5531 miles.
That’s how far 20-year-old Elie Okobo had to travel as he left his family in Bordeaux, France to chase his NBA dreams in the United States.
Basketball is a family tradition in the Okobo household as his father, Yves Okobo, played professionally in France and was the first to introduce Elie to the game.
“I was like three or four years old with my dad,” Okobo said. “I was going to his practices when I was a baby. I was just working out on the side. He gave me cones and everything and I would just work.