Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball met the family of the late Alex Reinhardt, whose knee cartilage was donated to Ball in a transplant two years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before Wednesday\u2019s game against the Miami Heat, Ball signed jerseys and took photos with Alex\u2019s mother, father, two brothers, and soon-to-be sister-in-law. The meeting, near the Bulls\u2019 bench, was emotional for Angie Reinhardt, who described the experience as “extremely emotional” but full of happiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been extremely emotional,\u201d she said. \u201cSo much happiness comes with it, too. All of the people that are donor recipients of Alex\u2019s, we\u2019re just blessed. We\u2019ve had mothers from some people that have said things. Now we get to meet Lonzo. It\u2019s just a blessing to be able to watch people do well with their knees or anything because of Alex. Of course, we wish he was here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alex Reinhardt, who passed away at 20 in February 2023, was known for his love of fast-paced activities like skiing, tubing, and sports like football and wrestling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Reinhardt family was contacted by the donor network about an athlete who had received Alex\u2019s tissue. It was later revealed to be Ball, who had undergone a meniscus and cartilage transplant in March 2023 after a knee injury that kept him out of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Ball was sidelined Wednesday with a sprained wrist, Angie Reinhardt expressed gratitude: \u201cTo be able to keep helping people after his death really feels like a blessing to all of us\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball met the family of the late Alex Reinhardt, whose knee cartilage was donated to Ball in a transplant two years ago. Before Wednesday\u2019s game against the Miami Heat, Ball signed jerseys and took photos with Alex\u2019s mother, father, two brothers, and soon-to-be sister-in-law. The meeting, near the Bulls\u2019 bench, was emotional for Angie Reinhardt, who described the experience as “extremely emotional” but full of happiness. \u201cIt\u2019s been extremely emotional,\u201d she said. \u201cSo much happiness comes with it, too. All of the people that are donor recipients of Alex\u2019s, we\u2019re just blessed. We\u2019ve had mothers from some people that have said things. Now we get to meet Lonzo. It\u2019s just a blessing to be able to watch people do well with their knees or anything because of Alex. Of course, we wish he was here.\u201d Alex Reinhardt, who passed away at 20 in February 2023, was known for his love of fast-paced activities like skiing, tubing, and sports like football and wrestling. The Reinhardt family was contacted by the donor network about an athlete who had received Alex\u2019s tissue. It was later revealed to be Ball, who had undergone a meniscus and cartilage transplant in March 2023 after a knee injury that kept him out of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. While Ball was sidelined Wednesday with a sprained wrist, Angie Reinhardt expressed gratitude: \u201cTo be able to keep helping people after his death really feels like a blessing to all of us\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,3,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-basketball","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n