Noordin Said, a favorite security guard to NBA players and numerous musical artists, died Tuesday in New York after contracting COVID-19, his daughter confirmed to Yahoo Sports.
He didn’t work for teams, therefore DeMarcus Cousins, Draymond Green and Rajon Rondo hired him personally for his services. Green hired Said to be his security guard during the 2018 playoffs. This season, Said worked with Rondo at most of the home games. He was 56 years old. Via Yahoo Sports:
“I was heartbroken,” Cousins told Yahoo Sports of hearing the news of his friend’s passing. “It sucks, especially losing a guy like him. He’s an A-1, first-class-type dude. Anybody he’s ever come in contact with, all you heard was good reviews. He’s just a good, genuine dude.
He took his job seriously, did it with class, did it with the best of his abilities, super professional, and the family man in him would give you advice on the daily. He was an OG at the same time. This hurts. It was a bad situation. There wasn’t much you could do. All you could do was sit from afar and hope and pray for the best. And that’s what we did.”
