

Emeka Okafor at 23.

Tyreek Evans at 22.

Jonas Valanciunas at 21.

24, Eric Gordon.

23, Emeka Okafor.

22, Tyreek Evans.

21, Jonas Valanciunas.

week.

Emeka Okafor?

No.

And there's a name that was mentioned on this show already today.

Kind of debatable at number 13, but do understand why he is up there.

pick number 12 or number 12 for the buzz beat top 20 hornets of all time emeka okafor 2004 to 2009 a walk-in double double and rookie of the year beating out dwight howard of his class during that time which was incredible and again kind of controversial in a way but again One of the top big men out there in terms of Hornets history.

Now, we also got to touch on Al Jefferson, of course, and a couple of other players.

But again, Emeka Okafor was efficient at what he does.

Good at shot blocking, good at rebounding, great in score in terms of being a vertical spacer down in the paint.

So 100% agree with that.

Darko Miličić, bad pick.

Then the next three, Emeka Okafor was good, not great.

Marvin was fine.

LaMarcus Aldridge, a big time success.

Coming up next, though, we're still counting down the top 25 players in New Orleans NBA history.

23rd, Emeka Okafor.

I love this dude, but I can't put him higher than this.

I'll explain why coming up here next in today's episode of Locked On Pelicans.

New Orleans gets a final possession.

Chris Paul drives.

The play breaks down, the ball gets loose, and somehow it ends up in the hands of Emeka Okafor, who's, like, standing right by the three-point line.

Emeka Okafor, not Chris Paul, right? Somebody who's not a shooter whatsoever, Emeka Okafor, and he throws up this ridiculous, like, off-balance jumper as he's, like, falling to the ground 20 feet away, banks it in, buzzer, tie game.

Uh, it was before that.

We don't know it officially, but I think, you know, when you think about some of those huge star players they recruited during that run, Caron Butler, Rudy Gay, Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, have to imagine he's super, super critical, Charlie Villanueva, in the recruitment of those superstar players who started coming to UConn.

And then to your point about his role, I mean, he, you know, it, it was like he was the mayor.

He was the mayor of UConn basketball.

Yeah, Stanford, they'll play-

Hey, you know the only person went to class? Emeka.

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Emeka Okafor.

Yo, OD.

Yeah.

That's the only cat I-

Emeka Okafor.