Tragic: Two of the Lakers’ best players perish in a plane crash.
Darius Morris, a former NBA player who played for four different teams and started a playoff game for the Los Angeles Lakers, passed away at the age of 33. His death’s reason has not been made public.
Morris is one of just five players in school history to have more than 200 assists in a season. Morris also competed for the University of Michigan from 2009 to 2011.
In the 2011 NBA Draft, the Lakers selected him with the 41st overall pick.
Throughout his NBA career, Morris averaged 3.3 points, 1 rebound, and 1.4 assists per game.
With the Lakers, he had his greatest season in 2012–13, averaging 4.0 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.
While playing for the Philadelphia 76ers in 2013, he had his best performance to date. Morris scored twenty points on six of nine shots against the New Orleans Pelicans on November 16.
Morris averaged 17.8 points, 4 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per game while spending seven seasons in the G League. His final performance was in France for BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque.
There was no immediate information about survivors available.