From NBA Star To Homeless: The Tragic Story of Delonte West 

I actually met him 1-1/2 on Route 1 in Alexandria Va. While I was working. He was a cool guy, talk to me and my coworker for while we replaced a road sign . I knew who he was. His mental health, on top of drugs has taken him down . 🙏🏽 Praying for him to one day to get mind together.

Being a Homeless Veteran for 10yrs if any of you think it's easy it's not. Nobody cares about our situation Now i make 22k weekly. have a home, a wife, a lovely daughter... A child of God. HALLELUJAH

This video highlights how important mental health is. Thx

Just shows how money can’t make everything better. If you’re mentally broken. Money will not fix it.

Folks, you have to address your demons of your past. Ignoring it hoping it will go away never works. It will haunt you at some point in the future so dealing with your problems sooner will always be the best way to live a better life

Its sad that we still gotta have Delonte West being Homeless all these years later ....

I’ve got all those problems just as Delonte… bipolar , substance abuse and childhood trauma but my kids saved my life. Hope he can find the same reason to continue on for his children also. Find a reason to fight Mr. West 🙏🏼

If a billionaire tried to help by investing in rehab. Then failed. It’s over for anybody else. Guess he still hasn’t hit rock bottom in his mind.

Lebron and Delonte were the first father and son duo in the NBA

You forgot to mention how he cracked LeGMs mom and got blackballed😂

Mental illness can be so hard to live with especially when you don’t have the appropriate support and toxic personal relationships

This is so sad man I really hope he gets sober and gets some help . He seems like a nice guy . Addiction doesn’t discriminate, it takes everyone .

Man. I hate this for him. I hope he really gets back on track one of these days.

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Im gonna catch a lot of heat and backlash for this but this dude's story isnt all that "tragic". I cant think of anyone thats gotten more help or opportunities to turn their life around and consistently ruin and throw every single one away. This man has absolutely nothing but himself to blame at this point

So sad man. I'm a knicks fan, but i live in pgh and my closest team was cleveland. i grew up going to cavs games and generally supporting them as a second team. Delonte was super fun to watch and i really enjoyed getting to see him team up w bron. he always seemed like a good guy and teammate at heart. watching his fall from grace is very tough. praying for him 🙏

Addiction is a true demon man. I really hope he finds a way to turn it around, I was a huge fan as a kid.

The curse of messing with Lebron and his cabal ties. People change. I bet he had something to do with it after his mom incident. That's when everything started going downhill.

It’s brutal to see how much this man’s life has gone down hill but not as much as a RU-vidr making money from it. I’m not surprised you feel bad showing his latest mugshot.

Truly sad story that still continues. In this Father's Day hope he deals with his mental issues .

Hopefully things turn around for him 🙏🏾❤️

nba live 2005 legend

LeBron should take care of his dad bro

Sad. I'm 15 years clean after 35 years of Heroin addiction. I had money but nothing like millions but seems like money and addiction is fuel for a fire 🔥. It's absolutely amazing I'm still alive! I hope this man finds his way back before it's to late

My man is only a year older than me.... This shit is sad for real! Much respect and I'm hopeful Delonte gets the help he needs!

his appearance looks aged so much compared to his former team mates who're still wealthy.

that thumbnail is crime dawg 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏

Did Mike just drop a 30 for 30?!!

I never hear of him, but this makes me cry

delonte west is that one cool grandpa with lots of stories

I’ll be passing for this man. Very sad to see and hear man😔🙏🏾

He went from being Lebrons dad to being homeless life is crazy

I remember as a kid playing the old 2ks like back in 08 and 09 man seeing west on the back of a jersey is so nostalgic

How are you going to have a trigger warning when it's your thumbnail? Lol

May God liberate him from the spirit of addiction. Its saddens me to see someone once successful lose themselves to substance abuse😢

It's so heartbreaking to see someones life just go down like this damn bro.

Forget Bronny James and Lebrun being the first father son duo Delonte West and Lebrun were the first father son duo

9:48 he didn’t say James here. He said “leader of the navy seals, and the army and the navy” whoever wrote the captions should have their ears checked.

Lmao the somber and respectful “I’m your boy Mike and we’re dropping our mic..” 😔

Man thats the cleanest mug shot ive ever seen

It's fucked up with what's going on with him, but you still have to help yourself. You have to want to change for the better. He's gotten the help needed, but he just doesn't want to stay clean, and take the right antidepressants. It starts with yourself.

They could easily help him not be homeless, just buy him an appartment, pay for a cleaning lady to clean his house once a week and have food delivered to him daily. Rehab is such a harsh way to try someone get out of drugs. Show him life can be good without drugs and it would be easier for him to get out of addictions.

It's hard to see him at this point, one of my favorite basketball players growing up. If he still needs help we should try to help him.

Bro is my homie. Bro never talked any bad about LeBron. He told me Lebron is a monster with hops. Somebody please save him before its too late. Bro is too cool to be going through this bs. The company he keeps around him is no better. Pisses me off to see him in the streets. Sad af

This happnes everyday the fact that he was famous before make this story important

Sad …I hope he gets better and get the help he needs

I pray he bounces back 🙏🏼

God please deliver him from the demonic forces attempting to destroy his legacy & life I ask you to protect this man from hard & put it on his heart to seek you deliver him from mental illness & substance about heal his broken heart restore his career let him testimony help other please do not allow the devil to take him further down a dark hole! I rebuke u satan in the name of Jesus! Ple as have mercy on the ppl who think his down fall is entertaining or funny! Heal his heart lord and restore this man to the man you called him to be father! I know through you he can be redeemed! Cast those demons away lord cover him with your angels! Seeing us lose more and more blk men is a problem & we need to love and support each other please deliver this king! He will not die a junkie he will be redeemed 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Get well soon brother 😢🤙🏽🤙🏽💯

I still love him. He is a very good respectful person. I wish him luck every time I see him. He calls me Auntie . Love you always my tall baby ❤️

Good case for parents who failed him from day one…no guidance and sad for this gentleman. When they make money, their families are the most dependent, and never see the pressure to take care of them, when it’s really their job to be self sufficient. You try bankrolling all your family members and see how it affects your mental health… they never get a chance to just be left alone. I pray that someone with the resources will once again assist him, but he has to want it❤

This is hella sad. We make mistakes in life and the treatment from that mistake can really 360 your life. He didnt do anything he cant redeem himself from. I really hope to see him make a come back. Even if he cant play, be cool to see him get his head straight and be able to report for the NBA and games. COME ON WEST!! MAKE IT MAN!! MAKE IT!! Get that spotlight back! Maybe in a new way, but can be better!

That's why intelligent is not synonym of being wealthy, having a good career, material things or being talented, intelligent is base on choices in life.

Nice, man. This could have been a full length documentary bro. That’s how good of a job you did…and respect for not bringing up the low hanging fruit of Bron’s mom and DW

Sometime homeless don’t like help to change their life. They just like drugs more!

Bi-polar condition will cause mood swings that unchecked are in many ways uncontrollable. It is very common for people with mental health issues to self-medicate using drugs and alcohol. It may be a quick fix, but it only leads to life-long addiction. With a support system, it can be managed, but the process is slow, which leaves some suffers fustrated, causing an endless battle with mood swings and addiction. Using the words "I'm in recovery," not "I'm an addict," to help change thought process will releave some of the stigma associated with addictions.

Very sad to see a human breaking like that. What a shame.

Poverty was not what led him to failure. If not the greedy society that exists in the United States. When you are poor and later you achieve fortune, you value what you have more. Being poor is not bad. It is bad to be rich and arrogant and humiliate those who do not have

This is heart wrenching. Where is he now?

As someone with borderline (pretty dang close to bipolar) i can attest that mental illness is absolutely brutal and underappreciated by those without it. Id rether have my arms cut off then to live with my bordeline if there was a choice.

Don’t forget to learn humiliation if that’s what is called for

How you go this whole story without mentioning Delonte boning Lebrons mom? Cmon bro 😂 ya missed

Crazy part is he remembers what he capable of

Couldn't keep his hands off Gloria..

I feel bad for West like you usually think that being a nba player means that you're set for life but that's not always the case for some players. I just hope west can get he's life back together

The problem here is the parents who do not know how to educate their children. And they believe that by turning on TV and giving them everything in abundance, they will become good children. The arrogance of parents and the greedy way of life is what children learn.

All because he tried to make Lebron a little brother..

This’s really sad I remember watching that game live with that ESPN Mike Tricco call he got it

People don’t realize how easy it is to end up homeless…not always just bad decisions on his part or mental illness, one bad decision, or the world swings the wrong way for you with a job and it can be months before you find something steady. Expecially to maintain your old expenses and bills. Maybe a month or 2 and it’s game over..crazy to think what can happen to people…loosing 16 million in absolutely insane though, those chicks made out for sure

Hope this dude gets the help he needs and I hope that he wants the help thats the number 1 thing

He could have retired peacefully with that money. Smh. Delonte West is one of the most tragic down falls in sports. If only he could have learned to stay calm and quiet in the face of disappointment.

It's all good in a sense he bounces back. I don't look down at him I think he's alllllll goooooood

love the videos keep it up

Don’t forget the first father-son duo in the NBA was Delonte West and Lebron.

This shits a statement on homelessness as a whole. How we in the richest country in the world, by a fuckin lot, and we still let this shit happen to our celebrities and veterans and loved ones?

This dude had multiple chances of turning his situation around, and still chose the wrong path. Handful of individuals have the opportunities he had.

He may have had $16 million in career earnings, but cut that in half for taxes. Add expenses for all of your life, maintenance shit like accountants and agents. Then the cost that comes with traveling on the road. This dude probably never even had $1 million to his name. he had a volatile lifestyle as well due to unfortunate circumstances that came from his upbringing. His career and all the good things that came with it came and went like a dream.

Glad he was able to bounce back , no more on the streets.

I remember this story from like almost 5 years ago on this same channel he is just revisiting it ☠️

One of the most over-told stories in all of RU-vid lol

Bro over reacted to that migshot like crazy. That was a 2/10 in mugshots

He obviously wasn't trying to get right. So many opportunities wasted.

While Lebron James got the recognition he deserved Delonte West didn't. I think that was the part of it

So sad😢 I hope he finds Jesus and accepts Him as his savior. Jesus is a healer ❤

Publishing this video right before Father’s Day is savage.

Just because you're famous doesn't mean you can't have mental issues.

crazy thing is if he got his life together hed get a red carpet to do the media rounds on national tv to talk about his story hed easily get a book deal esp since he had the little thing with lebrons mom any publishher would love to market off of that alone hed get paid from his appearances and could make good money with the book deal and then hed just have to invest his money and have some one manage it for him and hed be set but it all starts with him getting help and getting his mind right . hope he can see the light one day

I bet you didn't hear anything about LeBron trying to help him out

They keep saying another man should help another grown man.... if a grown man cannot help himseld & see he needs help is very tragic.... i dont condone whatever rumours maybe attacted to his name..... but gotdamn if a billionare helps you & you still follow back to your old ways.... ion know what else to say.... the universe can only help you so many times i dont pray but this man needs a miracle not just for him but for his Children

Consider this; the person(s) who should be there to help him are being quiet about Mr. West's situation; LeBron James and his mother are the reason Mr. West current situation.

Man i thought that was hair on mikes shoulder. I was like wtf buddy got a haircut and didn’t even bother wiping the shit off 🤣

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He should’ve never hit lebrons mom. He know he sold out to the higher ups and will be the top scorer for along time.

Every RU-vidr makes a vid on this man. Leave em alone bro u don't need the views that bad.

he was very good looking too. 😢 I wish he had a better upbringing 😢

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He needed a sponsor with his addiction

bro had 16 million dollars and blew it all. crazy

He was doing dope in Kensington

He "look like" he can be part of the.....BALL BROTHERS LOL - zo gelo melo 💯🎯💀💸😂