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Taylor Tovic: When I was left with no one, James invited me to the Cavaliers

8:18pm, 12 August 2025【Basketball】

August 12th News Recently, former NBA player Taylor Tovic shared a touching story. He said that when his career was dark, James took the initiative to lend a helping hand.

"Seldom people really know what kind of person 'Jackie' is. No one wants to sign me after my pulmonary embolism, and he called my agent and invited me to play with him in Kerry City," Tretovic wrote.

In January 2015, Taylor Tovic was reimbursed for multiple pulmonary embolism, and then the team was unwilling to sign him due to the high medical risk. After treatment, Taylor Tovic joined the Suns. In 2018, Taylor Tovic was diagnosed with a lung thrombosis and was cut by the Bucks. At the end of September of that year, Taylor Tovic officially retired and served as the chairman of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Basketball Association after retirement.