Footage shows Cavaliers star LeBron teammate Delonte West begging on side of Virginia road
Newly surfaced video shows a haggard Delonte West panhandling on the side of road in Virginia, greater than 10 years after he performed alongside NBA legend LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers – and simply weeks after he was reportedly attempting to stage a basketball comeback.
Footage posted to social media over the weekend shows the embattled ex-NBA star panhandling on the side of the freeway in Alexandria, Virginia. It stays unclear when the footage was recorded.
West, 38, performed for the Cavaliers for 2 years and was a former teammate of LeBron James.
He was alleged to be making a basketball comeback with The BIG3 (a 3-on-3 league with former NBA gamers), it was introduced in April.
Troubled former NBA guard Delonte West was seen panhandling on the side of a road in Alexanderia, Virginia
Footage posted to social media over the weekend shows the embattled ex-NBA star, panhandling on the side of the freeway in Alexandria, Virginia.
In one clip posted on-line, a fan exchanges pleasantries with the person believed to be West and says, ‘My canine Delonte, the way you doing my brother?’ West’s response was not audible.
In one clip posted on-line, a fan exchanges pleasantries with the person believed to be West and says, ‘My canine Delonte, the way you doing my brother?’
West’s response was not audible.
The driver who posted the photographs to twitter appeared extraordinarily stunned to see West on the side of the road.
‘Seems Delonte West on Richmond freeway in Virginia 2 days in the past. What occurred so fast? A number of months in the past I assumed they have been attempting to get him into the Big3 league,’ he tweeted.
West final performed for the Dallas Mavericks, a crew owned by Mark Cuban however after being off NBA rosters for greater than a decade, it was hoped he may make a return to the courtroom .
The Big 3 League contains veteran gamers who’re sometimes of their 40s. The 12-team league was based by Ice Cube in 2017 and infrequently recruits former NBA gamers to fill their ranks.
One driver who posted the photographs to twitter appeared extraordinarily stunned to see West on the side of the road
As for West’s troubles, it isn’t the primary time he is been noticed asking for money on the streets.
In September 2020, pictures circulated exhibiting West panhandling at an intersection in Dallas, Texas.
West, who has publicly battled bipolar dysfunction, was shortly picked up by Cuban from a neighborhood fuel station. Cuban paid for his drug rehabilitation therapy and properly offering West a lodge room to remain.
But a supply confirmed to DailyMail.com that West has since entered rehab at the least 3 times and has walked out on every event.
In what has develop into a tragic, however common incidence for West, a quick video of the 2020 meeting with Cuban went viral, prompting followers and pals to plead for the previous star to hunt assist.
Monday’s newest footage got here lower than two years after one other viral video confirmed West being pummeled alongside a Maryland freeway.
Troubled former NBA guard Delonte West (left) was met at a Texas fuel station by Dallas Mavericks proprietor Mark Cuban (proper) in 2020 to assist the participant who has battled bipolar dysfunction and a reported drug drawback
Troubled former NBA guard Delonte West was met at a Texas fuel station by Dallas Mavericks proprietor Mark Cuban in 2020 after {a photograph} of him begging on the streets of Dallas went viral final week. Ultimately the billionaire was capable of get in contact with West, who agreed to satisfy
Delonte West met Dallas Mavericks proprietor Mark Cuban (left, proper). He is alleged to have checked West into rehab 3 times however walked out each time.
West first made headlines together with National College Player of the Year Jameer Nelson and AP Coach of the Year Phil Martelli on a Saint Joseph’s crew that went 27-0 within the 2004 common season and earned a prime seed for the NCAA event earlier than shedding to Oklahoma State within the Elite 8.
He was then drafted by the Boston Celtics within the first spherical of the 2004 NBA Draft and ultimately turned a starter alongside LeBron James with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2008.
West continued to bounce across the NBA after that, enjoying within the D-League and even signing in China, however psychological well being points started to overshadow his career.
In 2009 he was pulled over using a three-wheeled motorbike, main police to find three firearms strapped to his physique. He in the end pleaded responsible to weapon costs and was ordered to bear psychological counseling, along with probation and group service.
In 2016 a photograph emerged of him panhandling in suburban Washington D.C., however it was by no means confirmed that he was really homeless on the time.
According to Complex Sports, West was seen wandering round Houston with out sneakers 4 years in the past.
West earned over $16 million throughout his nine-year career, which ended after his solely season with the Mavericks in 2011-2012, when he was simply 28.
Video of West being pummeled on a Maryland freeway went viral in January of 2020. West, who beforehand revealed that he was recognized with bipolar dysfunction in 2008, is just not seen preventing again within the footage. Rather, the 6-foot-4 Washington D.C. native seems to be incapacitated as his assailant stomps on his immobile physique
West’s NBA career could also be greatest remembered for his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers, when he performed with LeBron James (proper) on one of the most effective groups within the NBA’s Eastern Conference
