Former lottery decide Jahlil Okafor has agreed to a coaching camp take care of the Indiana Pacers, per Shams Charania. Okafor final performed within the NBA through the 2020-21 season, the place he appeared in 27 video games for the Detroit Pistons. Since then, he is performed abroad, the place he spent two seasons taking part in in China, and most just lately is coming off a season in Spain the place he averaged 11.7 factors and 5.1 rebounds per sport.

Okafor was drafted third general within the 2015 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers after taking part in one standout yr at Duke. He had a promising begin to his rookie profession, averaging 17.5 factors, seven rebounds and 1.2 blocks, however suffered a torn meniscus in his proper knee, and missed the final 22 video games of the season. He earned All-Rookie First Group honors, and end fifth in Rookie of the Yr voting, however the peak of his NBA profession could be his rookie marketing campaign.

Oakfor spent three seasons with the Sixers, and a part of the downfall throughout his tenure was due to Philadelphia’s roster constructing. When Okafor was taken with the third general decide in 2015, the Sixers already had Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid on the roster. Each Noel and Embiid had been taken within the drafts previous to Okafor, and but the Sixers nonetheless chosen him. It created a logjam at middle and in addition stifled his improvement. With Okafor being extra restricted on either side of the ball in comparison with Embiid who started to flourish, and Noel who confirmed promise as a rim protector, Okafor fell by the wayside and was ultimately traded to the Nets in a wage dump deal in 2017.

Whereas Okafor managed to bounce across the league to completely different groups, he by no means managed to achieve any actual footing at any cease he made in Brooklyn, New Orleans and Detroit. However now after a number of years abroad, Okafor is getting one other likelihood on the NBA with the Pacers.