Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, who often keeps his good deeds under the radar, has earned recognition for his philanthropy in his home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With a little help from the Pomozi.ba Association, Nurkic purchased a home for a struggling family.
Trail Blazers digital reporter Casey Holdahl highlighted the story on Friday. In the original story, a spokesperson for the Pomozi.ba Association detailed Nurkic’s effort to help the Memisevic family.
“After he saw the sad story of the Memisevic family, our national team member and NBA player, Jusuf Nurkic, bought them a house no less!