The Nets’ Milton Doyle, James Webb III and Isaiah Whitehead were all playing against Zeke Upshaw when the Grand Rapids standout collapsed on the court over the weekend. And with Upshaw’s passing Monday, Doyle still recalled the surreal scene that unfolded Saturday night.
“It was just quiet, dead silence,” Doyle recalled as he was carrying boxes from HSS Training Center on Monday. He’d been on the court for the Long Island Nets when Upshaw tumbled to the floor with 50 seconds left in the G-League game at Grand Rapids.
“We really … everybody, we didn’t know what happened.