NEW YORK — Jahlil Okafor is ready to close the book on his time in Philadelphia and start writing a new story.
After an impressive first season with the Sixers that landed him a first-team all-rookie selection, injury derailed his sophomore campaign. Then his career was brought to a screeching halt this season when he was taken completely out of the Sixers’ rotation.
The team wanted to trade him, and he wanted to be traded. He asked for a buyout. As Okafor sat at the end of the Sixers bench, the clock kept ticking.