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McEachern High School started as a vocational school in 1908 to the northwest of Georgia in Powder Springs, acquiring brief fame for future NBA star Josh Smith<\/strong> before he bounced to Oak Hill, then the Hawks. It’s 15 miles from Wheeler High, which vaulted Shareef Abdur-Rahim<\/strong> and JJ Hickson<\/strong> to the NBA before Jaylen Brown\u2019s<\/strong> ascent to Boston as a 2015 graduate. Wheeler always beat coach Mike Thompson\u2019s early McEachern teams through Brown\u2019s 28 point, 12 rebound per game senior campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaac Okoro<\/strong> changed that. In 2015, one year from high school, he watched Wheeler play Tucker at Georgia Tech, visualizing Brown\u2019s deadly jab step that propelled him to 29 points and a blowout win. Brown\u2019s team finished 30-3 as state champions two weeks later and left an impression on Okoro.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust the intensity he played with and his mentality going to every game just to kill and score,\u201d Okoro told <\/span>Boston Sports Journal<\/span><\/i> about what stuck out to Brown then. \u201c(To) do anything to help his team win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Okoro met Brown personally four years later in an open gym, himself 46 pounds\u00a0stronger and committed as Auburn University\u2019s second-highest ranked recruit ever. Sharife Cooper, a long-time Okoro friend and teammate,\u00a0rotated in and out\u00a0for “king of the court” as Okoro battled Brown one-on-one, both falling one point short<\/a>. He didn\u2019t get a victory that day against an NBA star. Okoro instead left with a phone number and mentor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That relationship could expand in Boston if the Celtics trade up in Wednesday\u2019s NBA Draft. Sean Deveney reported Boston is enamored by Okoro and may want to select him if Danny Ainge can<\/a>. No notable mock drafts show Okoro available at No. 14, and\u00a0he told BSJ<\/em> that the Celtics have not worked him out nor interviewed him as of Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Okoro, represented Lil Wayne’s sports agency, worked with the Timberwolves (No. 1), Warriors (No. 2) and Cavaliers (No. 5), proof of his rapidly rising stock as the best defensive wing in the draft. Six other lottery teams interviewed him in addition to them. He shares a similar build, 6\u20196\u201d, 225 pounds with a 6\u201910\u201d wingspan, to Brown, 6\u20196\u201d, 226 with 6\u201911\u201d width — also nearly identical to Jimmy Butler<\/strong> and Andre Iguodala<\/strong>. And he’s only 19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Okoro texted Brown periodically throughout his freshman season at Auburn and said Brown answered him religiously. The Celtics had just started their 2019-20 campaign, with Brown looking to shake off a devastating 2019 season, which he began shooting 39.8% from the field. Brown emphasized how much Okoro would need to overcome mentally to reach the next level, which he learned to do by emulating the intense confidence of Kevin Garnett<\/strong> and taking meditation advice from Ainge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you get into the NBA everything\u2019s mental,\u201d Okoro remembered Brown telling him. \u201cJust not being rattled by anything and going in there and playing your game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That game involves high-flying dunks, with the ability to finish with both hands. He shot 65% at the rim for Auburn and blocked 0.9 shots per game, while passing out of the high post, finishing\u00a0off the dribble and guarding every position defensively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Okoro\u2019s defense flashed first to Omar Cooper, a New Jersey native who moved to metro Atlanta with his family in 2007 and now represents Okoro. His son Sharife made friends quickly, including Okoro and a cast of Powder Springs third and fourth graders who either didn\u2019t make school or travel teams. They formed their own recreational group, collectively\u00a0fixating on basketball in what eventually became the Athletes of Tomorrow (AOT) Running Rebels AAU team.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey just had a unique bond,\u201d said Mike Thompson, Okoro\u2019s high school coach. \u201cAs ninth graders they sat at the front of the class, nobody’s pants were sagging. They would dress well. They knew what they wanted to do. They had their sights on going to college \u2026 they had been well drilled and well schooled on what they wanted to do from an early age.\u201d <\/span>
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Babatunde \u201cStretch\u201d Akingbola committed first\u00a0from\u00a0the group, in 2017, to Bruce Pearl\u2019s Auburn program as the AOT cast moved on to McEachern.\u00a0Their\u00a0games filled up to capacity each night no matter the venue. Cooper, now an Auburn freshman, built over 100,000 Instagram followers with features on YouTube displaying his skillful, flashy demeanor with a game based on step-backs and jump shots. It helped McEachern become nationally known in an age of internet-based hoop fame, surpassing the word-of-mouth Josh Smith<\/strong> hype. Okoro played Cooper’s gritty complement, meeting the floor often as his senior team topped Brown\u2019s mark at 32-0 with the duo declared co-MVPs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve always described those two as Isaac is the cake and Sharife is the icing,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cIf you’re going to make a cake. Sharife is kind of the entertainer of the group and Isaac is the hard core, does the dirty stuff. The things not many people want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson remembered Okoro entering the program shy and modest a year ahead of Cooper, who stayed back in seventh grade to grow. Okoro played a willing passer of responsibility and shots. Thompson sat him down for a conversation in the locker room after that season, telling him that the program would follow his lead for his final three years. He noticed Okoro prodding teammates from there, boasting that he\u2019d win every defensive drill in practice, \u201cyou might as well put my name on them.\u201d So Thompson did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Okoro\u2019s concern ahead of draft night is his jumper. He shot 20-for-70 (28.6%) from three and 90-for-134 (67.2%) from the free throw line last season. Team USA cut him for it as a high school sophomore, before he bounced back to win the FIBA U-17 World Cup with them. Despite rigid mechanics, his touch remains soft from outside and he finished his final four games at Auburn 4-for-10 from three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like a growing number of draft prospects, Okoro studied pros whose molds he fit like Kawhi Leonard<\/strong>, Brown, Butler and Iguodala, who all entered the NBA with shooting concerns and worked them out to varying degrees. Okoro is attempting to master his own with\u00a0thousands of shots and a dose of wisdom from Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMentally there\u2019s some games where you\u2019re not making shots or you\u2019re not playing the way you usually play,\u201d Okoro said. \u201cFor me, how I start to get my confidence back is on the defensive end by getting a steal or a block, or getting a big rebound or dive on the floor and try to make those big energy plays to pick myself up.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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