If you could display in one moment the positive attributes Timberwolves rookie Josh Okogie has brought in his first seven NBA games, it happened early in the third quarter of the Wolves’ 124-120 victory over the Lakers on Monday.
Okogie was guarding Brandon Ingram beyond the top of the key. Okogie fought over a screen from JaVale McGee and kept pace with Ingram as he drove to the left wing. Then the 6-foot-4 Okogie rose to block the 6-foot-9 Ingram’s shot.
As soon as he touched the floor, Okogie was sprinting down for the other end of the floor and was in perfect position to take an outlet pass from Karl-Anthony Towns for a dunk as Ingram was watching Towns.