Current and former NBA players continue to find ways to help those being severely impacted by the novel coronavirus.
Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has made considerable donations to help those in New York struggling to put food on the table during the crisis. Now another guard with Nets ties has stepped forward to help New Yorkers.
Stephon Marbury — who now resides in China, played for the New Jersey Nets from 1998-99 to 2000-01 and grew up in Brooklyn — has made an effort to help those taking care of the sick during the outbreak.
Marbury “made arrangements with a mask supplier in China willing to sell New York 10 million [N95] masks ‘at cost,'” according to Rich Calder of the New York Post. According to the report, Marbury got New York a 63.3% discount on the masks.
“At the end of the day, I am from Brooklyn,” Marbury said, per the Post. “This is something that is close and dear to my heart as far as being able to help New York.”
Protective gear has been a huge issue for New York, which is being characterized as the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S.
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