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Report: Okafor provided a bodyguard

Jahlil Okafor will get the team provided protection he needs. ESPN reported that 19-year-old will be accompanied by a body guard whenever he goes out.

This news comes days after it was revealed that 76ers rookie had been involved in two early-morning altercations while leaving nightclubs.

The 6-foot-11, 265-pounder had a gun pointed at his head on Oct. 4 near Second and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, five people told The Inquirer. The suspect got away, according to a U.S. Park Service police report. Early Thursday morning, Okafor was involved in a fight outside the Storyville Nightclub in Boston’s Back Bay, caught on video hours after Wednesday night’s loss to the Boston Celtics.