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Jahlil Okafor Off To A Great Start In The NBA

Former Duke star is quickly making his case as an elite NBA player.

Former Blue Devils Jahlil Okafor and Miles Plumlee face off in the NBA.
Former Blue Devils Jahlil Okafor and Miles Plumlee face off in the NBA.
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Jahlil Okafor may be making the teams that passed over him in the draft regret it: so far he's the leading scorer among NBA rookies at 19.8 ppg.

He's shooting .532 and - surprise - .789 from the line. Rebounding needs some work - he's just pulling down 5.6 per game - and his considerable passing talents aren't yet producing assists (1.0 per game), but still, Okafor is showing the prodigious talents he showed at Duke and which, for whatever reason, some NBA people didn't believe in.