NBA is the most prestigious basketball tournament in the world, home to many outstanding players. Unlike most other tournaments, the NBA allows players to freely do what they like to promote the image of the tournament to fans. Typically, today’s players often post about their personal hobbies. on social media for everyone to follow.

However, not all stories are good or good. In fact, netizens have had to witness countless crazy dramas or unbelievable stories related to basketball players.

12. Charles Barkley threw a man through a bar window

Charles Barkley is a talented player and equally “tempered” both on and off the football field.

Charles Barkley was one of the best players in the NBA from 1984 to the 1990s. He played in the All Star Game 11 times and won the title “Best Player of the Year 1993” once. His biggest regret is that he never got his hands on a championship ring throughout his career.

However, Barkley is also said to be one of the players with a hot temper. During a night out at a bar in Orlando in 1997, Charles Barkley was approached by a man who started a fight. With a height difference of up to 30cm and already drunk, this NBA legend grabbed the man by the neck and threw him out the bar window. When asked again later, he bluntly declared, “I wish I wasn’t on the ground floor at that time.”

11. James Worthy was arrested by two undercover police officers while soliciting prostitutes

James Worthy was once detained when he solicited two prostitutes.

James Worthy is one of the legends in the NBA, where his talent is associated with the historic “Showtime” period of the Los Angeles Lakers. With the home team STAPLES Center, he won 3 championships.

One evening in 1990 in Houston, James Worthy solicited two prostitutes to relieve his boredom. Unfortunately for him, those were two undercover police officers and Worthy was detained immediately afterwards. He was released on bail after paying a fine of $500 and immediately afterward rushed to the match between Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers that he was late for.

James Worthy was on the field in time for the second half with a passionate cheer in the stands when he appeared. He scored 24 points to help the Lakers win that day.

10. Jason Terry got the championship trophy tattooed 1 year before taking the throne in the NBA

Did Jason Terry predict the team’s glory in the 2010-2011 season?

Jason Terry was one of the outstanding ball defenders in the NBA in the 2000s. At that time, Terry was playing for the Dallas Mavericks and in a team meeting before the beginning of the season, he showed everyone the tattoo of the championship trophy on his arm.

At that time, most of his teammates did not believe it and thought that Jason Terry was dreaming, especially when the NBA had many stronger teams than them. However, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat empire with a score of 4-2 in the 2011 NBA finals to win the championship, less than a year after Jason Terry showed off that tattoo.

9. Allen Iverson “flew” 72 hours straight in a bar before playing All Star 2001

Allen Iverson played the best in the 2001 All Star match despite going 72 hours without sleep.

Stories about talented and handicapped player Allen Iverson are not uncommon, as his life off the football field is associated with debauchery and throwing money out the window.

However, the anecdote about him before the 2001 All Star match is still one of the most bizarre stories in the sports world. Allen Iverson spent 72 hours “flying” without sleep before that exhibition match. In some extraordinary way, he still went on the field and scored 25 points, of which 15 points were scored in the last 9 minutes of the match and automatically won the title “Best Player”.

8. The mysterious death of Bison Dele

Bison Dele suddenly gave up his peak to travel around the world.

Bison Dele is one of the most eccentric players in the NBA. After 8 years of playing, Bison Dele suddenly canceled his 5-year contract worth 36.45 million USD with the Detroit Pistons to withdraw from basketball. Explaining this action, Dele said he had earned enough money for life and wanted to spend the remaining time finding himself.

Bison Dele later changed his name to Brian Williams in 1998, buying a yacht called “Hakuna Matata” to travel around the world with his girlfriend and brother Kevin Williams. However, conflicts occurred at sea and much evidence showed that Kevin shot and killed Bison Dele, his girlfriend and the captain before escaping. He was arrested in Tijuana after overdosing on insulin, falling into a deep coma and suddenly passing away in 2002, leaving the events on the yacht that day shrouded in mystery.

7. Texas businessman founded a basketball team as a gift for his wife

Don Carter is one of the co-founders of the Dallas Mavericks basketball club.

There are many ways to be a gallant man, but perhaps no one does it better than Don Carter. Knowing that his wife, Linda Jo, was a huge basketball lover, Don Carter, who knew nothing about basketball at that time, promised that he would buy a basketball team as a gift for his spouse. me.

After negotiating to own an NBA club in 1978, Don Carter founded the Dallas Mavericks team at a cost of about 12 million USD. Later, when he was crowned NBA champion in 2011, the club’s current owner, billionaire Mark Cuban, personally gave the NBA Cup to Don Carter and his wife by his side, to express gratitude to the person who founded it. CLUB.