The ONLY reason he is not "sitting in county jail" with the homies and tweakers is because he is famous.

I used to watch some NBA games every so often. Allen Iverson was the end of that. Anybody who gets 1 million dollars and then proceeds to hang 500,000 of it around his neck in the form of "bling" is a dumbass.

There are lots of good role model guys out there. I think the one that stands out in my mind is John Randell ( played for the Vikings for 10 years, pro bowler for 9, more sacks in a 10 year time span than any player past or active, was a walk on that was never drafted) I saw him talking about this very subject some time ago. When he got his first contract ( which was for the league min at the time) The first thing he did was go to Mcdonalds and buy 3 quarter pounders because he could, then he bought his mom a house, and he lived in a studio apartment. He later got some serious money and spent a bunch of it building rec centers for kids in the small town in Texas that he was from. The guy was a scary dude on the field, and the nicest person you could imagine off of it. His hobbie ??? Fishing of course.

Maybe John should take Pac Man fishing ??