Jason Collins - RIP

[HALL85]

Brain cancer…only 47

 

[hbkmyr]

Very sad. Was a key contributor to those early 2000 Nets teams that went to back to back finals. May he rest in peace.

 

[Piratz]

Wow, RIP

 

[Halldan]

Jason Collins, NBA’s first openly gay player, dead at 47

Collins announced in November that he had Stage 4 Glioblastoma and his family revealed the tragic news of his passing on Tuesday.

nypost.com

 

[PROF Ed]

Way too young,

 

[MooneyHall07]

Very sad. Was a key contributor to those early 2000 Nets teams that went to back to back finals. May he rest in peace.

A solid defender of low-post big men back when defense and low-post big men meant something in the NBA. The Nets got him from Houston along with Richard Jefferson via sign-and-trade on draft day back in 2001. The player the Nets traded for them was...Eddie Griffin. Rest in peace.

 

[SHUSource]

The player the Nets traded for them was...Eddie Griffin. Rest in peace.

I had forgotten that. Wild. Even more incredible is that Eddie Griffin is dead nearly 20 years.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

 

[Turiddu]

His grandmother worked for my mother in law and was a marvelous person. She adored her grandsons ,and was so proud of who they were becoming. My condolences to all who loved him.

 

[donnie-baseball]

I had forgotten that. Wild. Even more incredible is that Eddie Griffin is dead nearly 20 years.

Apropos of nothing, someone at work mentioned Steve Irwin yesterday, and I was shocked to see it's been 20 years since his passing.

 

[SHUSource]

Apropos of nothing, someone at work mentioned Steve Irwin yesterday, and I was shocked to see it's been 20 years since his passing.

Time marches on.

 

[Halldan]