Nick Piccone
Thanks to Joe Giglio for inspiring that headline.
Before Saturday night’s game against the Washington Wizards, Jahlil Okafor hadn’t played in the last five games. With Joel Embiid given the night off for rest, it was the perfect time for Brett Brown to play Okafor. Right? Right.
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Unfortunately for the many fans who took the bus ride down to D.C. for the game – made possible by the people over at the RTRS Podcast – they wouldn’t get to see Embiid. And Twitter user Shamus Clancy summed it up pretty perfectly:
Imagine taking a bus for two hours only to see Jahlil Okafor start.
— shamus (@shamus_clancy) January 15, 2017
Someone was paying attention to that. Or they just did a quick Twitter search of “Jahlil Okafor.” That someone? Jahlil Okafor’s father. And he had a rather terse reply to Clancy. [Screenshot via SI.com]
A few hours later, Okafor’s father would claim he was hacked.
I was hacked ??
— Chukwudi (@DaddyofaPro) January 15, 2017
Overall, it seems like he does Trust The Process.
@SpikeEskin we're sitting next to Jah's dad– he just gave me a $20 to pass to the beer vendor and said "I trust you– like the Process." ??
— serp (@_serpendipity) January 15, 2017
For what it’s worth, Okafor scored 26 points in 35 minutes to go along with nine rebounds. The Sixers lost, 109-93.