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  • This high-scoring phenom may be the NBA’s first Orthodox Jewish player

    03/20/2021 11:01:22 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 18 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 19, 2021 | Ryan Dunleavy
    You won’t see Ryan Turell knocking down 3-pointers and locking up the opponent’s best player on defense, the way he always does for the nation’s hottest men’s college basketball team, when the NCAA Tournament starts Friday. That’s because Turell plays for Division III Yeshiva University, where the postseason is canceled for the second straight season because of COVID-19, but he is on a quest to become the first Orthodox Jewish player in the modern NBA, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. Turell has a pride in his faith, much different than when he didn’t want to wear...