NBA Fundamentals: Emeka Okafor on Shot-Blocking

[bballfactory]

you are the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[melubbkeige]

Leaping to block shots is easy, but making the right timings aren't :)

[sockone111]

my coach gets pissed if i try an block shots.

[gilababibaba]

@sockone111 lemme guess. Your coach doesn't want you to waste your energy? I heard bout that before too.

[yestallbobo]

thought they would have used Dwight Howard for this

[nigsplzz]

ok i got it. Now i just need to become black... hmm..

[UnionKid15]

Thanks a lot for posting this.

[hamzaahmed16]

Okafor is nigerian just like the best blocker of all time time Hakeem OLAJUWON

[honcc5]

Hes in the New Orleans Hornets. BTW

[BigCenter14]

thx emeka i got a important game tomorrow and my team really counts on me to play defence hope with these tips that i could increase my bpg,thx again man!

[saihat6]

@BigCenter14

DUDE NO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOUR GAME AND HOW MUCH UR TEAM COUNTS ON YOU.

[bodenjo]

great shot blocker.

[bubhubbajub]

if they remade this they wouldnt even think about calling using okafor in this vid. it would be dwight howard

[ojcab13]

I feel bad for that white guy

[TheFrostJoker]

@tenderfordestruction being dwight howard mite also help

[ilovebskt]

nooo.

Dwight Howard & Josh smith are the best blockers.

4eveR.

[imtheish2fly]

Good tips

[LastMasta45]

This is actually good tips

[09tdubbs]

ima try that

[evepincaro]

cool

[voulgier]

This helped a bit....I find the best way to get blocks is to keep your hands up and move them to where you think the guy is going to shoot

[kingballer303]

I think Orlando made the right choice between howard and okafor in the 04 draft

[johnrey619]

the fucking fake is hard!

[autooo13242424]

i can't avoid goaltending coz i can't do it : (

[penguinwarsvideos1]

I oWn You!!!!!!

[StraightDooDoo]

Luckily Orlando picked Dwight Howard instead of this deformed dome.

[EGarrett01]

For some reason I thought he'd have an English accent.

[RYANMOW]

nice one thanks alot i am goona block my team now. hahahha

[Dcarnys]

God I wank Mek back.

[highflyin32]

thanks for the tips man ....i should try that in the game some time

[UnionKid15]

Great tips, thanks for posting this for us all to see and//or watch..!!

[goudz23]

my advice for shot blocking... you either got it or you dont... some ppl just arent that coordinated... but playing video games will help your hand eye coordination...

[goudz23]

@bustazibit me personally, im guilty im 6' and cant even get rim haha.. but some ppl can stay fit while being lazy haha..

[salakerz324]

was the other guy cobe carl?

[xxAC3Dxx]

they should've had Chris Andersen from the Nuggets do this video and i know everyone's gonna say that he doesn't average that many blocks in a game, but if you look at his blocks per 48 minutes of playing time he averages 5.6 blocks per 48 min which is alot better than last year's block leader Dwight Howard who averaged 1.7 blocks per 48 min last year

[sbchampsnyg]

@xxAC3Dxx damn somebody did their research

[xxAC3Dxx]

@sbchampsnyg yeah "birdman" is one of my fav players and everyone kept trying to tell me he's not that great of a shot blocker P.S. Eagles are gonna be the SB champs not the giants lmao

[sbchampsnyg]

@xxAC3Dxx haha well see. i also made this account after the glorious 07 season. but idk you guys got some road. new orleans is pretty damn good

[sactownsgreatest]

i want him in sacramento

[Futuresmock]

lol at the white guy that kept getting stuffed in the demonstration

[goldtoothjohn]

Emeka Okafor would look good in a Sacramento Kings Jersey and Kenny Thomas in a Hornets Jersey. Hope Sacramento can work out a Trade with the Hornets. at least that's the Rumor.

[goudz23]

why would the hornets trade a 10ppg 10rpg guy for a 1ppg 1rpg guy? is there some draft picks in this trade roomer

[charlielsammy]

and blocks give your team a boost... and it's cool xD

[waihong001]

have to practice a lot to get good timings...

[WinkoBoy1]

@waihong001

Its true man ! 1,5 years ago i was 5"4 and now I"m 5"9 and i do a block in every matches :D and i'm rebounding very well :D and my team ates are 6"1 6"2 :D and i rebound better than they . :)) and i never played CENTER.

[TheDenzel973]

yeah MJ isnt our GM he owns the team now do-do! So GM is weak to MJ nowadays! haha

[wallaceX2jc]

Whose throwing alley-hoops to Okafor? Felton. Whose passing the ball to Chandler? CP3 for the most part. So is Felton better than CP3? How come Okafor averages more points than Chandler? How come Okafor blocks more shots than Chandler? How come Okafor doesn't miss games like Chandler? How come Okafor can average a double double in his career and Chandler can't? So if I trade Maxiell for Okafor, you'd actually accept it? If Denver trades Anderson for Okafor, u'd accept it, too?

[dre19872005]

i see what your sayign but i wudnt trade anderson hes reaching his peak and is evolving into a great shot blocker...if i did trade anderson i wud try to get him back becuase he is one u dont want to play agaist

[wallaceX2jc]

If I can get someone like Emeka Okafor and only trade Anderson, I'll take it without a blank of an eye. Anderson a great energy player, but Emeka is a starter and he's a double double machine, and add 2more blocks per game. Wouldn't you take that?

[ttothectothek]

@wallaceX2jc you got a good point

[streetfightchamp07]

yo @wallaceX2jc, how come Chandler got a ring an Okefor don't?

[streetfightchamp07]

@wallaceX2jc I think it's because i don't give a shit.

[wallaceX2jc]

@streetfightchamp07-Good job. Now you learned, don't say things if you don't know.

[streetfightchamp07]

@wallaceX2jc relax princess, these little youtube conversations might be a big part of your life, but for me it's just a way to have some fun. to be honest i like okafor, he's a big reason why i did so good on my fantasy league last season. but if you ask me who is better: okafor or chandler? the answer is simple: i don't give a fuck.

[wallaceX2jc]

@streetfightchamp07-extraordin­ary anecdote, you don't really have to explain all this lol, it's not like you make sense or anything.

[ZoupmanKid27]

had emeka blocked yao?

[eafanboyssuck]

dumbass trade by MJ im lmao right now

[deadlyErnest1]

have you ever seen a bobcats game? Okafor is the softest big man in the league and has bad hands. His Bball IQ is lower than the entire knicks team, and he can't dunk for shit. I'm glad he's gone.

[eafanboyssuck]

have you seen chandler play? he is okafor without offence and blocks

[deadlyErnest1]

I've seen him play. And how is it possible to have less offense than Okafor? Chandler has at least the hops, and explosiveness to dunk the ball. And thats all we need. Okafor is a pussy, his dunks or layups always get swatted away and he can't run a pick&roll.

[eafanboyssuck]

how can he not do a pick n roll? he can even hit the mid range j, so he can pop too. what do you expect from tyson?a jumpshot? shot blocking? none of those. people generally overate him cause he was playing with the league's best pg and passer. okafor was playing with a shoot first pg in felton and augustine. im not saying okafor is a great player, just that he is a much better and healthier player than chandler

[deadlyErnest1]

no dude, he can't hit a mid range j. I'm watching the bobcats for 3 years now and Mek hasn't improved since his rookie year. He's just a good rebounder and shotblocker and makes his 12ppg with layups or putbacks after a rebound.

And I don't expect Chandler to hit a jumpshot, because I know he's limited offensively BUT unlike Okafor, Chandler is a beast and he always dunks the ball and that's what we need badly. Someone who's aggressive on the offense and can run a Pick&Roll.

[deadlyErnest1]

And Felton is not a shoot first PG. He's an above average playmaker and can make some good plays.Him and Chandler will be an awesome duo. Futhermore he has the best passing big man in the league, as his frontcourt partner.

[danieljk91]

I honestly hope Augustine takes over as PG, he seems to have a lot more than Felton, and was definitely clutch as hell towards the end of last season when we started playin him, even though we didn't make it to playoffs last season, I think our team is gonna be pretty dank for 09-10, even though i'm iffy about the Okafor/Chandler trade. It does make me feel better that CP3 doesn't want Okafor though.

[eafanboyssuck]

you guys could've gotten much more than just chandler.. and am i hearing that you guys gave away a first round pick?(might be wrong on that) you have got to admit, MJ is one of the worst GMs in the league second to the memphis GM

[deadlyErnest1]

Okafors has 5 years left and is overpaid. Chandlers contract expires in 2 years and he's a better fit on our team.

and we didn't give up a first rounder and MJ is NOT our GM

[eafanboyssuck]

is it larry brown then? but yeah, chandler's contract will end in 2011. no free agent frenzy there. besides for 2 first 2 years of okafor's contract, the pay is almost identical to chandler's

[ViETTGT]

Chandler averages 4 points and 5 rebounds in 23.5 min per game for a 11.85 million dollar salary.

Emeka Okafor averages 13 points and 10 rebounds in 32 min per game for 11.38 millions dollar salary.

Though chandler might fit the bobcat's offense better we really won't know is effectiveness until the 2010 season.

[tekknking]

tell me about it

[MrDNiceTV]

welcome to new orleans babyyyyyyyyyyy!

yea hornets 09-10 nba finals we go win it all

[warriorskull12]

he's a hornet now!

[BudgetPhoenix]

is that koby karl

[davbball30]

no its matt carroll who was on the bobcats before they traded him to the mavs for diop

[SoulfulBrutha5805]

Emeka Okafor...soon to be sending 'em into the bleachers in New Orleans!

Man, I hope the trade goes through.

[rubbrbandman]

poor kid. emeka won't even let him make 1 shot.

[basketballstar711]

4 Real

[flatjacket1]

haha shot blocking is so easy if you concentrate on it....its all anticipation..

[JRjgs]

it all about timing, and reading his eyes or movement of hands, if he lifts his arms over his head, he will ussualy shoot the ball, after u read the hands, its the timing to get up, a get a hand on the ball.

i'm really good at shot blocking, i had a game with 12 blocks, my avarage is 4 per game.

[wanyiren]

nice vid, but the VERY VERY key for shot block is ... as he said , timing, which in most cases u r born with. Shot blocking is the hardest thing to train for, to me its impossible, i have "average" timing and no matter how hard i train, i stay average. and my blocks are usually weak side, i suck at man to man blocks

[ShawnGlory]

back in high school i averaged zero block shots.

right now during seasons over here i get 5-6 per game which i'm happy with . but its 6 years after highschool and thats not much of an improvement.

your best bet would be reaction training. there are few good ones out there google them and keep working on ur reaction rate as well as nerve react

[walkingfridge81]

i don't know how it could be done, but the pistons really need to trade for emeka.

[supersmash43]

pretty useful vid I suppose...

[AvEryBadApPLe]

nice vid. yet those hicks in charlotte, still don't give a shit about professional basketball.

[dfisherfan2]

driving in the lane with him down there is a nightmare

[jonny7879]

i rate emeka, man, hes dominant

[bongbongbong888]

haha "you wanna" keeps popping up

[waihong001]

ah, still hard to learn, must practice more...

[parrkoeira]

tentor58 ..Hard okafors the man..He wouldnt be making this video if he wasnt chosen to do it..Hes in the nba! He would have blocked heapsa dudes that rjdlcballer3 favors!!

[fili345]

In the words of Bill Russell...

"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

[kdc111190]

agreed!!! its the intimidation... Mind Games by Russell

[889bball]

thanks for that man...i wish i can come up with cool things like that

[tentor58]

yea rock thanks 4 staning up 4 all us okafor fans rjdlcballer3 is a bitch dick asswhole

[RockChalkinJayhawk34]

rjdlcballer3, man shut up, if he was a puss why would he be in the freakin nba stupid and id like to see you get a shot off on him lol

[rainbowcicak]

The thing about shot blocking is, people pull up for a jump shot or a floater. AND THAT PISSES ME OFF! :(

Tony Parker- "I like to do floaters because it pisses the big men off"

[rolloutruss]

LOL, I can't believe Tony Parker would say that.

[1stlakerfan]

hes good but for trying to challenge every dunk,he gets dunked on a lot

anyone agree??

[ravenmcastro]

ohh men what's wrong in this place

i should not one of this comment

[fgershinson]

please do not call me a pussy, hav u seen what you look like

[stayka]

did i call you or rjdlcballer3 a pussy? i'll let you think that out idiot, while you do why dont you answer these questions.

who the fuck are you and when did you become a part of the argument?

[rjdlcballer3]

your a homo.......

[fgershinson]

stakya mate you are the sad one pussyole

[rjdlcballer3]

ok stayka? buddy u have no life i didnt say shit about ur being a whale? and do i care that u wear tshirts at the beach? thats shows ur fat...

[stayka]

i was imitating you. why dont you reply to my comment pussy so i can cut you down easier.

[rjdlcballer3]

buddy ur not tough u loook like the biggest puss, also all u do is comment on this one video u have no life.

[stayka]

i would cut your gook ass straight down the middle and then serve them to you on a hot dish bitch and you'd love it, you'd gobble that shit down like it was thanksgiving fatass.

no one knows who you are, they just know how fucking stupid you are.

i called the little bitch on the video zack effron as a joke. and then your fatass gets all gook eyed about it because i offended someone that you idolize in your weak ass life.

[AJrisingstar]

man i could teach this too im a shot blocker A+

[rjdlcballer3]

your an idiot thats not zack effron

[stayka]

you caught me on a bad day. first off, it's YOU'RE an idiot... as in YOU'RE an idiot for not understanding the fucking joke. second off, you're a fatass, i can already picture your big fat face glued to the screen with mayonnaise dribbling down your chin as you read this in confusion like, "WHAT'S A JOKE? I THOUGHT YOU THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS ZAX EFRONZ? IS MY LIFE A SHAM? AM I REALLY A BEACHED WHALE? WHY DO I WEAR T-SHIRTS AT THE BEACH?" get a life fat fuck.

[stayka]

why the hell is he using zack effron to demonstrate

[elevatorman34]

what a dumbass. emeka is 6'10" if that was zach efron he would look like a midget or a dwarf not just a little bit shorter

[stayka]

yet again, you're the dumbass. your youtube profile list you as 21. so help me god i hope you are not that old and clueless. you couldn't even get the kids name right, and you are going to call me a dumbass? do you know what a joke is? honestly does someone hold you by the hand all day?

[stayka]

i swear it is as if you have nothing better in your life at the age of 21 other than to sit at the computer reading others peoples comments and critizing them about what they said, even though you don't even fucking understand what was said.

[rjdlcballer3]

i agree hes an idiot

[ravenmcastro]

is there a Ben Wallace tutorial blocking,i want to see it

[Solesdepuebla]

its timing, jumping ability. toughnes, but there is one thing that really helps when blocking a shot; BEING FUCKING TALL

[newcastle888]

mutombo

[whiteblaze01]

man emeka okafor should be a all star but its cause he is wid bobcats if he was with say for example the heat then he probably be a all star

[Aria6900]

emeka is a beast

[itsswizzy21]

true dat, if emaka was on a more decent team, hed be even better.

[cjsonsona]

josh smith should be teaching this

[banDAwith]

sad that Emeka plays for bobcats, he's a really good player but in a bad team especially since jason richardson got traded to pheonix. if celtics trade Perkins for Emeka, they would be UNSTOPPABLE

[Kaffeesuechtiger]

i doubt that the bobcats are going to give up okafor for perkins, maybe if the celtics put in some additional players

[ViETTGT]

I'm a Celtics fan but would have to agree with Kaffee. In my opinion Emeka Okafor is more expandable. He can play at Foward or Center if needed. He has scoring and defensive recognizable ability and is a type of player that you can count on if you behind in a game.

[deadlyErnest1]

wtf are you talking about. bobcats are much better since the trade

[deadlyErnest1]

and okafor > perkins

[tmh1717]

dont swat it out of bounds.....make sure you get the ball....ala bill russell

[jeibully]

give okafor a good team

[s00pan00b]

when u put like 50 blocks in 2 minutes, it makes u think emeka is really good, actually is he decent

[kinnasna]

josh smith assholes

[lildwyaneheat]

D-Wade best "short" blocker in the league !!!

[abdus]

dwade is great but not best.LJ or dwight most def

[lildwyaneheat]

sure not the best but as a sg a great blocker !! !

[abdus]

ya ya true that.i enjoy watching him.he inspires me

[carlosgracia08]

lebron james has the best weak side defense this year for sure.

[ohiostatesuperfan]

oh ya lebron for mvp

[Userguape]

only bigger guys can block shots better and easier and may be some short guys can block shots but not me i am little 5 foot 5 inch

[Bow2HSwipeVids]

Should of Got D Wight but they have him for Reb,

KG could of did this too, or maybe Camby(14 Blocks In 1 Game)

Or Maybe Even Ben Wallace :D

[ohiostatesuperfan]

not kg hes over rated

[whewkid]

maybe shaq

[garnett96]

why tou think kg is over rated????? is good PF,good dunker,good blocker.

[JayTheSex]

Okafor is a great shot blocker and a great rebounder. I wish he was better because he's such a good guy.

[odhit]

i'd prefer seeing a new and improved michael jordan fundamentals, with game scenes and stuff like the ones they have on this one.

jordans a good shot blocker too, i might add.

[XMAN34512]

he's one of the best post defenders in the game today, but he probably is now that ben wallace, tim duncan,shaq,mourning, and elton brand are all old he actually alters shots and plays face up defense, Howard just gets weak side blocks on PG's and SG's

[no1sportsfreak]

emeka okafor is a good blocker but i think they shuold've had lk either kirilenko, marcus camby, or ben wallace but wut da hell this is good enough

[KobrickCryant]

I think Ben Wallace should teach that because he's already establish his name into a great shot blocker. Sure, he maybe sucked now, but he didn't suck when this video was made.

btw, Okafor is so underated. He's better than Andrew Bynum.

[EliteViper]

I Always Block Shots, And Its Fun

[Solesdepuebla]

are u tall?

[puggerpug]

They should've had Andrei Kirilenko instead of Emeka Okafor. Kirilenko is much smaller, so it's harder for him, but he still gets it done.

[YouAreRazasSlave]

of course they have the white guy being the one getting blocked

[crazyr7]

Okafor is the most under rated player in the NBA along with Leandro Barbosa

[beatmajinsephiroth]

yes. okafor is a solid player who can block anyone, and barbosa is lightening fast.

i think jamal crawford is pretty under rated too

[leeaura]

n granger, rondo, n j rich

[snark7028]

i played this guys coudin in rosemont school in chicago.like hes in 7th grade playing for varsity and hes huge hes like 6 4 and hes like 12.

[fili345]

Emeka Okafor is chosen to teach shot blocking because he is a fresh role model on how to shot block.

[halosvr]

dwight howard?

[TheNutPuncher]

He already did rebounding.

[partylwc]

he got 5 blocks other nite vs minessota; i'd say hes one of top 6 or 7 shot blockers in the game but dwight howard is by far the best and avgs almost double the next guy. Whoever said Gerald Wallace is a great shot blocker; .. not anymore he avgs less then 1 but he had one season where he averaged over 2 and i believe he was playing power forward then

[xxxtheoneringxxx]

dont compare him to dwight.. dwight is a freak

[Ueki0507]

lol especially this season he comes out of nowhere and just swats your shot away. he's also a beast in offensive/defensive rebounds.

[xxxtheoneringxxx]

Emeka Okafor is one of the most underrated players in the nba

[BetchAssNess]

should of been alonzo

[fili345]

And Okafor.

[superman4ever101]

they should have put amare baby

[leogri14]

Muito bom

[ConstructionMadness]

there are better blockers out there in the world , y choose him

[gstunt171]

Good tips from a good shot blocker

[KobrickCryant]

Okafor is so underated as a player.

[wabdude95]

emeka okafor, the second bill russel

[wuk122]

Bill russel is the king of blocking the shot.

[jjhoopstar7]

height dont mean a thing if u jumping too early or too late.

[TeamHipHop]

shot blocking is about timing and body control? more like height and timing

[jamycrothers]

no you suck, hes right

[TeamHipHop]

why do u think a 6'10 guy like omeka is a shot blocker? ITS HEIGHT IDIOT.

[yukukawa]

stupid moron

what about guys like boozer or randolph?

they are 6'10 and can't average 1BPG.