Nate Robinson says he will die soon if he doesn't get a kidney

In 2018, however, Robinson’s kidneys failed. When this happens, they aren’t able to remove waste and extra fluid from the blood on their own or regulate bodily chemicals, which can be fatal. He delayed treatment, intent on living life on his own terms. Life had other plans for him, though, when two years later, spry and 36 years young, Robinson got sick—worse than he could have imagined. He was in Philly for a basketball tournament for one of his three sons and caught a bad case of Covid. He lost his taste and was plagued by constant headaches, his body aching in a way it never had before. “When I got back home to Seattle, I went straight to the hospital,” he says. “It was bad, bro. I was in the hospital for a week. My body, my insides just… stopped working and shit.” -via Men’s Health / June 18, 2024

Two years after announcing his renal kidney failure diagnosis, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson has admitted he ‘doesn’t have long to live’ if he can’t find a replacement. Robinson, an 11-year NBA vet who played for the likes of the Knicks, Celtics and Bulls, has spent the last four years searching for a kidney – and shared he’d only survive a ‘week or two’ without a dialysis machine. ‘I know that I don’t have long if I can’t get a kidney,’ Robinson exclusively told Mail Sport. ‘I know I’m not going to have long to live. So I just want to make the best of it as much as I can. -via Daily Mail / April 10, 2024

It’s no surprise, then, that he described his current situation as a ‘rollercoaster,’ but but he’s trying to staying positive nonetheless. ‘The [dialysis] machine has been helping my longevity and my life right now,’ he said. ‘So I’m just enjoying the times where I do feel healthy. I try to get out there with my kids, see my family and play basketball, do the things that I love. And I still try to do all the things that I can to stay and feel normal as I can, stay as human as I can.’ -via Daily Mail / April 10, 2024