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Onyeka Okongwu Is Heralded But Not Hyped

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3.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

After an outstanding freshman season at USC, hoops star Onyeku Okongwu is projected to go very early in this year’s NBA draft, which is now scheduled for October. The Athletic’s Seth Davis joins us to talk about how the young power forward went from relative obscurity to college star, how high he could go in the NBA draft, and the family tragedy that gave Okongwu renewed focus and still inspires him today.

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0:06.1

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0:08.1

And I'm Sirete.

0:09.1

And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly True Crime Podcast.

0:12.8

Every week on Redhanded, we get stuck into the most talked-about cases.

0:16.3

From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

0:21.6

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

0:29.6

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood,

0:33.9

the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

0:39.9

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior.

0:44.8

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0:47.2

What drives a child to kill?

0:49.5

And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

0:51.4

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0:53.8

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0:57.6

or by subscribing to Wondry Plus in Apple podcasts or the Wondry app.

1:24.8

The Athletic Seth Davis joins us today to talk about how the young power forward went from relative unknown to college star,

1:33.2

how high he could go in the draft, and a family tragedy that gave a Kongwu renewed focus.

1:39.7

Basketball became his heaven, and so he kind of poured that pain and that hurt into basketball and it made him a better player.

1:47.3

All those hours have really paid off.

1:49.9

From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson.

1:53.6

And I'm Anders Kelto. It's Tuesday, July 7th, and this is The Lead.

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