Emeka Okafor · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
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Emeka Okafor is a retired American basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Association and the NBA G League. Born in Houston in 1982, he played as a power forward and center. Okafor attended the University of Connecticut, where he played for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team. He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets and began his professional career in 2004.
During his career, Okafor played for the Washington Wizards, New Orleans Pelicans, and Philadelphia 76ers. He represented the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Okafor received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. His professional work period ended in 2018. Additionally, an author named Kenneth Emeka Okafor has published the work *The Nigeria of my dream*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Nigeria of my dream
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Emeka+Okafor">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,515x
- Science and technology of ammonia combustion
· 2019 · cited 2,353x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022
· 2023 · cited 1,523x
- Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study
· 2020 · cited 1,238x
- Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease
· 2022 · cited 1,079x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- 2018
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Born
- ( 1982-09-28 ) September 28, 1982 (age 43) , Houston, Texas , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Listed weight
- 255 lb (116 kg)
- High school
- Bellaire ( Bellaire, Texas )
- College
- UConn (2001–2004)
- Nba draft
- 2004 : 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Charlotte Bobcats
- Playing career
- 2004–2013; 2017–2020
- Position
- Center / power forward
- 2004 2009
- Charlotte Bobcats
- 2009 2012
- New Orleans Hornets
- 2012 2013
- Washington Wizards
- 2017 2018
- Delaware 87ers
- 2019 2020
- Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
- Points
- 7,370 (12.0 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 5,967 (9.7 rpg)
- Blocks
- 1,003 (1.6 bpg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Forward/Center
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi "Emeka" Okafor (pronunciation; born September 28, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Okafor attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and the University of Connecticut, where in 2004 he won a national championship. In his first season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2004–05, Okafor played for the Charlotte Bobcats and was named Rookie of the Year. He was traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2009 and was then dealt to the Washington Wizards in 2012. However, a herniated disc in his neck caused Okafor to miss four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2017 before being medically cleared to play.
Early life
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