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That's it, Mavs ain't winning the West, tbh. Too much outside crap going on.
Delonte West Was Temporarily Homeless
Jeremy Lin's sleeping on his brother's sofa doesn't sound nearly as bad after hearing about one veteran player's housing nightmare.
Delonte West is quite possibly the first active NBA player to be without a home during a season. The Mavericks guard tells the Dallas Morning News that after arriving in the Lone Star State he couldn't find a place to stay, so he spent nights sleeping in the Mavs locker room and even in his car.
Let us explain.
West suffers from bipolar disorder, which causes extreme mood swings. In 2009, he was pulled over near his Maryland home on a three-wheeled Cam-Am Spyder motorcycle, and police found a 9mm Beretta pistol, .357 Magnum and a Remington 870 in a guitar case. West pleaded guilty to weapons and traffic charges, but was able to avoid jail; instead he got electronic monitoring and supervised probation and counseling.
Additionally, West was dealing with the end of his four-month marriage. He feels his mental disorder is at least partially responsible for both his personal and legal problems. "I've watched contracts go out the window, endorsements disappear, court fees, lawyer fees, divorce fees," he told the Morning News. "You watch the saving account just shoop ... shoop ... shoop ... shoop -- slowly disappear."
Despite making more than $14 million in a career that began in 2004, West has lost just about everything. During the NBA's labor dispute, he took a job at a Maryland furniture store.
West had to sell vehicles, jewelry and "just about everything I own, except for my house and the clothes on my back," he told the Dallas Morning News.
After joining the Mavericks, the team gave him a hotel room during a very brief training camp. However, once the regular season got started, NBA salary cap rules blocked the team from providing housing for West. He said he tried to rent apartments around North Texas but failed, because they were either too expensive or he wasn't allowed because of his legal troubles.
So West would get a hotel room when the Mavericks were on the road, but when they came back to Dallas late after road trips, he had no place to stay. So rather than getting a hotel room for just a few hours, he would sleep in the American Airlines Center locker room area or park his truck in the arena players garage and rest.
West told the Morning News his outrageous living situation didn't last long after his boss found out about it. "Soon as Mr. Cuban heard about that, he made one phone call and everybody was lining up to rent me an apartment," West laughed. "They were calling back saying, 'Hey, we've got the penthouse suite for you.'"
The Mavericks are paying West $854,389 this season, while three therapists help him deal with his bipolar disorder.
West also wants to finally end vicious rumors that he had a sexual relationship with Cavs teammate LeBron James' mom, Gloria during the 2010 postseason. "It's affected me," West told the Morning News. "Everywhere I go, first question, 'Don't tell me you did that.'
"If we want to continue to grow as a human race, what are we teaching our kids if we try to make humor and fun out of stuff like that?” West said of the rumor. "Number one, something like that never happened. I don’t know where they got that from. For a strong black woman like that, for people to try to tear her down, that’s terrible. That’s terrible in so many ways."
On the court, West is averaging 8.3 points, 3.4 assists and 2.5 rebounds in 29game for Dallas.
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TL/DR Highlights:
-"Delonte West is quite possibly the first active NBA player to be without a home during a season." -- Dis setting records with his homelessness and .
-"West suffers from bipolar disorder, which causes extreme mood swings." -- Huge understatement, tbh
-"During the NBA's labor dispute, he took a job at a Maryland furniture store." -- Dis so crazy he decided to sell furniture
-"Soon as Mr. Cuban heard about that, he made one phone call and everybody was lining up to rent me an apartment," -- Cuban is a pretty cool cat and takes care of his own.
-"three therapists help him deal with his bipolar disorder" -- Dis so crazy he needs three therapists
-"West also wants to finally end vicious rumors that he had a sexual relationship with Cavs teammate LeBron James' mom, Gloria " -- He still denies laying pipe to LeBron momma, but we all know he did it.
That's it, Mavs ain't winning the West, tbh. Too much outside crap going on.
He can't stay at Lebron's mom's?
She'd have to move to Dallas first.
Weird that he slept in his truck or at the arena, as opposed to staying at a teammate's house. Maybe someone offered and he turned them down. I hope that happened rather than thinking no one stepped up her and offered him a place until he got settled.
Dat red headed has been ballin this season tho...hope he gets back soon omho
this didn't have $35 for a motel?
sorry but no # of therapists fix re ation.
yeah, if the Mavs want to make a championship run, they NEED West.
As bad as it sounds, I don't think anyone on that team wants Delonte West creeping around their multi-million dollar house at night.
LT used to sleep in the parking lot of Giants Stadium after going on an all night coke binge and downing 5 pitchers of kamikazes. Then Belichick would knock on his car window a couple hours before the game and LT would get 3 sacks and a FF.
It's not as bad as it sounds for Delonte.
Delonte was homeless, broke, and is suffering from bipolar disorder yet Odom can't even suit up to play because he was traded.
This just makes that pussy look even worse.
So..is he playing for free now or what?
How is he out of money?
This is actually a good ass point right here.Delonte was homeless, broke, and is suffering from bipolar disorder yet Odom can't even suit up to play because he was traded.
This just makes that pussy look even worse.
Amare Stoudemire's ing brother was killed and and you dont see him having to take 2 pussy healing weeks.
A guy with bipolar disorder, a weapons charge on his record, and someone the national security deemed too dangerous to allow on the White House grounds. Hey! Come on over and stay with my family, buddy.
Delonte has to be one of the most hood dudes to play in the NBA imo. The man is reaching Isaiah Rider/Latrell Sprewell levels.
not to mention he ed a teamate's moms.
lock up grandma, Delonte is staying ova
Crazy..Karma is a ..
Ehh... you'd be surprised; NBA players let scrubs stay at their houses all the time. I'm sure there's some single guy on the team who could let Delonte crash on the couch in their condo, if the family guys were worried about their wives and kids. I just think it's odd that he stayed in his car, rather than at a cheap motel or a friend's place. But hey, it's Delonte West.
An NBA player should be able to afford a motel, is he seriously broke down to the point where he doesn't have 30 bucks?
That is a good question. Maybe the ex cleaned out his account or something.
He's crazy, brah
Damn, he can't wait until after his career is over to become broke?
West told the Morning News his outrageous living situation didn't last long after his boss found out about it. "Soon as Mr. Cuban heard about that, he made one phone call and everybody was lining up to rent me an apartment," West laughed. "They were calling back saying, 'Hey, we've got the penthouse suite for you.'"
Dude is crazy though. I bet Cuban is twisted over this.
And here I thought the internet had made me unable to be damaged by anything I watched on YouTube. How wrong I was.
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