NBA's Golden State Warrior Dorell Wright gives big assist to those in need

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Dorell Wright and his girlfriend, Mia Lee, also participated in a coat drive for Oakland residents at the Thanksgiving meal.
(Special to Yahoo! Sports)

By Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports Nov 23, 1:26 pm EST

OAKLAND, Calif. – Susan Shelton had already received the bad news, and now she wanted to keep it secret. Too many of Oakland’s homeless and underprivileged residents looked forward to the city’s free Thanksgiving meal. Any indication the dinner might not happen this year was certain to be a disappointment to everyone involved.

That was the problem: About two months before the event’s 20th anniversary, Shelton – who is Oakland’s manager of community housing services – learned the city had raised barely a quarter of the $40,000 needed to put on the meal. Officials were on the brink of announcing the event would be canceled and replaced by a turkey giveaway.

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As it turned out, Shelton didn’t need to worry. On Tuesday, the city helped feed an estimated 2,100 people an early Thanksgiving dinner thanks to an unexpected benefactor: Golden Warriors forward Dorell Wright(notes).

“I’m grateful for Dorell,” said Shelton, who has been involved with the dinner for 12 years. “We weren’t going to do it this year. We didn’t even have the money. I don’t even know how he heard about it. And he came in and he said, ‘We are going to do this thing,’ and he did.

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This what the NBA has been doing a lot of lately. Think about this when you say you don't care about the NBA.

Go Dorell, a good person, and a mean 3-pt jump shooter. :yourock:

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1. Good for him! - n/t