Udoka Timothy Azubuike (/juːˈdoʊkə ˌæzəˈbuːki/ yoo-DOH-kə AZ-ə-BOO-kee;[1] born September 17, 1999) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Budućnost of the Prva A Liga, the ABA League and the EuroCup.

He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz.

[3] In his first high school game he was matched up against fellow future Kansas Jayhawk Joel Embiid.

[5] He was selected to play in the 2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game,[6] Jordan Brand Classic,[7] and Nike Hoop Summit.

[13][14] Azubuike received offers from many universities including Duke, Texas, Kentucky, and shortened his final list of colleges to Florida State, Kansas, and North Carolina.

[17] Udoka started every game of the regular season but missed the Big 12 Conference tournament after spraining his left MCL.

On May 17, he measured out to be a near-7-foot-tall center (with shoes on) weighing in at 274 pounds (124 kg) and holding the second-longest wingspan at 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), behind only Mohamed Bamba.

[32] Kansas won all nine games Azubuike played including against top-ten teams Tennessee and Michigan State.

[34] According to KU coach Bill Self, “We’re all very excited about Udoka making the decision not to enter the [NBA] draft.

He made his NBA playoff debut on June 14 in game 4 of the 2021 Western Conference Semifinals, recording a rebound in a minute and nine seconds of action in a 118–104 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.

On December 20, Azubuike recorded his first double-double with the Suns with 11 points and a season-high 11 rebounds in a 120–105 loss to the Sacramento Kings.