The kid will spend more on the stupid draft day suit that was barely fashionable during the zoot suit era...
NBA Draft Prospect pulls up to restaurant in $300,000 car
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The kid will spend more on the stupid draft day suit that was barely fashionable during the zoot suit era...
And put your 15 kids from 18 different women through college or cosmetology school. If Shawn Kemp can make it work, ANYONE can make it work.
So did (do) a lot of these guys which is why they end up in the situation they end up in!
Even if it is rented by an agent, the culture and showy nature certainly doesn't stop at this car. Pro sports (basketball especially) seems to be today's "look at me" social media crave on steroids.
In the end it's their money and futures they're risking on jewelry and status, but I don't then feel sorry if they have money issues within a couple of years out of the league. Athletes, of any profession, is very high risk and could lose everything in an instant.
In the end it's their money and futures they're risking on jewelry and status, but I don't then feel sorry if they have money issues within a couple of years out of the league. Athletes, of any profession, is very high risk and could lose everything in an instant.
Wow, the NCAA has to be the most hypocritical, jaded, two faced, phoney organization in the world. Well, maybe some of the Olympic committees might give them a run for their money.
I'm glad I never did anything stupid in my early 20s. I wouldn't be able to make fun of those who do, now that I'm older.
C'mon man, yes you do. Many if not most of these kids don't come from financially literate families. They're coming from simple survival, paycheck to paycheck at best.
Which is why I applaud the pro leagues (which I think includes the NBA) that have developed programs to educate these kids about finance. Remember these kids aren't like you and me. They've been recognized a tool, a meal ticket from a very early age. Nobody ever encouraged me to play ball instead of study. I guarantee you a lot of these kids have heard from adults in their lives many times to focus on basketball and don't worry about school.
Meh, a college grad celebrating landing that $40,000 a year job blows $300 on a weekend bender, drops a couple grand on a new wardrobe and a 55" TV and buys an Accord and no one thinks anything of it.
Seriously. How do you know this stuff? Even to recognize that the car is not the one mentioned in the article?
I probably should have said "I think that's a 570s" because I'm far from an expert at that kind of thing so I could definitely be wrong. That said I watch way too much Youtube and car Youtube channels specifically. I'm pretty sure the brake lights on the 720s look slightly different, that's what I noticed first since you see them at the beginning of the video.
Devil's advocate:
This dude just got a boatload of free press.
I'd never heard of him before so I googled him.
So how does this episode affect his market value for endorsement deals? Considering the figure of $2k that others have thrown around for renting the car, I'll go ahead and speculate that he could easily make that back from boosting his endorsement deal value.
720s also don't have the black panel/intake along the side of the car, as far as I know.
I'm not sure the math checks out.
I wasn’t in school but heard Tinsley was driving around in an Escalade a day or two after Hampton
If that kid did that for himself, his parents, his friends, his posse, his ex girlfriends, etc... than lots of us would have some fun with it.
I used those figures for a reason - because some of these guys aren't MENSA candidates...
