Seeing his father perk up in a coronary care unit in the Washington, D.C., area did Charlotte Hornets guard Julyan Stone lots of good recently.
Stone’s father has life-threatening heart, lung and kidney ailments. Stone worked out a release of his contract from an Italian pro team so that he could play for the Hornets and be closer to his ailing father.
“He wasn’t talking when I first walked in. By the next hour, he was talking and back to himself.,” Stone said. “He’s not fully there; his brain isn’t fully working. But he was able to talk some (trash) to me, and I love hearing his voice.