OKLAHOMA CITY – Whenever former New Orleans assistant coach Darrell Walker – also an NBA guard from 1983-93 – was asked whether he was a having a good day or not, Walker liked to respond, “Every day is a good day in the league.”
But sometimes real life enters the equation for those many consider to have landed the ultimate dream job.
Pelicans center Derrick Favors’ mother, Deandra, died suddenly this week at age 55, a tragedy that the first-year New Orleans player acknowledged Wednesday with a tweet that read “I love you Mom.” On Thanksgiving, a Favors tweet featured a photo of Deandra with a young Derrick, as well as recent photos of her with her grandchildren.