I know some about basketball and not much about video games. But philanthropy I do know, and this week’s Feel-Good Friday combines all three.
Jayson Tatum, the star forward with the Boston Celtics, is all about giving back. The late Kobe Bryant, former L.A. Lakers shooting guard and forward, was Tatum’s mentor and the person he first trained with when Tatum entered the NBA. So, Tatum has not only emulated Bryant in his moves and mentality, but in his philanthropic spirit. Tatum especially loves to give back in his hometown of St. Louis.
On Tuesday afternoon, local kids walked into the north St. Louis gym to discover it was renovated and refurbished, thanks to Jayson Tatum.
And then, as they processed the moment, Tatum himself walked in.
The jaw of 9-year-old Jamar Beverly dropped impossibly fast and improbably low – and with his hands to his face, he made the image from “The…
