Givealittle page<\/a> was set up to help support his family\u2019s financial burden and funeral costs.<\/p>\n\u201cWe are all deeply saddened by the sudden passing of PJ, a truly incredible man who gave so much to his family, his community and the countless people whose lives he touched,\u201d a statement on the page read.<\/p>\n
\u201cPJ and his wife Krissy built and ran their basketball business together, and basketball was a huge part of their lives. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut PJ\u2019s impact went far beyond basketball. He gave his time, energy and support to so many organisations, groups and individuals, always willing to help where he could and make a difference to those around him.<\/p>\n
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PJ King represented the Taranaki Mountain Airs during hi splaying days. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n
\u201cThere simply aren\u2019t enough words to describe the man PJ was or the depth of his love for his family and the people in his life. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was someone who showed up for others, gave so much of himself and left a lasting mark on so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n
An email sent by St Kentigern\u2019s College principal Damon Emtage confirmed the school will hold a memorial for King. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor more than a decade, Mr King played an important role in basketball programmes across the Saint Kentigern community, coaching and mentoring our players,\u201d the email read.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough his involvement at the Boys School, PJ made a lasting contribution to generations of Saint Kentigern players.\u201d<\/p>\n
The college planned to provide meals through the parents and friends \u201cFood From the Heart\u201d initiative to support King\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
A celebration of King\u2019s life is in the St Kentigern College Gymnasium tomorrow from 10am. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PJ also represented Counties Manukau and Auckland age groups, New Zealand U19s, the Auckland Stars and Taranaki Mountain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[21023,1929,64,22065,63,726,3181,13646,105297,10852,21694,32671,7145,504024,16316,15624,92659,85,126184,414201],"class_list":["post-937520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-21023","tag-at","tag-au","tag-auckland","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-coach","tag-created","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-former","tag-foundation","tag-king","tag-muchloved","tag-pj","tag-player","tag-representative","tag-sports","tag-suddenly","tag-youngsters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}