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The ramifications of Kevin Durant s trade to Phoenix will be discussed at length over the next 24 hours, but center Robin Lopez offered the hard-hitting analysis basketball fans crave early Thursday.
For Nets fans, the last few days have provided relief of sorts. They won two games one a historic laugher, the other a rewarding comeback despite a lineup without two of their new "Big Three".
For Jeff Green, heart health is very, very personal
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For Nets fans, Jeff Green is a big surprise, a veteran player who’s been around . and can still play at a high level. Yes, he played with Kevin Durant in Oklahoma City and the Nets are his 10th team. To them, for the most part, that’s Uncle Jeff’s narrative.
But perhaps the thing that’s most surprising about the 34-year-old’s history has nothing to do with basketball, but with what happened on January 9, 2012. On that day, he underwent open heart surgery. It wasn’t just his career that was at risk. So was his life.