Isaac Okoro
Isaac Nnamdi Okoro ( /ə ˈk ɔːr oʊ / ə-KOR -oh ; an haife shi a watan Janairu 26, 2001) [1] ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ƙwararren ɗan Amurka ne na Cleveland Cavaliers na Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA). Ya buga wasan kwando na kwaleji don Auburn Tigers . An jera a 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) da 225 pounds (102 kg), yana buga ƙaramin matsayi na gaba .
Okoro ya buga wasan kwallon kwando a makarantar sakandare ta McEachern da ke Jojiya tsawon shekaru hudu, inda ya taimaka wa kungiyarsa ta lashe gasar jihar da kuma samun nasarar kasa a babban kakarsa. Rivals sun dauke shi a matsayin mai daukar taurari biyar da kuma tauraro hudu ta 247Sports da ESPN . Bayan kakar karatun sa na kwaleji a Auburn, an ba shi suna zuwa ƙungiyar ta biyu All-SEC.
Rayuwar farko
gyara sasheAn haifi Okoro a Atlanta, Georgia ga iyayen Najeriya kuma ya girma a cikin metro Atlanta . Mahaifinsa, Godwin, ya yi hijira daga Najeriya a shekarun 1980. Mahaifiyarsa, Gloria, ita ma 'yar Najeriya ce. [2] Okoro ya fara buga kwallon kwando ne a gasar lig din cocin karamar hukumarsa. Lokacin da yake kusan shekaru bakwai zuwa takwas, ya fara horo a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kocin Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Omar Cooper, mahaifin abokin wasansa na gaba, Sharife Cooper . Ya buga wa AOT Running Rebels na kewayen Nike EYBL. [3]
Aikin makarantar sakandare
gyara sasheOkoro ya buga wasan kwando na sakandare don makarantar sakandare ta McEachern a Powder Springs, Jojiya . A cikin sabon kakarsa, ya sami matsakaicin maki 15 da sake dawowa takwas a kowane wasa, yana taimaka wa ƙungiyarsa ta lashe taken yanki kuma ta kai ga matakin Kwata-kwata na Jiha na Sakandare na 7A. [4] [5] A matsayinsa na biyu, Okoro ya sami maki 22.5 a kowane wasa, wanda ya jagoranci McEachern zuwa gasar yanki da matakin wasan kusa da na karshe na Class 7A. [5] [6] Ya sami Atlanta Journal-Constitution Class 7A All-State team na biyu da MaxPreps Sophomore All-American na uku tawagar girmamawa. [7] [8] A kakar wasansa na karami, Okoro ya samu maki 20.3 da maki 6.4 a kowane wasa, wanda ya taimaka wa McEachern ya kai ga matakin kwata-kwata na jihar Class 7A. [9] [10] An ba shi suna ga Atlanta Journal-Constitution Class 7A All-state first team da USA Today All-USA Jojiya tawagar farko. [9] [11] A lokacin kashe-kashe, Okoro ya samu nasara a Gasar Kwando ta Matasa ta Nike Elite, fitaccen mai son da’ira, tare da ‘yan wasa na gobe. [12]
A kakar wasansa na farko, Okoro ya samu maki 19.7, ya ci 10.6, ya taimaka 3.2 da sata 2.7 a kowane wasa. [13] Ya jagoranci McEachern zuwa lakabi a Birnin dabino Classic da gasar zakarun Turai. [14] [15] Ƙungiyarsa ta ƙare kakar wasa ta yau da kullum tare da rikodin 32-0, ta zama ƙungiya ta farko da ba ta ci nasara ba a cikin mafi girma na Georgia tun 1995 kuma ta karbi matsayi No. 1 na kasa daga shafukan yanar gizo da yawa, ciki har da MaxPreps. [16] Okoro ya samu maki 16 wanda ya taimaka wa kungiyarsa ta lashe gasar ajin 7A na farko a jihar. [17] Ya raba Atlanta Journal-Constitution jihar mafi mahimmancin ɗan wasa fitarwa tare da abokin wasansa Sharife Cooper . [18] An nada Okoro zuwa ga kungiyar MaxPreps Duk-Amurka ta biyu da kuma USA Today All-USA Georgia ta farko. [13] [19] A ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 2019, Okoro ya fafata a babban taron Nike Hoop, wasan taurarin duniya duka . [20] A ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 2019, Okoro ya zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando na biyu a tarihin McEachern da ya yi ritayar rigarsa. [21]
Daukar ma'aikata
gyara sasheA karshen aikinsa na sakandare, Okoro ya kasance yana daukar tauraro biyar ta Rivals da kuma tauraron taurari hudu ta 247Sports da ESPN . [22] [23] A kan Yuli 25, 2018, ya himmatu don buga ƙwallon kwando na kwaleji don Auburn akan tayi daga Florida, Jihar Florida, Oregon da Texas, da sauransu. [24] Okoro ya zama na biyu mafi girma a tarihin shirin, bisa ga kididdigar 247Sports composite martaba, bayan Mustapha Heron . [25]Samfuri:College athlete recruit start Samfuri:College athlete recruit entry Samfuri:College athlete recruit end
Aikin koleji
gyara sasheOkoro ya ci maki 12 a farkon wasansa na Auburn, nasara da ci 84–73 akan Georgia Southern . Wasan da ke gaba, ya yi rajista da maki 17 a cikin nasara 76–66 akan Davidson . An nada Okoro a matsayin sabon gwarzon mako na Kudu maso Gabas (SEC) ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 2019. [26] Ya zira kwallaye mafi girman maki 23 a cikin nasara 83–79 akan Vanderbilt akan Janairu 8, 2020. Bai buga wasan da suka yi da Missouri a ranar 15 ga watan Fabrairu ba saboda raunin da ya ji . Bayan kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, an nada shi zuwa All-SEC Na biyu Team, SEC Duk-Freshman Team da SEC All-Defensive Team ta kociyoyin gasar. [27] Okoro ya samu maki 12.9, ya yi tazarar maki 4.4 sannan ya taimaka biyu a kowane wasa. Bayan kakar karatun sa, ya ba da sanarwar cewa zai shiga daftarin NBA na 2020 .
Sana'ar sana'a
gyara sasheCleveland Cavaliers (2020-yanzu)
gyara sasheCleveland Cavaliers ya zaɓi Okoro tare da zaɓi na biyar gabaɗaya a cikin daftarin NBA na 2020 . [28] Bayan kwana uku a ranar 21 ga watan Nuwamba, ‘yan doki suka bayyana cewa sun rattaba hannu kan Okoro. [29] A cikin wasan preseason na farko na Cavaliers na kakar 2020-21 NBA, ya zira kwallaye na nasara a wasan da daya ya sanya shi 114 – 116 kuma ya canza jefar da ya yi da 114 – 117 da nasara a kan Indiana Pacers . A ranar 23 ga Disamba, 2020, Okoro ya fara wasansa na NBA, yana farawa da yin rikodin maki 11, taimako biyar, da sake dawowa uku a nasarar 121–114 akan Charlotte Hornets . [30] A ranar Mayu 4, 2021, ya zira kwallaye-mafi girman maki 32 yayin asarar lokaci na 134–118 ga Phoenix Suns . [31]
A ranar 23 ga Maris, 2023, Okoro ya samu koma baya daya, ya taimaka daya, kuma ya zira kwallaye 11, gami da maki uku mai nasara a wasan, a nasarar da ta yi a kan Brooklyn Nets da ci 116–114. [32]
A ranar 17 ga Satumba, 2024, Okoro ya rattaba hannu kan kwangilar shekaru da yawa tare da Cavaliers. [33]
Aikin tawagar kasa
gyara sasheOkoro ya buga wa kasar Amurka wasa a gasar cin kofin kwallon kwando ta FIBA ta ‘yan kasa da shekaru 17 na 2018 a Argentina. A wasanni bakwai, ya samu maki 4.3, 1.9 rebounds da sata 1.6 a kowane wasa, wanda ya taimaka wa kungiyarsa ta lashe lambar zinare. [5] [34]
Kididdigar sana'a
gyara sasheSamfuri:NBA player statistics legend
NBA
gyara sasheLokaci na yau da kullun
gyara sasheSamfuri:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| Samfuri:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 67 || 67 || 32.4 || .420 || .290 || .726 || 3.1 || 1.9 || .9 || .4 || 9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Samfuri:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 67 || 61 || 29.6 || .480 || .350 || .768 || 3.0 || 1.8 || .8 || .3 || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Samfuri:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 76 || 46 || 21.7 || .494 || .363 || .757 || 2.5 || 1.1 || .7 || .4 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Samfuri:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 69 || 42 || 27.3 || .490 || .391 || .679 || 3.0 || 1.9 || .8 || .5 || 9.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 279 || 216 || 27.6 || .467 || .347 || .732 || 2.9 || 1.7 || .8 || .4 || 8.5 |}
Play-in
gyara sasheSamfuri:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 2 || 1 || 17.6 || .333 || .000 || .667 || 3.0 || .5 || .0 || .0 || 3.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 2 || 1 || 17.6 || .333 || .000 || .667 || 3.0 || .5 || .0 || .0 || 3.0 |}
Wasan wasa
gyara sasheSamfuri:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 5 || 2 || 14.9 || .478 || .308 || 1.000 || 1.4 || .8 || .4 || .4 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 12 || 7 || 21.9 || .357 || .257 || .778 || 1.8 || 1.1 || .9 || .3 || 5.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 17 || 9 || 19.8 || .387 || .271 || .867 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .8 || .4 || 5.8 |}
Kwalejin
gyara sasheSamfuri:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20[35] | style="text-align:left;"| Auburn | 28 || 28 || 31.5 || .514 || .290 || .672 || 4.4 || 2.0 || .9 || .9 || 12.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 28 || 28 || 31.5 || .514 || .290 || .672 || 4.4 || 2.0 || .9 || .9 || 12.9 |}
Manazarta
gyara sashe- ↑ "2020 Draft Prospect | Isaac Okoro". NBA.com. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ↑ Givony, Jonathan (April 11, 2019). "Isaac Okoro: 2019 Hoop Summit Interview". YouTube. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ↑ Scarborough, Alex (February 12, 2020). "Auburn back to the Final Four? Only if Isaac Okoro gets selfish". ESPN. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Three games into young season shows McEachern is ready to play". Marietta Daily Journal. December 8, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Isaac Okoro". USA Basketball. May 23, 2019. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019. Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "usa" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Halley, Jim (November 14, 2017). "Super 25 Preseason Boys Basketball: No. 9 McEachern". USA Today High School Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Holcomb, Todd (March 31, 2017). "AJC boys All-State basketball teams". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ "2016–17 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Sophomore All-American Team". MaxPreps. April 13, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Hilbert, Evan (April 16, 2018). "2017–18 ALL-USA Georgia Boys Basketball Team". USA Today High School Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ White, Carlton (February 28, 2018). "McEachern boys' championship hopes dashed by Norcross in quarterfinals". Marietta Daily Journal. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Holcomb, Todd; Saye, Chip (March 29, 2018). "High school basketball: Boys, girls all-state teams". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Smith, Cam (May 29, 2018). "Isaac Okoro has been on a Nike EYBL tear, and his athleticism should have teams on notice". USA Today High School Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Divens, Jordan (April 11, 2019). "MaxPreps 2018–19 High School Boys Basketball All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Zagoria, Adam (December 22, 2018). "Sharife Cooper, Isaac Okoro lead McEachern to City of Palms title". Zagsblog. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Wheeler, Wyatt D. (January 20, 2019). "Hot takes from a thrilling championship night at the 2019 Bass Pro Tournament of Champions". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Holcomb, Todd (March 12, 2019). "AAAAAAA basketball blog: McEachern, Westlake finish unbeaten, nationally ranked". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Divens, Jordan (March 9, 2019). "No. 1 McEachern continues magical year capturing first Georgia state title". MaxPreps. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Saye, Chip (May 30, 2019). "2018–19 High school Player of the Year winners". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ "2018–19 ALL-USA Georgia Boys Basketball Team". USA Today High School Sports. April 16, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Blockus, Gary R. (March 25, 2019). "Isaac Okoro Ready to Bring Aggressive Defense to Nike Hoop Summit". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Hensley, Adam. "Isaac Okoro: 4 things to know about the Auburn basketball freshman forward". The Montgomery Advertiser (in Turanci). Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Isaac Okoro". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Auburn freshman Isaac Okoro to declare eligibility for NBA draft". ESPN. March 20, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ Vitale, Josh (July 25, 2018). "Isaac Okoro, ranked 35th nationally in 2019 class, commits to Auburn men's basketball". Opelika-Auburn News. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ Green, Tom (July 25, 2018). "What 4-star small forward Isaac Okoro's commitment means for Auburn basketball". AL.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Week 2: Men's Basketball Players of the Week". Southeastern Conference. November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ↑ "SEC announces 2020 Men's Basketball Awards". Southeastern Conference. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ↑ Adams, Nick (November 18, 2020). "Cavaliers Select Isaac Okoro with Fifth Overall Pick In 2020 NBA Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ↑ Adams, Nick (November 21, 2020). "Cavaliers Sign 2020 NBA Draft Pick Isaac Okoro". NBA.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ↑ Penix, Sam (December 24, 2020). "Cavs: 3 takeaways from season opener win". ClutchPoints.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ↑ Withers, Tom (May 4, 2021). "BOOKER SCORES 31, SUNS DOMINATE OT TO BEAT CAVS 134-118". NBA.com. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ↑ "WATCH: Isaac Okoro Hits Game Winner Against the Nets". SI.com. March 23, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Cavaliers Sign Isaac Okoro to Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Isaac Okoro (USA)'s profile - FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup". FIBA. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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