How Isaac Okoro went from debated draft prospect to ready-made rookie and potential starter
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Isaac Okoro drives to the basket for a score by the Indiana Pacers defense in the fourth quarter of preseason play, December 12, 2020, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.John Kuntz, cleveland.com
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That’s when Andre Drummond went searching for general manager Koby Altman. Drummond had something to say.
“I told Koby he made a hell of a pick,” Drummond said.
It took one preseason game and a few training camp practices for Drummond to become a believer, to recognize what Cleveland’s front office had seen all along, to learn what scouts and coaches always knew, and to be filled with the same level of excitement that came bursting out of head coach J.B. Bickerstaff on a Nov. 4 plane ride back to Cleveland following Okoro’s workout at Auburn, then again two weeks later when Okoro was announced with the fi