Why did former Hurricane James Jones sign with the Miami Heat?”
The temptations are all right outside for this basketball millionaire on a day off amid the sun and surf. Women in bikinis. Noon drink specials. Shopping and luxury cars and rich-people toys. You already can hear the weekend starting too early on a Friday on Ocean Drive, but the Miami Heat’s James Jones isn’t as interested in South Florida’s vanities as he is in bringing out her inner beauty. “I want to show you something,” he says, flipping through the files on his phone. You’ve asked one question. Why do you give so much, James? And now his black beans and rice have gone cold over lunch as he spends his 10th uninterrupted minute going over “talking points” and “life-skills curriculum” and “community enrichment.” He talks about “educational and environmental strategies” and “changing social norms” and “destructive coping behaviors” and his dream of building his own school near where he grew up in Miami Gardens. He is, in more ways than one, just getting started here. You
The temptations are all right outside for this basketball millionaire on a day off amid the sun and surf. Women in bikinis. Noon drink specials. Shopping and luxury cars and rich-people toys. You already can hear the weekend starting too early on a Friday on Ocean Drive, but the Miami Heat’s James Jones isn’t as interested in South Florida’s vanities as he is in bringing out her inner beauty. “I want to show you something,” he says, flipping through the files on his phone. You’ve asked one question. Why do you give so much, James? And now his black beans and rice have gone cold over lunch as he spends his 10th uninterrupted minute going over “talking points” and “life-skills curriculum” and “community enrichment.” He talks about “educational and environmental strategies” and “changing social norms” and “destructive coping behaviors” and his dream of building his own school near where he grew up in Miami Gardens. He is, in more ways than one, just getting started here. You
