Since they first met each other in Chino Hills at 10 years old, LaMelo Ball and Onyeka Okongwu have looked forward to the moment when their professional basketball dreams would be fulfilled. And Okongwu said he feels “more confident about everything in my game.”“Me and Melo used to watch Chino Hills play all the time with my older brother and Lonzo on the team,” Okongwu said Friday. During a pandemic-shortened freshman season at USC, Okongwu needed only 28 games to block 76 shots — fourth most in Trojans history. What’s scary about that situation is he was still deferring so much,” former Chino Hills High coach Steve Baik said. “I just want to be a player like Bam,” Okongwu said.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 14, 2020 01:12 UTC