Friday, January 28, 2011

Tech could use D.J. Wright now

Finally came across something updating the status of former LA TECH signee D.J. Wright:

Coming home for the 'Wright' reason — D.J. Wright is back playing basketball — and taking care of his mother
Michael Purvis
The Sault Star
January 28, 2011   

For DJ Wright, basketball is "everything." But it still comes second to his mom.

Last year, when his mother fell gravely ill, Wright packed his bags and returned home to take care of her, even though it meant setting aside his hopes of playing professional basketball.

"At that time, I had to make a decision, either stay at school or tend to my mother," said Wright. "I tended to my mom."

It is that duty that sees the six-foot-seven guard back in Sault Ste. Marie, attending classes at Algoma University and playing for the Thunderbirds men's basketball team, as his mother recovers in hospital...
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