Posted on 06/14/2026 4:34:15 PM PDT by dennisw
NBA champion and 18-year veteran Trevor Ariza has left fans shocked after detailing his precarious financial position in the wake of a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife.
Ariza, who was drafted by the Knicks and won a ring with the Lakers in 2009, made an eyewatering $116 million during his career, but now his money troubles have been laid bare in court four years after he hung up his cleats.
While many would perhaps have expected a player of his caliber to be set for life, Ariza - now 40 - made just $2,316 last month as a trainer for the disabled.
According to an income and expense declaration filed in court, which was first reported by TMZ, Ariza earns an average of $6,000 per month in his current role.
In addition to his earnings - which appear to fluctuate from month to month - he reported $667 in earnings from an investment in Buffalo Wild Wings.
Ariza says he had $50,000 in cash and bank accounts, and $2.5 million in real estate property, bought during his lucrative playing career.
His expenses, meanwhile, have also been laid bare in the documents: $2K on healthcare, $2K on groceries, $2K on utilities, $500 on cleaning and laundry, $2K on education, $500 on clothes, and $2K on auto expenses and insurance.
That $11.6k in expenses quite clearly dwarfs the $2,316 he claims he made last month, as his bitter legal battle with ex-wife Bree Anderson Ariza continues.
Earlier this year, Ariza spoke out about his financial struggles, admitting he is broke and in need of help. At the time, he claimed he had a bank account sitting at negative $230,000.
MINE EITHER-—NOT FOR OVER 70 YEARS
If he really is so broke, how does he pay his real estate taxes on that property?
Both of them appear to be idiots.
Very true!!
Like: "...after he hung us his JOCK STRAP?"
Regards,
College teaches....nothing, if you do not apply yourself.
Just a tap dancer for the man, all the money gone.
The same people who write eyewatering as a word meaning “a lot”.
The same people who write eyewatering as a word meaning “a lot”.
Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman
Are ‘cleats’ something different in the UK?
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These are the same media folks who criticize Trump on everything, and comment negatively on US foreign policy. Ignorant reporter.
Museums are already bidding on my closet when I die.
Lol!
“Why not simply use an all-purpose word that would apply to any sport?”
If it were that easy. In the US the term jockey strap is lessened to just a jock. In the UK the Brits call a Scottish person a jock. Might be able to close in on a good term by just calling them thugs.
But that opens up a whole new area of possibilities as the Brits use a number of different words for that:
Lad, Lout, Yobs, Tearaways, Hooligans and Hardmen.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just not allow British news people to comment and try to sound like the US vernacular? No new is...
wy69
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