<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>After the Lakers' shootaround Friday, forward Ronny Turiaf met for a half-hour with 16-year-old Garylee Zuniga of Aztec, N.M. Zuniga suffers from a serious heart defect; Turiaf underwent surgery in July 2005 to repair an enlarged aortic root."For me, it was such a pleasure sharing my story with a kid like that because he's looking up to us as NBA players," Turiaf said."For me to help him out, to just relieve some pressure and some sadness out of him, was a definite pleasure for me."Turiaf also didn't hesitate in giving Zuniga his phone number. The NBA coordinated the trip as part of its Shoot for Hope program."When you go through something like that, you've got to have somebody to talk to," Turiaf said. "It was the same thing with me and (former Minnesota guard) Fred Hoiberg. If I didn't have him, it would have been so tough for me to go through it on a daily basis."Every little kid that has trouble, they can talk to me on a daily basis. I wouldn't mind lifting them up at all."</div>http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/articles...?page=2&c=y
o wow thats so nice of him. But then I don't watch much Lakers games cause I dont get many of them broadcasted here, but then when I get a chance to see, I always see turiaf full of energy. He's always ready to play and I like that in a player. He plays with all his heart out.
Turaif seems to be a really nice guy, but I find it funny that the kid is wearing a kobe jersey :HAHAHA:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Devlin @ Jan 15 2007, 11:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Turaif seems to be a really nice guy, but I find it funny that the kid is wearing a kobe jersey :HAHAHA:</div>It doesn't matter that he is wearing a Kobe jersey. The point is he is wearing a Laker jersey.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jan 15 2007, 08:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It doesn't matter that he is wearing a Kobe jersey. The point is he is wearing a Laker jersey.</div>Spoken like a true fan...*sniff* *sniff*
