Retired NBA journeyman Bonzi Wells announced some rather upsetting news via Instagram on Wednesday, telling his followers that he’d suffered what appeared to be a mild heart attack but was later sent home to recover.
Wells posted the following picture to his Instagram account, along with a special message to the medical personnel at St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis thanking them for their assistance during his health emergency.
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“I wanna thank these ladies for saving my life. They went above and beyond to make sure I would be ok. I suffered a heart attack @40 but I’m home and feeling good thanks to all that called and prayed for me.”
Wells recently made his return to basketball via Ice Cube’s BIG3 tournament as a co-captain of the Tri-State squad that included another former Trail Blazer, Jermaine O’Neal.
During his NBA days, Wells garnered a somewhat dubious reputation as a member of the notorious “Jail Blazers” era in Portland during the early 2000s. Last month, the 40-year-old Wells hinted via an Instagram post featuring Rasheed Wallace that a long-rumored documentary about that tumultuous time in Trail Blazers lore might be in the making.
In the meantime, we wish Wells a speedy recovery and hope to see him back out on the court for season two of the BIG3.
