KZ Okpala

**Chikezie Jake** "**KZ**" **Okpala**  (amuru Eprel 28, 1999) bu onye ama ama ndi Sacramento Kings nke National Basketball Association (NBA).  Ọ gbara bọọlụ kọleji maka Stanford Cardinal.

## Oge ọ malitere
A mụrụ Okpala na nne na nna Naijiria Martin na Mary Okpala, bụ ndị biri na Orange County, California tupu a mụọ ya.  malitere ịgba bọọlụ mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ mana ọ sonyeghị n'òtù ndị ntorobịa n'ihi na ọ hụrụ ha na-enweghị nchịkwa. Okpala tolitere -egwuri egwu megide ndị okenye na klọb mmega ahụ na ogige ntụrụndụ. Mgbe  nọ na klas nke anọ, ezinụlọ ya si Fresno laghachi Orange County, bi na Yorba Linda, ebe ọ gakwuuru otu klọb mpaghara.gbakwara bọọlụ na baseball n'oge ọ bụ nwata tupu ọ lekwasị anya na basketball mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na otu.

## Ọrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị
Okpala gara Esperanza High School na Anaheim, California.  tolitere site na 5  in (1.78  ruo 6  in (2.03 m) n'ime afọ anọ ọ na-egwu basketball n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị. Okpala sonyeere ndị -amalite dị ka onye nọ n'afọ nke abụọ.  Jenụwarị 16, 2015, n'oge oge ahụ, o mere ihe atọ iji merie El Dorado High School. Dị ka onye na-eto eto, Okpala na-enweta akara 23 na 8 rebounds kwa egwuregwu iji duru Esperanza gaa na nzukọ nzukọ ma merie Crestview League Player of the Year. Oge kachasị ama  n'afọ ahụ bụ mgbe Okpala gbara Trevor Hooks nke Orange High School.

'oge kachasị elu ya, ọ meziwanyere ihe 30, rebounds 11, na blocks 2 kwa egwuregwu. 'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Nọvemba n'afọ 2016, Okpala nwetara akara iri anọ na otu na mmeri 76-59 meriri Spartanburg Day School na asọmpi nke ndị mmeri.  nwetara akara dị elu 46 megide Crossroads School, nke setịpụrụ ndekọ ụlọ akwụkwọ.   Machị 26, 2017, Okpala duuru Esperanza gaa na asọmpi mbụ ya nke California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II, na-enweta akara 22 megide Moreau Catholic High School. kpọrọ ya onye egwuregwu Crestview League nke Afọ ma kpọọ ya na Ballislife All-American Game.

Okpala bụ onye nkwekọrịta kpakpando anọ na otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị kachasị elu na California. Ọ natara onyinye site na Stanford na Julaị 2016, obere oge tupu ya etinye aka n'ebe ahụ.

## Ọrụ kọleji
Na Nọvemba 6, 2018, o jiri isi iri abụọ na itoolu, nkwụghachi 10, na enyemaka 5 mere nke mbụ ya na mmeri 96–74 meriri Seattle. Na Disemba 21, 2017, mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya ka ọ gbaa bọọlụ, o ji akara 6 malite na nkeji 28 megide Kansas. Na Machị 3, 2018, Okpala dekọrọ okpukpu abụọ mbụ ya, na-enweta akara 18 na 10 rebounds na mmeri 84-83 na Arizona State. O nwetara akara 23 kachasị elu na Machị 8, na mmeri 88-77 na UCLA. Dị ka onye ọhụrụ, Okpala nwetara akara 10, 3.7 rebounds, na 1.8 assists kwa egwuregwu. 

Na Nọvemba 6, 2018, o jiri isi iri abụọ na itoolu, nkwụghachi 10, na enyemaka 5 mere nke mbụ ya na mmeri 96–74 meriri Seattle.. Ụbọchị isii ka e mesịrị, Okpala nwetara onye egwuregwu Pac-12 Conference nke izu ahụ.  Na Jenụwarị 9, 2019, o nwere arụmọrụ ọzọ siri ike, na-agbapụta maka akara ịrị abụo na isii, 6 rebounds, na nnyemaka anọ megide Arizona.

Na ngwụcha oge nke abụọ ya, Okpala kwupụtara ebumnuche ya ịhapụ oge abụọ ikpeazụ ya nke iru eru kọleji ma kwupụta maka draft NBA nke afọ 2019.

## Ọrụ ọkachamara

### Miami Heat (2019-2022)
Okpala bụ onye Phoenix Suns dere na nke 32 n'ozuzu na 2019 NBA draft mana n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, a zụrụ ya na Miami Heat. Na Julaị 7, 2019, Miami Heat kwupụtara na ha abanyela na Okpala. Ọ gbara bọọlụ n'egwuregwu abụọ n'ime egwuregwu anọ mbụ nke Heat, mana ọ hapụrụ egwuregwu iri na itoolu n'ihi nsogbu Achilles. N'ọnwa Disemba 2019, e kenyere Okpala na Heat's G League affiliate, Sioux Falls Skyforce. Ọ nwetara akara 11.7, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, nzuru 1.4  na mgbochi 1.1 kwa egwuregwu na mputa iri abụọ na Skyforce.

N'abalị mbụ n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2021, Okpala sonyeere Heat maka NBA Summer League . 

Na Febụwarị 9, 2022, e rere Okpala na Oklahoma City Thunder maka nyocha.  A hapụrụ ya ụbọchị abụọ ka e mesịrị.

### Ndị Sacramento kings(2022-2023)
Na Septemba 14, 2022, Okpala bịanyere aka na Sacramento Kings. Na Febụwarị 25, 2023, a hapụrụ Okpala.

### Edensibia

## Njiko mpuga

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* Stanford Cardinal Biology
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