Thursday, slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was remembered at a vigil at the Outdoor Plaza of FedExForum in Memphis.
Family, friends and fans gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of Wright’s death, and among remembrances and tears appeared the sentiment that not enough is being done by Wright’s former colleagues to help the cause.
Henry Hooper, a friend of Wright’s, chastised NBA players for failing to support Wright’s family and help raise the city-sponsored reward.
“These guys sit out there with big dollars and make no effort to take care of their own,” Hooper said. “Money talks. Money will get you information.”
Behind that bitter sentiment is pain and frustration that no meaningful advances have been made towards solving the murder. Essentially, it is a cry for help.
Will any players lend financial help? Who knows? It’s their prerogative. Maybe one player will step up and there will be a snowball effect; maybe not. If no one offered any assistance before the lockout, it might be a stretch now.
Regardless, the Memphis police still have a job to do, meager reward money funds or not, and hopefully they are about the business of bringing some peace and closure to the Wright family, especially his six children and his mother, Deborah Marion.
Its difficult to imagine that someone out there knows the truth but only the right amount of cash can bring that truth to the surface, but thats the way it is, I guess.
Photo via The Commercial Appeal/Mark Weber
