During Monday’s NBA media day, two of the Magic’s more tenured players Mo Bamba and Chuma Okeke offered insight on their new identities, Orlando’s versatile roster and becoming veteran presences in the locker room.
Before any basketball-related comments, Okeke’s media session began with him speaking on how he spent the summer connecting with his African ancestry (Chuma’s father Chuka is Nigerian), informing the public that his last name is pronounced ‘O-kay-kay,’ not ‘O-key-key.’
“I’ve been hearing that a lot since I was young since I played with a lot of Nigerians on my AAU team. But I was young so I was like, ‘man my name is O-key-key,’ this is the way I’m used to saying it, but it’s pronounced O-kay-kay” Okeke said.