BROOKLYN, N.Y. — “I have a chip on my shoulder. This is the first time where people are against me in a sense because I’ve always been the hyped-up guy,” Jahlil Okafor said at his introductory press conference on Monday.
Welcome to Brooklyn.
The Nets, you see, take pride in working hard and playing with a chip on their shoulder, We’ve heard it from more than one player. From the bottom to the top, everybody in the organization is playing with something to prove. Okafor feels it’s a good fit.
“I just worked my ass off every day knowing my opportunity would come and it would present itself, and I wanted to make sure that I’d ready when it happened,” said the 21-year-old.