James Okello

James Okello (born 26 January 1990) is a Ugandan basketball player, who plays for City Oilers and the Uganda national basketball team.

Early and personal life While his father was polygamous, James Okello was the sixth of nine children to his mother.

In school, besides basketball, he was involved in athletics (as a sprinter) and soccer. Okello’s sporting efforts especially in basketball right through school earned him a full scholarship at Crane High School for five years. In 2010, he received his degree there.

Player profile James Okello mostly plays the power forward position, in some cases he has also played center.

Hamza Nyambogo, the former KIU Titans head coach stressed Okello's intangibles: “I do not know of any player today who puts their body on the line for their team like Okello does as though everything depends on it. Yet, in basketball sense, Okello never accepts defeat.”

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