Difference between Felix vs Aidoo

[Lefteye]

Curious the boards thoughts on the differences between the two. My eyes see Felix as more athletic and active than Aidoo. I’m also not sure Aidoo has lifted a weight since he decided to leave Knoxville. To be clear, I don’t necessarily think Felix is a ton better… just think his motor revs higher than Aidont.

GB

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Felix knows his role. He does the things you need your center to do.

 

[Volinlife]

Curious the boards thoughts on the differences between the two. My eyes see Felix as more athletic and active than Aidoo. I’m also not sure Aidoo has lifted a weight since he decided to leave Knoxville. To be clear, I don’t necessarily think Felix is a ton better… just think his motor revs higher than Aidont.

GB

Okpara will look for a dunk more

 

[Delmar]

Felix knows his role. He does the things you need your center to do.

Yep. Felix is offensively challenged but he makes up for it with hustle, defense and rebounding. And looking for the lobs. Much more aggressive than Aidoo. And Milicic is a step ahead of both of them. That dude never quits on a free ball.

 

[General Jack]

We upgraded. Aidoo is too soft to make an impact when it matters.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Aidoo is more offensively skilled than Felix, but he’s as soft as a Valentine’s Day teddy bear. Felix is an upgrade as far as I’m concerned.

 

[OrangeAllDay]

Aidoo is a better post scorer. Okpara is the better center. A lot more goes into playing the 5 than just post moves

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Aidoo is talented offensively but he struggles big time against physical players.

Nothing has really changed.

 

[Jpcisco]

One is timid, scared, and seems to not understand how to use his body. The other would love to catch lobs all day and dunk on you.

 

[DC_Vol]

I always liked Aidoo and hope he has a successful finish to his college career career in Fayetteville. Hard to deny we upgraded though.

 

[OrangeInKy]

One is timid, scared, and seems to not understand how to use his body. The other would love to catch lobs all day and dunk on you.

Yes. Kinda knew going in what Felix was, and he’s been what was expected, but was hoping he had grown some offensively. He’s doing what we brought him here to do for the most part. Maybe not as many blocked shots as I expected.

 

[aaronvol]

See...I see it as okpara and milicic. We are far better off.

 

[Lefteye]

See...I see it as okpara and milicic. We are far better off.

Yep… better there too. Just wanted to compare head to head

 

[Sudden Impact]

I am not sure Cade Phillips is not better than both of them.

 

[brockytop]

I LOL’ed when Jimmy Dykes said Aidoo was All SEC when he plays his best due to his physicality and presence inside. If anything, Aidoo is soft and generally thrives on smaller, less physical type bigs.

Barnes is a hard nosed coach so I can see why JA wanted to move on.

 

[OrangeInKy]

I LOL’ed when Jimmy Dykes said Aidoo was All SEC when he plays his best due to his physicality and presence inside. If anything, Aidoo is soft and generally thrives on smaller, less physical type bigs.

Barnes is a hard nosed coach so I can see why JA wanted to move on.

He also said that this isn’t the Kentucky version of Cal. Yes it is. It absolutely is. He doesn’t change. That’s why he’s there.

 

[whm324]

As my son said...Hope Aidoo had fun today!

 

[Volfan2012]

Okpara has a lot more upside and is a much better defensive player. Not at all unhappy with Okpara over Aidoo this season.

 

[deezvols]

Aidoo has longer hair for one…

 

[pimo1]

In this matchup AIdoo won.. by a lot.

Okpura contributed 10 and 4 on 50% shooting.thats actually close to normal except for the low fg% (he's averaging 7 and 6 on 62%). Aidoo went 4 points 5 boards and shot 66% bombed on the freethrow line. Sounds like I'm losing this argument huh? But, he had 2 steals and 3 blocks with 2 fouls.. those are crazy nice numbers for his role. Flip them on rosters and this game is more like 90-40 instead of 76-52.

Losing Awaka and Aidoo sucks badly. That being said I think we won overall in the exchange because the guys we brought in fit well and I think Dubar gets better as the season goes on. We traded AIdoo and Awaka for Okpara that's a push because between what Okpara brings and how Philips has stepped up we are actually in a slightly better situation when you factor in Milicic who replaced JJJ. Lanier for DK so far is a wash also if you factor in Gaineys improvement. Dubar,if he can step up, is what makes the difference here. I think he can and will. Phillips is my low key MVP this season as far as my expectations and his delivery.

 

[IUGradVol]

Okpara > Aidoo. Period

 

[Lefteye]

As my son said...Hope Aidoo had fun today!

This was along the lines of my guess as to what ZZ said to him late.

 

[Real Info]

Yes. Kinda knew going in what Felix was, and he’s been what was expected, but was hoping he had grown some offensively. He’s doing what we brought him here to do for the most part. Maybe not as many blocked shots as I expected.

I’m thinking the “not as many blocked shots” is because we are a lot better at perimeter defense than his prior team, but I was looking forward to seeing a few threw back into the stands too.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Losing Awaka and Aidoo sucks badly

 

[tennrich1]

I’d agree we definitely upgraded with Felix and Igor. Igor has that European edge to him (which I LOVE) and Felix seems to understand his role and playing it well. Aidoo seems to be confused oftentimes on his role. I too wish him well but when he shot that 3 ( I know it was getting little late in shot clock) if I’m Cal…he’s sitting on the bench rest of the game. Aidoo IMO should finish every game with 4 fouls from physical play. Love Vols team so far…BTW…Rick does too!!