Just as he finished a two-hour workout that showed off his postmoves, Duke center Jahlil Okafor...Medina, Mark
NBA draft prospect Jahlil Okafor says he isn't concerned with being the first pick. "I don't know that I should go No. 1," Okafor toldSI Nowhost Maggie Gray in an interview that will air Wednesday. "I don't care. I just want to go to the right environment for me and the right...
#JahlilOkafor having a little fun in our #BleacherReport studio seeing how many tennis balls he could fit in his huge hand. He got to 13! #NBADraft #Duke #BlueDevils #Twolves #Lakers #Sixers #Knicks @bleacherreport A post shared byJared Zwerling(@jaredzwerling) onMay 18, 2015 at 3:0...
If all goes as planned, Okafor will be able to experience an NBA game in the very near future. He’ll likely follow in the footsteps of his distant cousin – Emeka Okafor – and become a top draft pick. Okafor can’t wait for that moment to come, the moment when all of his hard ...
Last year's Duke freshman sensation, Jabari Parker, said the same thing and still wound up entering the draft. However, if Okafor does choose to stay at Duke, he will greatly change the look of every NBA Mock Draft out there. Okafor has been the consensus number one pick since before th...
either.So enjoy watching this 6-foot-11 freshman now before he leaves for the NBA draft in June. He will be the No. 1 pick.I’ve watched Okafor since after his freshman year at Chicago’s Whitney Young High School. I worked with him at theLeBron JamesSkills Academy and saw him domina...
“slipping” to No. 3 in the draft behind versatile big man Karl-Anthony Towns and point guard D’Angelo Russell. But don’t tell Okafor that his traditional post game is rapidly growing obsolete.Speaking with Complex before the draft, he told us, “Saying that the center is ‘dying’ ...
2. Jahlil Okafor — 6'11" 270 pounds Forward/Center | Freshman | Duke Bio: In his one season at Duke, the Chicago native commanded the spotlight from start to finish, all the way to a title in Indianapolis. Okafor is as proven a commodity as there is in this draft and the safest ...
Okafor was on a roster that was littered with big men throughout his time with the team, that included him, Joel Embiid and Nerlens Noel all taken in the top 10 of the draft. Noel was traded to Dallas, an Now Okafor is heading to Brooklyn. ...
Lakers Should Draft Jahlil Okafor - Go Big or Go HomeWhen the pingpong balls fell the Lakers' way last month and theymoved up to the second spot in...Bonsignore, Vincent