NBA teams eye Oguchi

AFTER leaving college basketball in 2009, Nigerian national team player, Chamberlain Oguchi, has been the ultimate basketball journeyman, bouncing from professional leagues in Lebanon, Venezuela, Mexico and the Philippines.It seemed Oguchi would come and go out of these Olympic Games without much notice. That was before he scored 35 points in Nigeria's final preliminary round game, a 79-73 loss to France. Suddenly, several NBA teams are inviting him to training camp on non-guaranteed deals, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.Several teams had front office executives in London for the performance, where Oguchi made eight of his 14 three-point attempts. Most see value in the versatile 6-foot-6 swingman, who could be acquired on a rookie-scale contract.Oguchi, 26, played high school basketball in Houston before enrolling at Oregon and Illinois State. He played 31 games for the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Developmental League in 2010-11, averaging 10 points per game.
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