I don't even have enough money for a cheeseburger it's hard to imagine these words coming out of Allen Iverson's mouth especially when you realize he made over 200 million dollars in his NBA career he was a star the moment he stepped foot on NBA court as the first overall pick in the 1996 Draft he waltzed onto the floor for his first game as a sixer and casually dropped 30 points in the Bucks it's a sad reality knowing Iverson the man who would go on to lead the Sixers to an NBA Finals would end up begging for enough change to buy that burger at the mall.
But Iverson never had issues making money his struggles arose when it was time to manage his money ever since monthly expenses included 10k on clothes another tank a on restaurants and 10 more K on groceries which begs the question how do you spend the same amount of cash on groceries as restaurants the answer is his entourage Iverson would take care of his crew what's below new as many as 50 people on the generous day.
Iverson had complete trust in his squad a seemingly none and banks he was known to store his cash in dozens of garbage bags scattered across his mansion his generosity was not enough for his entourage as occasionally a garbage bag or tube cash was mysteriously go missing Iverson actively made his life too expensive just ask Matt Barnes he said eh I used to drop 30 to $40,000 at strip clubs so frequently the Barnes himself used to Scoob Andrey throw some of his bills but perhaps the most classic example of fiscal irresponsibility is his trip to the airport he infamously landed and forgot wars car was parked in typical Ireson fashion.
He abandoned the search and rerouted directly to the dealership to purchase a brand new car this was not the only time I ever saw was careless with his vehicles the author two players Tribune article in 2018 and recalled a conversation with former teammate Larry Hughes he was admiring Iverson's brandnew Bentley and said yo AI I have to get me one of these two which Iverson responded by saying bro you can have mine for reference the starting price for a family is roughly $200,000 in 2011 Iverson got his Lamborghini Murcielago impounded after failing to provide proof of ownership to the police according to the New York Daily News.
