Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Joshua Aloiye Okogie was born on September 1, 1998, in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a guard in the NBA.

Josh attended Shiloh High School in Snellville, Georgia where he played for his high school basketball team. As a child, Josh showed great skills in playing piano, violin, and tuba, but chose to focus on basketball in the ninth grade at the age of 11.

As a freshman at Georgia Tech, Okogie averaged 16.1 points 5.4 rebounds per game and was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team. He was a third team 2017–18 All-ACC selection as a sophomore. As a sophomore, Okogie led Georgia Tech in scoring with 18.2 points per game. After the season, he declared for the 2018 NBA Draft but did not hire an agent, thus leaving open the possibility of returning to school.

On June 21, 2018, the Minnesota Timberwolves drafted Okogie with the 20th overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft. On July 2, 2018, he signed with the Timberwolves. On January 29, 2019, he was named a member of the World Team for the 2019 Rising Stars Challenge.