Basketball player Delonte West was once ranked 31,557th most famous in the world and 496th on the list of Famous Basketball Players.

He even received a salary of up to 16 million USD during his peak. It can be seen that he was once one of the stars of the American Professional Basketball League (NBA), but bipolar disorder (severe depression) pushed his life into tragedy.

West was one of America’s most promising basketball players when he was young. Impressive performances in the first season helped West earn competition contracts of tens of millions of dollars. So he quickly became a star at the Cavaliers alongside LeBron James.

However, West’s good days did not last long; West’s performance deteriorated due to neurological problems. The most beautiful and best things in West’s career are left behind at the Cavaliers. After retiring, Delonte West is going through years of uncertainty and living in a state of mental turmoil. The NBA is sorry to see a once talented player fall into such a tragic situation as he is now.

Delonte West’s life after the spotlight

Recently on social networks, images of former NBA basketball star Delonte West were spread begging and being beaten on the streets of Dallas (USA). It’s a tragedy for the former star who earned more than $16 million in his career.

As far as we know; Many American basketball fans have recently encountered and captured images of former basketball star Delonte West wandering and begging on the streets of Dallas; In his hand is a sign asking for alms from passersby.

One fan posted the photo with a surprising caption: “Yesterday; I saw LeBron James’s former teammate Delonte West in north Dallas; wow!”.

This story shocked and saddened basketball fans on social networks. Because it’s hard to imagine that Delonte West was once a star playing in the prestigious NBA Basketball Tournament (USA); He was once a teammate of superstar LeBron James and earned more than $16 million.

Why is Delonte West in this situation?

Everything probably stemmed from Delonte West’s depression and rebellious actions; He was suspended by the NBA for 10 games for using banned substances. After that, due to psychological problems, Delonte West continuously caused trouble before being forced to retire.

After retiring from the football field; Delonte West does many jobs such as: supermarket employee; furniture store employee; truck drivers… but all of them can’t. There was a time when Delonte West had to post on social networks to ask people for money to buy medicine for her child.

Delonte West was brutally beaten while wandering the streets of Washington D.C; Afterwards, he was arrested and questioned by the police…

Witness Delonti West wandering the streets begging; Many fans felt familiar and asked: “Are you Delonte West?”. Delonti West then replied: “It used to be me but not anymore.”