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We are just weeks away now from the 2020 NBA Draft and former Auburn star Isaac Okoro will finally find out where he will be playing for the next few seasons as a professional.
In The Rookie Wire’s latest mock draft, they have Okoro going to someplace close to the Plains: the Atlanta Hawks with the sixth overall pick.
From the post:
Wing, 6-foot-6, 19 years old
The Atlanta Hawks had one of the worst defenses in the NBA last season and will need help covering up for Trae Young’s defensive shortcomings. The best perimeter defender in this draft class is Auburn’s Isaac Okoro, a potential hometown hero for Atlanta who won a state title in 2019 and helped lead McEachern High to the first undefeated season in Georgia’s 7A classification since 1995.
Okoro then shot 67.8% at the rim as a freshman, and the majority of those attempts were unassisted. He has been more than capable of creating his own offense on post-up attempts, isolation looks, ball handling in transition and putbacks. But the biggest concern with Okoro is that fewer than 20% of his field goals were from beyond five feet of the basket.
As a freshman last season, Okoro finished second on Auburn with 12.9 points and 4.4 rebounds.