A life-altering offseason has Heat general manager learning to walk again as he helps run an NBA team

A life-altering offseason has Heat general manager learning to walk again as he helps run an NBA team


“The day after the season ended,” Elisburg says of April 29, “I woke up in the middle of the night, and thought I threw a muscle in my back, one of those ones you get up and suddenly you fall right back down in the bed. So I get out of the operating room, I get to the recovery room that I’m awake, alert enough to bring my friends in to see me, and my first question is, ‘So who won the lottery?’ ” “The nurses and the doctors and the therapists and all the people at Lynn and what they did and what they’ve done on a daily basis to get me where it is, because Erik’s line is so true, it’s about getting 1% better every day.

Author: Ira Winderman


Published at: 2025-09-28 10:30:00

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