Isaac Okoro

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Basketball player
Isaac Okoro
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Okoro in the 2019/20 season
Player information
birthday January 26, 2001 (19 years and 219 days)
place of birth Atlanta , United States
size 198 cm
position wing
college Auburn
Clubs as active
since 2019 United StatesUnited States Auburn Univ.

Isaac Okoro (born January 26,  2001 in Atlanta ) is an American basketball player .

career

Okoro, whose father is from Nigeria  , played as a student for four years at McEachern High School in Powder Springs , Georgia . In July 2018, he announced his decision to move to Auburn University for the 2019/20 season . Okoro ended the 2018/19 game year with the McEachern High School team with a flawless record of 32 wins and no defeat, with the winger contributing an average of 19.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per match.

At Auburn University, Okoro was promptly one of the determining players and, like his teammates Samir Doughty  and J'Von McCormick, achieved an operating time of more than 30 minutes per game over the course of the 2019/20 season. Okoro was always in the starting line-up in his 28 missions, he posted averages of 12.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per encounter. In March 2020, Auburn's head coach Bruce Pearl announced that Okoro would participate in the NBA draft process. In several preview rankings he is named as a candidate for a place among the top ten players.

National team

In 2018 he won the U17 World Cup in Argentina with the US national team .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Auburn back to the Final Four? Only if Isaac Okoro gets selfish. In: Sports News Den. February 12, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 (American English).
  2. ^ What 4-star Isaac Okoro's commitment means for Auburn. July 25, 2018, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Isaac Okoro - Men's Basketball. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ 2019-20 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ ABC News: Auburn freshman Isaac Okoro to declare eligibility for NBA draft. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ NBA Mock Draft. In: NBADraft.net. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ 2020 NBA mock draft 5.0: First-round pick projections, predictions. February 24, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Isaac Okoro. In: USA basketball. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Okoro, Isaac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 2001
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta