Former NBA player Drew Gordon dies in car accident at age 33

Former NBA forward Drew Gordon, the older brother of Denver’s Aaron Gordon, died Thursday in a car crash in Portland, Oregon, his agent Calvin Andrews and the Nuggets confirmed to ESPN’s Andscape.

He was 33.

Gordon played nine games for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2014–15 season.

Gordon is from San Jose, California, and his career as a professional basketball player has included stints in the G League, Serbia, Sardinia, Turkey, France, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and three different teams in Russia.

The former McDonald’s All-American played at the collegiate level at UCLA and New Mexico.

He leaves behind his wife Angela and his young sons Zane and Brody.