John Drew Used To Drive the NBA Lane, Now He Drives A Taxi

The lavish NBA lifestyle has claimed many a great athlete's pocketbook but some players have had worse luck than others.

Former NBA All-Star John Drew was a member of the Atlanta Hawks in the mid-1970's and most famously was banned from the NBA in 1985 based on the league's substance abuse policy. Today, he drives a taxi for a living.

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As I was checking out The OKC Thunder vs. New Orleans Hornets game, the announcer for the Thunder dropped a little jewel from the team’s recent trip to Houston. A few of the players jumped in a cab for parts unknown. Their driver was none other than former NBA player John Drew.

John Drew was the 7th pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1974 NBA Draft. He led the league in offensive rebounding his rookie season and was a two-time all-star for the Hawks. He was traded to Utah in 1982 for Dominique Wilkins.

If we have learned anything from this story, NBA players save your money or you might be the ones driving a taxi in the near future.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar Remembers Leslie Nielsen Fondly...

This week, actor Leslie Nielsen passed away at the age of 84 and is fondly remembered for appearing in many famous comedic films in the 1980's including Airplane and the Naked Gun.

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appeared in Airplane with Nielsen and fondly remembered some of the moments that he shared with him on his website.

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For me, it was a real pleasure to know and work with Leslie Nielsen. He was a consummate professional when the cameras were rolling. And during down time he was a notorious practical joker. He would often engage the casual acquaintance in what seemed to be a serious conversation while he manipulated a whoopie cushion causing that person to look around and try to figure out what exactly was going on. He did this to me the first time I met him when he started talking about the food they served on the set in disparaging ways and I got real quiet until I noticed he had his hand in his pocket on the device, which made me break out into a big grin as I figured out his antics. Making Airplane was a great experience for me and Leslie helped make it very special. He will be greatly missed.

To end this post in the most proper way possible, here is the infamous Kareem scene from Airplane:

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Dirk Nowitzki Has All This Power!, Might Be The German Kanye West

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured the creative exploits of the Dallas Mavericks media production team where they made Jason Kidd into a "Talking Head".

This round, they had Dirk Nowitzki channel his inner Kanye West in a parody of Kanye's video, "Power":



(Courtesy of Ball Don't Lie)

Fan Hits Half Court Shot At Kings Game, Wins Car

Let's be honest, most NBA fans couldn't hit a half-court shot if they had numerous attempts at it.

However, John Guth from Yuba City attending the Kings/Bulls game did just that and got the spoils of a new car by hitting the shot.

What makes this video is even more entertaining is his college friend attending the game with him said that he would miss the shot, all for a lousy $50 bucks:



(Courtesy of Out of Bounds)

Dennis Rodman Rather Strange Radio Interview

Last week, former NBA player Dennis Rodman was on the 790 Ticket in Miami to do a normal interview about the Miami Heat and the comparison between them and the 95-96 Chicago Bulls on the Jorge Sedano show.

Well, it seems that Dennis was a little preoccupied during the interview with a lady friend and allegedly a little thing called alcohol:



After the interview aired, Dennis Rodman's representation admitted that he was drunk but didn't admit if there was any risque business during this interview.

(Courtesy of Radio Info)

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