Former Sooners great, NBA player Tisdale dies after battle with cancer

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[font=Arial, Helvetica]College basketball legend, and my good friend and fellow Sooner, Wayman Tisdale passed Friday morning. Tisdale was just elected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame this year.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Tisdale's passing comes after a two-year battle with cancer. His leg was amputated a little over a year ago.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Tisdale, a three-time All-American at Oklahoma, spent 12 seasons in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns.[/font]

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

R.I.P

I thought he was gonna beat it.

 

[al3xis]

WOW

RIP

 

[rudolph1996]

Wow.... RIP


OTL did a recent report on Tisdale.... his passion for music and his battle with Cancer....his courage and humility dealing with this was second to none......

 

[starbury03]

Man... RIP

 

[dlo13]

 

[raw120]

terrible

rip

 

[maxelite]

RIP

 

[CP1708]

I lived near Sac when they were rollin out Tisdale, Spud, Kenny Smith, L-Train, Pervis Ellison, and those powder blue uni's. They weren't very good,but Tisdale was a BEAST on that block.

RIP Mr. Tisdale.

 

[2k6jumpman]

 

[doitallpaul]

3 Time All American at OU and made the jump after his Junior Year...career averages of 25.6 and 10.9

average about 16 points per game in the NBA and I think 6 boards


RIP Wayman

Boomer Sooner

 

[shuges]

Always with a smile on his face too.

Great inspiration for others.

I hate cancer...

Rest In Peace Wayman.

 

[mht214]

RIP

 

[mike23theking]

RIP.

I'm glad I get to enjoy the music. If you guys don't already know, his skills on the bass guitar are

 

[vc3fan]

RIP

I remember that story a couple months back about his battle after losing his leg and the fight he had in him.

Such a sad story and with all this excitement occuring during the NBA Playoffs, there has been alot of sadness with the loss of Chuck Daly and now Tisdale.

 

[doublejs07]

RIP....I thought he was doing much better??? I read about him on ESPN a short while back about how upbeat he was even after losing his leg...he keptsmiling. Man, I'm shocked....

We gotta find a way to get a cure for these various cancers....

 

[bluesurferx]

rip tisdale

 

[lightweight champion]

Loved him as a King, only guy I thought was a real decent help next to Mitch Richmond.

R.I.P.

 

[dyyhard]

R.I.P.

way before blake griffin there was...Wayman.

 

[sylvestermcgrizzly]

Jus saw this go by on the NBAtv ticker...called my pops and we spoke on how much of a beast he was at OU...pops said after they retired his jersey after theyamputated his leg, he was in great spirits...The Big C claims another one

RIP Way Tis

 

[ogbobbyjohnson773]

RIP

Him and Richmond were my dudes on NBA Jam.

 

[lazyj10]

Terribly sad, I remember that TNT (or was it ESPN) piece on him a few months back.

RIP.

 

[gunna get it]

I dont remember much about his basketball career, did he play with Stacey King and Mookie Blaylock at Oklahoma?
anyone remember the movie strictly business, I think they named dudes character after him

RIP

We have to find a cure

 

[M. Fresh]

I thought he was getting better. Rip

 

[crazy dav0]

thas crazy ... cancerous cyst after a knee break in his home ... the amputation didn't help ...

RIP ...


life is so short