Jahlil Okafor was drafted 3rd by the lowly Philadelphia 76ers last summer,out of Duke. Since he was drafted he has been averaging 18.0 PPG, 7.9 RPG, and 1.7 BPG, great numbers for a rookie, one who was thought to be the 3rd most NBA ready player on draft day. Okafor has been playing hard but his life has been lousy off the court, who could blame him? The 76ers are 0-17, haven't won a single game in around 8 months, and he isn't happy about spending his night life in Philly. Weeks ago, back in October, he was thought to have had a gun pointed at him by a heckler after he started to verbally jab Okafor, saying "The 76ers suck and you guys are all losers. You'll never win a game." The heckler was obviously stating facts based on what we have seen from the Sixers so far this season. I'm guessing that the heckler was probably a pissed-off Sixers fan, or a drunk Sixers fan. After Okafor heard his comments and took to confront the heckler. The security and the people in that area quickly shut down the scuffle the heckler, but not before Okafor and the man got into it and Okafor pushed him to the ground and KO'd him, as seen in the TMZ video below...
It is not known whether this was the same altercation, because there was a similar report filed saying that Jahlil pushed the heckler down after a similar scuffle, this might be that video. Because ESPN titled their post-
'Report:Jahlil Okafor had gun pointed at him in Oct. altercation with heckler'
We have to assume that he had a gun pointed at him, although there is no evidence of that in the video or in the evidence recovered by witnesses of the scuffle, so I don't know why ESPN titled their post that, because there is no further reports of the gun pointing in the article.
Jahlil is now facing more heat for reckless driving, while driving in a car going 108 MPH on a bridge in Philly. A bridge in Philly said to be reckless driving if you were driving as low as 40 MPH in that zone. If the Sixers were any other franchise in the League, Jahlil would be disciplined, but the Sixers are doing so bad that they need Okafor to win a game, and with their schedule as it is, he better show up and whip the Grizzlies to get the win. Then he will be forgiven.
Article on Kristaps PorzinGod coming soon....
--KSP--
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