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00:00 I'm Melissa Rolon with Sports Illustrated and we're here with Jill Painter-Lopez.
00:07 Now Jill, every member of the 2019 Toronto Raptors team that won a championship got their
00:12 ring, except for Danny Green.
00:14 What's the story there?
00:16 Well Melissa, the Lakers were supposed to play in Toronto on March 24th, but as we know,
00:21 the COVID-19 pandemic halted the NBA season on March 11th.
00:25 So the Toronto Raptors offered to have the ring shipped or delivered to Danny Green and
00:30 he said, you know, if at all possible, he would like to receive it in front of the fans
00:35 at the Scotia Bank Arena.
00:37 Of course, we have no idea when and if that is going to happen next.
00:40 And this is all according to a TSN that did an article on all of the players from that
00:45 team.
00:46 Where are they now?
00:47 Now in that article, it says that Jeremy Lin, who's playing in Beijing, China, playing professional
00:51 basketball there.
00:52 Well, he already has his ring too.
00:54 He got his in January after the Raptors shipped the ring to one of his family members in California
01:01 who was going to China and they personally delivered it.
01:03 So it will be interesting to see how and when Danny does get that ring.
01:07 But he told TSN, I might want a championship with the Lakers before I get my ring from