As Patrick Ewing once said during the lockout, "We might make a lot of money but, we also spend a lot of money."
I don't feel sorry for him at all. He made $110m, more than most people make in a year, he made in one game. So, I find this hilarious. How does reality taste, 'Toine?
That's impressive but also kind of sad. I mean hes pretty much fucked for life now unless he gets some job as an assistant coach or radio analyst or something...and even then, it's welcome back to the world of everyone else with planned budgets, car and mortgage payments, and monthly paychecks. And to think he had the opportunity to help his entire family be (more than) financially secure for 100 years, if not more...on second thought, I don't feel bad for him at all. What a short-sighted idiot.
I'm sure this won't be the last of these types of stories as those players who played in the 90's when teams started giving out those big-money contracts, are finally seeing their careers come to an end. While I'm sure some were financially responsible, there are a whole lot of them who probably enjoyed the NBA life a little too much and didn't consider their life after basketball.
Better structure and punctuation would have helped. Try it this way. "He made $110m. He made more in one game ($144K average between '99-'05) than most people make in a year." Better?
He not only made $110,000,000.00, but made probably 1/4 to 3/4 that much in endorsements as well. So his career take was probably close to $150,000,000.00. Unbeleivable.
Perhaps he can work off his gambling debts by doing his shimmy dance on stage at the Spearmint Rhino.
Made me think of this episode of This American Life, one of my favorite programs on NPR: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1235 Here's a short article I enjoyed while searching for that program: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.co...otteryWinnersWhoLostTheirMillions.aspx?page=1
