Wow, Pelicans' guard Bryce Dejean-Jones dead at 23
Jake T.
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No mention of the cause of death yet. Will try to update when I hear more. Guy flashed some potential this year.
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Unfortunately you are probably right. Guy didn't last long at USC, punched a teammate, sounds like he caused some problems, etc... went to UNLV where he got suspended a few times, had a few more fights, says a teammate threatened to shoot him... finished up at Iowa State where I was hoping he had cleaned up his act but got arrested for hosting a drug house. Charges were dropped but trouble always has seemed to follow him.
He was so blessed but obviously didn't have the right people around him or maybe success came to fast to easy. People make the final choice on the way they live so you can't blame anyone but him. I remember 23 you think your superman but the world is a very sick and dangerous place to think that way. So RIP a 23 year kid.
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Bryce Dejean-Jones inadvertently entered door of the wrong apartment when shot to death while trying to go to his child's mom's home, source
Evidently it was his daughter's first birthday, but sounds like mom wasn't being too hospitable. Very sad, he definitely had his issues as he was going through the college level, most of the feedback from his former teammates and coaches was positive and he worked hard to get to the next level. Family issues can elicit emotions that can overtake reasonable thinking, sounds like this was the case and in turn it tragically ended his life. Like other Rebel players of late during Rice's tenure, he could take over a game at times and other times would just disappear. Unfortunately, this time he has disappeared from this life at a time when he finally reached his life goal. RIP BDJ.