7 NBA Players Who Died In Their Primes

[@NewyorkRican2191]

I attended high school with Malik Sealy in the Bronx. He was an awesome person and a classic act overall. I cried my ass off when I learned about his passing. Rest in Peace King. 👑

[@julianbaez3194]

Bro that's sad sorry to hear that 😪😫😓😭😨

[@aybgreg6748]

My neighbor's daughter went to HS with him too, I think. She was OD fly when I was younger.

[@joyceh217]

I went to Dunbar with Reggie Lewis we graduated together class of 83! Gone to soon R.I.P Reggie

[@kirstieescalonagindap8313]

Last night I watched the story of Reggie Lewis and I felt so pity🙁 and while I'm watching this Reggie's story makes my tears burst out😪Rest in peace to all of them🤧

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

I was born in Seattle in 1973, a Sonics and Blazers fan. What angers me about the man who killed Malik Sealy, is that after he was released from jail, he was AGAIN arrested for drunk driving. Goodness sake, you kill a pro athlete in his prime, a father and husband, and you STILL didn't learn?

[@benchwarmerss9165]

my 5th grade teacher went to school with malik .. ill never forget how hard he took it then missed a week of school to go to the funeral

[@trevavaughn5]

Sadly, the person didn't learn. I've heard AND actually attended a jury duty on this mess like this.

[@jim217ful]

Killing anyone while drunk is horrible. Not just because he played sports.that driver should have never been out of jail.

[@Rickypaleo1776]

Honestly what’s a pro athlete have to do with it.

[@lamonthill7120]

Frfr I met his brother and talked for hours about Malik he is one of Brooklyn's finest rest easy Malik never forgotten

[@vivahernando1]

I remember that Nets team with Coleman, Anderson, and Petrovic. They had a fun playoff run and bam he died that offseason. Death is so final

[@DrLuke49]

Had Drazen lived then New Jersey would still have the Nets

[@teo.took.40.benadryl]

@@DrLuke49 not really

[@bradysigrest2743]

Drazan petrovich would have been a hall of Famer

[@robertvrhovec9696]

He is HOF

[@donothegreat2522]

He is

[@MaestorRasanen]

He could've been the best ever. I mean he put 40 over MJ?

[@upabittoolate]

He's already in it.

[@kingsunite3444]

Facts he was cold on the basketball court. Talked shit to MJ and backed it up. Most people are too you to remember him.

[@datguy1569]

I remember Drazen Petrovic I use to watch him play back in the day he was the Luka Doncic of that era.

[@khigg40]

Malik Sealy hit home for me😢😢. R.I.P to all.

[@spiceislife]

It hit HARD for KG. I remember that well.. 😢😢

[@coldsteppah9843]

I see his picture everyday spray painted outside my building

[@JazzyJeff910]

@@coldsteppah9843 you stay in the 704?

[@hashimaliahmed3675]

Malik sealy💜❤️❤️😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@kasper2handsome431]

Word

[@curiouslymavismade]

RIP to ALL the gone yet not forgotten players.

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

Rest In Peace Everyone ☹️

[@catlover5859]

😞

[@adrianjones7490]

🙏🏾

[@James_follows_Christ]

No one knows where they’re going until judgement day

[@WesternGarbageTrucks]

Why is koby not on this

[@cameronmitchell2044]

Argeed lan

[@nexxaj2370]

I remember i used to get Eddie griffin confused with the comedian/actor eddie griffin.. I remember reggie lewis as well i liked them both

[@neutral6941]

RIP 2 everyone on the list. 🙏

[@timothybelgard-wiley4823]

...thanks for including Petro...a very good player...

[@s.tavares3257]

Man, I remember when Michael Jordan said Bobby Phills was the best defender he's played against.. You can't get a better compliment from a greater player.

[@nosmoke69]

Dražen Petrović, the best player to ever come from Europe. We will miss you, RIP DRAZEN!

[@vascoimortal98]

ThatBosnianGuy He has the most points in basketball history 100+ in a game

[@saulgoodmanesquire3730]

He is one of the best, dont sleep on Dirk

[@PopeyesBiscuitWithNoDrink]

@@saulgoodmanesquire3730 fax

[@PopeyesBiscuitWithNoDrink]

@@vascoimortal98 yea 112 points I think?

[@Lilpeteythegoat]

@@saulgoodmanesquire3730 I think he could have been one of the best Europe players if he did not die

[@michaelemery2201]

RIP to all of u!! Being from Boston I remember his funeral and him leading NorthEastern..I think Len Bias should be on this list drafted # 2 by the Celtics and would of played with Bird..Never forget that day, he was on cover of Sports sports illustrated, which states Death of of Dream

[@craighenry2351]

I just mentioned Len. I am no fan of the Celtics, but Bias’s death followed shortly after by Lewis, was an incredible run of tragedy for them.

[@michaelemery2201]

@@craighenry2351 He was my favorite player in College at Maryland..Would of been a star..We have enough Celtics fans and don't need u

[@TheBearded1G]

Bias never got a chance to play in the League....I'm guessing that's why he's not on here

[@djk083]

Rip to all but man I remember Bobby Phills!! N Petrovic was the OG n perhaps greatest euro player to ever make the NBA!!

[@mattwatts33]

Reggie Lewis was on his way to being a 30ppg all-star future hall of famer. I believe Boston could have won a finals in 1993 if Reggie hadn’t had collapsed. He was so good!

[@microsoftjacket8509]

Rip kobe and all rest up 😭😭😭😭

[@mudiabubakar8503]

The most painful of all, perhaps was the death of Len Bias out of the University of Maryland. Although he wasn't ab NBA player yet, he was drafted high 2nd pick in 1986 NBA draft by Boston Celtics. He died of cocaine overdose after being drafted at a party with his friends. Now we are wondering what could have been. He and Michael Jordan would have had a formidable rivalry in the 1980s and 1990s. What a talent Len Bias was! He was a show stopper!

[@michaelcoffey1991]

As a Celtic Fan of 47 years old Reggie Lewis to me was even more tragic then L Bias. As L Bias will always be the ULTIMATE what if.... Reggie had gotten to the NBA and has just become one of the top 25, top 20 player's in the game and on the up-rise when he passed away on court, just awful.

[@goahead3995]

I am a Celtics fan for over 35 years. I remember Reggie Lewis. He was an amazing Celtic.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@@goahead3995 So true

[@austinrosado1938]

I'm a Celtics fan also Reggie Lewis hit me hard to😢

[@incognito9881]

1993 was a sad year for sports. Tennis star Monica Seles was stabbed, NASCAR champ Alan Kulwicki died in a plane crash, tennis legend Arthur Ashe died of AIDS, NBA player Bobby Hurley almost died in a vehicular accident, basketball coach Jim Valvano died of cancer, and the tragic deaths of emerging NBA superstars Reggie Lewis and Petrovic.

[@cuttycain1334]

Bobby Hurley was his name

[@eishagraves6780]

Horrible

[@bmw3842]

He was talking NBA players if I am correct .Someone always has to go off topic and interject their opinion on players in other sports . Stay with the script .

[@tazzyty6143]

@@bmw3842 not that serious my guy

[@bmw3842]

@@tazzyty6143 Dude get a fucking life

[@VaddyFC]

Malik Sealy death hits home because he got killed in the city right next to mine here in Minnesota. I travel down that highway multiple times a week. I remember hearing the news back in 2000, Kevin Garnett was so distraught and so were all of us Timberwolves fans. RIH Malik Sealy.

[@Chuck_EL]

i remember his death it was very tragic, he was a trendsetter, paved the way for athletes becoming businessmen outside of baskeball and becoming actors that we see now. i love the movie "eddie" and he was a hell of an actor, if youre a basketball fan id definately watch it...definately could of been a movie or tv star rih malik

[@williamgullett8071]

RIH? What does that stand for

[@VaddyFC]

@@williamgullett8071 Rest In Heaven

[@williamgullett8071]

@@VaddyFC oh...I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for the response

[@Midori_Ringo]

I remember how devastating for the Hornets losing Bobby Phills and for the Timberwolves losing Malik Sealy was. Garnett was super young and just starting to realise his potential. The Hornets were a pretty young team too. Sealy and Phills were like the veterans of those teams and they were beloved in those locker rooms. They may not have been HOF calibre players but they were good players that were leaders and veterans on their teams

[@jbj7599]

Wasn't Sealy his 'nba big bro'?

[@SSJQ456]

💯

[@Nimonjeua-Ndiangang]

RIP to all of these striving great brothers all of them alike.

[@fbm_ninoguap6672]

Didn’t know Eddie griffin passed I remember using him in nba street v2 damn rip

[@jamisonbernhardt3310]

passed. gl

[@andreben3000]

They think he may have committed suicide by stopping his vehicle on train tracks

[@notavailable4596]

@@andreben3000 Yeah or just been drunk. He was only like 24 or something. They tried to get him help for his self destructive behavior but it never took.

[@Salmoney23]

Philly philly!!!! Roman catholic. We never know. Only he knew. Everyone has demons that's why you gotta talk to ppl.

[@Black____]

Wow I had forgot about some of these players. Crazy how life goes on, except for the loved one's...

[@prodrumreece]

I remember Bobby Phills death tragedy being on the news at my uncles house back in the day. I was 10.

[@RacerGirl48]

I lived in Charlotte at the time. He was racing on Tyvola Road.

[@brandonoxley5709]

Great video, great info but slow down a bit in your diction. Otherwise awesome channel as well

[@dwightbooker2224]

I just slowed the speed on the video lol

[@melwilliams1745]

Phillz wuzn't driving behind David Wezly, they were racing!

[@yourshyness32]

yep, racing after practice. Was a sad day down here in the Carolinas.

[@supere8255]

Rip Jason I go to Catholic central and he is a legend this season we made it to the semis

[@chrisfrmDC]

I remember Bobby Phill's dying. I think I also remember the news saying him and David Wesley were racing.

[@RacerGirl48]

Yep they were racing alright

[@shamzNFO]

MET MALIK SEALY AND HAVE HIS AUTOGRAPH INCREDIBLE PLAYER

[@p4pimthechamp...901]

He played for the clippers i remember that

[@PlanetAuthority]

RIP to those legends!

[@AwesomenessHippopotamus]

"Legends" don't drive recklessly, drive drunk or get killed by breaking and entering.

[@Londonsworld2012]

being from NC i remember when bobby phills got killed in charlotte heard him an wesley was racing

[@yourshyness32]

They were

[@RacerGirl48]

I do too. They were leaving practice and decided to see what would happen if they raced each other. Well it wasn't a smart move

[@MrWonimacer89]

Rip Stacy Patton aka Malik sealy if you know you know

[@p4pimthechamp...901]

Wow i grew up on watchn him didnt knoe this

[@prodrumreece]

Already bro 💯✊🏽 “Eddie” one of my favorite basketball movies.

[@bcdakid414]

Shit hurt my feelings when i found out he been dead all these years

[@eishagraves6780]

Idk the Drazen and Reggie’s death broke my heart ❤️

[@mauricegrant9229]

I Remember When Petrovich Died, Cause I Used To Say: That's The Baddest White Dude On The Basketball Court Since Larry Bird: 🏀👍 R.I.Praise To All🙏😇

[@albertotomba4345]

True that

[@3243_]

I would also include ABA legend Wendell Ladner, who died in a plane crash in 1975.

[@hugrad99]

I remember when I heard the news of the car crash when Bobby Phils died. This one hurt

[@RacerGirl48]

Yep young guys and fast cars, dangerous combination

[@chadroyer9411]

@@RacerGirl48 I felt for his family. When the news covered it, everyone was really sad. I wish we could do better….. this bothers me to this day

[@axx111]

To this day I'm angry with Portland to not appreciate Dražen. When Luka came to NBA some coaches said it's not fair that he's considered a rookie at the age of 19, because he had some European professional experience while college students had none. When Dražen came to the NBA he was one of the top players in the world and a European legend already,...of course NBA didn't value European players back then and he was put on the bench,...Ridiculous. And of course - he was considered a ROOKIE. :) (technically he was an NBA rookie, but still)

[@knuke9596]

No disrespect to Drazen but who was he supposed to start over on that Blazers team? Drexler? Or Terry Porter at point?

[@axx111]

@@knuke9596 Dražen was a shooting guard, he could play with both. I don't care if he was in starting 5 but he should have 25 min per game and should close games because he was a born winner.

[@knuke9596]

@@axx111 It was his first season and he was on a very good team. They prob didn't plan to have him in the rotation for that many minutes in his rookie year.

[@axx111]

@@knuke9596 Exactly,..but what I'm saying is that they didn't respect him enough. He was already a 2x Euroleague champion and with Yugoslavia a European champion and a World champion (in all the teams he played he was a key player). He usually scored over 30 pts,.once even 62 points in the final of Euro cup. In Portland they treated him worse than a top10 rookie nowadays!!! (I know a lot about him because I followed his career almost from the start.)

[@ricardolopez1228]

Drazen was a beast... best shooter in history

[@raymondmaglonzo5346]

RIP Mamba 💔

[@albailey4307]

Draven was one the best pure shooters to ever play in the nba rip

[@ricardolopez1228]

THE BEST

[@alexlorda394]

Forgot about Len Bias. He was a very promising second pick for the Celtics in the 1984 draft. Two days after being drafted- at age 22- he went out to party and celebrate with his friends. He died that night of a cocaine overdose.

[@jeremiahhernandez361]

I remember Reggie Lewis's death n somewhat of Drazen Petkovic's death too. I woke up getting ready for school n I was in 5th grade at the time in 93 n saw the news on Reggie Lewis on TV.

[@Gsxr13Rafa]

RIP To all Reggie Lewis was the best on the list. He was Jordan’s toughest opponent

[@PopeyesBiscuitWithNoDrink]

@Marie Madison hell no

[@Uzi_nash14]

He was the best on the list. Hands down

[@hennylo68]

@@Uzi_nash14 No way is it hands down. Drazen Petrovich is the best on this list.

[@silverblack8312]

5:41

[@randya103]

No he wasn't, mitch richmond was

[@howardtduck78]

Ya notice most of these guys played for the t-wolves

[@takei815]

Should’ve added Len bias he would’ve been a hall of famer and mj rival but his life was cut short after a cocaine intoxication

[@markbeckens]

He never played in the NBA.

[@fabianmurray6552]

Brought back alot of memories.

[@TimKif-tf7xm]

Yeah let me tell about peoples death while I have cool music in the background

[@kyoakland]

Its life you won't make it out alive

[@thecrimsonfire95]

Well I don't know most of them but I can slightly remember Drazen Petrovic. 2K gave him a Diamond card this year and looks worth it, but I didn't know that he is already in heaven.

[@hashimaliahmed3675]

I also felt deep anger against the drunken Thai driver who killed our beloved Malik sealy

[@hashimaliahmed3675]

That drunken Thai driver should have rotten in jail in the first place.recklessness and arrogance has no room in this world. .

[@jimshu893]

He is hmong not Thai

[@hashimaliahmed3675]

@@jimshu893 who told you he is not thai

[@jimshu893]

The news

[@nijiajohnson8189]

It's sad to think that Kobe Byrant is add to this list of people

[@grxxvedakid2474]

He wasn’t in his prime

[@nijiajohnson8189]

@@grxxvedakid2474 No but he still was young

[@RacerGirl48]

We were the same age. Hard to believe he's gone

[@petercarman1231]

Some great players RIP 🙏🎄

[@liliayu8468]

Please help me mam

[@reniecemoore1442]

R.I.P Everyone 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@bryant3981]

Rip to these legends👏🏽👏🏽

[@albertotomba4345]

Petrovic a killa ❤

[@bussdownperiona2084]

Kobe Bryant 🙏🏼🕊

[@skumpster]

Nah he didn’t die in his prime

[@DaBeatBanga]

@@skumpster that’s true he retired then died a few years after he retired

[@LumBontamp]

@@DaBeatBangahe died 2020 tho

[@DaBeatBanga]

@@LumBontamp he retired 2016 vro

[@LumBontamp]

@@DaBeatBanga ohhh

[@mojo4025]

Love for all of them

[@crashstitches79]

Reggie Lewis and Lenny Bias, both Celtics who died young. Bias could have made Boston even more incredible than they already were, potentially changing history.

[@jkingjay9545]

Didnt know Bobby Phills died. RiP 3 point specialist. 🔥💧 Eddie Griffin too?? Man... RIP

[@yourshyness32]

Yes Bobby Phills died drag racing after practice.

[@jkingjay9545]

@@yourshyness32 oh wait I remember that now and I think Malik Sealy died on his motor cycle after getting married

[@yourshyness32]

@JKingJay I remember Bobby Phills since I'm down here in Carolinas.

[@jkingjay9545]

@@yourshyness32 yea I use to track him back then. If I remember correctly he was most noticeable on Cavs and Charlotte

[@flaming3652]

Bobby Phills hurted me. He definitely did used to make Jordan work for his points.

[@RacerGirl48]

Yeah he was racing on Tyvola Road in Charlotte. Too many young guys love to race on the street.

[@paulettehammond-duerson8989]

This is wild and crazy. Why is this video being recommended in my news feeds.

[@andreharris4847]

Hey. Not sure if you know. But on the Reggie Lewis segment. Pictures of current nba player Pj Dozier pops up twice when talking about Reggie Lewis 😬

[@adrianwiltshire9563]

I thought Dee Brown would have made this list. Maybe he wasn’t in his prime I guess. I’ll have to research it. There was also Hank Gathers.

[@chris_favreau]

You're thinking of Reggie Lewis... And yeah, he was in his prime. Believe he was 27 when his heart gave out.

[@bryanskreden3525]

Len Bias

[@wedemboyz807]

I think mean Len Bias. He was drafted by Boston 2nd pick died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose 2 days after being drafted

[@MrHifihifi]

@@chris_favreau Dee Brown is alive

[@nell866]

Can’t believe Kobe is gone Rest In Peace to them all

[@matthewmolkentin6230]

Drazen Petrovic would have ended his career one of the Top 50 players in NBA history.

[@damonke79]

Nope. He was older when he passed and while a great shooter, he was never a great defensive player.

[@matthewmolkentin6230]

@@damonke79 He was only 29 when he died... And he was a good defender.

[@damonke79]

@@matthewmolkentin6230 29 is fairly old for a player. He had only been a star player for two years. No all defensive team selections and only 1.3 steals per game as a starter with NJ. I saw the guy play. He was never a very good defender.

[@loganblack4885]

@@damonke79 He was 28 and great nba player. He was 6x allstar 2x champ 4x nba defensive selection averaged 3.7 steals 4.5 blocks 9.3 assists

[@mongoslade277]

ABSOLUTELY. He was better than a lot of players on the top 75 NBA Players

[@upb4theam446]

Bobby Phils was drag racing against David Wesley. They were both going over 100 mph. Malik Sealy was truly in a car accident. Bobby Phils caused an accident by driving reckless.

[@RacerGirl48]

Yep remember it well.

[@LeviGamezYTT]

When he said William Howard Taft I was thinking the president.

[@ricardolopez1228]

SIR DRAZEN PETROVIC.. BEST SHOOTER IN NBA HISTORY!!!!!!

[@Safemooner0416]

Len Bias died before Stardom!

[@brandondixon207]

Damn a lot of them died in car accidents. That's crazy

[@Watkins106]

At my High School we had a Baseball player just collapse. This also apparently happened in a University up north of me.

[@glennshufford5815]

He was a good man helping people to and the other super stars player die in a car accident form the NBA basketball

[@andremerritt2670]

R.I.P everyone on this list

[@ToneRetroGaming]

Malik Sealy still hurts

[@dionafeworki2387]

Lorenz Wright died too

[@croftmire]

Lorenzen Wright died after he had retired, though.

[@dinos6231]

Drazen was lights out!

[@darrienscott7048]

Mannn. I was about to go off cause I didnt Drazen! That man feared noone. Especially Jordan. I remember watching those battles. Greatness.

[@javierMckim]

@ 9:21 Is that Eddie Robinson for the Bulls?

[@HackerBro-fi5sc]

I hate the or word dead,died,killed,kill

[@ksmart1235]

Same, you forgot deceased though

[@seanwestbrook8713]

They forgot Len Baise

[@tonystarkz3877]

Bias

[@ProducersIKnow]

Just for the record, you mentioned the 1988-89 season where Reggie became a starter in his 2nd NBA season. He became an NBA All Star for the first & only time in 1992, the year Magic Johnson won the MVP award. He passed away in the summer after the 1992-93 season.

[@edwardgarde924]

Anthony Mason,Jerome Kersey and Clifford Robinson RIP

[@rodneybrown5926]

😢

[@ADG.Est.1988]

I didn't even know Cliff Robinson was deceased

[@JonPaul404]

The facts aren’t completely accurate, but good video

[@croftmire]

Wow, Reggie Lewis is also PJ Dozier! Never knew that!

[@LebronJames-zc8fl]

Rip to them🕊

[@liliayu8468]

Can i ask for a help

[@RareSquid]

Don't wanna make this weird but fhtrruiklfttikggyiookhfezaawcvhuh bron jame 😳😳😳

[@RETlREDAVIATOR]

You should NEVER kick in a locked door no matter who you think is on the other side! 👎🏾

[@stressfree219]

Shouldve wouldve couldve stop it

[@travisshiflett6822]

Unless ur the cops ....

[@RETlREDAVIATOR]

@@travisshiflett6822 They can catch some lead too! 😄

[@travisshiflett6822]

@@RETlREDAVIATOR ..maybe

[@kdot1022]

Anyone else notice the random pictures of PJ Dozier while he was talking about Reggie Lewis?

[@mongoslade277]

Was trying to figure out who that was. He left college a year too early but I think he's still in the league

[@craighenry2351]

All were great selections, but I have one honorable mention (Only because, technically, he doesn’t qualify. He died the very night he was drafted number one). He was also the beginning of a Celtics run of bad luck a few years before Reggie Lewis. This guy doesn’t qualify because, although he was drafted, he never played. But he was the college player of the year, and most folks felt he would be an NBA superstar. Len Bias’s death was a true tragedy.

[@XENONPLASMA]

Here's one non NBA player, that 'what if he didn't die and played for the Celtics?' Len Bias.

[@fastcatcherajbrown4050]

Rest in peace 🙏🏀 beskball player

[@King_Dot1]

R.I.P. 🙏🏾

[@keebisking]

Nah Drazen was real though 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jesusrivera1771]

Bison Dele rip

[@Muscular-Tower]

Sad. And they tell me that he was murdered by his own brother...

[@justinberry62]

Damn Malik sealy Stacey from Eddie smh…classic wow

[@akvalues]

Reggie Lewis was a stud, and Petrevic

[@LogicallyCompromised]

it is important to note that malik sealy was not wearing his seat belt. a tragic situation for him and his family but it could have turned out differently.

[@rayt2548]

Drazen Petrovic RIP

[@derpyderp1991]

That last one is the most tragic