[ClearCase_guy]

he claimed he had a bank account sitting at negative $230,000.

My bank account doesn't work like that.

[dennisw]

The gold diggas are circling him like vultures. They think he is still some rich NBA man. Not some broke has been.

[Az Joe]

It’s cheapa to keep er

[Responsibility2nd]

I really shouldn’t say he is a victim of FAFO, but he probably is.

[Deaf Smith]

“four years after he hung up his cleats”

Are ‘cleats’ something different in the UK?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Well, I had a lot of money, but to the city I went
I met a lot of good looking girls and that’s where my money went
Now I know just what they meant
I ain’t broke but brother, I’m badly bent

[Ozymandias Ghost]

“...four years after he hung up his cleats”
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Basketball has really changed

[Az Joe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLHRLVJlh4&list=RDaCLHRLVJlh4&start_radio=1

[BradyLS]

“…hung up his cleats…”

Wot ‘cleats’? 🙄

[Inyo-Mono]

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.

Maybe he should try cutting back on groceries a bit and do his own laundry, and do like I do, wear the same clothes year after year.

[bwest]

Cleats?

[BradyLS]

Oh. Daily Mail. Prolly call ‘em “rubbers” or “wellies” or “jumpers” (or whatever) over there.

[Larry Lucido]

Easy come, easy go.

“Because I Got High” lyrics from “Afroman”:

I was gonna go to court before I got high
I was gonna pay my child support but then I got high (no you wasn’t)
They took my whole paycheck and I know why (why man?)(yeah eh eh)

‘Cause I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high

[KarlInOhio]

four years after he hung up his cleats.

He still owes NBA teams $137,000 in floor repair bills. I remember my high school basketball coach going off on people wearing street shoes on "his" floor. I can't imagine if the whole football team dropped by.

Before I feel too sorry for him, I would have to know his mortgage situation on his property. If he owns it free and clear, then all of this is just an act to get alimony or child support reduced because of his low pay. If his property is heavily mortgaged, he is financially screwed.

[PeterPrinciple]

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.

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last month amt. avg/month

[Leaning Right]

> $2.5 million in real estate property <

Whoa! He could sell the property and buy some relatively safe bonds paying 5% annually. That’s $125,000 a year before taxes. I could get by on that.

But maybe his ex-wife’s lawyer would put a big dent in that plan.

[PeterPrinciple]

he reported $667 in earnings from an investment in Buffalo Wild Wings.

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https://www.buffalowildwings.com/?msockid=1b98b445826f6fd20b7da37b83eb6e7c

[null and void]

California divorce?

[llevrok]

Old country western song “She got the gold mine, I got the shaft.”

[Sicon]

after he hung up his cleats.

1. Basketball players don’t wear “cleats”

2. “A fool and his money…”