After the completion of the task of the National Games, Shandong will next face the CBA physical fitness test and determine the foreign aid for the new season. It is reported. The Shandong team plans to conduct a physical fitness test for the new season on October 7, and there is no clear news of the candidate for foreign aid. A few days ago, the media exposed the new candidate for shandong team foreign aid, he is the so-called Little Duncan Jalil Okafor, but also the 2015 NBA flower show.
Jalil Okafor , born on December 15 , 1995 in Fort Smith , Arkansas , is 2.11 meters tall, has an arm span of 2.26 meters and weighs 125 kilograms, and can play in two interior positions: center and big forward. Okafor's basketball skills have reached a near-perfect point, with the top offensive means under the basket, accurate basket hooks and soft back jump shot feel, is the best inside line in the blocking offense, while he has a fascinating basket foot, excellent dribbling skills, excellent protection rebounding ability and extremely high basketball IQ, which are important for him to base himself in the NBA.
Okafor comes from a basketball family, his parents were college basketball players, and 2004 NBA nominee Emeka Okafor was his distant cousin. Okafor's mother died of lung disease when she was 9 years old, and he was raised by his father and aunt. Outside of basketball, Okafor is versatile and excels at chess, saxophones and tuba.
In high school, Okafor had a lot of scenery, representing the United States in the U16 World Championships in 2012 and winning the championship MVP. After entering Duke University in 2014, Okafor became the king of the interior in the NCAA. In his freshman year, he performed very amazingly, averaging 17.3 points, 8.6 boards, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 66.4% from the field, brushing the Duke freshman record and winning the 2014 National Player of the Year. In 2015, he helped the team win the NCAA championship. From 2013 to 2015, he was named to the First Team of the All-American Team for three consecutive years.
In the 2015 season, Okafor occupied the first place in the mock draft for part of the season, but was later in the season by Downs. In the 2015 NBA Draft, Okafor was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 3rd pick in the first round, earning a four-year, $20.68 million contract.
On October 29, 2015, Okafor made his NBA debut in the 76ers against the Celtics, scoring 26 points and seven rebounds, becoming the sixth player in the history of the 76ers to score 20+ points in his NBA debut. On Nov. 10 of the same year, in the 76ers' game against the Bulls, Okafor played 31 minutes, scoring 21 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks, and had a double-double for the first time in his career. In his rookie season, Okafor played in 53 NBA games, averaging 30 minutes per game, contributing 17.5 points, 7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks, and was named to the All-Rookie Team.
In the 2016-17 season, after Embiid's return, Okafor's playing opportunities were reduced, playing in 50 NBA games in the season, averaging 22.7 minutes per game, with 11.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1 block. On 1 April 2017, Okafor missed all the remaining games of the 2016–17 season due to injury.
On December 8, 2017, Okafor was traded to the Nets and played in 26 NBA games for the Nets this season, averaging 12.6 minutes per game and 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds. The Nets did not renew their contract with Okafor in the summer of 2018, and Okafor became a free agent. On August 8 of the same year, Okafor and the Pelicans reached a franchise agreement, and the two sides signed a two-year contract. In the 2018-19 season, Okafor played in 59 NBA games, averaging 15.8 minutes per game and 8.2 points and 4.7 rebounds. In the 2019-20 season, Okafor played in 30 games with the Pelicans, averaging 19.5 minutes per game and 10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds.
In the summer of 2020, the Pelicans did not renew his contract with Okafor, who became a free agent. On November 21 last year, Okafor signed a two-year contract with the Pistons. Last season, Okafor played in 27 games for the Pistons, averaging 12.9 minutes per game and having 5.4 points and 2.4 rebounds. In September, Okafor was traded to the Nets, who subsequently cut him.
On September 17 this year, Okafor signed an unprotected contract with the Hawks, and he will compete with Caballo for the Hawks' 15th man, after Caballo also signed an unprotected contract with the Hawks. Today, Okafor is under the age of 26, but he has become a marginal person in the NBA. Okafor's annual salary at the Pistons is $1.76 million, and if the Shandong men's basketball team is willing to spend more than $2 million in annual salary, the introduction of Okafor should not be a big problem.
Okafor is a traditional interior play, which is more suitable for the current Shandong team. If this NBA eye show can come to the CBA, it will definitely become the top internal killer.