Watch NBA Player Jahlil Okafor Fist Fight Outside Nightclub [Thug Life]

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.

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Okafor has yet to respond on social media about the incident. [Photo: Instagram]

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