Attention, this is troubling news as Hall of Famer has died today. Who died today? It was Washington Bullets, Wes Unseld. Unseld died of the age of 74.
His family released a statement on Unseld, in the statement the cause of his death was by health issues.
“He was the rock of our family. An extremely devoted patriarch who reveled in being with his wife, children, friends and teammates.” The family said. “He was our hero and love playing and working around the game of basketball for the cities of Baltimore and Washington D.C. Cities he proudly wore on his chest for so many years.”
Many current players showed love to him after his passing on Twitter today. Players like Kevin Love and Bradley Beal. The commissioner of the NBA, Adam Silver, reached out too.
In college he averaged around 20 points, in the NBA he averaged 10 points. Even though the points were low his rebounding was on cue for averaging 14 rebounds per game.
Unseld worked as a head coach for seven years, and then being a general manager for seven years.
He was a Bullet’s legend and will be remembered forever. Rest in peace, Wes Unseld. We will be remembering you forever! We will be in our minds always even if HoF Wes Unseld has died today.
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