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From the few highlights coming out of USA camp, Okogie looks like a different player. Ultra agressive, and looks to finish with authority at the rim. He's always had athleticism, and the speed to blow by people, now it seems he's putting all together. Hopefully the days of missing gimmes at the rim are over for him.



Okogie of last season would have probably tried to contort himself and put it off the glass looking for contact on that one.
 
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https://www.si.com/college-basketba...m&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_si

* The U19s' rising sophomore on the cusp of stardom is Georgia Tech wing Josh Okogie. As a freshman for the surprise NIT runner-up Yellow Jackets, Okogie averaged 16.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 30.8 minutes, which meant he had a more productive season than nearly all of the RSCI's top 100 recruits—a group of which he, as a three-star guard out of Snellville, Ga., was not a member. As Okogie said on his second day in Colorado Springs, "Rankings don't really save you when you're on the court." He then beat out a number of higher-profile players for a spot on the final U19 roster.

Okogie was an infrequent three-point shooter as a freshman, taking 1.9 attempts per game (and making 37.1% of them), but seems likely to ramp up his long-range volume (and most likely, his overall scoring efficiency) as a sophomore. He was a confident catch-and-shoot option from the corners during U19 scrimmages, and with his 7-foot wingspan and linebacker-like build, he's capable of defending four college positions despite being just 6'4". With a big season, Okogie could push himself into the 2018 or 2019 draft conversation as a 3-and-D prospect.
 
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