Hawk’s fans have something to be excited about in their sophomore center Onyeka Okongwu. They may have found their future defensive anchor in the future.
Okongwu has played really well as a starter in recent games and has intrigued everyone. He went up against superstar big men such as Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Karl Anthony Towns. The matchups shocked everyone, but all for good reasons as the 6’’8 center displayed an array of defensive schemes to limit the opposition.
“I don’t know what y’all call ‘small,’” Okongwu said after Hawks practice on Tuesday.
“I’m like 6-8, 6-8.5 barefoot, 6-9 on my good day, 6-10 with shoes on, and I play with shoes on, right? I don’t know what y’all really call ‘undersized.’ He continued.
“I think 6-9 for being a big man is solid. And obviously it gets the job done. So it’s like, no matter how tall you are, as long as you do what you do on the floor, it doesn’t matter. I’m athletic enough, long enough, I think I have all the intangibles. … I don’t pay no mind to that. I do what I do all day.”
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