That's three incidents for a 19 year old in a few weeks. If the Sixers won't reign him in, his agents need to. Maybe the agency can find him a mentor since his team is apparently incapable.
I haven't seen anything to indicate the Sixers knew about the first two incidents until after the 3rd incident was publicized. I don't recall him exhibiting any other bad behavior (e.g. late to practice). If Okafor was fulfilling his basketball obligations and there were no known off the court issues, the Sixers had no reason to rein him in. Clearly they need to address the issue now but if Okafor continues to behave badly that's still on him.
Yeah but hiding off court issues such as these (getting involved with them in the first place) is on him as well as its on the organization. The 76ers are a mess and they are putting their young foundation players in jeopardy of going down a terrible career path. It's a terrible precedent they are setting on their young players. Who is going to want to play for an organization that doesn't help guide and steer their players in the right direction?
You can't blame the Sixers for the off court incidents of one player.
His actions are his own yes.
But the 76ers can assist in controlling that by bringing in a veteran presence to guide and role model for Okafor and the other youngsters on this team, by developing a better culture on court, off court, and within the locker room.
Put a guy in the locker room who is going to say, "Okafor last time you got drunk and tried to punch someone out you got a gun put to your head. Come watch game film with me instead."
Or: "What are you doing going 40 mph over the speed limit? You're going to jeopardize yourself, your career, and your teammates."
Or: "You're not going out in Boston tonight, we are having a team dinner, team meeting, and work on stuff."
That falls completely on the 76ers organization. Its a disgrace what they are doing to the game and these young players by developing a losing mentality. It results in behavior that Okafor is exhibiting.