On Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, LeBron James met with a fan who is bravely battling cancer. Corey Groves, who was diagnosed with stage four sarcoma cancer and given under a year to live, had a wish to meet James in the coming months. That wish came true on Christmas Day.
Raptors superfan, Nav Bhatia, helped arrange the meeting where Corey connected with James prior to tip-off against the Clippers. Groves, who hails from Brampton, Ontario, was diagnosed with the devastating disease about six months ago. Since that time, according to CTV News in Canada, the 17-year-old has been through 12 rounds of chemotherapy and continues to wear an inspirational smile on his face.
On Christmas Day, Groves was able to do the one thing he wanted to do when he met his idol – shake his hand.
“I only want to shake his hand,” Groves said ahead of the meeting. “I’ll thank him for being an overall generous and a kind person.”
“It makes me feel pretty good, to see everyone came together and made it happen.”
Groves shared an image of he and LeBron on his Instagram page, @coreyswish2019. Thoughts and prayers go out to Corey as he continues his courageous fight.
