Pacers’ Myles Turner Takes Personal Chef on Summer Tour with Team USA

Jared Zwerling, Oct 02, 2019
Posted in Culture, Native Dish

This summer, Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner and his personal chef, Vertima Dumas, traveled together from Las Vegas and Los Angeles to Australia and China with Team USA. CloseUp360 captured their connection throughout the FIBA Basketball World Cup to see how his new diet has changed his life and performance on the court. For our "Taste of the World" series.

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Aaron Gordon is much more than an All-Star dunker. Go inside his cultural connections in Orlando and China before he takes center stage in Chicago on All-Star Saturday Night. Full feature in bio for our “Home Court” series, in partnership with @ballislife.

A special announcement is coming this weekend 🔥 @aarongordon #AGCloseUp #CU360 #Culture
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Amadou Gallo Fall has been growing the game of basketball in Africa since the late 90s. At NBA All-Star Weekend, Joel Embiid and Pascal Siakam take center stage. Then in March, Amadou will launch the Basketball Africa League

Go inside his journey to become the @thebal’s first president, for our "Role Players" series. (Full feature at CloseUp360.com). #CU360 #Insiders
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Phoenix Suns starting wing Mikal Bridges, enjoying his day off in Los Angeles on Sunday, prior to his game Monday night against the Los Angeles Lakers ❄️ Our full interview with @mikalbridges inside his favorite road cuisine coming soon. #MikalCloseUp #CU360 #Culture
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Earlier this week, Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal funded and guided a tour of Howard University for 50 students at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School. This was the fourth college campus visit that he has supported for the school, including three to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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“I always tell kids that I have four brothers,” Brad says. “The thing that I have against them is that I’m in the NBA, but they all have degrees and I don’t. That’s something that challenges me in a way. I want to get my degree and that’s something I take pride in, especially being a man of color.” - @bradbeal3 #BealCloseUp #CU360 #Community
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Los Angeles Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell honored Kobe Bryant with his sneakers at Staples Center this week 🐍 👟 @trezz24 #HarrellCloseUp #CU360 #Culture
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Damian Lillard will not only compete in the Three-Point Shootout, but also perform on the mic during NBA All-Star Saturday Night in Chicago 🎙️ @damianlillard #LillardCloseUp #CU360 #Culture
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Miami Heat star Goran Dragic caught up with Kris, a young boy who has spinal muscular atrophy, on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Kris needed Zolgensma, a gene therapy drug used to treat the disorder that’s only available in the U.S., before he turned 2 years old.

So Goran, his brother, Zoran, and their fellow Slovenians rallied around him to raise more than $3 million to have Kris fly to LA to receive the treatment at UCLA. “Everybody in Slovenia stepped together and they donated,” Zoran says. “His health condition after this medicine is improving a lot.” @the_1_dragon @zoki_dragic #DragicCloseUp #CU360 #Global
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First look at @nikebasketball’s Tokyo Olympics jerseys and warmups. #CU360 #Global

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