12 NBA Players who died during their Playing Career 

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#7 Jason Collier

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The first active NBA player to die since Malik Sealy, Jason Collier met his end as the result of a "sudden heart rhythm disturbance caused by an abnormally enlarged heart". The former center was playing for the Hawks at the time of his death, having spent time with the Houston Rockets and D-League side Fayetteville Patriots.

Collier was drafted by the Bucks in 2000 but was sent to Houston in exchange for Joel Przybilla. Five years into his metier, at 28 years of age, the 7ft big man suddenly passed away, with his autopsy revealing the aforementioned.

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The doctor who conducted the autopsy said that Collier’s heart was one and a half times the size it should have been, even for a man of his stature.

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