Dave Sez

Riches To Rags

The Boston Globe has a very nice article on how many NBA players squander their fortunes. Fancy cars, bad investments, crooked agents, leaching families and friends, divorces, etc. They get it all.

A little something to think about tomorrow night when you watch all of those young men walk across the stage to shake David Stern's hand and enter the world of (short-term) wealth.

One really surprising aspect of this story was the two vignettes that make Isiah Thomas sound like a really good guy. I always thought of him as a complete ass. I guess it's not that simple.