After that first day I questioned whether or not basketball was for me.
"Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi "Emeka" Okafor" is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. Prior to the NBA, Okafor attended Houston's Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas)/Bellaire High School and the University of Connecticut.
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The things Hakeem does, you can't just watch a tape and pick up the move. This was the first time he taught it, and it's hard to teach someone else something you did so naturally. The problem was, if you do something minutely off -- even the way you spin or the way your arm might come out -- he'd have to say, 'No, that's not the move. The move is this.' And you have to do it precisely.
He told me, `I'm giving you the whole package,' .
If you don't think you can make the playoffs, then what's the point of even stepping on the court to begin with? Will we make the playoffs? Who knows? But that's our mentality.
I think he understands what great talent we have, but he's doing a good job keeping us grounded. The ranking is not going to carry us to the championship game on April 5. We have to live up to it.
It made me feel real special, all warm inside.
As far as them believing in me, it makes me feel good.
To be at the point I am right now is just crazy to me.
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