Former NBA star Nate Robinson has revealed he is finally set to receive a new kidney after battling a life-threatening illness for the last two years.
Robinson, who played for the likes of the Knicks, Bulls and Nuggets in his 13-year basketball career, first announced he was suffering with renal kidney failure back in October 2022.
Roughly 18 months later, the ex-point guard opened up on his health problem in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, admitting he wouldn’t have long to live if he couldn’t find a new kidney sooner or later.
Without the help of a dialysis machine – used to filter waste and excess fluid when someone is experiencing kidney failure – he claimed he would only survive ‘a week or two’.
Yet fortunately, Robinson is undergoing lifesaving surgery on Friday after doctors found him a new kidney.
The 40-year-old shared a pH๏τo on Instagram with the message: ‘2/7/25 Friday LFG’ and a watery-eyes emoji.
Former NBA star Nate Robinson has revealed he is finally set to receive a new kidney
Robinson, who announced the news on Instagram, has battled organ failure since late 2022
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He then explained in the caption: ‘I’m here to celebrate and thank the LORD for all he has done in my life.
‘Today is the day I get my new kidney, thank you to all the people that sent prayers and texted my phone giving me encouragement & love!!!
‘Ur a foo if you don’t believe in GOD and the miracles he performs !! Amen’.
During his April 2024 interview with DailyMail.com, Robinson – who was knocked out by Jake Paul in 2020 after a brief venture into boxing – said he was dealing with frequent, painful vomiting as a result of his dialysis treatment, which often left him hospitalized for a day or two.
‘Some people’s body reject dialysis. And thank God that mine accepts it and I can live,’ he explained. ‘If I didn’t go to dialysis, I wouldn’t live probably longer than a week or two.
‘So it’s serious, can’t miss a day. I go in for four hours, three days a week, four hours a day. And they clean my blood to get my toxins out. And they help me out a lot because that’s how I’m living.’
The ex-point guard spent time with the Chicago Bulls and many others in his 13-year career
He added: ‘The [dialysis] machine has been helping my longevity and my life right now. So I’m just enjoying the times where I do feel healthy. I try to get out there with my kids, see my family and play basketball, do the things that I love.
‘And I still try to do all the things that I can to stay and feel normal as I can, stay as human as I can.’
Robinson enjoyed a memorable NBA career; racking up 6,807 points and a record three wins in the Dunk Contest.
After leaving the New Orleans Pelicans in 2015, he brought the curtain down on his career with brief stints in Israel, Venezuela, Lebanon and the NBA’s G-League.
