Atlanta Hawks center Jason Collier died early Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack. He was 28. Hawks players were notified of Collier's death at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning before a scheduled workout was cancelled.
Collier, was an American professional basketball player in the NBA. At death, the 7 ft tall center Collier weighed 250 pounds. He was the first active NBA player to die since Malik Sealy in 2000. Collier led Catholic Central High School of his hometown Springfield, Ohio to the 1996 Ohio State Basketball Championship, for which he was named 1996 Ohio Mr. Basketball. After transferring from Indiana, he completed his college career at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 15th overall pick of the 2000 NBA Draft. He was traded on draft day to the Houston Rockets in exchange for their pick, Joel Przybilla. He then played for the Rockets and the Atlanta Hawks, averaging 5.6 points per game over his career.
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