Former NBA player Robert "Tractor" Traylor dies

< traylor="" was="" playing="" with="" vaqueros="" de="" bayamon="" of="" the="" national="" superior="" basketball="" (bsn),="" the="" top="" men's="" basketball="" league="" in="" puerto="" rico.="" he="" had="" been="" missing="" for="" several="" days="" before="" being="" found="" in="" the="" isla="" verde="" apartment.="" the="" cause="" of="" death="" is="" not="" certain.="" traylor="" underwent="" heart="" surgery="" in="" 2005.="" the="" burly="" 6-foot-8="" power="" forward="" was="" taken="" with="" the="" sixth="" overall="" pick="" in="" the="" 1998="" nba="" draft="" by="" the="" dallas="" mavericks="" after="" a="" stellar="" collegiate="" career="" at="" michigan.="" he="" was="" immediately="" dealt="" to="" milwaukee="" for="" forward="" pat="" garrity="" and="" the="" rights="" to="" the="" ninth="" overall="" pick,="" dirk="" nowitzki.="" in="" 438="" career="" nba="" games="" --="" 73="" starts="" --="" he="" posted="" per-game="" averages="" of="" 4.8="" points="" and="" 3.7="" rebounds="" with="" the="" bucks,="" cleveland="" and="" charlotte/new="" orleans./="">