Zion covering Smoothie King Center workers salaries for 30 days

[Billy Dat]

Love this kid, what a mensch!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9sFV-nFTRG/

[MartyClark]

Love this kid, what a mensch!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9sFV-nFTRG/

His mom and/or dad raised him well. What a kind gesture. I'd love to see the other Duke guys on the Pelicans chip in.

[Billy Dat]

Mods, if you can correct the typo in the thread title (King, not Kind), I'd appreciate it...although maybe the kindness of his gesture is what caused the typo?

[dukelifer]

Mods, if you can correct the typo in the thread title (King, not Kind), I'd appreciate it...although maybe the kindness of his gesture is what caused the typo?

Maybe they should rename it. Zion is a good kid.

[kako]

Zion for President!

(Really, please... I'm not kidding)

9F

[DukieInKansas]

Thank you, Zion!

Bigger thanks to his parents for raising such a wonderful man.

[dalmatians98]

I just read this at an online news site after a difficult day at work, and I gotta tell ya, I got a little verklempt.

Echo the kudos sent Zion's way here.

[bundabergdevil]

Love this kid, what a mensch!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9sFV-nFTRG/

Wow. Even for a super wealthy guy, that's a lot of money. I'm assuming there are quite a few workers at SK.

[proelitedota]

Zion for President!

(Really, please... I'm not kidding)

9F

Would be a slam dunk choice.

[du_bb1]

Really great move on his part, see the need and fill it. Bravo !

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Would be a slam dunk choice.

360 choice.

[Barnstormer]

Love this kid, what a mensch!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9sFV-nFTRG/

I am very proud that Zion came to Duke. He truly has a big heart.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Great job by Zion! What a thoughtful gesture.

And kudos to Kevin Love for being the first out of the gate with a similar offer for Cavs arena employees. There are a lot of other people who are going to need our help so hopefully many others will follow the example of Zion and Love.

[uh_no]

Mods, if you can correct the typo in the thread title (King, not Kind), I'd appreciate it...although maybe the kindness of his gesture is what caused the typo?

i was confused why NO had a smoothie kid, and for what he employed people.

[bundabergdevil]

i was confused why NO had a smoothie kid, and for what he employed people.

Oh, I was thinking it was like a health product for soylent green aficionados.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Great job by Zion! What a thoughtful gesture.

And kudos to Kevin Love for being the first out of the gate with a similar offer for Cavs arena employees. There are a lot of other people who are going to need our help so hopefully many others will follow the example of Zion and Love.

One of my companies stages concerts at some of the major venues in the area...I'll keep some key people paid out of my pocket, but this kind of gesture by Zion is huge, just huge, for these type employees. What an incredible young man.

[BlueDevil16]

Good gesture but shouldn’t the owners be the ones doing this?

[Billy Dat]

Good gesture but shouldn’t the owners be the ones doing this?

I guess as we have seen with the Ivy League, the NBA, etc., sometimes it takes an individual act to make the people in charge realize that they need to do something.

[MHNOLADevil]

https://www.nola.com/news/coronaviru...m_campaign=snd

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Good gesture but shouldn’t the owners be the ones doing this?

Not necessarily...the owners are probably covering the players' salaries without revenue and covering all the other operating costs of an arena...which is something on the order of 6-15 thousand per day just to open the door, depending on where it is.

BTW I own a concert/event staging company. This is killing me, but my employees as well. Too bad for my guys there's not a Zion to do this for them. I don't have the funds for that...but from owning this business I understand what an amazing gesture this is by this remarkable young man.