Payton Climer

This article was written by Jeff Pearlman, former Sports illustrator, best-selling writer, and CNN staff. This article was written on May 16th, 2017, making the information current and accurate. Being written by Jeff Pearlman we get a better view of the topic with is specialized background of the subject matter. He wrote about the death of NBA player, Bryce Jones. It is explained that the Bryce was a kind person but had some anger issues on and off the court. When mixed with drinking there were issues that became apparent. One night after getting pretty drunk, Bryce went back to his apartment where he and his wife and daughter lived. He mixed up the floor numbers and went to the wrong apartment which was locked. In rage of it being locked he managed to break down the front door and preceded to the bedroom door. This door was also lock with a teacher in there twenties waiting inside with a gun he had received as a graduation gift from his dad. Scared of the unknown intruder he fire twice after he had broken through the door.  The writer portrays this story in a very unique manner. He is able to include all of the details about Bryce while still respecting him and not being rude to either side. There does seem to be a little bias toward the basketball player or just an opinion of the author. I do not think that is was right for the teacher to shoot Bryce before he even knew who he was or tried to put an end to it. This show the importance of regulation or limitation of alcohol for many people especially to athletes.


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2709769-the-night-that-cost-bryce-dejean-jones-his-life-and-nba-dream?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial