Posted on 02/21/2012 12:28:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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As a result, the trials and tribulations of its players are amplified, and the league is filled with more "crazy people" than any other sport.
Everyone has their own definition of "crazy."
We'll define it as instability either on or off that court in results in some confounding headline-making antics.
AP ImagesTeam: Dallas Mavericks
Age: 28
Crazy anecdote: Arrested for having a shotgun in a guitar case slung over his back while driving a three-wheeled motorcycle.
Team: Atlanta HawksAge: 27
Crazy anecdote: He was "banned for life" from the Korean Basketball League for making an obscene gesture at a ref last year.
Age: 26
Crazy anecdote: He doesn't have a bank account, and said, "I just keep it," when asked when he does with his money.
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Age: 26
Crazy anecdote: Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins tweeted this last night, "Once interviewed JR Smith for pre-season story and stupidly asked how his summer went. 'All right,' he said. 'Got out of jail'"
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Age: 23
Crazy anecdote: He was fined $50,000 for smoking weed at the NBA's rookie symposium. And also went to rehab once.
Age: 21
Crazy anecdote: He was sent home from the team by coach Paul Westphal a week into the season. Then he demanded a trade. And then Westphal was fired... So Cousins basically got his coach fired.
How can they leave off WorldPeace?
Age: 32
Crazy anecdote: He was once at a pickup basketball game in Queensbridge where a fellow player was stabbed with a wooden table leg and killed.
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