“First time we played together was when I was in seventh grade, he was in eighth. There was a lot of buzz in the city about Jabari Parker, rightfully so. He's obviously a major player. I was just blessed to have him one year ahead of me, so everything I did, he already finished. I've been really blessed to have him by my side.”

Nigerian-American basketball player, born 1995

Jahlil Okafor is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player. He was born in 1995 and is known for his college and professional career in the United States and Japan. He played his freshman season at Duke and was part of the 2014 to 2015 national championship team. In 2015, he was selected third overall in the NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He later played for Levanga Hokkaido of Japan's B.League.