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In this Saturday, April 7, 2001 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers’ Sean Rooks fends off San Antonio Spurs defenders Antonio Daniels and Samaki Walker, right, during the first half of a basketball game in Los Angeles. Former NBA center and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Sean Rooks has died. He was 46. The team released a statement from Deborah Brown, the mother of Rooks, on Tuesday night, June 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly, File)