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Duren's next step is playing through the elbows as a passer with shooters around him.
โThat's where the next step is for him. โฆ Understanding how good of a passer he is, then what it looks like when you put the ball in his hands at the elbows, and now you've got shooting all around.โ
Okorie is intelligent and poised and can run the show with tough defense.
โHe's highly intelligent. He understands the game. He can run a show, having the ball in his hands. He can put people in the right spots. He's tough and gritty defensively. And emotionally, he always stays poised. You don't see him doing the up and down. So I think that's going to help him in his rookie year.โ
Okorie always believed his opportunity would come.
โI knew my time was going to come.โ
Okorie impressed with his patience and poise and with an unusual finishing ability for his age.
โHe's patient, and he doesn't get sped up... He just was so poised... at that age to have the ability to finish the way that he can finish is unique.โ
Okorie finishes through traffic and over size with either hand and is ahead for his age.
โat that age to have the ability to finish the way that he can finish is unique. You know, not a lot of guys can do that... So that's a step ahead for him. And to be able to finish oversize and traffic with either hand. You know, I mean, like, he's ahead of the game for sure.โ
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