Melo, Goodbye

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Fab Melo
NBA center, Brazilian, first round draft bust.
June 20, 1990 – February 11, 2017.
Aged 26 years.

Most recognized for: As a sophomore at Syracuse, he was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year… despite nearly flunking out of every class. The solution to his academic problem: go pro… and then flunk out of the NBA within a year.