An unverified private twitter account with the name and number of NBA journeyman center Sean Rooks also features visible pictures and quotes from the late Muhammad Ali.
If this account dated back to 2011 is Rooks’, it is ironic considering both men died within a few a days of each other. Nonetheless, both men left a legacy that extended beyond their professional sports career.
Only a few days from the NBA morning the loss of Ali, former Clippers center Rooks became the latest NBA big-man to die of heart disease.
Within the past 18 months, former NBA players who died from a heart attack before sixty included: center Moses Malone, forward Darryl Dawkins, center Jack Haley and forward Anthony Mason.