Jahlil Okafor: 'Hype about No. 1 is more for the fans'

ByABC News
May 20, 2015, 10:59 AM

— -- Center Jahlil Okafor doesn't seem to mind where he goes in the NBA draft as long as it's to a team that he feels is the right fit.

"I don't know that I should go No. 1," Okafor told SI Now. "I don't care. I just want to go to the right environment for me and the right team. I think the hype about No. 1 is more for the fans."

The 6-foot-11, 270-pound Okafor, who is projected along with former  Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns to be the top two picks entering the draft, led the  Duke Blue Devils to the national championship as a freshman. He averaged 17.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.

The Minnesota Timberwolves landed the first pick of the 2015 NBA draft in the league's annual lottery Tuesday. The Los Angeles Lakers will pick second, with the Philadelphia 76ers drawing the third choice, the New York Knicks the fourth and the Orlando Magic the fifth.

The draft will be held at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, on June 25.