public static class Api
{
    private static readonly string _baseUrl = "https://data.nba.net/";

    private static async Task<string> getResponse(string? endpoint)
    {
        using (var client = new HttpClient())
        {
            var return_message = new HttpResponseMessage();

            try
            {
                return_message = await client.GetAsync(_baseUrl + (endpoint ?? "")).ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw;
            }

            return await return_message.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        }
    }

    public static async Task<IEnumerable<PlayerBioModel>> GetPlayerBio(string playerId)
    {
        var playerBioModel = new List<PlayerBioModel>();

        var response = await getResponse("/json/bios/" + playerId + ".json");
        var playerBioRootDto = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<PlayerBioRootDto>(response);

        playerBioModel.Add(new PlayerBioModel()
        {
            Id = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.id,
            Type = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.type,
            College = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.college,
            DisplayName = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.display_name,
            HighSchool = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.highschool,
            OtherLabel = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.other_label,
            OtherText = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.other_text,
            Professional = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.professional,
            Twitter = playerBioRootDto?.PlayerBioDto?.twitter
        });

        return playerBioModel;
    }
}