Former NBA star Antoine Walker, who infamously blew through a $100 million fortune and was ultimately forced to file for bankruptcy, recently took to Twitter to lament how none of his old friends call him or even return his call these days.
"Can't get a phone call back," Walker tweeted. "I remember when my phone never stop ringing. Where my friends at?
It's been a challenging post-NBA life for Walker, who appeared on a recent airing of The Ricki Lake Show to talk about how he came to squander what equates to a king's ransom. In 2008, he was forced to sell the 2006 NBA championship ring he won with the Miami Heat for a relatively paltry $21, 500. Less than two years later, he filed for bankruptcy, and in 2011 he confessed to felony charges of passing off bad checks in the amount of $750,000 to three Las Vegas casinos and was sentenced to five years probation.
As for the lost $100 million, Walker is on record in admitting he actually squandered a lot more than just that. He also told Lake he now strives to be a positive role model and living example for young kids and other athletes of what not to do.
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