Go to Source Author: Jared Zwerling The people on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic are healthcare professionals, everyday citizens risking their lives to save those of their patients. They are the heroes right now. In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA and WNBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Hawks forward John Collins chatted with Dr. Mitchell Blass, an infectious disease specialist in Atlanta. They discussed how COVID-19 spreads and how players can protect themselves as they return to the court this year. So many healthcare professionals are facing an imminent shortage of PPE (personal protective equipment). To donate, please visit GetUsPPE.org/donate/#online and choose… Read More The post Hoopers Meet Heroes:

Go to Source Author: Jared Zwerling The people on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic are healthcare professionals, everyday citizens risking their lives to save those of their patients. They are the heroes right now. In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA and WNBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Cavaliers guard Darius Garland spoke with Chris Donovan, the executive director of enterprise information management and analytics at the Cleveland Clinic. Their conversation focused on predictive modeling for COVID-19 cases. So many healthcare professionals are facing an imminent shortage of PPE (personal protective equipment). To donate, please visit GetUsPPE.org/donate/#online and choose the "Hoopers Meet Heroes"… Read More The post Hoopers Meet Heroes:

Go to Source Author: Josh Martin LAS VEGAS -- The G League Winter Showcase isn’t quite the jam-packed schmoozefest that the NBA Las Vegas Summer League has become. But even a closed-door, pared-down basketball convention in late December—smack dab in the middle of the NBA season, and not unlike what the league could resort to in a potential return from the coronavirus shutdown—can spawn a heartwarming hoops reunion. Luguentz Dort enjoyed one of his own on the Friday before this past Christmas. He had finished pouring in a team-high 24 points for the Oklahoma City Blue, the minor league affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder, inside the Mandalay Bay Convention Center when he spotted a pair… Read More The post Montreal’s Basketball Talent

Go to Source Author: Jared Zwerling The people on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic are healthcare professionals, everyday citizens risking their lives to save those of their patients. They are the heroes right now. In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA and WNBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Trail Blazers star CJ McCollum chatted with Dr. Esther Choo, an emergency physician in Portland. Dr. Choo is also a founding partner of GetUsPPE, which delivers personal protective equipment to workers battling the pandemic. So many healthcare professionals are facing an imminent shortage of PPE (personal protective equipment). To donate, please visit GetUsPPE.org/donate/#online and… Read More The post Hoopers Meet Heroes:

Go to Source Author: Josh Martin Kornel David was in awe. There was Michael Jordan—the best basketball player in the world, arguably the greatest one who ever lived, and the most famous person on planet Earth—in the flesh. Kornel had grown up watching MJ’s Chicago Bulls every week on TV in his native Hungary. Never did he think he would breathe the same air as Air Jordan. “For us to see him in person, it's, like, I don't know what to say,” Kornel tells CloseUp360. “It's like God is walking in.” But Kornel wasn’t just another admirer at an NBA arena. For the next few weeks, he would be competing for a spot on Michael’s team,… Read More The post Before He Became

Go to Source Author: Jared Zwerling The people on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic are healthcare professionals, everyday citizens risking their lives to save those of their patients. They are the heroes right now. In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA and WNBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Philadelphia 76ers guard Josh Richardson chatted with Kimberly Nowakowski. Kimberly is a hematology-oncology nurse at Penn Medicine, where the Sixers established a funding campaign for COVID-19 antibody testing of healthcare workers. Healthcare professionals like Kimberly need our help. So many of them are facing an imminent shortage of PPE (personal protective equipment). To… Read More The post Hoopers Meet Heroes:

Go to Source Author: Jared Zwerling The people on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic are healthcare professionals, everyday citizens risking their lives to save those of their patients. They are the heroes right now. In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA and WNBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Magic guard D.J. Augustin chatted with Dr. Sarah Barbour, an infectious disease physician in Orlando. After treating gunshot victims from the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016—the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. since 9/11—she's now helping COVID-19 patients. Healthcare professionals like Dr. Barbour need our help. So many of them are facing an… Read More The post Hoopers Meet Heroes:

Go to Source Author: Josh Martin Michael Jordan’s NBA career is replete with comeback stories, many of which have been recounted in The Last Dance. Like when, during his second season with the Chicago Bulls, he recovered from a foot injury and led his team to the playoffs, despite severe restrictions on his playing time. And when, in 1993, he carried the Bulls back from a 2-0 series deficit against the New York Knicks to claim the Eastern Conference finals in six games en route to completing the franchise’s first three-peat. And also when, in March 1995, he left baseball behind to tip off another three-peat in the Windy City the following spring. But there’s at… Read More The post From Michael Jordan

Go to Source Author: Jared Zwerling The people on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic are healthcare professionals, everyday citizens risking their lives to save those of their patients. They are the heroes right now. In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA and WNBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Los Angeles Sparks and ESPN star Chiney Ogwumike chatted with fellow Cardinal Dr. Arghavan Salles, who completed medical school at Stanford University, and is now a minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon. They discussed Dr. Salles' work treating COVID-19 patients in Los Angeles and New York City, two hot zones of the pandemic; how… Read More The post Hoopers Meet Heroes:

Go to Source Author: Jared Zwerling For the last decade, NBA trainers Phil Handy and Rico Hines have dominated the summer basketball scene in Los Angeles. While Phil has worked with LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Kawhi Leonard and other All-Stars, Rico has hosted the most popular pickup run in town at UCLA, where players like James Harden and Russell Westbrook are regulars. This season, Phil and Rico have both been in California—Rico as a player development coach for the Sacramento Kings; Phil as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers—and now they're both back in LA to ride out the NBA’s coronavirus shutdown. Check out Episode 1 of their chat, in which they… Read More The post Handy and Hines,