Thanksgiving eve, otherwise known as ‘Drunksgiving’ Eve, is the biggest day of the year for drinking and rightfully so. Kids return home to their parents house for Thanksgiving break, reunite with friends and anyone over the age of 21 goes out and just gets hammered. Just face the facts, it happens.
But in one special case, last night, a 19 year old NBA star got involved in an altercation outside of a bar. No one ever wants to get into a fight when they go out but it appears that in the video above, someone got under the skin of Philadelphia 76ers star, Jahlil Okafor.
TMZ Sports has the video and some details on the incident which happened after the 76ers lost to the Boston Celtics in a close game.
It all went down after Okafor and the 76ers lost to the Boston Celtics — Jahlil and some friends went out on the town … and ended up in an altercation in front of Storyville Boston nightclub.
19-year-old Okafor was screaming at the other man, “We got money you broke ass n**ga.”
A scuffle ensues — people tried to hold Okafor back — but then he escapes and swings wildly at another man … connecting … and sending him flying to the ground.
In the melee, Okafor tumbles to the ground and a man in a green jacket tries to punch the 6’11” superstar in the back of the head.
We’re told everyone got up and fled the scene and no arrests were made.
We’re told the altercation began because one of the men in the other group yelled at Jahlil, “The 76ers suck.”
We spoke with a rep for Jahlil who tells us … Okafor says he was being heckled from the moment he left the club and felt threatened because people swarmed him on the street.
He says he was with a teammate — who he wouldn’t name — and says someone got physical with the teammate … so Jahlil did what he felt he needed to do to protect himself and his friend.
They immediately left after the incident.
