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Talking Injury Prevention, COVID-19 with Brooklyn Nets Medical Director, Dr. Riley Williams

Dr. Riley J. Williams III has worked alongside some of the biggest names in professional sports. As recently as this past March, he performed arthroscopic surgery on Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving. And back in 2014, when Paul George suffered a gruesome leg injury in a Team USA exhibition in Las Vegas, Williams acted quickly and performed surgery on the then-Pacers star. For his efforts, George has previously referred to Williams as, “My Hero.”

“It's super, super satisfying to see him playing now like nothing ever happened,” Williams recently told Sports Illustrated.

An orthopedic surgeon and specialist in knee, shoulder and elbow surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, Dr.