The Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday suspended Jahlil Okafor for two games effective immediately. "Jahlil is a very important part of our organization and our future," the team said in a statement.

The Philadelphia 76ers selected Joel Embiid with the No. 3 pick of the 2014 NBA draft hoping for him to become the face of the franchise. After missing two full seasons due to injuries, the big fella ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- From the waist up, Jahlil Okafor looks and operates like a manifestation of what all the college coaches who recruited him out of Chicago's Whitney Young High School and all the NBA ...

Dukefreshman Jahlil Okafor will enter the NBA draft, coach Mike Krzyzewski said Thursday in a news release. Okafor joins Corey Maggette (1999), Luol Deng (2004), Kyrie Irving (2011), Austin Rivers ...

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There was a time when some believed that Jahlil Okafor could be the first pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-10 center played just one year collegiately at Duke. That year, he was a First Team All ...

Center Jahlil Okafor doesn't seem to mind where he goes in the NBA draft as long as it's to a team that he feels is the right fit. "I don't know that I should go No. 1," Okafor told SI Now. "I don't ...

Okafor, the No. 3 draft pick in 2015, lost his spot to Joel Embiid in Philadelphia but now has the opportunity to develop in Brooklyn. By Harvey Araton The Nets have two of the top three picks in the ...

In a testament to his perseverance, Jahlil Okafor was finally able to make his return to the NBA nearly four years after playing his last game in the league. On Tuesday night, Okafor suited up for the ...

Jahlil Okafor most recently played in the G League during the 2022-23 season (he spent last year overseas). That season in the G League, he averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per ...