Daniel Oturu

Akinfayoshe Daniel Oturu is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers. He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Oturu was selected with the 33rd pick in the 2020 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Both of Oturu’s parents are natives of Nigeria.

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Summary Daniel OturuAkinfayoshe Daniel Oturu is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Oturu was selected with the 33rd pick in the 2020 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, becoming the first University of Minnesota player to be drafted since Kris Humphries in 2004.

Both of Oturu’s parents are natives of Nigeria. His favorite NBA player is Kobe Bryant, and he cites Joel Embiid as a role model. He was invited to play for the World Select team, representing his parents’ home country of Nigeria, at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon. His mother, Deborah, is from Ife and his father, Francis,. is from Fadeyi, a suburb of Lagos.