Cavaliers guard shows his human side once more while helping 12-year-old with debilitating disorder.
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See some of the top plays from the NBA All-Star while in high school at St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.).Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Kyrie Irving was the hero of the 2016 NBA championship series for making the game-winning shot under heavy duress in the seventh and deciding game against the Golden Stat Warriors.
He's seen even more heroically today for coming to the aid of a sick 12-year-old student at
The Patrick School (Elizabeth, N.J.).
According to this story by
Adam Zagoria in Zagsblog, Spencer Joyner was diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri in November and Irving has picked up the school's $11,000 yearly tuition. The disease leads to debilitating migraine headaches and hospitalization.
Irving was a 2009-10
MaxPreps All-American guard for St. Patrick's High School, which is now The Patrick School. He was
New Jersey’s Player of the Year on a team that featured Michael Gilchrist and averaged 24.5 points, 6.5
assists and 4.5 rebounds per game.
"It made me feel really good and lucky to have one of my favorite players do that," Joyner told Zagoria.
Irving has a long history of supporting his alma mater, including paying for the funeral of Nixon Geraldo, a then 14-year-old from the school who died last year after he collapsed while playing basketball.
"It's very important, especially if you have the means to do it," Irving told Zagoria.
Kyrie Irving (left) confers with coach Kevin Boyle for then St. Patrick, now The Patrick School, at the 2009 MaxPreps Holiday Classic in San Diego.
File photo by Todd Shurtleff
