Over the past two seasons, the NBA has had to join the rest of the world in adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne went into detail on how the league, and in particular, league commissioner Adam Silver, helped pivot the league effectively [subscription required]. Within that piece were anecdotes from some of the players most affected. Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic shared his thoughts on his fight to get vaccinations to his home country and how it affected him personally.
As Shelburne notes, Nurkic’s native land, Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed 200,000 cases and 96,000 deaths, a circumstance that prompted Nurkic to seek ways to help.