National Basketball Association

Craig Sager: Erik Spoelstra sent me care packages from Hooters

Published Mar. 24, 2015 1:45 p.m. ET

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While Craig Sager was recovering from his battle with leukemia, the NBA showed its love and support for its favorite sideline reporter. Gregg Popovich and the Spurs made Sager feel at home, and the cards and flowers flowed like wine. But no gift topped the one from the Miami Heat, specifically head coach Erik Spoelstra.

“This is the Miami Heat organization, they’re very supportive of me and I talked to all your guys down there,” Sager said on 560 WQAM. “Coach Spoelstra was sending me care packages from Hooters. So I know that Chris is in good hands, he has a great support system down there, and he will make it through.”

(Read more at CBS Miami)

As Sager said in his interview: If the Heat were so generous with someone outside their organization, just imagine the kind of treatment that Chris Bosh must be getting as he recovers from blood clots on his lung.