Ex-NBA player Rodney Rogers dies at 54.

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00:00Hey everyone, we have some very sad news to share.

00:03From the world of basketball, the NBA announced this past Saturday that former Phoenix Suns

00:08forward Rodney Rodgers has passed away.

00:11At the age of 54, let me walk you through his incredible journey Rodgers played in the

00:15league.

00:16For a total of 12 seasons from 1993 to 2005, his talent was truly recognized in the year

00:222000 when he was with the Phoenix Suns and he earned the prestigious NBA 6th Man of the

00:27Year award.

00:27He was a key member of the Suns from 1998 up until the middle of the 2001-02 season.

00:34It was at that point in the 2001-02 season that he was traded to the Boston Celtics.

00:40Tragically, just three years after he stepped away from his professional basketball career,

00:45his life changed dramatically.

00:48Rodgers was involved in a serious ATV accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders

00:53down.

00:54Before his NBA fame, he was a star in college, playing for the Demon Deacons at Wake Forest.

01:00From 1991 to 1993, he achieved something remarkable.

01:06He remains one of only seven players in the history of the ACC Conference to be named both

01:12the Conference Freshman of the Year and the Player of the Year.

01:15During their college careers, he later graduated in 1994 and is honored in the Wake Forest Sports

01:22Hall of Fame.

01:23Looking at his overall NBA stats, he was a consistently solid player.

01:28Over the course of 866 career games, his averages were 10.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2 assists,

01:37and 1 steal per game.

01:39He was known by the nickname the Durham Bull because he was originally from Durham, North

01:43Carolina.

01:44Back in the 1993 NBA draft, he was a very high pick, selected ninth overall by the Denver

01:50Nuggets.

01:51Following the news of his passing, the NBA posted an official statement on the platform

01:56X, honoring his life and the impact he had.

01:59We also heard from fellow former Sun and current Sun's analyst, Eddie Johnson, who shared his

02:04feelings on X, writing, Man, words can't describe how amazing Rodney was as a basketball player

02:11and person.

02:12R.I.P.

02:13Bro.

02:14He truly left a mark, didn't he?

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