Nate Robinson has a new kidney.
The ex-NBA guard received the new organ during an hours-long transplant surgery that began Friday morning at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.
Robinson, who began the day surrounded by friends and family, received his new kidney from a live donor.
As ESPN chronicled in the summer of 2024, Robinson first learned nearly 20 years ago, when he was playing for the New York Knicks, that his kidneys weren't functioning properly and that he would one day need a transplant.
Then, in 2021, Robinson learned that his kidneys were failing, and he began receiving weekly dialysis treatments at a Seattle clinic, where, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, he would sit in a chair from 5:30 a.