Newly minted 76ers center Jahlil Okafor will win the 2015-16 NBA Rookie of the Year award. Take that to the bank. It’s a formality.
You probably read that and said, “Pipe down, pump the brakes.” I won’t. And it’s not entirely because the former Duke Blue Devil is off to a fantastic start in summer league action. It’s deeper than that.
Sure, scoring 20 points, pulling down 9 boards and rejecting 2 shots in your professional debut is stellar. I loved what he said afterward about giving himself a C-minus for his first game action -- that tells me he’s not settling.