Last Updated on June 25, 2015 8:02 pm by admin
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia 76ers have selected Duke center Jahlil Okafor with the third pick of the NBA draft on Thursday night.
Barring a draft night trade, the Sixers will have the 6-foot-11, 270-pound Okafor in a frontcourt already stocked with Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid. Embiid was the No. 3 pick last year and missed the entire season with a broken foot.
Okafor was the 17th All-America pick at Duke under coach Mike Krzyzewski and was also the first freshman in history to be voted player of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He helped lead Duke to a national championship.
The 76ers also are scheduled to have the 35th, 37th, 47th, 58th and 60th overall picks of the draft.
Okafor averaged 17.3 points and 8.5 rebounds in his lone season at Duke.