<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sad to hear that former Lakers player Jack Haley died from heart disease, his family said. He was also a former TV analyst for FS West.</p>— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/577952669727211521">March 17, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Between 1993 and 1997, Jack Haley played between 7 and 117 minutes in each season season. His usage rate ranged from 26.6 to 33.1. Jack Haley was a garbage time legend.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jack Haley-member of Bulls 95-96 team of ages. RIP.</p>— Phil Jackson (@PhilJackson11) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilJackson11/status/577916235909767168">March 17, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Wow. This is scary how players from 90's Finals teams are passing away so young. Kersey, Mason, and now Haley(I guess even in sports, they come in threes). I hope we don't lose anyone from the Rockets title teams anytime soon.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>RIP to my brother Jack Haley. Sending love to his family. We had a great together run with the 95-96 <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagobulls">@chicagobulls</a>! <a href="http://t.co/NtPUznONu4">pic.twitter.com/NtPUznONu4</a></p>— Dennis Rodman (@dennisrodman) <a href="https://twitter.com/dennisrodman/status/577994933275099136">March 18, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
They aren't specific with what type of heart disease. RIP I'd still like to know. Im thinking high blood pressure and heart wall..
Yeah, I remember that Haley stayed on that Bulls team partly because he was pals with Rodman and served as Rodman's babysitter of sorts.
Surprising and sad to hear. I agree that there seems to be no rhyme or reason to so many relatively young former players passing away.
Which players from those 80's Finals teams are no longer with us? DJ is the most prominent one that comes to mind. Are there any others? Of course it helps that there weren't many teams that made it to the Finals that decade. In the West, only the Lakers and Rockets got there from 1980-89 and in the East it was only the Celtics, Sixers, and Pistons.
