Here’s the Oregonian with quotes on Jerome Kersey, the former Trail Blazers who has unfortunately passed away:
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Danny Ainge will remember many things about Jerome Kersey, but one thing will always stand above all: His smile.
“He always played happy and hard,” Ainge said Thursday morning. “And that made him a great joy to be around on a day-in-day-out basis.”
Kersey died unexpectedly on Wednesday in Tualatin. He was 52.
Kersey played his first 11 seasons with the Blazers, including two with Ainge – the record 63-win season in 1990-1991 and the NBA Finals season of 1991-1992.