The Boston street fight Thursday involving the 76ers' Jahlil Okafor isn't the 19-year-old rookie's first run-in this year with a heckler, and the first one reportedly was much more serious.
Back in October, a heckler pointed a gun at Okafor's head after an exchange inside a Philadelphia club, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, citing five sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Although one of the unidentified sources said federal officers witnessed the October event, there is no known official report of it and Okafor declined to address it, according to the Inquirer.
On Friday evening, Boston police reversed themselves and said they are "actively reviewing" the early Thursday incident in which a man claimed in a police report filed Friday morning that he was a victim of assault and battery outside a Boston club. Cell phone video of the incident was first reported by TMZ.
Okafor apoligized for his role in the incident Thursday.
“It was definitely dumb on my part," he told reporters after a team shootaround on Friday. "It’s something that I am embarrassed about, (we’re) still dealing with the league and the team. But I’m not happy about it at all.”
Boston police are investigating the incident, which reportedly began when the man yelled at Okafor, "The 76ers suck, and you guys are all losers. You'll never win a game."
Okafor was seen throwing a punch at the man and shoving him to the ground while involved in a verbal altercation he and 76ers rookie forward Christian Wood tried to leave a club.
"We were leaving and just people making fun of us because we have been losing and I did a dumb thing — I reacted," said Okafor, the third overall pick in the 2015 draft. He added that being winless is frustrating, but given his role in the spotlight he cannot act like that.
The Inquirer noted that both incidents happened after Okafor, who won't be 21 until December of 2016, had been in clubs where alcohol is served.
"We can't put our head under a rug and play holier than thou," Sixers coach Brett Brown said of the situation. "It's all part of growing up. And it's my job to help him. And that part of it, if it's true, of course, it's concerning."
More context for the events: Okafor and the Sixers lost to the Rockets, 116-114, on Friday night, moving Philly (0-17) to within one loss of the 2009-10 New Jersey Nets' NBA-worst mark of 18 losses to open a season. The 76ers can tie the record Sunday against the Grizzlies.
