Ratickle
03-28-2012, 08:12 AM
You wonder how it happens when the salaries are as high as they are..
Salaries Glossary
Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 Detroit Pistons NBA $160,000
1988-89 Detroit Pistons NBA $550,000
1990-91 Detroit Pistons NBA $880,000
1991-92 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,075,000
1992-93 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,350,000
1993-94 San Antonio Spurs NBA $2,450,000
1994-95 San Antonio Spurs NBA $2,500,000
1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,500,000
1996-97 Chicago Bulls NBA $9,000,000
1997-98 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,500,000
1998-99 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $26,965,000
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is unable to make his required spousal and child support payments because he is "extremely sick" and "broke," according to court documents filed by his lawyer.
Rodman, 50, was scheduled to appear before a judge Tuesday in Orange, Calif., for failure to make the payments, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The former NBA badboy owes $808,935 in back child support for the two children — ages nine and 10 — he had with his third wife, Michelle Rodman. He reportedly owes an additional $51,441 in spousal support.
But Rodman's attorney said in court documents that the Basketball Hall of Famer can barely afford his own living expenses, let alone support payments.
"Respondent Dennis Rodman is broke and cannot afford any additional fees," Rodman's attorney Linnea Willis wrote.
Willis claimed Rodman was "extremely sick" and that his marketability was diminishing with age and illness, making it impossible for the five-time NBA champion to pay the $5,000 he owes monthly for one child from another relationship, in addition to the $4,500 he owes Michelle Rodman every month.
Willis added the attorneys representing Rodman have been working pro bono.
Salaries Glossary
Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 Detroit Pistons NBA $160,000
1988-89 Detroit Pistons NBA $550,000
1990-91 Detroit Pistons NBA $880,000
1991-92 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,075,000
1992-93 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,350,000
1993-94 San Antonio Spurs NBA $2,450,000
1994-95 San Antonio Spurs NBA $2,500,000
1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,500,000
1996-97 Chicago Bulls NBA $9,000,000
1997-98 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,500,000
1998-99 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $26,965,000
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is unable to make his required spousal and child support payments because he is "extremely sick" and "broke," according to court documents filed by his lawyer.
Rodman, 50, was scheduled to appear before a judge Tuesday in Orange, Calif., for failure to make the payments, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The former NBA badboy owes $808,935 in back child support for the two children — ages nine and 10 — he had with his third wife, Michelle Rodman. He reportedly owes an additional $51,441 in spousal support.
But Rodman's attorney said in court documents that the Basketball Hall of Famer can barely afford his own living expenses, let alone support payments.
"Respondent Dennis Rodman is broke and cannot afford any additional fees," Rodman's attorney Linnea Willis wrote.
Willis claimed Rodman was "extremely sick" and that his marketability was diminishing with age and illness, making it impossible for the five-time NBA champion to pay the $5,000 he owes monthly for one child from another relationship, in addition to the $4,500 he owes Michelle Rodman every month.
Willis added the attorneys representing Rodman have been working pro bono.