Sorry, but “Shook the world” is just too much hyperbole to be tolerated without comment!
He may have been a big deal to those who loyally followed his career, but there are thousands of other current and former NBA players.
It is likely that somewhere a player dies every week, the world does not turn on their presence among us.
From what I glean from current reports he basically died of excess ego, His chopper, His decision to fly in bad weather, His ego said GO anyway.
Pilot should have said no, but apparently that is hard to do with the rich and famous.