He once jumped off the top of the Eiffel Tower. Yes, he repped for the energy drink that advertised it “gives you wings.” He once had a Red Bull sponsorship, as part of its Global BASE jumping team. I want to have mountains in my backyard.”įor 20 years, Mei-Dan was a freelance stuntman, appearing in commercials for the likes of Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. If I have an hour and a half, I can go for a run in the mountains.
“I wanted high-level research with residents, students, fellows,” Mei-Dan says.
When he bounded into Colorado a year ago as an assistant professor of orthopaedics at the School of Medicine, he found a home for his passion for extreme sports as well as his professional expertise in hip preservation and in treating extreme-sports injuries. Mei-Dan, MD, a 40-year-old globetrotting, adventure-seeking stuntman-turned-surgeon, operates in two modes: “alive” and “more alive.” He talks so fast that he has to repeat his name three times to the person on the phone. He’s fiddling with emails on his smartphone. Mei-Dan, buzzing at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, is taking a quick break from seeing patients. “Was that two shots or one?” asks the barista at the coffee kiosk in the Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion. ( May, 2013) Omer Mei-Dan orders an espresso in a blur of words. Omer Mei-Dan Daredevil Doctor Dives into Denver
The Heat confirmed this week that Yurtseven again will play for the team in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League. But at the end of the day, I will never cease to work and keep myself ready for the top level.” Sometimes I thought that minutes would come, but sometimes, I accepted the hard fact. He added, “But I used this as fuel to keep working and striving. Not an easy thing to do on the mental level.” “Finding my minutes gave me great motivation, I wanted more, and I thought I deserved more. At the beginning of the season, I was trying to keep myself prepared at the highest level. “It is a stressful and depressing situation. “I was pretty sure that I could’ve contributed more,” Yurtseven said in the interview with Turkey’s S Sport channel. Back to workĪmid his work with Turkey’s national team, Heat center Omer Yurtseven discussed his rookie season with BasketNews, including his lack of playing time during the playoffs. Spoelstra assistant Malik Allen again will coach the Heat’s entry in the San Francisco and Las Vegas summer leagues, to also be assisted by Kasib Powell, the former Heat forward who coaches the Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. The move comes in a wake of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, who is of Filipino descent, having spoken of increased ties to basketball program in the Philippines.Ĭone, 64, has coached in the Philippines since 1989, having also served as coach of the country’s national team. The Heat have confirmed that Tim Cone, the winningest coach in the Philippine Basketball Association, will work with the team’s coaching staff at summer league.
NBA free agency negotiations open at 6 p.m.
Should the Heat opt to utilize the full $10.3 million mid-level exception on Tucker instead of the non-Bird exception and its $8.4 million 2022-23 salary, it effectively would limit the Heat’s ability to also retain Caleb Martin in free agency, with the Heat then limited to a $2.3 million starting point for Martin in 2022-23. The sticking point from a Heat perspective could be fully guaranteeing such a third season, which would come with Tucker turning 40. Teams in possession of the $10.3 million full mid-level exception can offer a three-year, $33 million contract to Tucker, a difference from the Heat’s maximum offer largely offset by the lack of state income tax in Florida. In order to retain flexibility with both their mid-level exception and ability to operate below a hard cap, the Heat effectively are limited to a three-year, $27 million offer to Tucker, due to a rule that limits the length of contracts to those who turn 38 or older during the term. The difference this time around is more subtle with Tucker.