Mark Eaton dies in bike wreck

[dcar00 14159]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31532507/former-utah-jazz-center-mark-eaton-dies-bicycle-crash-age-64

crazy.  Shaq and Hakeem need to stay off bikes.

[shadow_operative 15932]

didn't someone else just die in a bike accident? shit is going around.

[conVINCEd 21469]

7 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

didn't someone else just die in a bike accident? shit is going around.

Shawn Bradley, but I don’t think he died, just paralyzed.  Really tall people in Utah should probably avoid riding bikes.

Edited May 29, 2021 by conVINCEd

[ATXbronco 4062]

Shawn Bradley got paralyzed.

Nicky Hayden the Kentucky Kid (MotoGP racer) died on a bicycle about three years ago?

Someone else famous also died on a bicycle recently.

RIP Mark Eaton

Edited May 29, 2021 by ATXbronco

[washparkhorn 9939]

RIP.  Eaton was discovered at a tire shop by a Cypress College Assistant Coach. 

 

[Huckleberry 32850]

This is terrible, never heard anything but good things about Eaton as a man.

If you're over 7 feet tall, please just ride one of these.

 

[UpperWestside 6161]

I remember when I first saw him play on TV in 1988. He made Kareem look small and Gobert looks much smaller than he actually is in that picture of the two of them. He looked so intimidating with the beard, but off the court he was apparently just a normal guy who enjoyed life thoroughly. Rest in Peace big fella.

[UDontKnow 10441]

I hated Mark Eaton the NBA player. He would legitimately give Hakeem fits as he was a hell of a defender and block specialist. I'm sorry he passed. 

[TexArcher 37770]

Damn.  RIP, big guy.

[0xdeadbeef 1645]

Those teams with Eaton, Stockton and Malone were when I first started watching the NBA.  I hated when my team played them; the pick-and-rolls, and the Blocks. I loved to hate those teams, but in a good fan-of-another-team way. I have a lot of good memories from the NBA from that period, and Eaton played a part in that.

RIP big guy.  64 is just to soon. 

In case anyone else is curious, this is the road he crashed on.   Sadly, I'd put my money on a Heart Attack as the cause of the crash.

 

[Hate 20107]

Yeah, I'd be really surprised if it was just a crash that killed him.  As a Spurs fan, I hated those Utah teams he was on, but it was mostly directed at Malone and Stockton.  Eaton always seemed like a really good guy.  RIP. 

[Degenerate Gardner 4085]

7 hours ago, UDontKnow said:

I hated Mark Eaton the NBA player. He would legitimately give Hakeem fits as he was a hell of a defender and block specialist. I'm sorry he passed. 

He made Hakeem look like a very active, elusive child in stature.

RIP. Karl Malone can suck it though. Billy Paultz too, that bastard.

Edited May 30, 2021 by Degenerate Gardner

[UDontKnow 10441]

1 hour ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

He made Hakeem look like a very active, elusive child in stature.

RIP. Karl Malone can suck it though. Billy Paultz too, that bastard.

 

[Hate 20107]

I have a lot of respect for Hakeem, but that is a bitch as move.  100% bitch ass.

[IDIOTsavant 8483]

The early 90s billboard of him standing on the ground and holding the rim that said “White Men Don’t Need To Jump” was an all timer for me. RIP.

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

On 5/29/2021 at 9:02 PM, 0xdeadbeef said:

Those teams with Eaton, Stockton and Malone were when I first started watching the NBA.  I hated when my team played them; the pick-and-rolls, and the Blocks. I loved to hate those teams, but in a good fan-of-another-team way. I have a lot of good memories from the NBA from that period, and Eaton played a part in that.

RIP big guy.  64 is just to soon. 

In case anyone else is curious, this is the road he crashed on.   Sadly, I'd put my money on a Heart Attack as the cause of the crash.

 

Thanks for posting that pic.

Several sources have said it was a heart attack.