That isn't what I was trying to do at all. The NBA was trying to remember a player who died too young. Granted he was doing several stupid things. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't at least honor his existence.
FWIW, there are memorials every year for kids who die doing stupid things. Sometimes it's at high school graduation, sometimes it's during Senior night of their sport. I don't see lots of people complaining about those things.