Leave a comment Basketball, drugs, FPOTM, Orlando Woolridge, … Coach, Dies at 52. Plaschke: At long last, the franchise of Magic, Kobe and now LeBron returns to the NBA Finals. Woolridge is survived by his three children, Zachary, Renaldo and Tiana; by his parents, Mattie and Larnceen; his sister, Dr. Vanessa Woolridge Duplessis; his brother-in-law, Darren Duplessis; and his nephew, Nigel Duplessis. Lakers star LeBron James will face his former team and Heat president Pat Riley will take on the club he coached to some of their biggest wins in the 2020 NBA Finals. Orlando Woolridge, the rugged forward who carved out a reputation over 13 NBA seasons as a scoring specialist and one of the original alley-oop artists, died late Thursday at his parents' home in He played on the Bulls with Michael Jordan and on the Los Angeles Lakers with Magic Johnson, as well as on five other N.B.A. Just sad news.". He had NBA career averages of 16 points and 4.3 rebounds. Through the paper’s history, it often showed at best a blind spot, at worst outright hostility, for nonwhite Angelenos — rooted and reflected in a glaring shortage of people of color on staff. He phoned the Nets the evening of the second game to say that after missing the team bus to Philadelphia, he was driving there when his Jeep ran off the New Jersey Turnpike and he became disoriented. Thorn selected Woolridge sixth overall in the 1981 NBA draft out of Notre Dame. He made 55.6% of his shots from the floor during the 1989-90 season, fifth best in the league. DeSoto Parish Chief Deputy Coroner Billy Locke said Woolridge died while under hospice care for a chronic heart condition. Josh Allen outdoes Bills great Jim Kelly as Buffalo starts 3-0 with win over Rams. Hall of Fame center Artis Gilmore played briefly with Woolridge on the Bulls before being traded to the Spurs before the 1982-83 season. Orlando Woolridge, who electrified crowds with his freewheeling play — dashing upcourt, lobbing alley-oop passes and slamming dunks — through 13 N.B.A. Wilson Observatory from the Bobcat fire. Star and W.N.B.A. "He was a really good offensive player, athletic, could run the floor, score the basketball. A trio of Chargers joined a growing list of significant players who are dealing with injuries following Sunday’s loss to the Panthers. Orlando Woolridge, one of the prominent members of the Bulls in the early-to-mid 1980s, died Thursday night at his parents' home in Mansfield, La. "Toward the end of the season, the last 30 games or so, he started playing more and I can recall a game in Atlanta when we beat the Hawks when they had Danny Roundfield (a three-time All-Star)," Thorn said. According to the DeSoto (La.) Just a fun-loving, athletic guy. Chargers practiced this last-second trick play for years. Renaldo Woolridge copes publicly with his father's death and funeral Renaldo Woolridge is the son of former NBA player Orlando Woolridge, who died on May 31 at the age of 52. Godspeed. We were all trying to figure things out and make the league. seasons, died on Thursday in Mansfield, La. He said 'Mom, I thought I'd live at least 'til 55.' Possibly the Greatest Thing Ever (Just ignore the Jordan fanboyism and the background music) Orlando Woolridge’s sad Wikipedia page. He had been receiving hospice care for a chronic heart condition, according to the local coroner’s office. He ranks 36th among Notre Dame career scorers with 1,160 points. On Feb. 24 of this year, Woolridge was arrested on a charge of stealing more than $1,500 worth of aluminum tubing at a drill site in in DeSoto Parish.
