Question: What type of sport did this musician play professionally for whom the American country music artist Toby Keith wrote a tribute to in his album American Ride?

Context articles: Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)
High Maintenance Woman
American Ride (Toby Keith album)
Wayman Tisdale
Get Drunk and Be Somebody
I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
American Ride (song)
Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You
Big Blue Note
You Ain't Much Fun

"Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith, recorded on his album "American Ride".
 It was released as the second single from the album in October 2009, the 48th single of his career, and became his 46th Top 40 single on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts during the week of November 7, 2009.
"High Maintenance Woman" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith.
 It was released in February 2007 as the lead-off single from Toby's album "Big Dog Daddy".
 The song reached a peak of number 3 on the country charts in mid-2007.
 Keith wrote the song single-handedly with additional writing credit to Tim Wilson and Danny Simpson.
American Ride is the thirteenth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith.
 It was released on October 6, 2009, under Keith's personal label, Show Dog Nashville.
 Its lead-off single is the title track, which became his 19th No. 1 single on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts in October.
 The album includes 12 songs, 11 of which Keith wrote or co-wrote, and one of which is a tribute to Wayman Tisdale.
 This was Keith's last album of the Show Dog Nashville label before merging with Universal South into Show Dog-Universal Music.
 As of June 2014, the album has sold 500,000 copies and was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA.
Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the NBA and a smooth jazz bass guitarist.
 A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
"Get Drunk and Be Somebody" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith.
 It was released in December 2005 as the first single from Keith's album "White Trash with Money".
 It was also his debut single from his newly formed record label, Show Dog Nashville.
 It peaked at number 3 on the country singles charts.
 Keith wrote the song with Scotty Emerick.
"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" is a song co-written and performed by American country music artist Toby Keith.
 It was released in May 2001 as the first single from Keith's "Pull My Chain" album.
 The song reached Number One on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.
 It became number one on the Country Music charts on September 15, 2001.
 Keith wrote the song with Scotty Emerick.
"American Ride" is a song written by Joe West and Dave Pahanish, and performed by American country music artist Toby Keith.
 It is the first single and the title track for Keith's 13th studio album, released in October 2009.
 Released in July 2009 as the 47th single of his career, it debuted at No. 38 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart.
 It became his 19th Number One hit on the chart dated October 10, 2009.
"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith.
 It was released in February 1996 as the lead single from his album "Blue Moon", and peaked at number 2 in the United States, and number 9 in Canada.
 Keith wrote the song in 1987, and first released it that year on an independent label.
 It is the first lead single by Keith that does not feature as the opening track.
"Big Blue Note" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith.
 It was released in September 2005 as the third and final single from Keith's album "Honkytonk University".
 It peaked at number 5 on the United States country charts.
 Partway through the single's release, DreamWorks Records closed its country division, so Keith promoted the album via his own label, Show Dog Nashville.
 Keith wrote the song with Scotty Emerick.
"You Ain't Much Fun" is a song performed by American country music artist Toby Keith that peaked at #2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.
 It was released in March 1995 as the third single released from his second studio album, "Boomtown.
" It also peaked at #3 on the Canadian "RPM" country tracks.
 Keith wrote the song with Carl Goff, Jr.