Post by @dailymailsportusa

Ex-NBA star Michael Sweetney, who played four seasons in the NBA with the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls after a standout college career at Georgetown, has died at age 43. The Knicks selected Sweetney out of Georgetown with the ninth overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. He played for the Knicks from 2003-05 and for the Bulls from 2005-07. Sweetney posted career averages of 6.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 15.5 minutes in 233 career games, including 73 starts. He later worked as an assistant coach at Yeshiva University, a Division III school in New York. 'The world lost a giant today,' Yeshiva head coach Elliot Steinmetz said in an X post. 'I lost a close friend. The basketball world lost a beloved star. Our Jewish community lost an ally and someone who knew exactly how to show up. Mike Sweetney wasn’t just a friend. He was family. When you needed him, he was there. Always. You didn’t even have to ask.' #michaelsweetney #knicks #bulls #basketball #yeshivauniversity