Former NBA journeyman and current Long Island Nets assistant coach Milt Palacio is alive and well according to New York Daily News reporter Mollie Walker.
The 41-year-old Colorado State product was erroneously reported to have been killed after being struck by a Honda Civic in Toronto November 21st, but Palacio’s status among the living was confirmed after the New York Post contacted the team on Friday.
The former Ram is evidently injury-free, with a Nets public relations coordinator relating they “have spoken to Milt, and he is fine.”
Ex-NBAer Milt Palacio 'is fine' after false reports of getting killed by Honda Civic https://t.co/5T5ISIfDXP pic.twitter.com/3oz6HXiXrH
— New York Post (@nypost) November 22, 2019
Palacio, perhaps best known for an iconic game-winner that propelled his Boston Celtics to a victory over the then-New Jersey Nets in December 2000, would eventually come full circle to join the now-Brooklyn Nets G League affiliate as an assistant coach in 2018.
After a long career playing for six NBA teams including Boston, the then-Vancouver Grizzlies, and Phoenix Suns between 1999 and 2006, the Belizean-American would go on to have a seven-year career playing overseas, transitioning into coaching in 2013 as the University of Idaho’s director of player development.
Palacio is now entering into his second season as an associate coach with the Long Island Nets, and, to the delight of fans and friends alike, appears to be both alive and in good health despite reports to the contrary.