Ex-Georgia Tech star Josh Okogie among Rising Stars
Former Georgia Tech star Josh Okogie has been named to play in the Rising Stars Challenge at the NBA’s All-Star weekend for the second year in a row. The announcement was made Friday.
The game will be played Feb. 14 in Chicago, two days before the NBA All-Star game.
Okogie, who is averaging 8.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 45 games this season for the Minnesota Timberwolves, will play for Team World against Team USA in a competition of the league’s top first-and second-year players.
Okogie, a first-round pick in 2018 coming out of Tech following his sophomore season, was born in Nigeria and holds dual U.S.-Nigeria citizenship.
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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
