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Three-time NBA champion Rick Fox on Monday said he will run for a seat in the Bahamas' House of Assembly in an election due to be held no later than October. "As a candidate and as a leader for the Bahamas I will demand transparency, honesty, integrity while demanding a level of excellence from all of us," Fox wrote on social media.
Steve Nash on Canada’s chances to win Olympics: It's incredible for me as a guy who came in the league and there was Bill Wennington, who went to high school in New York, but I believe his roots are in Montreal and Rick Fox who was born in Toronto and moved to the Bahamas in like 14 days. So that was it for Canada. Now there's like 24 guys on NBA rosters, the MVP of the league, really really good players. I think for Canada, frankly, the third position at the World Cup was great was a great result for them.
Mitch Richmond, when he won the 2002 title in Game 4: Shaquille O’Neal ended up talking to Phil Jackson and was like, "Yo, man, put him in the game, man. Was just tripping, man. Put the dude in the game, man. Come on, man." I'm like, "Okay." He puts me in the game. I end up getting the bucket. Robert Horry brings the ball over to me, and the game is over. I hit the last bucket. The game is over. Shaq comes over and gives me a big hug. As Shaq gives me a big hug, I got the ball right here. I'm like, "Oh, he's still hugging me." The ball is out. I'm like, "Oh, the ball." And you know who picks it up? Rick Fox. He comes and runs and picks up the ball and runs to the locker room. I tell Rick every time, I want to kill you. He said, "Man, you want that ball? I'll send it to. You've been saying that sh*t for 15 years. He hasn't sent me that ball yet. The last time I saw him was in Dubai. He was like, "Hey, man. How are you doing?" I said, "Man, where’s that ball, man?" And he’s like, “I’ll send it to you, man.” He ain't sent me that dang ball yet. I'm going to have to break into his house.
Jermaine O'Neal: "I remember asking some Lakers—Rick Fox, Derek Fisher—where Kobe was when they were out at a bar. They laughed and said, ‘He doesn’t go out. He stays in his room.’ Early in his career, people said he wasn’t a great teammate, but the truth is, his teammates didn’t know him well. That was his makeup—he was always studying, always preparing. It created a perception that he didn’t want to be around the team. And in the NBA, we’re always around each other, so if you don’t see a teammate, it feels like he doesn’t want to be part of the group. But with Kobe, it was just focus—it wasn’t personal."
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A new house in the Bahamas is built with an alternative concrete that sucks CO2 out of the air. It’s a home that’s supposed to help in the fight against climate change, and the plan is to build 999 more like it. That’s the slam dunk NBA Lakers legend-turned-actor Rick Fox is working toward now on the small island nation where he grew up. Fox is the CEO and co-founder of the sustainable building materials startup Partanna that unveiled its first home today. If they’re successful in the Bahamas, the goal is to make its alternative concrete an everyday building material that could cut down pollution from construction.
What has it been like over the years to see Klay play against the Lakers? Mychal Thompson: It’s a thrill for me because the Lakers were his team as a kid. Kobe [Bryant] was his guy. For him to be able to play against the Lakers and play in LA and Crypto.com Arena, it has been most meaningful to him because of his affection for the Lakers’ franchise and for Kobe. Anytime school permitted, I would get him and my other two sons up here to Lakers games so they can appreciate the greatness of Kobe and Shaq. That was their era when they were growing up with Derek Fisher, Rick Fox and that whole crew. They saw what winners and what champions were like.
Rick Fox: Hello @SDinwiddie_25 #NiceToMeetYou Thanks for the introduction @ClutchPointsApp ~ this is a photo of the 3 Captains that @PhilJackson11 chose to lead his @Lakers Teams to Back2Back2Back Championships ~Who is @RickFox ? I AM #TheOther #TheEnforcer KEYS: #DefenseWinsChampionships
NBA Central: "Some people are blessed to be in situations. We don't get mad at Rick Fox for winning a championship with Kobe and Shaq. Some people are blessed, but we can't act like Rick Fox led them to a championship." - Spencer Dinwiddie on Kyle Kuzma (h/t @ClutchPointsApp ) pic.twitter.com/TVl8e2IAtj
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Rick Fox: With @KingJames playing at his usual GOAT level even at 38 imagine if Myles Turner and @buddyhield were @Lakers we appreciate you Thomas Bryant. Lets Get @AntDavis23 backs and get this 2023
Three years ago, a hurricane devastated the Bahamas, claiming dozens of lives. Today, the country is building what it claims to be the world’s first carbon-negative housing community to reduce the likelihood of future climate disasters and to ease the shortage of homes caused by the storm. Rick Fox, a former Los Angeles Lakers player, is the lynchpin of the new housing project. The former basketball player and Bahamian citizen was spurred into action after he lost his own home during Hurricane Dorian in 2019. Fox teamed up with architect Sam Marshall, whose Malibu home was destroyed by wildfires in 2018, to develop Partanna, a building material that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The technology is being put to the test in the Bahamas, where Fox’s company, Partanna Bahamas, is partnering with the government to build 1,000 hurricane-resistant homes, including single-family houses and apartments. The first 30 units will be delivered next year in the Abaco Islands, which were hardest hit by Dorian.
As a country on the frontline of the climate crisis, the Bahamas understands that it’s “out of time,” Fox told CNN Business. “They don’t have time to wait for someone to save them,” he added. “Technology can turn the tide, and at Partanna we have developed a solution that can change how the world builds,” Fox said.