OT Moses Malone passed away.

[Strenuus]

Such a sad day. One of the legends.

 

[Denny Crane]

Oh no.

 

[riverman]

RIP Moses! All the greats are passing on this year it seems

 

[magnifier661]

RIP Moses! It's really sad that a lot of these great athletes die so early. I guess pushing your body like that has some blow back

 

[42N8Bounce]

For a short time, he was a Blazer -

 

[42N8Bounce]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13645531/three-nba-mvp-moses-malone-dies-age-60

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[e_blazer]

All of these guys dying so young makes you wonder if there are health risks associated with being that big or the life style.

As a Blazer fan, I used to hate watching him use his big butt backing in for a shot, but man he was talented. RIP, big guy.

 

[speeds]

I dunno what the life expectancy is for people who are 6'10"+ but 60 still seems low. Shame.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

RIP Mr. Malone! Much too soon...

 

[Wizard Mentor]

All of these guys dying so young makes you wonder if there are health risks associated with being that big or the life style.

As a Blazer fan, I used to hate watching him use his big butt backing in for a shot, but man he was talented. RIP, big guy.

Definitely both.

 

[THE HCP]

Growing up besides our Blazers, those Sixers teams with him, Doc and Cheeks were my favorites. Very sad......... #FoFoFo

 

[BigGameDamian]

RIP..Blazers never should have let him go!

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

RIP Moses. You should have been a trail blazer for your entire NBA career. Instead we made the worst trade in our history and shipped you to Buffalo Braves.

I still dream of what could have been........Hollins-Davis-Gross-Lucas-Malone (once Big Bill went down and off the San Diego anyways).

 

[crandc]

Man, what a shock, I had not heard anything about his being sick. Is it just me or do we seem to be losing a lot of legends (not just sports) recently?

 

[ripcityboy]

Yeah. Kersey, Dawkins and now Malone. All waaaay to young. Very sad. : (

 

[dviss1]

Yeah. Kersey, Dawkins and now Malone. All waaaay to young. Very sad. : (

It usually happens in threes...

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It usually happens in threes...

After 1979, yeah. Before that, just 2+1.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

so sad.

RIP

 

[jlprk]

Over the past 12 months, the Sixers family has lost three legends. Just 17 days ago, Darryl Dawkins died on Aug. 27, and on Sept. 21, 2014, Caldwell Jones died. The offseason before the 1982-83 title run, Jones went to the Houston Rockets as part of a sign-and-trade deal that landed the Sixers Malone. CSN Philly

http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_rumors.shtml#ZDdWq42cJehEQy3x.99

 

[BBert]

Moses Malone was the best Blazer that never was. I was so stoked when we got him and royally bummed when the Blazers traded him. It was a cheapskate move, that ended up costing us the following injury plagued year.

IIRC: It was for a draft pick that ended up being Mychal Thompson? Meh.

RIP Big Guy.

 

[Chris Craig]

REST IN PEACE BIG MAN!

 

[handiman]

All of these guys dying so young makes you wonder if there are health risks associated with being that big or the life style.

Not to sound insensitive, but look to how short the life expectancy is of large breed dogs for your answer.

 

[Denny Crane]

Moses Malone was the best Blazer that never was. I was so stoked when we got him and royally bummed when the Blazers traded him. It was a cheapskate move, that ended up costing us the following injury plagued year.

IIRC: It was for a draft pick that ended up being Michael Thompson? Meh.

RIP Big Guy.

Thompson was seen as a once in a decade kind of player.

However, the pick was used to draft Rick Robey, according to basketball-reference.com...

 

[jlprk]

Harry Glickman was Buffaloed for #3 (became Robey), a pick which he traded 2 years later for #1 (became Mychal).

http://prosportstransactions.com/basketball/DraftTrades/Years/1978.htm

 

[BBert]

Thompson was seen as a once in a decade kind of player.

However, the pick was used to draft Rick Robey, according to basketball-reference.com...

Thanks for the clarification.

I feel much better.

 

[BBert]

Harry Glickman was Buffaloed for #3 (became Robey), a pick which he traded 2 years later for #1 (became Mychal).

http://prosportstransactions.com/basketball/DraftTrades/Years/1978.htm

I thought it was something like that.

Thanks.

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

It's not making me feel any better......

We traded Moses Malone AND Johnny Davis and ended up with Mychal Thompson? Oops!

 

[BBert]

Mychal Thompson = Overrated

 

[crandc]

I'm sure someone somewhere must have studied whether extra height is correlated with excess mortality. I'd be interested. It is known that excess weight correlates. Not sure about height - we did not evolve at 7' tall. Could that put additional strain on heart, lungs, kidneys in the way that excess weight does?

Can't really compare with dog breeds as most dog breeds have been heavily "customized". Few dogs are close to the wild type.

Regardless. RIP.