Not much was known about Skal Labissiere when the Portland Trail Blazers acquired him at the NBA Trade Deadline in exchange for Caleb Swanigan. His Twitter handle, @OneBigHaitian, gives a little insight into Labissiere’s background. But as Jason Quick of The Athletic ($) found out, there’s much more to Labissiere.
Labissiere was 13 when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit his native Haiti in 2010; living through that had a massive impact on the forward:
Turns out, the most devastating day of his life was also his most opportunistic.