HOUSTON (AP) Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor says he’s embarrassed about a Boston nightclub scuffle captured on video and is dealing with the team and league on possible discipline.
The rookie taken with the third pick in the 2015 draft said after a shootaround Friday that the fight following a loss to the Celtics was ”definitely dumb on my part.”
Okafor says he reacted to heckling about the 0-16 Sixers, the only team in the NBA without a win.
TMZ posted cellphone video of the altercation on Thursday (https://youtu.be/aAmCcvHHY8M), showing Okafor yelling and later shoving a man outside the club.
Okafor is expected to play against the Rockets on Friday night.
Philadelphia coach Brett Brown says the team will handle the situation internally and he expects input from the league.
Boston police say they do not plan to investigate unless someone involved comes forward to say they were the victim of a crime.
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