WESTFIELD, Ind. — Minnesota-bound center Daniel Oturu injured his shoulder during the practices leading up to the Nike Hoop Summit last month.
That left a hole on the World Select Team roster and necessitated a call to Kofi Cockburn and a last-minute invitation to the Jamaica-born big man.
He was flown out from New York to Portland, Ore., to join the World Select Team on April 11 — just two days before the game.
Cockburn scored six points, pulled down three rebounds and blocked two shots in a little more than seven minutes off the bench in the World Select Team's 89-76 victory against the U.