Report: Jahlil Okafor involved in street fight

UPDATE: The Sixers released a statement regarding the situation.

"We are aware of the report and we are currently working to gather additional information. Until that time, we will have no further comment."

TMZ has a video they say is of Sixers rookie Jahlil Okafor punching a man outside of a bar in Boston who had shouted "76ers suck:"

Okafor says he was being heckled from the moment he left the club and felt threatened because people swarmed him on the street.

He says he was with a teammate — who he wouldn't name — and says someone got physical with the teammate … so Jahlil did what he felt he needed to do to protect himself and his friend.