Alan Ogg, who played for the Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Bullets, died at the age of 42 on Sunday. Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the Heat had a moment of silence before Sunday's home game against the Chicago Bulls. The 7-foot-2 center was 42 years old.
In Seattle, Phil Lumpkin, who played for Portland and Phoenix in the mid-70s, was found dead on Monday morning by O'Dea High School administrators after Lumpkin didn't arrive at the school where he coached and didn't answer the phone.
Lumpkin coached O'Dea to five Washington state 3A boys' basketball titles and went to seven championship games since 1993. Lumpkin, who was 57, had missed school the week prior to his death with pneumonia. The Seattle Times reports:
"It was obviously pretty tragic and devastating," said Mitch Johnson, who played for Mr. Lumpkin before moving on to Stanford and whose father, former NBA player John Johnson, was Mr. Lumpkin's best friend. "It still is hard to come to grips with. There was really no one like coach Lumpkin. He truly loved O'Dea and that was his family."
Lumpkin played in 82 games over two seasons first in Portland, then the next season in Phoenix.
