{"id":12885,"date":"2023-12-05T03:38:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/12885\/kelly-oubre-jr-scoffs-at\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T03:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:38:44","slug":"kelly-oubre-jr-scoffs-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=12885","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Oubre Jr. scoffs at &#8216;conspiracy theorists,&#8217; calls hit-and-run &#8216;traumatic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Oubre Jr. scoffs at &#8216;conspiracy theorists,&#8217; calls hit-and-run &#8216;traumatic&#8217;\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Kelly Oubre Jr. wanted to set the record straight: Yes, a vehicle hit him while he was walking near his home and the driver fled.  Yes, he suffered a traumatic injury.  And no, he doesn&#39;t care about anyone who questions his account of what happened on that Philadelphia street last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was and is a very traumatic situation for me and my family,\u201d Oubre told reporters Monday at the Philadelphia 76ers complex in Philadelphia, New Jersey.  &#8220;So I just wish my life wasn&#39;t like &#39;The Truman Show&#39; where everyone watched it and had their own opinion on my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oubre got off to a good <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> in his first season with the 76ers (16.3 points in eight games) when he reported being hit by a vehicle while walking near his home in Center City Philadelphia , the 11th of November.  was taken to hospital in stable condition and was released a few hours later with a broken rib and injuries to his hip and right leg, police said at the time, adding that an investigation was underway.<\/p>\n<p>The car, described as silver in color, fled the scene, Oubre told authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia police said about two weeks later that they had yet to find <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> evidence of a hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s very difficult for us to deal with this and for me to miss being on the field, which keeps me sane, and a lot of people have been very inconsiderate and insensitive in trying to worry about the cameras video,\u201d Oubre said while refusing.  to go into details.  &#8220;So yeah, I mean, I&#39;m really lucky that it&#39;s not worse than what it is and that I can come back to work and smile and walk and talk and breathe. So yeah, that&#39;s exactly what I said conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love them too. I stay there in my free time and watch them, but not with my life. [expletive] serious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oubre is expected to return to the lineup Wednesday in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have spoken to the police about this situation and an investigation is underway,\u201d Oubre said.  &#8220;I&#39;ve talked to whoever I need to talk to and people about how things are going, and I&#39;m not going to talk about any details about it because they&#39;re looking into it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers and police were in contact regarding the status of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Oubre signed with the Sixers on September 26 and had just moved to the neighborhood when he was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Oubre said he is &#8220;ready to play&#8221; and join the 76ers (12-7) as they aim for first place in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Nick Nurse said of Oubre that he would &#8220;probably start him right away&#8221; against the Wizards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Oubre Jr. scoffs at &#8216;conspiracy theorists,&#8217; calls hit-and-run &#8216;traumatic&#8217;\u060c PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Kelly Oubre Jr. wanted to set the record straight: Yes, a vehicle hit him while he was walking near his home and the driver fled. Yes, he suffered a traumatic injury. And no, he doesn&#39;t care about anyone who questions his account of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2066,5902,7010,3363,5321,7008,7009,7011],"class_list":["post-12885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-calls","tag-conspiracy","tag-hitandrun","tag-kelly","tag-oubre","tag-scoffs","tag-theorists","tag-traumatic"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12886,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12885\/revisions\/12886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}