In the 101-81 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown emptied his bench with 2:09 remaining in the game. However, Jahlil Okafor remained on the bench despite ‘We Want Okafor!' chants from Sixers fans.

Following the game, Joel Embiid believes Okafor ‘deserves a chance,' but Brown has a different approach according to Sarah Todd of Philly.com:

“To just hoist somebody a little tiny window of minutes isn’t something that interests me,” Brown said after the 101-81 win against Portland. “I say that out of respect to [Okafor]. I don’t think that puts him in a position that I want to put him in.”

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As Okafor's time in Philadelphia will end one way or another after the Sixers declined his team option, Brown made the right decision not to put the third-year center in the game. It is somewhat an unspoken rule to not put players under these current circumstances in during garbage time.

With the Sixers currently 11-7, the hope is there will be a resolution sooner than later. As they will not make a trade just to make a trade, it will be interesting to see if a team is willing to give up the necessary pieces for the former third overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.