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Former No. 3 NBA Draft pick Jahlil Okafor will play for Zhejiang Ghuangsha in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

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Former No. 3 NBA Draft pick Jahlil Okafor is moving to China, announced his now former team Casademont Zaragoza.

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The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) team Zhejiang Ghuangsha paid Okafor's release clause to Zaragoza, luring the 27-year-old to China.

Okafor started the season in Spain, where he averaged 11.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 14.9 EFF per game in 11 appearances in the Spanish ACB League.

"If he [Okafor] leaves, for me right now in his career, it's a mistake," Zaragoza's head coach Porfirio Fisac said on November 22. "I think he'd be mistaken. He's played 15 or 20 games and is in good physical condition. It is true that he still has a lot to improve, but we cannot put more pressure on him in terms of changes of pace and efforts."

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