Former 10 year NBA veteran now homeless

[spursfan1000]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,253262

[BullsDynasty]

sad...

[spursncowboys]

Even Vanilla Ice has a home.

[JamStone]

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]

No pension plan?

[koriwhat]

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]

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]

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]

No pension plan?

I was thinking the same thing.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

thats sad

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Wesley Snipes is a ######

Sure is

[Mavs_man_41]

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]

Wow some people do not know how to use money

[Roxsfan]

Wow some people do not know how to save money

fixed

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

I don't understand how you can go broke even if you spend just one year in the NBA. Save that up and get a regular job.

[23LeBronJames23]

fixed

and that too

[angelbelow]

pathetic.

[HarlemHeat37]

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..