Vroman also played for the Lebanese national team and his father, Brett Vroman, briefly spent time in the NBA. The Lebanese team tweeted the apparently erroneous information Monday that the cause of Jackson’s death was a vehicle accident. On Instagram, Dan Bilzeria, a friend of Vroman, shared news of his death to his 10.4 million followers on the social media site. The school even added that ex- ISU forward was killed from injuries sustained in the auto crash.
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Vroman was picked by the Chicago Bulls during the 2004 rookie draft.
Prior to playing for the Gin Kings, he had stints in the National Basketball Association with the Phoenix Suns (2004-2005) and the New Orleans Hornets (2005-2006).
The professional poker played uploaded a picture of the athlete in a private jet with a dog on his lap after hearing news of his death.
“Love you bro I miss you already can’t believe your gone I pray that God has mercy on your soul at the gates of Heaven and we meet again in the after life,” Bush captioned an Instagram photo in which he can be seen in the mid of a beach volleyball game with Jackson.
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Jackson Vroman was a close friend to Justin Bieber and Reggie Bush. I’m not going allow the sadness in my heart to get the best of me. My heart is in a thousand pieces I’m trying to hold it together but this shit hurts so bad. Our condolences go out to his family during this hard time.’. He went on to play 87 games over two years in the NBA before embarking on a career overseas for leagues in Spain, Lithuania, Iran, China and South Korea, among others.
