NBA Stars Who Destroyed Their Own Lives

[@swishcountyproductions]

Don't drink and drive (but do subscribe)

[@edwardkimakaballislifekim_578]

Don’t drink and drive very bad

[@baxterbrown8088]

Hey wanna come to the diddy party with me

[@gorillamodegang6120]

hey sir you do know that it Lebron fault D.West is like that right?

[@kenw2225]

Where's all the players of European decent making career ending bad choices? Just cause there's not as many of them, per capita has to show them being worse with money than basketball Americans , right?

[@streetplaya23]

If only these guys were were in a MMA, and as accomplished as Jon Jones. lol maybe then the organizations would let some of these deeds slide. aside from dying of course.

[@alb7844]

Ty made horrible decisions but saying Chinese women have nice asses got him kicked outta an entire country....🤨 C'mon man.

[@ADUSN]

Just a blatant falsehood too lmao

[@dcrawford9258]

Different countries different rules.

[@tobiasbetter4700]

Just silly. Complimented them and got banned is insane

[@47aRealN]

@@tobiasbetter4700 if he would of complimented them on their intelligence he would be fine but he had to go be a sun person . well guess what ? they dont play that i china boy.

[@LM-up4db]

I don't think it was about what he said, but how he said it. Maybe some people found it offensive or something 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@RE1GN_BLOOD]

The 1986 draft was so cursed. Drazen Petrovic also passed away in his prime.

[@dredscott1651]

He was an electric player!

[@TheSystemProd]

My father was drafted in this draft. He talks a lottttt about a lot of those guys who were in that one too. It’s interesting to hear about but it also sucks hearing about the potential Len Bias and Drazen had. Great guys and ball players from what he said.

[@RE1GN_BLOOD]

@ oh wow.

[@billyyank5807]

Passed away is one way to soften what happened I suppose. Whatever helps you sleep. He was killed in a horrific car accident. That's not just passing away.

[@dmaster5556]

Now I understand that Chappelle skit lol "I'm gonna need to see some more effort coming from you" "More effort huh? SPREWELL! *chokes boss*"

[@Golden_Ghoul]

The first time is a mistake, the second a choice and the third time it becomes a habit.

[@antoniotutt4894]

No they FIRST time is a choice. Period.

[@hiphopjewels]

@@antoniotutt4894 Yup 100%.

[@BIGGWILL369]

Alcoholism is a disease! It's been scientifically proven that it's in your DNA. Reading is fundamental!

[@47aRealN]

a mistake is stepping on some ones glasses you you did not see. first time is still a choice

[@acro2324]

@@antoniotutt4894first time is a choice after that ppl lose control

[@garcel1251]

583,000 a month that’s what 21 million breaks down to… that’s what he couldn’t support his family with… let that sink in when there are people on EBT and others who don’t know how there going to feed there kids yet alone themselves tonight

[@aa27271]

You are also not taking into taxes only yes lots money.

[@garcel1251]

@@aa27271 No I am, even after taxes, and paying his agent a percentage he is still taking home a significant amount of money to live a life of luxury.

[@dawoool]

@@garcel1251 Dumb jock.

[@hoggers7572]

Well at least you know you're morally superior to someone

[@bonzobonanza]

The Eddie Griffin story gave me chills. His troubled story should be taken as a lesson towards young hoopers who are looking to go professional.

[@kenw2225]

Like what? Make sure you have a dad?

[@aztn19]

Yeah, as soon as I heard Eddie’s name, I had a prolonged wince remembering his tragic story 😬😬😬

[@eugene1052]

@@kenw2225this is such a dumb comment

[@ShawnFX]

​@@kenw2225😂😂

[@dbennett876]

@ken2225 Eddie griffin was a family friend watch your mouth cuz

[@GravelordNito150]

You'd think these people would be rich enough to hire chauffeurs and yet they keep finding themselves drinking and driving...

[@JustinCase-my5vc]

These PEOPLE? Ur racist

[@BigFlex516]

@@JustinCase-my5vcare you 3?

[@barzalaep]

@@JustinCase-my5vcuhm wtf? How is that racist😭🙏

[@benlaw4647]

OP is referring to RICH PEOPLE..these people

[@ItsJOHNMayne]

I saw Delonte West and got 2 photos with him in Virginia,5 days before this video released. He doesn’t look good.. But he was in good spirits

[@harveydent8714]

Where in Virginia if you don’t mind me asking?

[@ItsJOHNMayne]

@@harveydent8714 on Route 1 in Alexandria,real close to Falls Church

[@ItsJOHNMayne]

@@harveydent8714 on Route 1 in Alexandria,headed towards Potomac Yards. Right by Huntington Metro

[@ItsJOHNMayne]

@@harveydent8714 on route 1 in Alexandria,right passed the Huntington station

[@ItsJOHNMayne]

On Route 1 in Alexandria,right passed Huntington station

[@DavidSmith-ne1yb]

Delonte’s issues aren’t drugs or alcohol. He has serious mental issues. Several people have tried to help him, but he doesn’t want the help and no one can make him go to the hospital. It is heartbreaking because he is a really good dude. Those of us that know him are hurt for him.

[@aprilnelly]

Delonte was not only Lebron's teammate, he was his father

[@ashc4167]

Yeah it’s hard to see him like that, I’ve seen him a lot around dc. He’s like a local celebrity people usually try to help him however they can. It’s sad seeing him like that!

[@GeraldRogers-yn7zo]

We all have mental health issues it’s how we cope

[@DavidSmith-ne1yb]

@ some mental issues are wayyyyy worse than others. You sound like a fool.

[@tyrellc3911]

He literally abused drugs as a teenager and Mark Cuban set him up in rehab facility like a year or 2 ago.. educate yourself before you comment. Drugs are a huge part of his illness

[@williamj6974]

Eddie Griffin was showing signs of mental illness in Roman catholic high school in Philly as a teenager which I think were ignored because he had so much talent

[@ContinentalT123]

I met Eddie Griffin when I was in high school he seem like such a good dude.

[@SilverCity-sq8pk]

I remember that day I met' that cool' brother Griffin' in mpls, target store' with his little daughter very blessings' God bless' 🙏is soul in Jesus Christ name.

[@sirjrushsytchannel]

Me imagining if Latrell Sprewell and Draymond Green were teammates 😭💀

[@dredscott1651]

I'd pay to sit at their team practices!

[@taneikaallison9899]

They would have fought all the time smh

[@Bigedub101]

It be lots of knocked out, choked, kicked in nuts, and that's against teammates

[@boombenjamin92]

Both played on GS Warriors too. Stack Jack and Matt Barnes too.

[@sirjrushsytchannel]

@ this is the reason why I made this comment. Latrell played in GS in his early years and Draymond currently plays in GS. I really wondering what if they played together as teammates. 😂😭💀 I also forgot about Stephen Jackson who was involved in Malice at the Palace in Detroit, and part of the “We Believe” Warriors and as well Matt Barnes who was part of it too, and became a champion in GS before he retired.

[@Jazz313]

Coaches in high school community and family. Let these guys get away with stuff and sad part about it that really.

[@Unpopularopinion1960]

Legend has it that Ty is still drinking and driving to this day

[@christiancoates609]

Hopefully, someone gets him before he ends like Eddie Griffin 😔

[@ncnyc4418]

hi played wit my cousin at a d2 n missouri....ty came to visit and got a dui there smh

[@eb9782]

cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@edwardkimakaballislifekim_578]

Ty Lawson was so good but stupid decision

[@MMM1981Dr]

Still worth 13 million

[@charlesjones900]

All these dudes didn’t have a solid friend

[@sajaidaharris7650]

Facts Proverbs 27:6

[@rbgrbg8780]

A friend? How do you determine that? Some people you can’t help or save, it’s tons of people who fall victim to addiction that also ruined the life’s of their friends and families who tried to help. Grown men are accountable for their own doing. These men had a career and resources people dream of and squandered it away

[@billyyank5807]

​@rbgrbg8780 go ahead give a young kid millions of dollars with zero safety net in a new city......see what happens. 🤷 You're acting like people always think logically 😂

[@veryblood57]

I spoke to D. West damn near everyday before I went to work. I felt real bad for bruh

[@BmfRome]

R.i.p

[@darrenturner7878]

I was a freshman at Cooley when Roy and Anthony Watson were seniors! Dude was a monster! Aw went on to at San Diego state!

[@dawoool]

Griffin's death seems to me like it may have been suicide.

[@remylucai]

That's what I'm thinking. Either he was too drunk to care, or decided to end it.

[@Bigedub101]

​@@remylucaior drunk off his ass

[@DevonnyDX]

Drugs and alcohol are the undefeated MVPs

[@edwardkimakaballislifekim_578]

I guess Ty never learn from he’s mistakes

[@Hemiroc196]

3 years 21 million come on man smh

[@VinceLyle2161]

Pretty sure P.J. Carlesimo is familiar with the old Chinese adage: if you wait by the river long enough, eventually the body of your enemy will float past.

[@johndavis9321]

......what the hell does that mean?

[@kenw2225]

The end comes for all.

[@azovandy14.88]

@@johndavis9321it’s pretty clear it means what goes around comes around especially if a team chooses a terrible person like Sprewell just wait because his bad behavior will catch up with him so be patient you’ll be able to see his failure and bask in it.

[@blackgrl71]

Our mental healthcare system is dismal, so a couple of these dudes wasn't surprising, and it makes it almost impossible to have a successful career w/o an incident(s) that can get you booted. While addiction is like a demon of your back, it takes over your life, and shreds it, unless you're able to kick it.

[@captainjack8319]

Moth and rust destroy, and success is fleeting.

[@wraynephew6838]

Eddie Griffin was so quiet in college. I saw him a few times. He did not seem like the type of person to fight with team mates. But there was something definitely wrong with him, it is like an energy type of thing. You can look at someone and you know something is not right. Like a deep sadness in the person. His eyes were dead

[@BourbonInhibitions]

I'm a huge UNC fan and Ty for the longest time was my favorite player of my lifetime. Watched him come up through Oak Hill, went to his game against OJ Mayo in 2006, and even exchanged a couple MySpace messages with him when I was in high school. Became a Nuggets fan the day he was drafted by them and really enjoyed what he was able to do for them. His steep decline not long after was tough to watch. He was an idol of mine and he tossed so much of his potential away on dangerous and poor decisions. Still upsets me to have seen him unravel like that and hope he eventually gets or got the help he needs. He was such a unique and unbelievably quick talent. Still to this day a top 5 personal favorite that I have ever watched play basketball, at any level.

[@sportlegend4444]

I feel bad for Ty Lawson

[@DimesDCP]

From experience with my addiction and mental health, this shows that those diseases do not discriminate. People can only help so much. It’s not entirely a person’s fault when they get these diseases, but I personally believe it’s that person’s job to get better as best they can. Your own life depends on it.

[@meg-k-waldren]

Something or SOMEONE happened to Delonte West. He was ok. Then once he crossed someone he "suddenly" wasnt ok and "supposedly" wasnt taking his meds. Riiight.

[@nataliajsinger709]

Delonte West is homeless he lives with me in my apartment in Alexandria Virginia so please stop saying he is homeless I love him and I do anything to help him

[@-XKHAN-]

With Sprewell that is not accurate about what happened, his teammates even stood up for them, an the ones that did got traded!! NBA had a gag order put in place about what occured so the narrative that Sprewell just choked the coach was bs, PJ talked to players like they were property!! Said many disgraceful things to the players, Spree got tired of it, he stood up for all the teammates, PJ was a piece of shit coach

[@margaretthayer8266]

P.J. was a below--the-belt coach and I never liked him. LOVED SPREE AND NAMED MY CAT AFTER HIM!

[@hectorc5990]

It doesn’t matter. You can’t allow WORDS to have power over you. Control yourself. Attacking someone over WORDS is idiotic. I don’t care what they say. I don’t care what they call you. You can’t let words control you. They are WORDS.

[@jamesross160]

Right, the guy that turned down 18 million over 3 years, because "he had kids to feed". Then eded up bankrupt after crashing his yacht and letting it get impounded.

[@wraynephew6838]

@@hectorc5990 easier said than done. Words are very powerful.

[@hectorc5990]

If you give them power over you.

[@MrOctober44]

1:29. "Not much worse". Going from 50 wins to 38 is a huge decrease, lol

[@flyboysneighborhood]

I’m so glad you said that this dude, is a m o r o n 😂😂😂

[@DreSean-o7j]

It's because he lets ai right his scripts. You'll see a lot more of these type of videos pretty soon they'll all sound and look the same too just different topics. ​@@flyboysneighborhood

[@liftedent9481]

Jus seen Delonte on Richmond highway

[@chancregister2714]

Hilarious

[@Fu.kAUsername]

To be fair. Delonte West was also banned/ blackballed from the league because of his 'entanglement" with Lebron's mammy. Probably at Lebron's doing.

[@brandonjackson4344]

Oj mayo could’ve been one of the best man 😢

[@ponypower8]

Yeah, even Kobe found O.J. to be a promising talent.

[@DrtyALGreen]

I loved that team with Delonte and Jamir at St. Joes and I always kept track of them in the NBA. I hope he can get his life sorted out.

[@MihoyMinoy-si8fb]

I don’t understand why Lebron wouldn’t help out his dad Delonte West. He treated Lebron (and especially Gloria) very well in their earlier years…

[@RittenhousesRifle]

NO WAY 😂😂😂😂

[@rece5232]

Corny as 2009 joke lol

[@ned4903]

This is some 9gag type era joke

[@divinedelaware7541]

Helped him alright. Ruined him and made his mental health worse than it was. If we only knew. Bron don't look like a nice guy when it comes to certain things

[@maelguiraud3568]

@@divinedelaware7541 why would he be nice to him of all people

[@parkstar7041]

I just seen delonte west on Richmond highway a couple days ago

[@JesusSportsNature]

So wild and sad for these guys. Do a video on baseball players

[@MeshTheSnake]

HOF crash outs

[@shockre1119]

there is, what they say worst curse in the eastern Europe. "May God give you everything, and then take it from you"

[@Mandown21]

One day somebody gonna do a video about what players have to do behind the scenes for those contracts

[@YoP-3194]

Lawson was one of those "I'm in the NBA" kats..

[@christiancoates609]

11:55 love the animation 😅

[@PuroBrim36]

Why won't anyone truly help us who suffer with bipolar and mania plus schizophrenia I go through psychosis as well aggressively. It sucks everyone blames you they refuse to believe it's mental health just want to see you in the dirt.

[@shanrenee2908]

I pray for healing and restoration for you in Jesus name ❤. The meds and psych wards never worked. People are harsh so my last resort was Jesus. When I called he came. I don't go to church. I go to him directly because you can't trust humans . I went from mocking Jesus to telling people he's the love of my life! He's the only reason I live. I will be gone if he didn't tell me to stay.

[@chunky9791]

3:25 Ty YOLO Lawson

[@krewdugdale7973]

the NBA also didn't try and help players the way they do now

[@King_David15]

I lived through ty Lawson bs as a Nuggz fan, but that Eddie griffin shit is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. 😢

[@DarthBlue13]

The audio needs work. A lot of cracking, popping as you speak.

[@sdmurphy20]

Booze Cruse? imma use that

[@chucknorris2418]

Ty Lawson used to cook but couldn't stay clean unfortunately.

[@LargeDude2023]

Lebron not looking out for his step dad disqualifies him from being in the top 10 convo.

[@k.c.r.5974]

Papa Bron. Look at that chump Bronny...he should be taking care of Grandpa. Send those bums back to Cleveland!

[@juniorrodriguez_LA]

Its lebrons step daddy, delonte west , lebron and delonte" the first father son duo"

[@panch0bill]

Lebronte

[@tondamyronwilliams6435]

😂😂

[@bishyeahbish3758]

Anyone who gets paid a year's wages in just one week has been one of the luckiest people in the whole world and they have no good reason to mess that up. We would all love to have just one weeks wages and be so grateful for that but if you have any chance of having the money a basketball player gets and you mess that up then I have no sympathy for any person who had every resource to help themselves then they clearly don't deserve the opportunity they had and they deserve to have it all taken away from them imo.

[@chuckiefde]

7:50 the man was choking his chicken while driving is wild hell nah man

[@cydc08]

He played in all 54 African countries damn he was active

[@alananderson9072]

This is a terrible list. Almost everybody on it suffered from some type of disease. Spreewell was the only one who threw his career away

[@dwaynewright3006]

When you give a kid a multimillion dollar contract, and the environment they live in would drive you insane

[@ScamLikely9327]

Bro 16 million to homeless is absolutely wild. I could sit on my ass for the rest of my life with that much bread.

[@Bwallace88]

I went to middle school with ty he always been good at basketball. I seen west around my area all the time. He be getting high all day chilin.

[@TSCOTT-oz5vy]

Tyreke Evans really fked me up. Dude was a baller with untapped potential. Smh...

[@torachan23]

Pause at 8:55 and look at that white girl plotting to secure the bag with an athlete 😂

[@kees3441]

But just like Dennis Schröder, she fumbled the bag 😂

[@margaretthayer8266]

TOTALLY UNNECESSARY COMMENT, WHAT'S YOUR BEEF WITH WHITE WOMEN?!

[@sajaidaharris7650]

​@@margaretthayer8266Don't be a Karen

[@jefeking2117]

Damn these where some sad stories 😢! Be grateful for your life! Give thanks for your health with good health you can always put that work in too Change your landscape! GOD bless! Remember being kinda is free! Love Thy neighbor!

[@87alock]

Ty Lawson was overpowered on 2k.

[@Michael-f4j]

He definitely had a jimmy

[@s.d.binilli3466]

​. Ayyyooo pause

[@kdizza34]

Double check facts bro going forward.

[@RJFP67]

Way to many athletes skate through high school then skate through college on their athletic skills alone.

[@Raging_Red_Bulls]

Delonte West really needs to take his bipolar medicine 💊 😢

[@KathyvonKnorring]

4:21 Did you really say "costed"? What are you five?

[@nukeboy4939]

Eddie Griffin death was shocking back then, I didn't know he had a terrible drinking problem.

[@4RELL1219]

I forgot about ty Lawson dang

[@TrustTheProcess1274]

Throwing their life away is the wrong choice of words…..

[@maxwellrosejr3742]

Right. I‘d say they missed the shot

[@cassjr17]

Ty Lawson looks like a “yeah I did it and I don’t care” type of person

[@karenporter990]

SPREWELL was off da cha chain ⛓️ 😮

[@mathalinehunt4822]

Speewell made a bad decision who can’t feed their family off of 21 millions now he got nothing 😩😵

[@alb7844]

P.J. had it coming and EVERY PLAYER knew it. Spree was the only one who rode in on a camel and P.J. had a lot of straws 😂.

[@dawoool]

It would appear that Delonte's financial management skills left much to be desired.

[@CloutGod_504]

I couldn’t STAND Ty Lawson, I met him on 2 separate occasions around Denver, just making casual conversation. Not on no star struck shxt, but I was a big fan of his but dude was rude as hell Dude is a POS 💯

[@fry_dmv322]

Balled against Redz (Delonte) all my life as well against Jarret Jack and went too elementary with Ty… Do a vid on my county PG-County we still run da NBA💯

[@dawoool]

Chris Washburn belongs on the list.

[@YaBoiJern757]

Eddie Griffin went out BAD!!!

[@renaudvillacis]

These dudes was definitely doing blow with the alcohol

[@mCreecher91]

7:37 yeah…. just your average, everyday car accident.

[@mrmcgooo3198]

Any young men watching this or women. If you have the God given talent and work ethic to be an elite athlete. Take this video as a cautionary tale. If this doesn’t work watch the ESPN documentary Unguarded. The story of Chris Herron, please it will put things into perspective.

[@novawilson4059]

The fact that he lied about Chinese women having nice asses makes it even worse

[@metomhub]

there was nothing " routine" about that delonte west traffic stop.

[@mowattbigsly2996]

Ja Morant is the modern day Spreewell. Just watch

[@devinwilliams5838]

12 less wins is definitely a big difference

[@REVIEWCORPS]

The fact that at this point anyone with a job has a higher net worth than delonte west is insane to me, dude made money and just smoked it away

[@kenw2225]

Most folks from his demo blow all their earnings. Not surprising

[@kylesalters851]

I was locked up with his dad his dad killed his friend drunk driving

[@kylesalters851]

Apple don't fall two far from the tree Eddie Griffin

[@YaBoiJern757]

I didn't know that's how Ty got kicked out

[@anthonyharper8161]

Be careful who you hang around ! They will watch you fall ..🤔

[@AndreM37]

Sadly Ty Lawson and delonte west both from pg county Md. a county that is beside DC. Pg county is a terrible some place. Good part and then bad part. Also from pg county is mike Beasley and Kevin Durant

[@alphachewy1879]

Let’s get this straight. Delonte didn’t destroy his life. Bron did cause he was smacking his mom 🤣

[@x__thesickest6388]

"Borderline allstar" 😂😂😂

[@donniecook9757]

“costed” him his senior year of high school?????? costed?? Cost .. fyi Also Tarpleys Reputation was already known to be a head when he was at Michigan

[@stizanley3987]

LOL Did you quote Google AI overview? Don't think that is a real source, but this is just content. Guess I shouldn't expect much more from content on YT.

[@davidscott5257]

I work in the city of Alexandria, VA. I was driving to work a couple of months ago and I saw Delonte West walking on Richmond Highway. Definitely heartbreaking for him