SALT LAKE CITY - 1988: Mark Eaton #53 of the Utah Jazz plays defense during an NBA game at The Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1988. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) Mark Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA's defensive player of the year during his career with the Utah Jazz, has died, the team said Saturday.
He was 64.The cause of death was not immediately announced.The center spent his entire career with the Jazz, led the league in blocks per game four times and his average of 5.6 per contest in 1984-85 remains the highest average since the NBA started officially tracking that statistic."He was so impressive," longtime NBA broadcaster Mike Inglis, now the radio voice of the Miami Heat, said Saturday. "I.