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spursfan1000
07-03-2010, 03:21 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/The-sad-tale-of-Ray-Williams-10-year-NBA-vet-no?urn=nba,253262
BullsDynasty
07-03-2010, 03:49 PM
sad...
spursncowboys
07-03-2010, 03:57 PM
Even Vanilla Ice has a home.
JamStone
07-03-2010, 05:24 PM
Not as surprising as if it were a recent NBA player.

His last season was 1986-87. In that year, guys like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were making around $2-3 million a year. And those were superstars in the league. George Gervin made $800,000 in 1985-86. There's a chance a guy like him made only a couple million in his career. Probably had decent amount of money during his playing days at the time. But it wasn't ridiculous money NBA players make these days that set them for life and even for several generations of their family after them.
GuerillaBlack
07-03-2010, 05:28 PM
No pension plan?
koriwhat
07-03-2010, 06:35 PM
Not as surprising as if it were a recent NBA player.

His last season was 1986-87. In that year, guys like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were making around $2-3 million a year. And those were superstars in the league. George Gervin made $800,000 in 1985-86. There's a chance a guy like him made only a couple million in his career. Probably had decent amount of money during his playing days at the time. But it wasn't ridiculous money NBA players make these days that set them for life and even for several generations of their family after them.

not ridiculous money, sure, because we all make $800,000+ a yr. it adds up to bad spending and no financial know-how.
koriwhat
07-03-2010, 06:36 PM
No pension plan?

the only plan he had was probably drugs, partying, and spending wads of dough he eventual would lose in the end anyhow.
SenorSpur
07-03-2010, 08:20 PM
the only plan he had was probably drugs, partying, and spending wads of dough he eventual would lose in the end anyhow.

The article didn't mention anything like that. In fact, it said there was no obvious history of drug, gambling or alcohol abuse or any single event that could've contributed to him being broke and homeless. Damn shame.
SenorSpur
07-03-2010, 08:22 PM
No pension plan?

I was thinking the same thing.
SpursNextRomanEmpire
07-03-2010, 08:40 PM
thats sad
ALWAYS bet on BLACK
07-03-2010, 08:43 PM
scippp cluubbs & rollin dubbs

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ALWAYS bet on BLACK
07-03-2010, 08:44 PM
Wesley Snipes is a ######
Sure is
Mavs_man_41
07-03-2010, 10:57 PM
not ridiculous money, sure, because we all make $800,000+ a yr. it adds up to bad spending and no financial know-how.

you mean we don't all make 800k a year, calf tats?
23LeBronJames23
07-03-2010, 11:02 PM
Wow some people do not know how to use money
Roxsfan
07-04-2010, 12:58 PM
Wow some people do not know how to save money

fixed
Mr.Bottomtooth
07-04-2010, 01:00 PM
I don't understand how you can go broke even if you spend just one year in the NBA. Save that shit up and get a regular job.
23LeBronJames23
07-04-2010, 05:12 PM
fixed

and that too
angelbelow
07-04-2010, 05:44 PM
pathetic.
HarlemHeat37
07-04-2010, 06:24 PM
I have no sympathy for homeless people, TBH..barring an extremely crazy situation, you would have to be a complete idiot and failure to be homeless IMO..