Less than three weeks after the 76ers had made the sudden and stunning decision to hire him as their chairman of basketball operations, Jerry Colangelo cleared time on his schedule for a counseling session with Jahlil Okafor.
The Sixers were coming to Phoenix on Dec. 26 to play the Suns. Because Colangelo still lives there, he made certain to set aside time that day for a sit-down with Okafor, for his first chance since joining the Sixers to talk to a player who held so much promise and, over the two previous months, had done so much to embarrass the franchise.