NBA player, Roanoke native Troy Daniels donates to Roanoke City Schools Denver Nuggets guard donates $3,000 for weekend meals
Troy Daniels donates to Roanoke City Schools (twitter)
Roanoke, Va. – Roanoke native and current Denver Nuggets guard Troy Daniels has donated $3,000 to help Roanoke City Schools feed children during the weekends.
Roanoke City Schools tweeted out a thank you to the William Fleming grad on Thursday.
The 6-year NBA pro’s trek to pro basketball started at William Fleming, then took him to VCU.
He broke into the league with Houston, and has had stints with Minnesota, Charlotte, Memphis, Phoenix and the Los Angeles Lakers and is now a Denver Nugget.
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