AboveLegit Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Seven years ago, former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Kim Hughes was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and the ensuing aftermath will change the way you feel about several NBA types significantly. Until Tuesday afternoon, when Howard Beck brought this column to Trey Kerby's attention, and he brought it to our attention. And now we're passing the feel-good savings on to you, in the form of an anecdote that reveals that NBA players Corey Maggette(notes), Marko Jaric(notes), Chris Kaman(notes) and Elton Brand(notes) all chipped in to pay for expensive life-saving surgery for Hughes, after the Clippers organization (read: Donald Sterling, noted worst person in the world) declined to cover the costs. Declined to cover the cost of a surgery that would save their employee's life. While playing rent-free in an often sold-out arena in America's second-biggest television market. Unyieldingly evil. "Those guys saved my life," Hughes said. "They paid the whole medical bill. It was like $70,000 or more. It wasn't cheap. "It showed you what classy people they are. They didn't want me talking about it; they didn't want the recognition because they simply felt it was the right thing to do." Hughes said he will be forever grateful to Brand, Jaric, Kaman and Maggette. In fact, Hughes said every time he runs into any of them, he thanks them from the bottom of his heart. Maggette said that was indeed the case, laughing how he has repeatedly told Hughes over the years it wasn't necessary. "Kim thanks me every time he sees me; he does that every single time," Maggette said smiling. "I've said to him, 'Kim, come on. You don't have to do that. You're good.'http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Players-chip-in-to-save-coach-8217-s-life-after?urn=nba-wp184 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Sterling is a douchebag but that's a great gesture by those players. Marko Jaric...saving lives and married to Adriana Lima. Winning. Edited March 17, 2011 by Charlie Sheen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 +1 just for that Jaric comment. He's on that Charlie Sheen Level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Read this the other day, pretty cool story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I really didn't think Sterling would refuse to pay the bill, or at least help out. Then again, he had no clue Elgin Baylor was a NBA Hall of Fame player when he hired him. . http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6225692 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Sterling is a douchebag but that's a great gesture by those players. Marko Jaric...saving lives and married to Adriana Lima. Winning. He's definitely losing because he's married to her. She's absolutely gross, and needs loads of makeup to look half decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 If this is true Sterling is a major [expletive]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 The coach should have had insurance. This is what happens when you don't buy insurance. It's common sense. Also, $70,000 split up amongst these players isn't as much as you want it to seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truth Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I'm not usually one to judge people, but Sterling is a huge a-hole. just read his wikipedia page. pretty much the whole page is just about how much of a douche he is lol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sterling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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