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Big, skilled, confident Okafor awaits draft calling

Jahlil Okafor used his oversized hands to reject Army’s Kyle Wilson. NBA scouts, however, question his defensive skills.

If you’ve ever seen former Duke star Jahlil Okafor grasp 13 tennis balls at once or palm a regulation-sized basketball as if it were a grapefruit — or even if you haven’t — you know all about his massive hands.

You might not know, though, about what you can’t see, what he says has lifted him to national acclaim by the time he was 13 and an early stroll to the stage at Thursday night’s NBA draft as well.