Jahlil Okafor takes a day off during a meaningless summer league playoff stretch to fly to Los Angeles to attend a mostly pointless award show as the 23rd-seeded 76ers and 10th-seeded Nets play today. I'm sure people have reacted well to this news. And yes, those are seeds as part of the NBA Summer League playoff bracket.
Okafor, who has already played five summer league games combined in Utah and Las Vegas, was previously excused by the team, as confirmed Sixers PR director Michael Preston:
— Michael Preston (@preston76) July 15, 2015
Regardless, for those tuning in, including me at the arena, I'm trying to think of reasons to watch.