On April 11, it was reported that a few days ago, NBA three-time dunk king, "Little Potato" Nate Robinson revealed in an interview that he has not found a suitable kidney source after kidney failure, and if he can't find a matching kidney, he will die soon.
Nate Robinson was born on May 31, 1984 in Seattle, Washington, USA, and is now 39 years old and plays as a point guard nicknamed "Little Potato".
Nate Robinson was selected by the Knicks with the 21st pick in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft and has played for the Knicks, Celtics, Thunder, Warriors, Bulls, Nuggets, Clippers and Pelicans.
Nate Robinson played in 618 regular season games in his NBA career, averaging 11.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, and in 32 playoff appearances, he averaged 8.6 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Although Nate Robinson is only 1.75 meters tall, he has superhuman bounce power and can perform all kinds of unbelievable movements in the air. He won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest three times in 2006, 2009 and 2010, and almost all superstars from O'Neal and Yao Ming to James and Kobe Bryant were capped by him.
In 2015, Nate Robinson retired from the game with a cruciate ligament injury and soon began to move into professional boxing, where he showed amazing talent.
However, in 2022, Nate Robinson announced that he was undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney failure, and it was reported that Nate used steroids and other drugs, which led to kidney failure.
A few days ago, Nate Robinson was interviewed by Jake Nisse, a reporter for the British Daily Mail, who said: "If I can't get a matching kidney, I won't live long. Some people have physical properties that exclude kidney dialysis. Thank God my body can undergo dialysis to survive. But without dialysis, I wouldn't have lived more than a week or two. I now have to go on dialysis 3 times a week for 4 hours each time, dialysis helps me a lot by purifying my blood and removing toxins, which is my current lifestyle. I just want to live each day as best I can. ”
Nate Robinson is estimated to have earned at least $50 million in salary for his career, so money isn't a major issue at the moment.
In this regard, netizens said, "He still has this experience, hey, it's a medicine that is poisonous, no matter what kind of medicine, you must not use it more"
"No matter how much money you have, it's better to have a good body. It's useless to have money when the body is broken."
"Too much exercise and taking too much medicine will damage kidney function, it is a three-point poison of medicine, and you still have to pay attention to it every day!"
"It's just because of exercise, sweating too much, kidney stones, and herniated lumbar discs, so exercise is not good, and walking is the best."
"As a fitness enthusiast, steroid drugs have a great burden on the internal organs, and the advantage is that the muscle gain is really fast, steroid players can easily use half a year to gain muscle mass for 3 years of our natural bodybuilders; ”