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Naismith Basketball Corridor of Popularity head coach Larry Brown printed that he shrunk the Delta variant of COVID-19 whereas attending the 2021 Nike EYBL Peach Jam Basketball Tournament in Augusta, South Carolina.
“Unfortunately I received ill, upright after it modified into as soon as over, I received that delta variant, and I modified into as soon as roughly out for approximately 10 to 12 days, nonetheless I am all apt now and anxious to compile abet,” Brown acknowledged on the Jason and John Show on 92.9 FM ESPN (h/t Claire Kuwana of the Memphis Industrial Allure).
The 80-one year-venerable Brown furthermore acknowledged that he’s vaccinated and made a full recovery.
Brown now works as an assistant coach under Penny Hardaway for the University of Memphis. The two males had been at the tournament to compile a study Jalen Duren, a 5-celebrity center from the class of 2021 who has dedicated to Memphis.
Brown’s lengthy resume integrated an NCAA Division I males’s championship with Kansas in 1988 and the 2004 NBA title with the Detroit Pistons. He significantly coached seven different NBA groups from 1988-2010.
As a participant, he won an Olympic gold medal for Team USA within the 1964 Summer Games.
