Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted March 21, 2023 Willis Reed, Knicks legendary player is dead at 80. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted April 4, 2023 Bob Knight hospitalised and recently released for an 'acute illness'. Declining health reports in 2019, looking frail in videos in 2020, and no longer replying to fanmail as of last year due to illness are all noted here. I don't fancy his chances of seeing the year out. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted April 24, 2023 Ernie Barrett died at the age of 93 in , was the 7th pick of the 1951 NBA draft, selected by the Boston Celtics on 21/apr https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2023/4/21/athletics-k-state-mourns-the-passing-of-mr-k-state-ernie-barrett.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 26, 2023 A Boston Celtics executive who devoted her energy to raising money and awareness for brain cancer while battling the disease has died. Heather Walker, 52, the Celtics' vice president of public relations, who was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma in July 2021, died Wednesday, according to Walker's family. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 30, 2023 Larry "Gator" Rivers, a former Harlem Globetrotter and Missouri Western Hall of Famer, has died. He was 74. https://www.ajc.com/sports/high-school-sports-blog/gator-rivers-savannah-commissioner-basketball-legend-dies-at-74/D322HN4IEBB2ZNWJCR6MWQZTD4/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted May 4, 2023 NBA’s Lance Blanks dead at 56. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 5, 2023 17 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said: NBA’s Lance Blanks dead at 56. A terrible draft selection by a team that needed a big man at the time, but chose a shooting guard. (I have a feeling that sentence means nothing to 90% of y’all). He seemed to make a good career in the sport after all. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted May 8, 2023 Alexandros Varitimiadis, a Greek professional basketball player for the Raiffeisen Dornbirn Lions (AUT) of the Basketball Zweite Liga, died of cancer aged 28 on May 7 https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/08/alexandros-varitimiadis-passes-away/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 9, 2023 On 07/02/2023 at 07:37, Spade_Cooley said: So for those of us who plumped for collegiate basketball coaching legend Denny Crum in this year's DDP, we probably saw message board talk that he'd been moved to hospice in early December. This news story from a few days ago, however, says that he's "fighting health issues at home" that mean he's unable to leave his house. How are we interpreting that? I'm guessing that the hospice wasn't fully palliative, and it was just so they could sort his home out so it's comfortable for him to slowly die there over the next few months. Louisville legend and Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum has died. The UofL sports information director and close friend of the coach confirmed Crum died at his home Tuesday morning. Crum coached the University of Louisville men's basketball team from 1971 to 2001. He'll forever be remembered as the man who brought Louisville basketball to prominence. He brought the team, and the city, their first-ever national championship in 1980. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 10, 2023 On 04/05/2023 at 17:28, Lafaucheuse said: NBA’s Lance Blanks dead at 56. Daughter says Blanks died by suicide. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted May 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Daughter says Blanks died by suicide. what's going on with people committing suicide right now ? Him, Michel Cordes (major celeb in France), Moobin, Tori Bowie, Tiktok's Bobby Moudy… Who's next ?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted May 23, 2023 Cotton Nash died at age 80, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, died in Lexington, Kentucky, he played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers and San Francisco Warriors during the 1964-65 NBA season. He had his greatest success in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels, averaging 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game and 1.2 assists per game. he also played in 13 games over three MLB seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. One such game was with the White Sox on September 10, 1967, in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter; he replaced Ken Boyer at first base and recorded all three outs in the inning. Nash is one of only 13 multisport athletes to have played in both the NBA and Major League Baseball https://www.kentucky.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mark-story/article275702906.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted May 25, 2023 Jerry Krause died at age 87 in Cheney, Washington, was an American basketball coach and director. He was the Director of Basketball Operations at Gonzaga University from 1985 to 2015, Loveland, Colorado from 1959 to 1964. After moving to college basketball in 1964, Krause was an assistant coach at Colorado State College until 1967. From 1967 to 1985, Krause coached primarily at Eastern Washington University for the men's basketball team. With Eastern Washington, Krause had a 291-197 record before becoming an assistant coach at the university from 1993 to 1994. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/25/former-gonzaga-dir-of-basketball-operations-ewu-co/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 240 Posted May 27, 2023 On 15/10/2022 at 13:20, HDS said: Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo undergoing treatment for a brain tumor… pencil him in your lists. Dikembe Mutombo is selling his Atlanta-area mansion according to this. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted June 16, 2023 Reggie Moore was born in Lemoore, California and died in Luanda (ANG) on 12/Jun/23, aged 42, he was a basketball player, he played in Norway, United States Basketball League (USBL; under coach John Starks ), Germany and Portugal . In 2012, Moore obtained Angolan citizenship, thus being able to play for the Angolan national team . He is only the second US citizen in the history of the country's existence to obtain Angolan nationality, and has held several titles on the continent https://basketnews.com/news-190759-reggie-moore-passes-away-at-42.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 18, 2023 Jim Brandenburg, who led Wyoming to three regular-season WAC Championships and the same number of NCAA Tournament appearances, has died. He was 87. After completing his time there, Brandenburg left for the head coaching vacancy at San Diego State, one of Wyoming's in-conference rivals. https://7220sports.com/former-wyoming-basketball-coach-jim-brandenburg-dies-at-87/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted July 3, 2023 Cecil Exum morreu aos 60 anos na Austrália, ele era um jogador de basquete nascido em Dudley, Carolina do Norte (EUA), onde estudou na Southern Wayne High School. Em 2012, ele foi o único jogador de basquete masculino a ter sua camisa aposentada pela escola. Exum foi selecionado pelo Denver Nuggets na nona rodada do draft da NBA de 1984 com a 194ª escolha geral. Ele sofreu uma grave lesão no joelho pouco antes da seletiva e nunca jogou na NBA. https://basketnews.com/news-191552-cecil-exum-passes-away-at-60.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted July 4, 2023 9 hours ago, diego said: Cecil Exum morreu aos 60 anos na Austrália, ele era um jogador de basquete nascido em Dudley, Carolina do Norte (EUA), onde estudou na Southern Wayne High School. Em 2012, ele foi o único jogador de basquete masculino a ter sua camisa aposentada pela escola. Exum foi selecionado pelo Denver Nuggets na nona rodada do draft da NBA de 1984 com a 194ª escolha geral. Ele sofreu uma grave lesão no joelho pouco antes da seletiva e nunca jogou na NBA. https://basketnews.com/news-191552-cecil-exum-passes-away-at-60.html His son is the Australian Basketball Player Dante Exum who was drafted 5th in the 2014 NBA Draft and is probably one of the biggest busts in the last decade as he largely was relegated to benchwarmer by his 2nd season . His NBA story might have a new 2nd act though,after a strong stint in the Euroleague recently with Partizan Belgrade he got resigned with the Dallas Mavericks a few days ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted July 7, 2023 Former professional women's basketball player Nikki McGray, who made three WNBA All-Star teams as a member of teams like the Washington Mystics and Phoenix Mercury, died at 51 years: https://www.wcbi.com/former-msu-womens-basketball-coach-nikki-mccray-penson-dead-at-51/ She also won gold medals representing the United States at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Game 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted July 10, 2023 Tara Heiss died on 8/Jul/2023 at the age of 66, was an American women's basketball player. A 5-foot, 6-inch (1.68 m) point guard who played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins from 1975 to 1978, she was also a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team and played in the Women's Professional Basketball League. She has been inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame, and the Maryland State Athletics Hall of Fame. Many consider her the best point guard in the history of women's basketball in the United States, she would compete in the 1980 Olympics if it weren't for the boycott of the USA to those Olympics https://umterps.com/news/2023/7/8/womens-basketball-wmaryland-mourns-the-passing-of-hall-of-famer-tara-heiss.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted July 13, 2023 On 18/08/2022 at 00:41, CaptainChorizo said: Looks like Dick Vitale is a name you can cross off any 2023 shortlists Dick Vitale has cancer for the third time. This time vocal chord cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 19, 2023 Lew Perkins, a 1960s college basketball player who rose through the administration ranks to eventually become the athletic director at the University of Kansas and at Wichita State, has died. He was 78. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/former-kansas-wichita-state-ad-222926291.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted July 24, 2023 Jane Terira was born in Kaikohe and died on July 21 at the age of 95, the New Zealander was a New Zealand sportswoman who represented her country in basketball, softball and hockey https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/wahine-maori-new-zealand-triple-sports-representative-jane-te-hira-dies-aged-95/V7QK7UXIUVFABCCW6L4F2DA3SE/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted July 25, 2023 Breaking News: Bronny James, son of LeBron James, suffered cardiac arrest on court: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/25/sport/bronny-james-cardiac-arrest/index.html 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted July 26, 2023 10 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Breaking News: Bronny James, son of LeBron James, suffered cardiac arrest on court: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/25/sport/bronny-james-cardiac-arrest/index.html That's huge news, but also a bit weird. How can an 18yo get a cardiac arrest? Been taking illegal substances? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
