Jahlil Okafor

Okay, seriously: What in the actual effing eff are the Chicago Bulls doing. The point guard rotation is a mess. Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade seem like they hate everyone else on the team. Head coach Fred Hoiberg is being criticized for not generating more shooting from a roster that isn’t built to shoot. The [...]

Let’s call Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown an optimist. Nerlens Noel is inching closer to making his 2016-17 debut, and that means Brown will have three top-tier center prospects on his hands. For his part, though, he believes he can make Joel Embiid, Jahlil Okafor and Noel coexist, per the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Keith Pompey: [...]

Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor are both still members of the Philadelphia 76ers…for now. But that could change…eventually. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped this tidbit at the end of his report that the Sixers had signed Elton Brand to a one-year deal: The Sixers have had periodic trade talks this summer involving Noel and Okafor [...]

Should the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers hammer out a Jahlil Okafor trade, it doesn’t sound like it will be a mutually beneficial deal. Going one step further, it doesn’t seem like the Sixers will emerge from any completed negotiations with much to show for their troubles, according to philly.com’s Keith Pompey: It doesn’t make [...]

Some friendly advice: Don’t go purchasing any custom Blake Griffin and/or Russell Westbrook Boston Celtics jerseys just yet. Jahlil Okafor orders are totally fine, though. According to A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com, the Celtics are more likely to trade for the Philadelphia 76ers’ sophomore than they are two deal for either of the Oklahoma City [...]

Jahlil Okafor is not a fan of trade rumors. On Saturday, Calkins Media’s Tom Moore reported that the Philadelphia 76ers “tried like hell” to deal Okafor ahead of the draft but couldn’t find a palatable deal. He then revealed that the absence of a trade frustrated the young big man and his camp (h/t CBS [...]

Jahlil Okafor knows the Philadelphia 76ers are trying to trade him. Here’s what he told Basketball Insiders’ Alex Kennedy: “Well, of course you hear it,” Okafor said of trade rumors. “You hear it because of people texting you and asking you and all of that stuff. There were trade rumors involving me throughout the season. [...]

Who is more likely to be wearing a Philadelphia 76ers uniform next season, Jahlil Okafor or Nerlens Noel? If the Sixers get their way, it’ll be Noel who sticks with the team. From Keith Pompey of philly.com: It’s unclear whether he’ll be a Sixer next season. The Sixers are shopping Okafor and center Nerlens Noel [...]

There is a chance Jahlil Okafor’s tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers lasts just one season. Stacked with bigs, the Sixers need to clean up their frontcourt logjam. Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel and Okafor are all best suited at the 5. Philly ran into issues with just Noel and Okafor this season, and that problem will [...]

Let the healing process began. Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor has been sidelined since February 28 with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Now, more than three weeks later, he has officially underwent surgery, per RealGM: Jahlil Okafor underwent a successful arthroscopic procedure on Tuesday to address a slight tear of the meniscus in [...]