Last week pictures of Delonte West looking not so great surfaced that showed the former first-round NBA pick strolling around Houston shoeless, and acting completely out of it. Today the Daily Mail unearthed a couple of videos of West dancing in front of a Maryland strip mall, and pacing during a kids basketball game. Despite his erratic behavior, his family claims he's getting the medical help he needs for his bipolar disorder and his brother Dmitri stated that he's not in any danger, dismissing the idea that Delonte is using drugs by saying:
Both videos were accompanied by stories that detail the behavior of the 32-year-old ex-NBAer. Raekwon Young, who worked near the strip mall in the video up top, told the Daily Beast:
As I said he was also filmed at a youth basketball game:
While the basketball footage that was captured isn't that bad (in my fairly worthless opinion) the story that accompanies it kind of is. The scorekeeper at the game claimed to have seen West drinking what looked like beer in the parking lot. She further elaborated on his un-filmed behavior:
In addition to West's unfortunate recent public appearances, he's also facing big-time financial difficulties. He's currently being sued by Bank of America after racking up a massive unpaid credit card debt. One of his two houses is being foreclosed upon, while the mansion he purchased straight up for $1.05 million is looking rough with copious amounts of junk piling up in the yard. You can see several pictures of it if you follow the link below. While West isn't officially retired, for all intents and purposes he is. In his eight-year NBA career he made more than $16 million dollars.
[via Daily Mail]
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