Perry Jones III revealed he played in the NBA with a deadly virus in his brainwhile everyone thought he was suffering from a toothache. These problems put the American forward on the brink of death during his second year with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The player was very ill, to the point that he was given “at least a week and a half to live.”
“In my second year, I got sick. I got sick to the point where I was about to die.“, confessed Jones, who is currently in the capital district of the Venezuelan Spartans. The former NBA player saw how his career in the best league in the world, where he averaged 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in three years, was cut short by the deadly virus. The American had just posted good numbers in his final year at Baylor University with 13.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
Perry Jones III said he went to the dentist for mouth pain and that’s when he discovered that “I had a virus spreading through my brain“After detecting the virus, the player admits that doctors “They gave me at least a week and a half to live”The former Oklahoma City Thunder, Tulsa 66ers, Iowa Energy, Khimki or Bursaspor player said that if it had not been detected, he could have suffered a stroke.
“I probably would have had a fatal stroke or something.. They diagnosed a spread from my airways to my throat and brain. That’s why I couldn’t open my mouth” Jones III revealed to Theo Pinson on the Run Your Race podcast. The potentially deadly virus affected his ability to play and led to him leaving the NBA earlier than expected.
His debut in the best league in the world was very good. In the absence of Kevin Durant, Jones became a starter. In his first game in the starting five, the power forward had the best performance of his career with 32 points against the Clippers. In the second game, he also did not fail and scored 23 goals against the Nuggets. But in Minnesota, they had no patience and traded him to the Boston Celtics in 2015, where he would be fired shortly before the start of the season.
Everyone thought I had a toothache.
The former NBA player recalled that when he woke up after the operation that saved his life, he found all his loved ones crying, while on television they said that he was not on the courts for a while. “toothache”. Nobody knew what was really going on, everyone thought he was suffering from a simple toothache when in reality he was undergoing surgery for contracting a potentially deadly virus, which nearly ended his life.
“I woke up, my mother was crying, my friends were crying…I remember sitting in bed, watching television… “Perry Jones is not here because he has a toothache”. I started crying. “I was in a hospital bed fighting for my life,” said the 32-year-old, who was selected in the first round of the 2012 draft. Fortunately, the operation saved his life and today he continues to enjoy his passion, basketball. . , in Venezuela.
