Cliff Dixon, a close friend of Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant, died early Thursday morning after being shot in metropolitan Atlanta, Asia Simone Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Chamblee (Georgia) Police spokesperson Michael Beller said Dixon was at the SL Lounge celebrating his 32nd birthday. Beller also said Dixon had just arrived prior to the shooting.
Billy Kobin of the Louisville Courier Journal reported Dixon was a former Western Kentucky basketball player. Burns added that Durant calls Dixon his "adopted brother.