Oct. 16th
Damn the so called Game of the Century turned out to be a str8 dud……..but anyways im over my girls parents house and just chillin after dinner (by the way the rustic pasta from Macaroni grill is bangin) so were laid up on the sofa and I filp to the NBA channel(sidebar, no I don’t have the sports package yet, u see Comcast jips us in having to pay 5 dollars xtra to get the nba channel , the nfl network and like 10 damn soccer channels, not to also include the L’ league pass for an additional 150, al the free world. Anyways on the Nba channel there’s a Shawn Kemp special titled “Reign Man”. I truly forgot how xciting and dominating he was, my fave dunk by him is the “Rim-Ratlin Gatlin”. Trust me u gotta peep these: http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbacom/history/top10/kemp_top10_dunks_070405.asx&video=&nbasite=nba
The funny thing about it kids today don’t even see this type of high-flying powerful above the rim play. The NBA basketball of 2day is ISO everything and slow-down tactics, thank goodness Jeff V-G is back in the booth like HOV. I was really pondering is Kemp a hall of famer, I know must of ya’ll think the boi is on something, but let be 100 objective and let the stats and impact show.
http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KEMPSH01 (scroll to the bottom and u’ll see the Hall of Fame monitor)
The boi avg. 14.6 pts and 8.4 reb in the regular season.; including monster years of 1995-96, where he avg. 19.6 and 11 boards. Damn. Better then that was the way the boi played in the off’s that year. In 20 games, including a dominating run to the Chip Final, Kemp avg. 20.9 pts and 10.4 rebs. All in all the Reign Man was a great player that gets lost in the shuffle of some bad decision late in his career. So there I made my point, I backed it up wit stats, tell me why would I want to be you again?!
Oct. 18th to 22nd
Had to slide out to lovely Vegas for some R and R. Wow I love that city, If and when the L’ gets out there it goin to be huge. I was tryin to get a personal view of the Hardwood suite in the Palms but you have to plan in advance for a tour. Bottom-line best city in the world, hands down but back to the lecture at hand.
Oct 24th
Damn less then 7 days to the L’ pops off. I think this week I’m going to start off wit my weekly “u cant blame davey stern” chamber:
Child support, bankruptcy trail former NBA player Caffey
Sunday, October 21, 2007
By BRENDAN KIRBY
Staff Reporter
Four years and tens of millions of dollars after his NBA career ended, Mobile native Jason Caffey is in bankruptcy court seeking protection from creditors, who include seven women with whom he has had eight children.
Caffey's child-support problems landed him in jail in
"The only reason I filed bankruptcy was to get these arrest warrants off me," he said in an interview last week.
Under the law, creditors --
including women seeking back child support -- must halt all collection efforts during the bankruptcy.
"The guy has made more money than he has sense," said Clarence Roby, a lawyer for Nikki Brown, a
Jim Altman, a lawyer who represents Caffey in a
Caffey, 34, was a standout power forward and center at
Records at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in
The records show Caffey earns $11,500 a month from two sources: JAC Enterprises, an endeavor that invests in real estate; and
He also owns 1608 Sports Bar and Grill on
More than half of Caffey's reported income -- $7,000 -- goes to alimony and child support. "Who wouldn't have trouble with that after retiring five years ago?" Caffey said.
Caffey's assets include a $175,000 home on
His ex-wife, Bebe, sued Caffey for divorce last year and got their $800,000 home in
Lawyers for some of the women said they do not oppose Caffey's bankruptcy filing, since the law prohibits debtors from escaping child-support obligations.
"In fact, that would be better, because he would have more cash available for child support," said Randy Kessler, who represents Lorunda Brown of Lawrenceville, Ga.
Caffey's bankruptcy documents list his obligations to Brown at $70,000, although a document filed by Brown pegs the amount, including interest on the arrears and attorneys' fees, at $112,736.
"Since February 2007, he's paid not a penny," Kessler said.
A judge in
Altman said in an interview last week that he would try to work out a settlement in the Brown child-support case.
"No one needs $5,000 a month in child support," Altman said.
Kessler said Brown understands that Caffey's income has declined since his NBA career ended.
"She's always been willing to discuss reducing it, but he has never discussed it," Kessler said. He added, "We wouldn't be a stickler for $4,250 a month."
Roby, meanwhile, alluded to the giant contract that Caffey signed with
"What happened to the $35 million?" Roby asked.
Caffey said the $35 million figure is misleading. After taxes, he said, the amount was about $17 million, and he missed out on $12 million of that when his NBA career ended with three years left on his contract.
He said his ex-wife got half of his money in the divorce.
Caffey said he has invested about $2.5 million on his business ventures in
He said he believes his children will be better off in the long run if he can build the businesses. "It's generational wealth now," he said.
Nikki Brown acknowledged that Caffey voluntarily set up $125,000 trust funds for each of their two children and allowed her to tap into them when she struggled after Hurricane Katrina.
"One thing I can say financially is when Jason had money, he always paid me," she said. "He did take care of us when he was in the league."
Said Nicole Fuller, an
Whoa…I mean where do I start………I don’t really care about the kids aspect of it, he seems to be in there life to what extent I don’t know but damn “What happened to the money”. It never ceases to amaze me how dumb these guys are wit there cheddar.
That is for 2nite but the moral of the story is, strap up and holla we want pre-nup we want pre-nup!!!!
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