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Jahlil Okafor: My wish for you

By Luke Swiatek

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 9: Jahlil Okafor #8 of the Philadelphia 76ers is seen at the game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs during the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League on July 9, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 9: Jahlil Okafor #8 of the Philadelphia 76ers is seen at the game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs during the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League on July 9, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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By declining Jahlil Okafor‘s option, the Philadelphia 76ers have proven that he has no place on this team. So I wrote (parodied) a song about it.

I won’t waste time with a long intro. Here’s a parody of Rascal Flatts’ “My Wish” as relates to my hopes for Jahlil Okafor’s future. All rights go to the respective owners.

If anyone can sing and is so inclined, go ahead and record yourself singing it and tweet it at @LukeSwiatek and @SixerSense. Enjoy.

“My Wish”

I hope the buckets come easy and the pace comes slow

And each road leads you where you want to go

And if you’re placed in the paint, and you have to shoot

I hope you take the shot that goes in most for you

And if you get bought out and another team bites

I hope you keep on scoring til you start a bar fight

If they’re on the fence, maybe try to play some defense

But more than anything, more than anything

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My wish, for you, is that this league becomes all that you want it to

Your team stays big, your spacing stays small

You never need to try to play some “Moreyball”

And while you’re out there posting up like you can do

I hope you know somebody loves you, just not in Philly, dude

Yeah, this is my wish

I hope you never play us, and you never forget

All the games you played here, when your shot was wet

I hope you sign on with Spurs, and that someday Pop says,

“I forget; who is that Timmy guy again?”

Oh, you’re not too late, to learn to rotate

And always use that Dreamy Shake

But more than anything, yeah, more than anything

My wish, for you, is that this league becomes all that you want it to

Your team stays big, your spacing stays small

You never need to try to play some “Moreyball”

And while you’re out there doing what you’re born to do

I hope you know somebody loves you, try out Chicago, dude

Yeah, this is my wish

My wish, for you, is that this league becomes all that you want it to

Your team stays big, your spacing stays small

You never need to try to play some “Moreyball”

And while you’re out there posting up like you can do

I hope you know somebody loves you, maybe in Boston, dude

Yeah, this is my wish, this is my wish

Hope you know somebody loves you

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One final note: In all seriousness, good luck big guy. It didn’t work out here, but I think you’ll be successful somewhere else. All the best to you.