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Growing Up ... Isaac Okoro

Cleveland's Tenacious Defender Looks Back on His Early Days in the ATL

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t recognize Isaac Okoro as the Cavaliers top stopper on the defensive end. But you might be surprised to find out how the rugged sophomore became an excellent defender.

In today’s installment of Growing Up … the Wine and Gold’s starting shooting guard opens up about his early days in Atlanta and how he converted himself into the big league baller you see today.

Selected No. 5 overall out of Auburn in 2020, Okoro missed out on all the fanfare that surrounds the NBA Draft, not long after the early days of COVID-19 abruptly wiped out the conclusion of his college career.