As Jahlil Okafor sat on the court during the fourth quarter grabbing on his right ankle, one could could only think if he had grabbed and subsequently lost out on a roster spot with the New Orleans Pelicans. His latest prognosis is that he will miss the next 1-2 weeks recovering from his ankle sprain. His fight back to NBA relevance just got a bit tougher.
Nothing has been easy for Jahlil. When he was just nine years old, his mother passed away from a collapsed lung after contracting bronchitis. Okafor then moved to Chicago to be with his Father.