 bison dele (born brian carson williams; april 6, 1969 &ndash; presumed dead july 7, 2002) was an american professional basketball player who played center. he played for the nba's orlando magic, denver nuggets, los angeles clippers, chicago bulls and detroit pistons. he won a championship with the bulls in 1997. he is believed to have been murdered at sea by his older brother in 2002. == basketball career == brian williams was born in fresno, california, the second son of patricia phillips and of singer gene williams of the musical group the platters, who later divorced.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1g1-92959671.html patricia phillips remarried and raised her two sons in fresno until that marriage ended when brian was in junior high.{{cite news|last=ballard|first=chris|title=lost soul|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/longform/bison-dele/|accessdat
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