Written by: Colin Udoh, ESPN

One has to go all the way back to Hakeem Olajuwon to find a Nigerian presence at the NBA All Star weekend, and even that would be stretching it, as he is technically an American who represented the USA, not Nigeria.

So it was refreshing to find Minnesota Timberwolves guard Josh Okogie basking in the glow of that rarefied air in Chicago, featuring in the Rising Stars game for Team World.

Click here to read the full article on ESPN: Nigeria’s Josh Okogie praises Mike Brown, makes history at All-Star weekend