I hope Sprewell gets through this. I mean, a man lost his boat, his pride, where he can go fishing and escape the material world. I liked how when Sprewell dunked he always yell really loud... "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Speaking of Spree and dunking: I like how one time when Spree was with Minny, Amare slammed one very hard in his face and a foul was called. The ball came through the rim in such a way that Amare ended up with it. He then did a little "bounce pass" to Spree (without looking at him) who exploded in rage and came completely unglued. It wasn't a classy thing for Amare to do but it made me laugh. The funny thing about it is that highlight was on the T-Wolves website for about two days after that game. I watched it about 30 times.
"They make a lot of money, but they spend a lot of money." - Patrick Ewing, the leader of the NBA Players Union, stating one of the reasons why the players had to strike in 1988. Ewing was campaigning for the "less fortunate union members" that were not expected to make $11 million the following year like himself.
Nothing more that the usually case of giving lots of money to somebody that never had money. Which is the story for a lot of NBA players.
I remember when Spree was with Golden State. That guy was explosive. the funny thing is Spree is a pretty articulate guy in interviews, he doesn't seem like an idiot. I thought he got that boat to avoid his wife or .. i guess baby's momma from suing him for property cause technically its not a house, even though he lived there.
Thats what I was thinking. There's guys in my office paying that much on their homes and I'm CERTAINLY not in some big successful company. It didnt say how many homes he had but still
From the article losing the house and boat will cost him $1M. The boat was bought on loaned money and he only owes 500k after it was sold. That's 7% of his salary from only his last year in the NBA. From his career earnings he'd easily recover that (and earn a whole lot more) from interest if the money was banked. I wouldn't be surprised if Sprewell is taking on this small financial loss on the advice of his lawyer to somehow avoid coughing up $200 million to his girlfriend/common-law wife. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/29/sports/s120841S84.DTL
Yeah, or like a bigger version of Nash, but a little bit slower. But instead of passing he dunks more, with two hands.
was a big fan of spree when he was up n coming..liked the bald version better, once he got the predator braids...it was downhill from there..
Unfortunatly that's a humanoid problem. When the everyday worker gets a raise, he/she has a tendancy to spend up to it. I remember when we got our 1st tax refund($65), my wife and I bought a rifle and a window air conditioner($95). Yes that was in the late 60's!! Now you take teenagers who are great in sports and drop millions into their pockets, they're gonna buy more that a rifle and ac unit. It's human nature!! I think each sports contract should have a clause that half of a players paycheck should go into a financial retirement account with a reputably financial advisor(not cousin Bob). With minimum contracts in the 300k range, 150k should be enough for anyone to live on. That would ease the problem, but there's no cure for humam greed.
Why the sarcasm? I watched Spree toward the end of his career and he never struck me as a super athletic guy, but in his youth he seems to have had mad hops yo. Why you mad at the cheese?
No malice intended, I just found the comparison to T-Mac amusing. I don't really see similarities in the two guys, except that they both play basketball in the NBA. Sprewell strikes me as slash-to-the-basket guy and T-Mac a streak shooter with a good eye for finding the open man.
he resorted to playing like Tmac toward his end of his career, he jacked up lots of 3s. Still was a very good player and could score on anyone. also struck me as pretty smart guy. he had his automobile business going and was a pretty articulate interview.
That was my impression as well. However, he had the crazy eyes like Artest. No suprise that he's hurting financially.
i don't feel sorry for Sprewell. I mean, you make a lot of money. First thing you do is hire someone to take care of it. Not 28 inch rims.
