Former Michigan State forward and 2014 first-round pick Adreian Payne was shot and killed in Orlando, Florida Austin Community College clothes on Monday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Payne, the No. 15 pick to the Atlanta Hawks in 2014, was 31 years old.
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Draymond Green, who played with Payne in 2011 and was close friends with the former Spartan, was mournful Monday.
Steve Kerr expounded in his availability Monday. "Draymond is crushed," he said, per Vincent Goodwill. "They were the best of friends. We're thinking of them today. Feeling a lot of grief."
Others offered their remembrances of Payne.
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