Clinton Portis was about to murder his financial manager

[YankeeFan]

I remember the stories of Kenny Anderson, who said he always had $10,000 in "walking around money." I looked him up, and he filed for bankruptcy about 10 years ago or so.

One of the best HS players I ever saw. I used to take my younger brother to watch him and Jamal Mashburn play all the time. We'd go see the Hurley brothers too.

Anderson did not come from a good home. And I think he only did one year of college, right?

He was a star at 14, winnning the NYS championship and the MVP as a freshman, despite the coach -- the legendary Jack Curran -- limiting his playing time.

 

[Big Circus]

One of the best HS players I ever saw. I used to take my younger brother to watch him and Jamal Mashburn play all the time. We'd go see the Hurley brothers too.

Anderson did not come from a good home. And I think he only did one year of college, right?

He was a star at 14, winnning the NYS championship and the MVP as a freshman, despite the coach -- the legendary Jack Curran -- limiting his playing time.

Nah, he spent three years at Georgia Tech. Nobody went one-and-done back then.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Rob Gronkowski supposedly lives off his endorsement money and doesn't touch anything else.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Rob Gronkowski supposedly lives off his endorsement money and doesn't touch anything else.

When Marshawn Lynch retired, there was a lot of talk that he did exactly that and has tens of millions stashed away. I want to believe that's true.

 

[CD Boogie]

If more of them finished college...

Just kidding. Sort of. A lot of these guys had no example of how to be fiscally responsible. Their parents were often poor, so the idea of saving for a rainy day was probably as foreign as landing a huge signing bonus. Obviously not for all, but a lot. Then you get into the league and it's all about keeping up with the Joneses. Or taking care of your posse and your fifty relatives who want a handout or a no-show job as your sneaker organizer.

That's great that Gronk lives off his endorsements, but what percentage of players even have any endorsements? And how many have as many as Gronk?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

One of the best HS players I ever saw. I used to take my younger brother to watch him and Jamal Mashburn play all the time. We'd go see the Hurley brothers too.

Anderson did not come from a good home. And I think he only did one year of college, right?

He was a star at 14, winnning the NYS championship and the MVP as a freshman, despite the coach -- the legendary Jack Curran -- limiting his playing time.

There's a documentary about him (not sure if it's out yet or not) where he discussed how he had been sexually abused by two different men as a kid and he grew up with a mother who had a drug problem. He didn't have a very idyllic childhood.

When I looked him up (wanted to make sure I was remembering the correct player before I posted), he now is going around telling kids not to make the same mistakes as he did, such as a DUI a few years back. In the NY Post story I read, he was telling one of his kids to practice safe sex and the kid reminded Anderson he had eight kids with five women. Still, from the story, he seemed pretty content in life and said he was doing fine financially, although, of course, not like he used to be.

 

[poindexter]

He was making the rounds on radio row during the final four talking about the movie.

 

[YankeeFan]

There's a documentary about him (not sure if it's out yet or not) where he discussed how he had been sexually abused by two different men as a kid and he grew up with a mother who had a drug problem. He didn't have a very idyllic childhood.

When I looked him up (wanted to make sure I was remembering the correct player before I posted), he now is going around telling kids not to make the same mistakes as he did, such as a DUI a few years back. In the NY Post story I read, he was telling one of his kids to practice safe sex and the kid reminded Anderson he had eight kids with five women. Still, from the story, he seemed pretty content in life and said he was doing fine financially, although, of course, not like he used to be.

I didn't know about the sexual abuse, but even when he was HS, it was pretty well known that his mom was a crack addict.

 

[justgladtobehere]

If more of them finished college...

Just kidding. Sort of. A lot of these guys had no example of how to be fiscally responsible. Their parents were often poor, so the idea of saving for a rainy day was probably as foreign as landing a huge signing bonus. Obviously not for all, but a lot. Then you get into the league and it's all about keeping up with the Joneses. Or taking care of your posse and your fifty relatives who want a handout or a no-show job as your sneaker organizer.

That's great that Gronk lives off his endorsements, but what percentage of players even have any endorsements? And how many have as many as Gronk?

I don't know that being poor means no example of how to be fiscally responsible. It could lead to somebody being pretty stingy. How many people cite there parents/grandparents being children of The Great Depression? I was going to post the inverse about Gronk. His father is a successful businessman. Gronk seems to have grown up upper-middle class (although there was something else going on) so maybe he knew how to take care of his money or he didn't have the same aspirations for material things. There is no more reason to believe that narrative than any other.

Gronk living off his endorsements isn't a model for all players, it is an example of a player setting up a system to not blow his money, like Korver did. Live off your salary, save all your bonuses. Max out any retirement plan the league or union has.

 

[da man]

Nah, he spent three years at Georgia Tech. Nobody went one-and-done back then.

Two years, I think.

 

[ChrisLong]

I watched the first two seasons of "Ballers" and this reminds me of that.
Sidebar: Rock's girlfriend on "Ballers" -- Arielle Kebbel -- was a panelist on "To Tell the Truth" last week. My first thought was, where did I see her before? Then when I figured it out, I thought, "I didn't recognize you without Rock between your legs."

 

[lcjjdnh]

I watched the first two seasons of "Ballers" and this reminds me of that.
Sidebar: Rock's girlfriend on "Ballers" -- Arielle Kebbel -- was a panelist on "To Tell the Truth" last week. My first thought was, where did I see her before? Then when I figured it out, I thought, "I didn't recognize you without Rock between your legs."

Guess you're not a Gilmore Girls fan, eh?

 

[ChrisLong]

Guess you're not a Gilmore Girls fan, eh?

Uh, no. My kid has seen every episode a bunch of times and has the boxed set, or something. Wherever I hear that guitar opening, I close the door and put in earplugs.

 

[Donny in his element]

Are you thinking of Alexis Bledel?

EDIT: never mind. Kebbel was in GG, too.

 

[YankeeFan]

Made $53 million during his career. Has $50,000. Owes $500,000-$1,000,000, to banks, credit cards, the IRS, and others.

 

[exmediahack]

(They told me to say I was John Hall, the kicker. I'm white, but there the similarities end. Everybody bought it.)

Whoa. Small world.

Had a few classes together in college. Partied together quite a bit as well.

I love that you said you were John Hall. Good dude. Strongest leg I've ever seen.

 

[typefitter]

Okay, so I might as well tell the rest of the story.

So, I'm supposed to be John Hall. I have grotesque elephant legs, but John Hall is built, right? He's at least half a foot taller than me.

We go to the club, which I think was called Love. It was pretty much exclusively a black club. When I say I was the only white person there, I mean: There were maybe 2,000 people in that club. It's enormous. And I was the only white person there. I felt very, very white.

Anyway, we go in through some VIP entrance and the bouncer calls me Too Short. And I thought: ****, my John Hall cover is blown already!

Then, like, six other people call me Too Short.

Finally, there were these two nice women who were waiting to talk to Clinton. And we started chatting and one of them called me Too Short. And I finally said, "What the hell? I'm taller than Clinton Portis! Why is everyone calling me Too Short?" I still wasn't sure if it was some John Hall thing or what.

And then they very kindly explained that it was because of the length of my T-shirt, which stopped at my waist. It wasn't me that was too short. It was my shirt. Thus confirming how white I really was.

 

[Big Circus]