Man, karma’s a b****.
That’s not to say Latrell Sprewell is deserving of the fate he now shares with countless other Americans by virtue of having his home foreclosed on, but, then, we are talking about a baller who easily made in the neighborhood of $40-50 million over the course of his 13-year NBA career, plus thumbed his noise at the chance to earn at least $21 million more by defiantly retorting “I’ve got my family to feed” when Minnesota offered him a three-year extension back in 2004.
For all this comes on the heels of Sprewell’s 70-foot, $1.5 million yacht being auctioned off by U.S. Marshals just last January. And that family Spree was so adamant about? The mother of at least four of his kids sued him to the tune of $200 million last year, alleging he broke their long-term cohabitation agreement.
As Kit Kat observed in her grind, “you could say it’s been a tough year for Spree,” an understatement that seems akin to saying Hillary Clinton is really pulling out all the strings in trying to snare the latest gig she’s applied for.
Yes, Spree, style and swagger can be virtuous, but even the good book warns: “Waste not, want not.”
-Glenn Minnis