The perception is that every NBA player is living life like Vinny Chase in Entourage. Women, drugs, parties, hangers on and money flowing out in a river.
It happens. But not to everyone.
Businessweek has a story with Jeff Foster, the Pacers center you usually think of as the other guy in the poster but who has hung in the league a dozen years. And he’s a guy who did something novel — he saved his money.
The story goes on to break down Foster’s investments — he got burned by the Internet stock bubble but now has a diverse portfolio of investments. While a lot of players have had their last contract spread out so they got payments into the summer, Foster didn’t because he wanted that money to be earning him interest.
He did buy himself a Porsche at one point, but he’s sold it. He’s back to having an SUV now. Can’t have those wild expenses during a lockout.
