On the court, Sixers rookie center Jahlil Okafor has been a rare bright spot for a dreadful team in the midst of a third-consecutive year of tanking. Off the court, Okafor's issues—from TMZ video of a street fight, to trying to use a fake I.D., to excessive speeding, to reportedly having a gun pulled on him—have been cause for concern. Okafor doesn't seem like a bad kid, just the definition of a knucklehead.
Now, weeks after the on-field return of Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, the July 4th accident that nearly cost the star defensive end his right hand seems less and less like a major issue.