The Scary Truth About The NBA Player That Disappeared | UNSOLVED

throughout NBA history there has been a common misconception that a majority of NBA players have had it easy however that is simply not true despite the enormous potential for fame and reward the life of a professional NBA player is quite difficult beyond the possibility of a large bank account is a realm of tremendous sacrifice and hard work that rarely pays off while it is true that there is a history of players who have managed to reach the top it is more common for athletes to hit rock-bottom and become victims of all the personal struggles one can think of as usual as these stories are rarely do we hear of a professional athlete whose troubles led him to pay the ultimate sacrifice his life by sin delay was just such an athlete he was once an outstanding NBA player but unfortunately for him something terrible happened [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] the date is June 13th 1997 the Chicago Bulls have just won the NBA championship their fifth in just seven years following an epic series against the Utah Jazz that included two last-second game winners and a remarkable flu ridden performance in Game five by Michael Jordan the team gathers together to celebrate along with their 24,000 fans and the midst of it all is Jordan a look of accomplishment on his face next to him Scottie Pippen to his left is coach Phil Jackson bushy hair and beard but flashbacks of the day of the game itself and take notice of the player closest to Jordan the one standing just to his right then is Brian Williams the Chicago Bulls is six foot ten inch forward this was his first NBA title but just from looking at him you would never know after all during what should have been the highlight of his professional career the 28 year old looked distant unsmiling almost ghostly take a closer look and you began to notice that behind those pale green eyes lies a disturbing story of love lies and unfortunately loss Brian Carson Williams was born in Fresno California on April 6th 1969 raised to parents Patricia Phillips and Eugene Williams Brian was the second and youngest son behind his brother Kevin Williams growing up the two brothers were destined to have successful careers after all their father Eugene was a former soul singer for the platters a well-known American vocal group formed back in 1952 in 1970 the R&B group discovered Eugene at a nightclub and so the family would end up traveling the world with them despite this early on in his childhood it was clear that the family bond was headed towards a disastrous end this fortune would come into fruition in 1970 when his father and mother would divorce leaving the children with no father figure their mother would eventually remarry however by the time Brian was in the seventh grade that marriage would in this well growing up Brian attended st. Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica California it was here where the teenager excelled as a track runner and athletic standout however at the time there was little doubt that the fifteen-year-old would develop into a premier basketball star in fact he didn't try organized basketball until the 10th grade when an unexpected growth spurt would force him to pursue a career in the sport unlike most future NBA players he found no interest in regardless of his dislike for the game the left-handed forward played with the surprising grace on the court he could run the floor like a point guard and toss in a baseline jump hook with buttery smoothness he glided swoop was an excellent outlet passer and trailer on the break at times he could even demonstrate his athletic abilities he was the perfect blue and he was only better every game tonight 20 points and this team seems like you guys are coming on real strong now towards the end of the season aren't you yes at the end of the year we didn't we weren't doing so over weren't playing together now a really plan for teams following Santa Monica Brian was spent his freshman year at the University of Maryland where as a six foot nine board he began playing for the Maryland Terrapins while receiving Rookie of the Year honors not before long he would transfer to the University of Arizona it was here in Tucson where he first flourished averaging ten point six points 5.7 rebounds and point four assists in his first season and 14 points 7.8 rebounds and point six assists in his second all in all Brian's talents on the hardwood floors were clearly there in the first five years of his career he had been a McDonald's all-american a standout for the Maryland Terrapins and an all-american honorable mention at Arizona so following two successful years with the Wildcats 21 year old Brian Williams entered the 1991 NBA Draft where he would be selected as the 10th overall pick in the first round by the Orlando Magic with the 10th pick in the 1991 NBA Draft the Orlando Magic selects Brian Williams from the University of Arizona Brian Williams six nine and a half 240 pounds played his high school basketball at Santa Monica California is 22 years old and his father as you pointed out to me today is also famous Piper's right well you know he started out at Maryland and he was successful early what you must see from him is consistency he has a very soft shot a low-power game plays with a great deal of emotion after years of hard work and dedication he finally made it to the NBA however unlike most players making it to the NBA was not the best day of his life in fact it was his worst after all the six-foot 11-inch 260 pound forward never showed a sustained I know you're glad to be in the warm weather you're starting the roster what's your feelings I'm going to the bench never really good feeling I just go down there and work out with the team the staff and the management owners and you know they're really good people good people and a bunch of guys that I'm playing with and you know they look like they have a focus and direction so they're on their way up I don't know but I'm glad to be a part although Brian excelled early on in his career with Orlando his desire never matched the efforts needed to truly excel to top this off his success on the court was backlit by troubles often during the 1992-93 season with the magic Williams only played in 21 games that same season he was diagnosed with clinical depression and what will go on to become one of the first publicized instances of mental health issues in an NBA player as Williams battled on the hardwood floors night in and night out his depression slowly began taking a toll but how at first he was unpredictable at practices once passing out while guarding teammates Shaquille O'Neal and a five-on-five drill then one night he crashed his car into a pole and even admitted to surviving an overdose when he swallowed 15 sleeping pills a failed attempt at taking his own life his mother would also indicate there may have been a second attempt Brian Williams would later claim that all of his mental health related issues stemmed from his unhappiness in Orlando he would ultimately be placed on the injured reserve list after being diagnosed with clinical depression nonetheless in the 1993 season after cutting ties with the Orlando Magic Williams decided to join the Denver Nuggets where he would perform alongside fellow teammates and NBA legends Dikembe Mutombo and Mahmoud Abdul Riley here he played a career-high 80 games averaging eight points per game then in 1995 following two seasons with the team Williams joined the LA Clippers playing in 65 games while averaging 15 point eight points per game after contract disputes denied him from resigning with the Clippers he nearly set out the rest of the season that was until the Chicago Bulls along with their head coach Phil Jackson came callin entering the 1997 season the Bulls were the defending NBA champions with Michael Jordan back from his brief retirement and the team winning 72 games two season prior the franchise decided to sign Bryan as a free agent nine games prior to the conclusion of the regular season as soon as he arrived Michael Jordan pushed Williams to get in shape maximize his talent and truly care about the game a challenge he would ultimately live up to eventually Bryan fit in perfectly with the new roster after a surprising defeat at home in Game two of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Atlanta Hawks Williams was given extended playing time off the bench this move would undoubtedly prove to be a brilliant one as he delivered outstanding performances the rest of the series including 14 points in a game three matchup and a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in a series clinching game 5 then on June 13th 1997 and a blockbuster NBA Finals matchup against the rival Utah Jazz Bryan would continue to play a key role in the Bulls escape run as he will go on to help the franchise capture their fifth NBA title and seven years cannot ever hesitate down for his pick [Applause] watch your face terrific job chuckles and rebound when out of the corner of his eye knew that chicago post up scotty and then for no reason they double-team scott he downloaded leaving Michael Jordan he knocks down this three kids in the huge lead and they the total exhaustion on the bench Michael Jordan sucking air gets the back massage from Scottie Pippen to Jets on the second remaining the impact defeated overall during his time with the Chicago Bulls Brian was an outstanding player with unlimited potential to this day many family and friends of the NBA star claimed that this was the only time he was truly happy how would you like to be a member to Chicago Bulls for only a month [Music] [Applause] and earn yourself a position to play in the championships and win a world championship ring but I'll tell you why that's exactly what Brian Williams there this means the world to me I can't thank you all enough for embracing me the coaches the players a whole organization thank you from the bottom bottom of my heart regardless after just one short season he was released from the team although he was viewed as an incredible talent Brian still suffered from a few deficiencies in the paint not to mention his unusual behavior had become beyond mystifying this theory would be proven when Williams was once caught traumatizing his teammates by attempting to pull the emergency exit hatch of the team's charter jet while it was still 30,000 feet in the air one pool of the latch and the entire franchise would have met their untimely deaths due to this Williams was viewed as a liability both on and off the courts ultimately he would find another home when he signed a massive seven year 50 million dollar deal with the Detroit Pistons aside from the fact that he had never really established himself as a consistent asset it was extremely odd that the organization was willing to offer him more money than any other player in their franchise's history regardless as a starting center for the 1998 Detroit Pistons Williams averaged 16 points two points and eight point nine rebounds that same year he would officially change his name to bison daily in honor of his cherokee and african ancestry trailing this after playing in just 49 games in the 1998 NBA lockout season and with his statistics swiftly plunging Brian Williams now known as bison Daly made a baffling decision despite his relatively young age and helped the amount of remaining dollars on his contract the 30 year old while still in the prime of his career shocked the NBA world with the announcement of his sudden retirement it made no sense at the time he had been the Pistons highest-paid player with more than 36 million dollars in five years outstanding on his contract no one could believe it after all who in their right mind walks away from 36 million dollars despite criticism from friends and family after two relatively productive years for the franchise bison daily made the mysterious retirement from the game official no amount of money could bring stability to his life in the end despite all of his own court accomplishments Williams would slowly begin to develop an everlasting desiring for a different kind of spotlight it seemed well-defined that his vision of success stretched further away from the NBA arenas since his arrival into the NBA up until his retirement eight years later de l'Est was primarily regarded as a bizarre individual he wasn't an NBA all-star but he was an outstanding rebounder shot blocker and a solid role player who had career averages of 11 points and 6 rebounds per game however unlike most professional basketball players who had their careers cut short due to major injuries or a lack of skills bison retired so that he could become a world traveler seeking the meaning of life it was clear to many that basketball just didn't bring Brian the happiness he was searching for yet despite his mental struggles Williams remained in the league so after he had earned enough money it had finally allowed him to walk away from it in the end Daly's heart was never into the sport of basketball but rather all the luxuries it brought with him it was during this time that the public would begin to take notice of the puzzling nature of this extraordinarily skilled big man following his retirement de l'Est began pursuing his true desires at first he spent several months in Beirut then he went to Europe followed by Indonesia and India he DJed at nightclubs met with the Dalai Lama jet skied in the Mediterranean ran with the Bulls in Spain rode camels in Cairo glanced at the beautiful sunsets of Havana and roamed the bazaars of Istanbul he played the saxophone violin trumpet and even earned a pilot's license this was the life de l'Est had dream de far away from the glamour and pressures of the NBA with the curiosity to explore and now the money to do it de l'Est was on his way to living out all of his dreams unfortunately for him the chances of that ever happening would come to a tragic end you see on February of 2000 bison daily fulfilled a lifelong dream he learned how to sail he eventually he purchased the 55 foot catamaran boat for six hundred and fifty thousand dollars naming it hakuna matata a misspelling of the Swahili phrase for no words bison them gain sailing the South Pacific traveling to the Solomon Islands Fiji Australia and everywhere in between towards the end of 2001 he invited his girlfriend Serena Carlin to join him on one of his journeys the two first met in 1997 although they held a clear affection Bisons NBA career made a relationship tremendously difficult to make up for lost time Bryan decided to take Carlin on the adventure of a lifetime just five months later the hakuna matata was set to depart from Tahiti from there the two plan to spend some time in Hawaii unfortunately for them it wouldn't be long before the bliss of sailing the Seas would develop into an implausible and fatal disaster you see while Daly was finding himself he still had a shadow following him one that had been with him his whole life one they had asked for money ever since he had made it to the NBA that shadow was Kevin Williams unlike his brother a gifted athlete who was fluent in sports music and money Kevin was a socially awkward insensitive man whose severe asthma turned him towards books and chess while de l'Est had found success Kevin had struggled he moved through jobs and towns often relying on his younger brothers charity so the public Kevin was always Bryan's brother even though Daley had appeared to have found joy after he walked away from the NBA Kevin still remained attached to Daly's hip regardless of their distinctions and personalities the physical similarities between the two siblings were rather scary standing at 6 foot 8 inches in 260 pounds with a wide jaw and short hair Kevin looked like a thicker less handsome version of bison similar to his brother Kevin also changed his name to Miles the board he was also a victim of depression he tried to commit suicide on more than one occasion was a struggling alcoholic and took vast amounts of steroids due to this he would visit the hospital on a regular basis with bison often paying to cover his medical bill despite their resemblance people always seem to gravitate towards bison due to this mouse felt underappreciated he felt like he lived in the shadow of his brother's success to top it off the siblings never had a genuine relationship since kids they were often at odds always arguing and fighting for years the sibling rivalry seemed unavoidable thus when mouths learned that bison was going on another trip he decided to invite himself in what would go on to become a failed attempt to repair their spoiled relationship on July 6th 2002 mouths arrived to the dock unannounced at the time he was unemployed homeless and it had been more than four years since anyone had heard from bison delay became extremely skeptical to him Mouse was known as an individual who would only appear when he needed one thing money was that what he wanted more money or was it something else regardless on July 6 2002 Dale a Carlin and Bertrand Sal Doha the boat's captain were joined by the board as they left for Tahiti the trip was meant to last two weeks over the next two days three satellite phone calls came from the boat then on July 8th the satellite phones on the boat were turned off after that nothing eventually two days turned into five and five into ten the couple had previously kept regular contact with friends and family as they began to worry the families decided to contact local police ten days without any attempt at communication something had to be wrong for the first couple of days after the boats disappearance there was only confusion that was until July 20th when the hakuna matata pulled in support and sahibi with only one person on board that person was mouthed aboard with the other three people missing this added up to one word tragedy investigators immediately suspected foul play and for months the board was under suspicion according to him Daley appeared to be alive but what about the other two and where exactly was he nothing made sense as investigations continued days turned into weeks weeks into months then on September 5th in 2002 the first clue all the way in Phoenix Arizona a man who claimed to be bison daily possessed his passport and checkbook attempted to purchase 152 thousand dollars worth of gold the bank immediately notified de leis Executive Assistant who in return contacted the Phoenix Police Department this proved to be an unusual activity considering Daly had never written out a check in over five years not to mention bison was supposedly still on his trip in Tahiti something just wasn't adding up bison daily is feared dead he was last seen in Tahiti aboard a 55 foot catamaran called hakuna matata today the 33 year old former star is missing and at the center of a manhunt that stretches from the United States to Tahiti Daly has disappeared along with his girlfriend Serena Carlin the couple has not been heard from in week dailies assistant decided to call the phone number attached to the order to his surprise he discovered the phone belonged to Miles after it was learned that miles had been impersonating his brother police were contacted and a sting operation was organized when the board came in to collect the gold he would immediately be arrested after five hours of intense interrogation he would admit that although he had forged his brothers signature on bank documents and had used Daly's passport he was buying the gold on behalf of hell since de l'Est couldn't be reached to disprove this and with little to no evidence against them the Phoenix PD were forced to release him a crucial mistake that FBI investigators would later regret two days later reports had come back from Tahiti the boat had been found authorities discovered the hakuna matata which had been registered under another name off the coast of sahih with this nameplate removed and some possible bullet holes suspicions grew that the board killed the other passengers these fears will come to fruition after it was learned that the board left his mother a voicemail claiming he would never hurt Daly and that he could never survive prison following this the board fled for Mexico a state unlike California that did not have the death penalty during his trip to Mexico the board's girlfriend revealed that he began sharing information in regards to what truly happened according to miles bison and him got into a heated altercation which resulted in a fight during the struggle and in attempt to separate the two Serina had accidentally been struck in the face with a punch from de lay her head thumped against a still part of the boat killing her instantly the captain of the boat wanted to report the death to the authorities when bison learned of the captain's intentions he decided to kill him by hitting him on the head with a wrench out of self-defense and fearing for his own life miles claimed for Brandon to the cabin grabbed the gun and shot bison to death scared and with no thought of any consequences for his actions he admitted to dumping the three bodies overboard using bodybuilding weights after hearing his version of the story mouths girlfriend reported it to the police and an international manhunt was declared despite his confession authorities were certain the board's version was not true the explanation that he gave forensic ly didn't make sense if bison had indeed struck Serina in the head and impaled her skull against the side of the boat wouldn't there have been evidence of blood according to him bison also struck the captain in the head with a wrench if that was the case where was the wrench as investigators searched the boat there was no indication that proved his side of the story in fact FBI agents would declare that at the original crime scene there was no sign of blood on the boat whatsoever not a single drop to top this off the boat still had its original dock in flooring intact meaning it hadn't been changed to hide any potential evidence the fact of the matter is to this day no one knows officially the case remains open but there are no new leads the only version of events the FBI got on record was the boards but authorities were never able to find him that was until the morning of September 15th 2002 at 11:30 a.m. Mexican police would find the body of a large man on the beach not far from the US order wearing nothing but a pair of white socks the man would immediately be taken to a nearby hospital he had no reflexes and his pupils were non-responsive injuries on his body has suggested that he had not been moving for quite some time four days later fingerprints determined that the unidentified patient was none other than 35 year old miles the board the official diagnosis revealed that mouse had suffered from major brain damage from what appeared to be an insulin overdose by the time they had found him he had slipped into a coma and was put on life support then on September 26 2002 at approximately 10:00 a.m. he was taken off life support the following day mouths the board the only person with first-hand knowledge about the case was pronounced dead along with the details of what happened on that boat to this day many have their own theories after all stories are about perspective yet and stories such as this one it all comes down to what one wants to believe some believe that the board killed his brother to steal away sarena while others imagined a lay used this as a means of fading away a disappearing act that would allow for him to restart his life realistically speaking considering the lack of blood FBI investigators believe that Mouse forced his brother and the other occupants of the boat into the water at gunpoint hundreds of miles from land in the deep shark inhabited waters of Tahiti no matter the circumstances giving that they were likely dumped in the middle of the Pacific Ocean the bodies of bison valet and friends were never found thus they were presumed dead as victims of a likely murder while many questions continue to be raised about what truly happened the truth is that jealousy and resentment may have played a role it has been more than 17 years since the NBA players disappearance many have forgotten others prefer not to speak dig deeper though and you can find those who remember not just what happened but what came before he was once the king of the court he was once an NBA player he was once Brian Williams he was once bison Bailey but in the end with a life packed with various behaviors unusual decisions stressed relationships and psychological disturbance it's not far-fetched to suggest that the vanishing of bison daily along with his puzzling career is one of the most bizarre tales in NBA history [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music]

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