Good basketball player... sure. Does it **** that he died... sure, to those that liked to see him play. Is it sad that he is now dead... sure, to those that knew him and his family.
People die every day. People are making his death a big deal because he was rich and famous. I heard people referring to him as a "Hero" all day long though... Hero? Really? He did not do anything heroic that I am aware of. He got paid to toss a ball through a hoop. That's all. Hero? Give me a friggin break. I swear to whatever needs to be sworn to that if his birthday becomes a damn federal holiday like that damn Martin Luther King Jr., I am going to shit myself.