Wayman Tisdale is tagged as: smooth jazz, jazz, funk, contemporary jazz, instrumental Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 - May 15, 2009) Wayman Tisdale, who last year was elected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame, died the morning of May 15th, 2009 at the age of 44. Wayman Tisdale, the former NBA player and current jazz musician, had part of his right leg amputated due to bone cancer earlier this year Tisdale first learned he had cancerous cyst below his right knee after he broke his leg in a fall at his Los Angeles home in February 2007. Tisdale underwent knee-replacement surgery and resumed touring with his jazz band, but deciding to endure the amputation to ensure that the cancer would not return. Tisdale was the second pick in the 1985 NBA Draft out of Oklahoma. He averaged 15.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game in his 12 seasons in the NBA, playing for the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns. His best season was in 1989-90 with the Kings, when he averaged 22.3 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. In 1997, Tisdale retired from the NBA and began pursuing his jazz career. He has released eight albums, including his latest one Rebound, which came out this year. The news about Tisdale’s amputation comes as another surprise about a former NBA player this week, one day after the shocking death of former two-time All-Star Ke... Read More About Wayman Tisdale Biography...  Send Wayman Tisdale ringtones to your cell
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