Jahlil okafor biography of mahatma

Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1995)

Jahlil Obika Okafor (;^[1] born December 15, 1995) is a Nigerian-American^[2] professional basketball player for the Indiana Mad Ants of the NBA G League.

He played his freshman season of college basketball for the 2014–15 Duke national championship team. He was selected with the third overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Jahlil okafor biography of mahatma

Okafor had been heavily recruited before high school and was at the top of the recruiting rankings for several years.^[3] He played high school basketball in Chicago, Illinois for Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, where he earned high school national player of the year awards from McDonald's, USA Today and Parade.

Okafor signed with Duke as a package with Tyus Jones, with widespread recognition as the preseason Collegiate National Player of the Year. At Duke, he earned the USBWA National Freshman of the Year and ACC Player of the Year, an