Thanksgiving has a pretty set series of F's for most Americans -- feasting, family and football. Jahlil Okafor evidently saw fit to bring an addition to the table, with his fight in Boston putting basketball in the headlines on a typically dormant day.
The response from most of the masses has centered around, what else, the Sixers rebuild and its effect on Okafor and his teammates. This isn't new territory, but it's certainly a different and more unique situation in which the repercussions of the roster makeup have to be considered.
Rather than dismissing the value of veteran presence -- which I think happens too often in Sixers circles, even if I think it's an overstated concept -- let's have an open conversation on some specifics, and what it actually means to be a leader.