John Williams, popular 6th man with Cavaliers, dies at 53
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- John ''Hot Rod'' Williams, who spent 13 years in the NBA and was a popular and tough defensive sixth man on Cleveland Cavaliers playoff teams, has died. He was 53.
He died Friday in a Baton Rouge hospital from complications related to prostate cancer, Williams' agent, Mark Bartelstein, said.
The Cavaliers called Williams ''the humble embodiment and unsung hero of one of the most memorable and successful eras of Cavaliers basketball.''
The 6-foot-11 Williams was a key player for the 1988-89 Cavs, who went 57-25 during the regular season, only to be eliminated by Michael Jordan's last-second jump shot in Game 5 of the first-round series.
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