Shortly after the Magic drafted Isaac with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, Isaac got inspiration in an unlikely place.
Jonathan Isaac of the Orlando Magic poses for a portrait during the 2023-2024 Orlando Magic Media Day at AdventHealth Training Center in Orlando, Florida, on October 2, 2023. Julio Aguilar/Getty Images
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac was in the spotlight in 2020 for neither taking the COVID-19 vaccine, nor kneeling during the national anthem.
His faith, he said in a recent interview on Epoch TV’s “American Thought Leaders” with Jan Jekielek, guided these decisions.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
