And tell her that her son got drafted,” At the age of two, Nicolas Batum saw his father’s death on the court. His NBA Career Is Now Being Devoted to Him (Exclusive)
The Oregonian and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on Friday, April 25, that Saine died shortly after they visited her in the hospital. Gerry Dulac of the Post-Gazette said.
On X that “Derrick Harmon’s mom, who was on life support, passed away shortly after he went to the hospital and got to tell her he had been drafted by the Steelers.”
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Harmon’s mother is his “why” and his “rock” in an emotional video that aired on ESPN on Thursday. His mother “ended up having a stroke” while he was a freshman at Michigan State, he recalled.
He went on to say, “It was kind of hard but it was something that we were used to,” adding that Saine had had “about eight brain surgeries” throughout his childhood.
