Among the many tattoos adorning the 6-foot-7 frame of Sixers forward Kelly Oubre Jr. is one on his lower right leg of Bruce Lee, the late, legendary martial artist. Oubre declared himself “a very big fan” of Lee’s late Tuesday night, after the Sixers had dispatched the Chicago Bulls, and said he had practiced taekwondo as a boy, before redirecting himself toward hoops. His interest in the discipline (and Lee) was rooted as much in the psychological as the physical.
“I’m a very big fan of martial arts,” he said, “and I’m a big fan of being like water — just going with the flow, being formless, shapeless, and just taking whatever life comes at you.