Okafor says No. 1 draft spot 'more for the fans'
Center Jahlil Okafor doesn’t seem to mind where he goes in the NBA draft as long as it’s to a team that he feels is the right fit.
“I don’t know that I should go No. 1,” Okafor told SI Now. “I don’t care. I just want to go to the right environment for me and the right team. I think the hype about No. 1 is more for the fans.”
The 6-foot-11, 270-pound Okafor, who is projected along with former Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns to be the top two picks entering the draft, led the Duke Blue Devils to the national championship as a freshman. He averaged 17.3 points and 8.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.
The Minnesota Timberwolves landed the first pick of the 2015 NBA draft in the league’s annual lottery. The Los Angeles Lakers will pick second, with the Philadelphia 76ers drawing the third choice, the New York Knicks the fourth and the Orlando Magic the fifth.
The NBA draft will be held at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, on June 25.
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