Emeka Okafor

**Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi** "Emeka" **Okafor** // i (amụrụ na Septemba 28, 1982) bụ onye America bụbu onye na-agba bọọlụ bọọlụ. Okafor gara Bellaire High School na Bellaire, Texas na Mahadum Connecticut, ebe ọ meriri asọmpi mba na 2004. N'oge mbụ ya na National Basketball Association (NBA) na 2004-05, a kpọrọ Okafor Rookie of the Year. A zụrụ ya na New Orleans Hornets n'afọ 2009 wee nye ya Washington Wizards n'afọ 2012. Otú ọ dị, diski herniated n'olu ya mere ka Okafor hapụ oge anọ n'usoro site na 2013 ruo 2017 tupu a kwụọ ya ka ọ ghara igwu egwu.

## Oge ọ malitere
A mụrụ Okafor na Houston, Texas. Nne na nna ya abụọ bụ ụmụ amaala Naijiria, Emeka bụkwa onye mbụ n'ezinụlọ ya a mụrụ na United States. Nna ya, Pius Okafor, bụ onye otu agbụrụ Igbo.

Ezinụlọ Okafor kwagara Bartlesville, Oklahoma, mgbe ọ dị obere n'ihi na nna ya na-arụ ọrụ na Phillips Petroleum Company, nke nwere isi na Bartlesville. Mgbe ọ nọ na Bartlesville, nna Okafor kpọọrọ nwa ya nwoke gaa Bartlesville YMCA iji mụta basketball.

## Ọrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị
Okafor gbara bọọlụ na Bellaire High School na onye ga-abụ onye ama ama na Oklahoma State bụ John Lucas III. Okafor nwetara akara 22, rebounds 16 na blocks 7 na oge okenye ya. Bellaire bụ 26-5 n'oge ahụ, merie 56-42 na agba nke atọ nke 2001 UIL state playoffs, na Willowridge High School na onye ga-eme n'ọdịnihu Texas T. J. Ford. Egwuregwu a bụ ihe a ma ama, n'ihi na ọ gosipụtara ndị egwuregwu ise ga-aga n'ihu na-egwu na NCAA Final Four (Bellaire nwere Lucas na Okafor, ebe Willowridge gosipụtara Ford, Oklahoma State Ivan McFarlin na Duke's Daniel Ewing). Mmadụ ise n'ime ndị egwuregwu a niile gara n'ihu na-egwu ma ọ dịkarịa ala otu oge na NBA.

Okafor gbara ụgbọ elu n'okpuru radar recruiting maka ọtụtụ ọrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya, mana ka ọ na-erule ngwụcha afọ ikpeazụ ya na-enweta mmasị n'oge na mmemme kachasị elu ma họrọ ịnakwere agụmakwụkwọ na Mahadum Connecticut, na-ahọrọ Huskies karịa Arkansas na Vanderbilt.

## Ọrụ kọleji
áká_èkpè|thumb|Okafor na 2004
Okafor gbara bọọlụ maka Connecticut site n'afọ 2001 ruo afọ 2004. Ya na Charlie Villanueva, Marcus Williams, Ben Gordon, Hilton Armstrong na Josh Boone, bụ ndị niile gara n'ihu na-egwu na NBA. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ego ma gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụzọ nkwanye ùgwù mgbe afọ atọ gasịrị na Mee 2004 na 3.8 GPA. A kpọrọ Okafor Academic All-American of the Year na 2004 maka ọrụ ya n'ime na n'èzí ụlọ ikpe.

A maara Okafor maka ikike ya iji chebe onwe ya, ọkachasị mgbochi ya. Ọ bụ ezie na nsogbu azụ na-emetụta ihe ka ukwuu n'oge 2003-04, Okafor duuru UConn gaa n'ọkwa nke abụọ nke mmemme ahụ n'ime oge isii. E chiri ya okpueze dị ka onye egwuregwu kachasị mma na asọmpi NCAA. Na mgbakwunye, Okafor duziri mba ahụ na blọk n'oge ahụ ma bụrụkwa onye National Defensive Player of the Year site na National Association of Basketball Coaches. O nwetakwara ihe nrite Big East Player of the Year. Okafor gụsịrị akwụkwọ dị ka onye ndú Connecticut na mgbochi mgbochi na 441. N'ihi ihe ndị ọ rụzuru na kọleji, e mere Okafor onye otu 2004 U.S. National Men's Basketball Team nke nọchitere anya US na Olimpik na Athens.

Na Febụwarị 5, 2007, a kpọbatara ya na Husky Ring Of Honor na Gampel Pavilion na UConn campus na Storrs n'oge ọkara oge nke egwuregwu basketball ụmụ nwoke megide Syracuse Orange dị ka akụkụ nke emume nke ghọtara ihe ndị egwuregwu 13 na ndị nkuzi 3 rụzuru.

## Ọrụ ọkachamara

### Charlotte Bobcats (2004-2009)

#### Oge 2004-05: Rookie nke Afọ
N'abalị iri na isii n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2004, Okafor kwupụtara na ya ruru eru maka draft NBA nke afọ 2004, na-ahapụ otu afọ fọdụrụnụ nke iru eru egwuregwu kọleji. Otú ọ dị, ọ natara akara ugo mmụta ya na Accounting / Finance n'ime afọ agụmakwụkwọ atọ. Na June 24, a họpụtara Okafor nke abụọ n'ozuzu ya na draft ahụ, na-aghọ onye mbụ a họọrọ site na mmụba Charlotte Bobcats. N'ụbọchị na-esote, ọ nabatara oku ka ọ sonye na ndị otu United States maka 2004 Summer Olympics, nke ji ọla nchara mechie na Athens.

Oge 2004-05 bụ mkpọsa na-aga nke ọma ka Okafor meriri nrụgide nke ịbụ kpakpando rookie na franchise mmụba. Ihe ndị dị mkpa n'oge ahụ gụnyere idekọ okpukpu abụọ abụọ abụọ iri na itoolu na-aga n'ihu site na Nọvemba 21 ruo Jenụwarị 1, na ịmecha nke asaa n'etiti ndị na-aga na Eastern Conference na ntuli aka ndị na-akwado NBA All-Star Game na votu 408,082, nke kachasị elu nke onye ọ bụla rookie nwetara na 2005. Na ngwụcha oge ahụ, Okafor meriri enyi ya na onye bụbu onye otu kọleji na onye ya na ya bi, onye nche Chicago Bulls Ben Gordon, iji merie NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Na June 24, 2005, ndị Bobcats nwetara nhọrọ maka afọ nke anọ na nkwekọrịta Okafor, ka o guzobere onwe ya ngwa ngwa dị ka ihu nke franchise, na onye ọkpụkpọ siri ike maka afọ ndị na-abịa. Okafor mechiri oge ọhụrụ ya na 44.7% field goal percent na egwuregwu ọ bụla nke 15.1, 10.9 rebounds (nke anọ na league), na 1.7 blocks.

#### Afọ 2005-06
N'afọ 2005, ịdị arọ Okafor si 260 ruo 280 lbs. Ọ bụ mmụba a ka o chere na ọ kpatara ya na nsogbu iji dozie mmerụ ahụ ya na nkwonkwo ụkwụ n'oge mbụ ma manye ya ịnọdụ ala n'akụkụ ka ukwuu nke oge 2005-06 na mmerụ ahụ na nkwonụ ụkwụ ya. Ka o sina dị, n'egwuregwu ole na ole ọ gbara, ọ dị irè ka ọ na-eme nkezi okpukpu abụọ maka oge nke abụọ n'usoro. N'abalị anọ n'ọnwa Nọvemba n'afọ 2005, Okafor nwetara akara iri abụọ na anọ dị elu, n'akụkụ ijide rebounds iri na otu, na mmeri 110-93 na Philadelphia 76ers. Maka oge ahụ, o ji nkezi nke 13.2 na 41.5% ịgba égbè, 10.0 rebounds na 1.9 blocks kwa egwuregwu.

#### Afọ 2006-07
áká_ịkẹngạ|thumb|Okafor na-agba ọsọ megide Rasheed Wallace
N'oge ezumike ọ gara n'ihu na nkuzi ya na Hakeem Olajuwon, nke ọ malitere mgbe oge ọhụrụ ya gasịrị, wee tụfuo pound 20 nke o nwetara maka oge nke abụọ ya. Okafor chere na ibu a nyere ya ume na ịgagharị agagharị. Ọ butere ndị Bobcats na rebounds kwa egwuregwu, blocks kwa egwuregwu, na field goal percentage. Na Disemba 29, 2006, n'egwuregwu ụlọ megide Los Angeles Lakers, Emeka ga-edekọ 22 points, 25 rebounds, na 4 blocks n'ihe karịrị nkeji 51 nke egwuregwu, na mmeri 133-124 atọ. O nwekwara oghere asatọ n'egwuregwu megide Dallas Mavericks na Boston Celtics. Na Jenụwarị 12, 2007, ọ ga-edekọ oge NBA dị elu iri n'egwuregwu megide New York Knicks. Akara iri ya bụ nke kachasị edekọ n'otu egwuregwu na Madison Square Garden. N'egwuregwu ahụ, ọ bụ otu rebound pụọ na ndekọ nke mbụ atọ-ugboro abụọ na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke franchise, na-ejedebe na 20 pts, 10 blocks, 9 rebounds, na 3 steals.  Ka oge na-aga, o merụrụ ahụ na nkwonkwo ụkwụ nke mere ka ọ hapụ egwuregwu iri na ise. Ọ gwụchara oge ahụ na nkezi 14.4, 11.3 rebounds na 2.6 blocks na egwuregwu 67.

#### Oge 2007-08
Tupu mmalite nke oge 2007-08, Okafor jụrụ ndọtị nkwekọrịta na Charlotte Bobcats nke ruru US $ 60 nde karịa afọ ise. N'agbanyeghị na ọ jụrụ nkwekọrịta ahụ, Okafor kwusiri ike na ọ chọrọ n'ezie ịnọ na Bobcats. N'agbanyeghị esemokwu ya na onye isi nchịkwa Sam Vincent n'oge niile, Okafor ka jisiri ike nweta okpukpu abụọ maka oge nke anọ n'usoro nke ọrụ ya. Ọ gbakwara bọọlụ n'egwuregwu iri asatọ na abụọ niile n'oge mbụ ọ na-arụ ọrụ. Na ngwụcha oge ahụ, onye isi nchịkwa Sam Vincent chụpụrụ onye nwe ya bụ Michael Jordan na-ekwu na nkwupụta: "Nkwupụta iwepu Sam dị ka onye isi nchịk mgbe otu oge gachara siri ike, mana ọ bụ mkpebi a ga-eme n'ihi na ọrụ mbụ m bụ ime ihe kacha mma maka ndị otu anyị. "

#### Afọ 2008-09
N'oge ezumike, ihe kachasị mkpa nke Bobcats bụ ịbịaghachi ihu ha nke franchise. Site na mkparịta ụka siri ike, Bobcats na Okafor mechara nweta nkwekọrịta maka afọ isii, $ 72 nde, nke kachasị n'akụkọ ihe mere eme. Na nkwupụta, Okafor kwupụtara obi ụtọ ya na ọ ga-anọgide na nzukọ ahụ nke Larry Brown na-azụ ugbu a: "Ndị Bobcats na obodo Charlotte dum makụrụ m site n'ụbọchị mbụ, ọ bụkwa ihe na-akpali akpali ịbanye n'oge a na onye nkuzi Hall of Fame na ndị otu ya na-agba mbọ imeri. "

Okafor banyere n'afọ 2008-09 site n'ịgba bọọlụ 93 n'usoro na egwuregwu 92 n'usoro. N'afọ ahụ, Okafor gbara bọọlụ n'egwuregwu 82 niile maka oge nke abụọ na-esote (malite na egwuregwu niile ma e wezụga otu egwuregwu) ma mee nkezi okpukpu abụọ maka oge nke ise na-esota. 

N'oge ikpeazụ ya maka Bobcats, Okafor nwetara akara 13.2, 10.1 rebounds, na 1.7 steals kwa egwuregwu.  Mana na ngwụcha oge 2008-2009, onye isi nchịkwa Bobcats Larry Brown jụrụ ajụjụ n'ihu ọha banyere mmasị Okafor. "Ana m agwa ya ọchị na o nwere akara A na ịgbatị na pilates na yoga. Achọrọ m ka o nwee A na basketball, "Brown gwara ndị nta akụkọ ụbọchị abụọ mgbe Charlotte ji ndekọ 35-47 mechie oge ahụ. "Ọ na-eme ka ndị agadi nwee mmetụta dị mma, mana ọ ga-arụ ọrụ na egwuregwu ya.  Enweghị nwoke ka ya mma, achọrọ m ka o nwee mmasị igwu egwuregwu ahụ n'ihi na ọ na-agwụ ngwa ngwa.

### New Orleans Hornets (2009-2012)
Na Julaị 28, 2009, e rere Okafor na New Orleans Hornets iji gbanwere Tyson Chandler. A kọrọ na onye isi nchịkwa Charlotte bụ Larry Brown dị njikere ịhapụ nhọrọ mbụ nke franchise maka onye ọzọ dị afọ iri abụọ na isii nke dị sentimita atọ n'ogologo n'ihi na ọ wetara enyemaka ego na n'ihi, na 6-foot-10, ọ chere na Okafor nwere nsogbu iche ndị isi NBA. 

N'oge 2009-10, Okafor gbara bọọlụ 82 niile maka oge nke atọ n'usoro mana ọ hapụrụ ịgbatị oge ise ya na-eme nkezi okpukpu abụọ na 10.4 na 9.0 rebounds kwa egwuregwu. A chụpụrụ onye isi nchịkwa Byron Scott mgbe ọ malitere site na 3-6 ma jiri GM Jeff Bower dochie ya. Ndị otu ahụ mechara nke ikpeazụ na Southwest Division na ndekọ 37-45. Na ngwụcha oge ahụ, Bower si n'ọrụ nkuzi ya pụọ wee laghachi n'ọkwa ya dị ka onye isi njikwa. Monty Williams nọchiri ya. 

N'oge 2010-11, Okafor nyeere New Orleans aka ime egwuregwu ma pụta na usoro egwuregwu NBA mbụ ya. Hornets mechiri oge 46-36 dị mma maka ọnọdụ nke atọ na Southwest Division. N'ịhụ Los Angeles Lakers ihu na agba nke mbụ nke postseason, Okafor nwetara akara 15 ma jide 8 rebounds na 100-86 Game 3 loss, nke abụọ ga-emecha bụrụ ọkwa kachasị elu nke postse season. Hornets meriri usoro ahụ 4-2. 

N'afọ 2011-12 sochirinụ, Okafor nwetara akara 9.9 na 7.9 rebounds kwa egwuregwu. Mana Hornets gbasiri mbọ ike ma zụta onye nche ha bụ Chris Paul tinyere nhọrọ abụọ nke abụọ n'etiti oge na Los Angeles Clippers maka Eric Gordon, Al-Farouq Aminu, Chris Kaman, na nhọrọ mbụ na-enweghị nchebe. Na Disemba 28, 2011, Okafor nwetara akara 13 iji gaa na oge kachasị elu 6 na mmeri 97-78 na Boston Celtics.

### Washington Wizards (2012-2013)
Na June 20, 2012, e rere Okafor, ya na Trevor Ariza, na Washington Wizards iji gbanwere Rashard Lewis na nke 46 nke 2012 NBA draft. Okafor gara n'ihu bụrụ onye ikpeazụ maka onyinye Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year maka onyinye ya na ndị otu ahụ n'ime na n'èzí ụlọ ikpe.

### Delaware 87ers (2017-2018)
N'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2013, ụbọchị ole na ole tupu mmalite nke oge 2013-14, e rere Okafor, tinyere nhọrọ nke mbụ nke afọ 2014, na Phoenix Suns iji gbanwere Marcin Gortat, Shannon Brown, Kendall Marshall na Malcolm Lee. Otú ọ dị, ọ hapụrụ oge niile n'ihi herniated disc n'olu ya nke a chọpụtara na Septemba 2013, ma nọrọ na-enweghị akara n'oge niile nke afọ 2014-15, oge 2015-16, na oge 2016-17. Na Mee 30, 2017, a kwadoro Okafor ka ọ ghara igwu egwu.
áká_ịkẹngạ|thumb|Okafor n'oge ọ nọ na Delaware 87ers
Na Septemba 25, 2017, Okafor bịanyere aka na Philadelphia 76ers. Otú ọ dị, a hapụrụ ya n'ụbọchị iri na anọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba mgbe ọ pụtara n'egwuregwu ise tupu oge ezumike. Ka e mesịrị n'ọnwa ahụ, ọ sonyeere Delaware 87ers nke NBA G League.

### Ịlaghachi New Orleans (2018)
Na Febụwarị 3, 2018, Okafor bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta ụbọchị 10 na New Orleans Pelicans. O mere Pelicans mbụ ya ụbọchị abụọ ka e mesịrị, na-egwu na NBA maka oge mbụ kemgbe 2013. Ọ gbara nkeji itoolu ma nwee akara atọ na rebounds abụọ na mmeri 133-109 na Utah Jazz. Ọ bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta ụbọchị 10 nke abụọ na Febụwarị 14, na nkwekọ ezumike na Febụwaraị 26. N'ịbanye maka DeMarcus Cousins merụrụ ahụ, Okafor nwetara akara 4.4, 4.6 rebounds na 1 block na egwuregwu 26 na-eme mgbe niile, gụnyere 19 mmalite. Ndị Pelicans hapụrụ ya na Septemba 19, 2018, obere oge tupu mmalite nke ogige ọzụzụ.

Okafor bịanyere aka na Philadelphia 76ers na Septemba 21, 2018, tupu a hapụ ya na Ọktoba 13.

N'ihi na Philadelphia hapụrụ Okafor tupu oge ahụ amalite, njedebe nke oge 2017-18 na Pelicans mechara bụrụ oge egwuregwu ikpeazụ ya na NBA. Egwuregwu ikpeazụ ya bụ Egwuregwu nke 3 nke 2018 Western Conference First Round megide Portland Trail Blazers na Eprel 19, 2018. Pelicans meriri egwuregwu ahụ 119-102 na Okafor na-egwu nkeji 3 na ọkara ma na-edekọ naanị 1 foul dị ka stat.

### Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus (2019-2020)
Na Nọvemba 22, 2019, Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus kọrọ na ha agbakwunyere Okafor na ndepụta ha. Okafor mere nke mbụ ya maka ha na Disemba 4, 2019, na-apụta site na bench na okpukpu abụọ nke akara 11, 12 rebounds, abụọ nyere aka na abụọ blocks na 60-65 ọnwụ na Anyang KGC.

## Ndekọ ọnụ ọgụgụ ọrụ NBA

### Oge a na-eme mgbe niile

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte
| 73 || 73 || **35.6** || .447 || .000 || .609 || 10.9 || .9 || .8 || 1.7 || **15.1**
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte
| 26 || 25 || 33.6 || .415 || — || .656 || 10.0 || **1.2** || .8 || 1.9 || 13.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte
| 67 || 65 || 34.8 || .532 || — || .593 || **11.3** || **1.2** || **.9** || **2.6** || 14.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte
| style="background:#cfecec;"| **82*** || style="background:#cfecec;"| **82*** || 33.1 || .535 || — || .570 || 10.7 || .9 || .8 || 1.7 || 13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte
| style="background:#cfecec;"| **82*** || 81 || 32.8 || .561 || — || .593 || 10.1 || .6 || .6 || 1.7 || 13.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans
| style="background:#cfecec;"| **82*** || style="background:#cfecec;"| **82*** || 28.9 || .530 || — || .562 || 9.0 || .7 || .7 || 1.5 || 10.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans
| 72 || 72 || 31.8 || **.573** || .000 || .562 || 9.5 || .6 || .6 || 1.8 || 10.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans
| 27 || 27 || 28.9 || .533 || — || .514 || 7.9 || .9 || .6 || 1.0 || 9.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Washington
| 79 || 77 || 26.0 || .477 || — || .571 || 8.8 || **1.2** || .6 || 1.0 || 9.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans
| 26 || 19 || 13.6 || .505 || — || **.818** || 4.6 || .3 || .3 || 1.0 || 4.4
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 616 || 603 || 30.9 || .512 || .000 || .586 || 9.7 || .8 || .7 || 1.6 || 12.0

### Egwuregwu

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2011
| style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans
| **6** || **6** || **31.3** || **.645** || — || **.364** || **5.5** || .0 || **1.0** || **1.0** || **7.3**
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2018
| style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans
| 1 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || — || — || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 7 || 6 || 27.4 || .625 || — || .364 || 4.7 || .0 || .9 || .9 || 6.3

## Ndụ onwe onye
Aha mbụ Okafor, Chukwuemeka, pụtara "Chineke emeela nke ọma" n'asụsụ Igbo. Ọ pụtara na mkpuchi egwuregwu vidio *NCAA March Madness 2005*. Okafor pụtara dị ka onwe ya na oge nke abụọ nke ihe ngosi TV One Tree Hill . Okafor pụtakwara dị ka onwe ya na oge nke abụọ nke ihe ngosi TV Power Book II: Ghost .

Okafor bụ nwa nwanne nne nke onye egwuregwu NBA ibe ya bụ Jahlil Okafor. Ya na nwunye ya Ilana Nunn nwere ụmụ abụọ, nwa nwanyị nke onye bụbu onye na-ekpe ikpe NBA na onye nduzi nke Ronnie Nunn.

## Hụkwa

* Ndepụta nke NCAA Division I ndị isi egwuregwu basketball nke ụmụ nwoke
* Ndepụta nke NCAA Division I ndị isi basketball nke ụmụ nwoke
* Ndepụta nke ndị isi otu egwuregwu nke National Basketball Association
* Ndị otu basketball ụmụ nwoke nke US na 2004 Olympics

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