Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor was suspended two games on Wednesday after video surfaced of him getting into a physical altercation with a heckler outside of a Boston nightclub in late November.
Jon Schuhmann of NBA.com provided a statement from the 76ers on the decision:
"We will support him. He is ours. And we will move on," said 76ers head coach Brett Brown, per Bleacher Report's Howard Beck. "I don't look at it as a terrible. It's a wake-up call," added Brown, per Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Brown told reporters Okafor did not disclose the second incident in Boston to the team and is "embarrassed", according to Tom Moore of Calkins Media.
Teammate Tony Wroten took to Twitter to support Okafor:
The NBA's disciplinary action comes on the heels of an incident that occurred after Philadelphia's 84-80 loss to the Boston Celtics on Nov. 25, which TMZ Sports captured footage of. The news outlet followed up with additional video of a second scuffle Okafor got into that night.
Okafor has played quite well under adverse on-c ...
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Jahlil Okafor Suspended After Hitting Heckler on Video Outside Boston Bar
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