Ex-Syracuse star, Knicks player Orr dies at 64

WASHINGTON– Louis Orr, a star forward at Syracuse who played eight NBA seasons prior to going into a prolonged profession in training, has actually died. He was 64.

Orr’s family stated Friday in a statement through Georgetown that he died Thursday after having pancreatic cancer.Orr assisted Syracuse make 4 NCAA tournament looks from 1976 to ’80 and made All-Big East season and conference tournament honors throughout his senior year. His No. 55 was retired in 2015. “We mourn the loss of an Orange legend– a

player, a coach, and most notably a fantastic person who made everybody around him better,”Syracuse’s guys’s basketball program published on social networks.”Louis Orr’s memory will reside in our hearts permanently, and especially whenever we search for and see his No. 55 in the Dome rafters.” Orr was a second-round draft choice by Indiana in 1980 and played two seasons with the Pacers prior to spending 6 seasons betting the New york city Knicks from 1982 to ’88. The Cincinnati-born Orr moved into the college coaching ranks as an assistant at

Xavier in 1991 and had stints at Providence and his alma mater before taking control of the head-coaching job at Siena in 2000. He coached one season there, 5 at Seton Hall and seven at Bowling Green.Orr was an assistant in the Chinese Basketball Association for one year before joining coach Patrick Ewing’s personnel at Georgetown. He invested 5 seasons as a Hoyas assistant and transitioned to special assistant to the head coach in the spring.Ewing said he lost a great good friend and somebody who had remained in his life considering that he was 22 and breaking into the NBA. “We developed a relationship and a brotherhood,”Ewing stated in a statement.”He was constantly somebody I could speak to– we would talk about life, we would talk about basketball, we would discuss family. He will be really missed and he will forever be part of this(Georgetown) program.”