OG Anunoby

Ogugua "OG" Anunoby Jr. (born 17 July 1997) is a British professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and led the league in steals while being named to his first NBA All-Defensive Team in 2023. In 2026, he earned NBA All Defensive Team honours for a second time.

Ogugua Anunoby was born in London, England, on 17 July 1997, to Nigerian parents of Igbo descent. His father, Ogugua Sr. (1952–2018), taught as a professor at Oxford Brookes University at the time. His mother, Grace Ndidi Okereke, was a track and field athlete who competed at a national level for Nigeria and died of cancer when Anunoby was one year old. At the age of four, Anunoby moved with his family to the US and settled in Jefferson City, Missouri, where his father was a professor of finance at Lincoln University. His older brother, Chigbo, played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, and Minnesota Vikings before expressing interest in entering medical school (he ultimately did not attend). Anunoby played football when he was young, but stopped around the age of eight to focus more on basketball because of his height.

Anunoby played for Jefferson City High School. During his senior season, he averaged 19.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game and was named a finalist for Mr Basketball in the state of Missouri. In October 2014, Anunoby chose to attend Indiana University over Georgia, Iowa, George Mason, and Ole Miss.