Maybe you cry with this story. In 2012, when Miami Heat player Chris Silva was just 16, he took 4 different flights to reach New York City from Gabon, his homeland.

Without speaking a word of English, never having played professional basketball, Silva attracted the attention of Roselle Catholic High School basketball program who ultimately invested in the future of the young African dreamer. Team assistant coach Tommy Sacks remembers this day:

“Coach, I go to NBA.” Sacks later commented, “His ceiling is so high, one of the highest I’ve ever seen, because all he wants to do is get better. He wants to live in the weight room. He wants to run on his own. He wants to work out. He wants to get shots up.”

Selected by the Miami Heat in the 2019 draft, Silva was without seeing his mother in person for almost 3 years. Due to a lack of resources, schedule restrictions… several reasons prevented a meeting between mother and son during this period. But this year, in an action including a collaboration with NBA Africa, Chris won an unexpected Christmas gift during a practice of Miami Heat. In a video shared on youtube, you can see the athlete’s surprise when he understands that he can embrace his mom. The moment is touching to share together. After all, it is a genuine example of how much love can fill our lives and also how we miss it…

This is awesome. Watch @MiamiHEAT Chris Silva see his Mom for the first time in 3 years..The Heat with the help of @nba commisioner Adam Silver helped make it a great Holiday Season❤️ pic.twitter.com/CUcnKNtv3S — MarkJonesESPN (@MarkJonesESPN) December 28, 2019

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The NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who played an active role in the surprise for the Heat player, commented on the meeting: