Sad Tale of Ray Williams-10-year NBA Vet Now Homeless

[Jeffx]

Damn, this cat had nothing but bad luck.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba,253262

[George7]

maybe the League has to do sth about it?
He's not the only one in the same position

[IcemanOutlaw]

don't retired Nba players had pensions?

[shadowgrin]

He used up his pension already. (As stated in the article).

[Andrew]

A sad tale indeed, particularly the way - as the column notes - it just sort of happened. Usually stories like this are cautionary tales about drugs, extravagant lifestyles and strings of paternity suits, but here the causes seem less clear, a simple case of bad luck as Jeffx said.