http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-obit-tisdale&prov=ap&type=lgns

This totally caught me off guard. Our radio station plays many of Wayman's tunes. I was a fan of his in his NBA days but came to appreciate his musical skills with each album.

Having watched his approach to the cancer was inspiring and after the amputation of part of his leg I thought for sure he had overcome the cancer. It must have returned in force and quickly to take him so fast.

We'll be doing a tribute on our Monday morning show.

I was shocked to see this as well, although I didn't know he was ill. I remember him from his college days at OU. He was a monster.

Met him in Sacramento one year when the Pacers and Kings were playing. I was out looking for a job at the hotel they were staying at(didn't know at the time). When Jack Ramsey, Jack McCloskey(sp) and Wayman all came by at once. They all were perfect gentlemen, spent a few minutes talking to me like a real person and were on their way. Nice guy(s).