A FORMER NBA player shared a somber final video days before he was found dead in Russia on his ex-wife’s birthday.
The body of Janis Timma, 32, was uncovered on the entrance stairway of a high-rise residential complex in central Moscow on Tuesday.
InstagramFormer NBA player Janis Timma shared a somber video of him playing basketball in the rain days before his death[/caption]
In the video, Timma records a short clip of himself shooting jump shots in the pouring rainInstagram
Janis Timma played on the Orlando Magic’s Summer League squad before the start of the 2021-2022 NBA seasonGetty Images – Getty
In an Instagram post shared five days before his death, Timma records a short clip of himself shooting jump shots outside in the pouring rain.
Timma did not caption the post but added the song Boombastic by Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy in the background.
“Boombastic, Tell me fantastic, touch me on the back, She says I’m Mr. Ro-Mantic,” the lyrics in Timma’s video say.
An official cause of death for Timma, who played on the Orlando Magic‘s Summer League squad before the start of the 2021-2022 NBA season, has not been determined.
However, a preliminary cause of death has been ruled as suicide.
Timma, who was born in Latvia, had relocated to Russia, where he was set to play in a 3×3 basketball league.
He had faced backlash when he announced his plans to play professionally in Vladimir Putin‘s Russia despite its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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