Now the CBA league has entered the offseason, and the NBA playoffs are in full swing. Unexpectedly, during this period, bad news suddenly came that a player who had played in the NBA League and the CBA League suddenly passed away, supposedly being shot.
According to the American media "Detroit Liberty" report, former NBA player Adrian Payne has passed away at the age of 31. Adrian Payne is 2.08 meters tall and plays as a big striker. In college, Payne was a proper star player, and in 2010, when he first entered the University of Michigan, he became a teammate with Draymond Green of the golden state, when Green was a junior, and it was also after that year that Green entered the NBA draft. He was then selected by the Hawks with the 15th pick in the first round in 2014, where he played for the Hawks, Timberwolves and Magic in his career. During his time with the Timberwolves, Adrian Payne also became teammates with Garnett, who returned to the Timberwolves.
In 2018, Adrian Payne was cut by the Magic and then went to Greece to play. In the 2018 offseason, Adrian Payne signed a contract with Nanjing Tongxi and became a foreign aid to the CBA. However, Adrian's performance in the CBA was average, averaging 16.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, which did not meet the expectations of the tongxi team, and was soon replaced by Isaiah Austin. He didn't get contracts from other CBA teams after that. After the news of Payne's death, Shenzhen men's basketball team foreign aid Salinger also mourned him on his social media.
As a player who has played in the NBA and CBA leagues, most fans are not impressed with him, he has not left enough bright performances in the NBA and the CBA, but now he has found a foothold in the Europa League. Friends who are familiar with basketball know that 31 years old is the peak of a player, but he did not expect to die suddenly.