*Known for his exceptional scoring abilities during the 80s, Adrian Dantley was also a conservative spender in his heyday. But the 6-foot-5 former shooting guard currently works as a crossing guard, making less than $15,000 a year.
It sounds confusing, but it turns out that he’s still quite well off, living in a home he purchased for $1.1 million in 1990 and was basically debt free in 1996.
According to an associate, he just likes being busy.
“He doesn’t need the money,” a Dantley associate tells writer Dave Mckenna of Deadspin.com. The guard-forward was legendarily cheap during his long and fruitful NBA career, and he still lives nearby in a home he purchased in 1990 for $1.1 million, one that a former agent said “was virtually free and clear” of debt back in 1996.
“He’s not going to just sit around,” the associate continues, “and he just doesn’t want to pay health insurance.” Turns out that NBA veterans aren’t provided health insurance by the league, not even all-timers like Dantley. Crossing guards in Montgomery County, however, are.
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I wish more basketball players and athletes in general would manage their money better. This is a good example of how not to go broke 5 years after retirement.
He’s not broke. He just wants to do something each day. And, it sounds like he has “frugal” syndrome (aka “cheap”). That happens sometimes with rich people who have an intense fear of losing their wealth. I’m sure he could afford health care, but he’s like “let the job pay for it in return for working a few hours a day”. LOL He’s like a rich version of Julius from “everybody Hates Chris”.
It’s definitely cheap, but you’ve got to admit he’s smart.
This is unreal..guards in our district make $10 an hour with no benefits. It looks like on a 183 day school year this is $80 an hour?? even if it is $41.50 plus benefits mercy