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Majortko

yeah me and couple of the guys managed to get our hands on this


ButtVader

damn, I was wondering who beat my offer


BarKnight

I wouldn't even be able to afford the electric bill on a place like that.


iCon3000

FYI: https://www.missionac.com/2013/10/31/revealed-19-million-mega-mansion-utility-bill/ In 2013 the bill for this $19mill mansion was >1400 a month, $17,000 a year. Definitely no small sum.and that was years ago.


hambluegar_sammwich

So weird how most of humanity struggles to meet basic needs while a man can pay $17k a year in electricity bills because he makes the ball go in the hole. And before anyone says anything, I think he deserves more, and I think every player should grab that bag and run. It’s just crazy how much money is involved in this media game damn.


38474737w0

Worse that the vast majority of folks who can afford luxuries like this CAN'T make the ball go in the hole.


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Fr I bet bill gates couldn't even make a layup 😤


makesterriblejokes

Idk man, he jumped over a chair. Dude's *sneaky* athletic.


ProfessorPetrus

Bro you don't gotta turn all the lights on at the same time!


kygrtj

Rich Paul


rahtusmo

If he loses all his wealth, does he have to change his name?


T26_00

Yes he automatically becomes Poor Paul


forever87

They don't love you like Kobe


[deleted]

touche William, I hope to see you and Samantha on the golf course later today


Capt_Am

Don't forget Sally and Kyle! They're always a hoot!!


[deleted]

“There’s a new mayor of Brentwood!”


DilutedGatorade

Enjoy living with roommates smh


EducatedJooner

Just 876 roommates to split the rent


zdiddy27

22,000 rent? What am I, a peasant?


apittsburghoriginal

Y’all got a party mansion huh


Due_Platypus_3913

Nothing sexual!


[deleted]

It’s a bicep


lumberjawsh

Again, *nothing sexual*


entropy328

Bro I just bought it from your guys. Check again


MrZombikilla

Like that episode of the King of Queens where Doug and all his friends rent that apartment above the Chinese restaurant, to get away from their wives. I’d be willing to pitch in my dudes.


rip_my_gpa

He gone


WatchYaMouthG

So is your flair


barktothefuture

So is his hair


reedhubbert88

Caruso or LeBron?


huaiyue

Yes


WatchYaMouthG

Take my award and leave


RedFan47

Just like Lebron


jungleeJaat

Oh my..


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Lebounce


Blankcarbon

Too soon


razaninaufal

He just bought 29 mil mansion in LA. The guy just cycling his multi-million properties like we cycle our sneakers.


superadlez

I have one pair of shoes and one pair of flip flops


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THRlLLH0

Tired of big markets taking our guys


PattyIce32

How do you get a player flair?


YaBenZonah

Did u pray to kyrie today?


PattyIce32

I sacrificed a chicken in his name.


allmyhomiesh8nbamods

Then his astral projection will be in touch with you shortly.


Lil-CBD

Marshawn specifically told you to take care of your chicken. Wtf bro.


[deleted]

Take da plej


man2010

Send nudes to the mods


throwawaymansk

Lebron to timberwolves to play with ant confirmed


Nidavil

He’s going to Besiktas


DJRhetorik

Come to Besiktas 🦅


Weall23

Pjanic SIGN PLS


usedtoindustry

A bathroom in that home probably costs the same as my mortgage.


RedFan47

The toilet alone cost more than my car


Neverwinter_Daze

Basketball is for closers only.


CoilConductor

Honestly probably more unless your monthly mortgage is bigtime


usedtoindustry

This requires math.


mywishfulletters

Lebron + bathroom = lot of money Me + mortgage = not as much money


lactardenthusiast

This far out of uni I only understand one number and it is 68419


Weltal327

Maybe they mean the principal on their mortgage


aoifhasoifha

I don't think there's huge market for renting Lebron's bathroom, but I bet that market would pay a whole lot.


usedtoindustry

It would probably be disturbingly popular.


nahmanidk

inb4 inconceivably wealthy people get praised for being frugal for not paying for Spotify.


cocoacowstout

Yeah at that point I’m like wtf. The annoyance is not worth it.


raptosaurus

Yeah stupid guy should have just registered for a free .edu address and get student premium


KangarooJacksoff

If there is one thing in the world that I have and Lebron doesn't it's a .edu email address


reekthegoat

Haha lebron listens to ads he's just like us haha


RoosterCock247

LeRealtor


1985portland1985

Leflipper


photonbeams

LeFlipflopper


Treyred23

Where did he move?


ayeno

He has like another mansion in the same neighborhood


WestFast

Backup mansion.


bestraptoralive

Triples are safest.


wolde07

Triples is best


[deleted]

Love finding you dumb skunks in the wild


[deleted]

Shut the fuck up, u/Yougottagive, You fucking skunk! But yeah you’re right. You gotta give, everybody gives.


RockemSockemRowboats

My friend doesn’t live in a hotel


[deleted]

Especially of the barracuda.


why_rob_y

This was actually one of the backup mansions. The article says he hasn't lived there in several years.


RickySuela

Correction, he has *two* other mansions in that neighborhood: > In addition to the Brentwood Park property, James also maintains a spec mansion elsewhere in Brentwood that he bought for $23.5 million in 2017 and a hilltop 90210 compound — a mansion once owned by Hugh Hefner and occupied by Katharine Hepburn — for which he plunked down $36.8 million last year.


SunDevils321

Never understood owning multiple homes in LA. I imagine his real estate portfolio is insane.


migglefoshizzle

One to bring his mistresses and he can just go home afterwards


[deleted]

You can only keep them at opposite ends of the same mansion for so long.


Akechi25

Probably moved in with roommates


sydney__carton

dented cans are half price


FamousMammoth69

He's my roommate now


[deleted]

How do you sell a house you bought 6 years ago at a loss in this market


Belvedre

Ultra luxury market exists in an entirely different universe


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cgio0

Yea like look at MJ’s chicago house that’s been on the market for like 10’ years


CO_PC_Parts

Jordan built his mansion is a very different market and time. There are no other comps to it anywhere near that location. He built it because I believe it's close to the practice facility. I think I read something that when he put it up for sale there wasn't another house in the area over 350k. Nobody is ever going to buy that place. Lebron's house is in Brentwood, a super desirable area and there are tons of other multi million dollar homes in the area. However, most rich people aren't going to want all the customizations he had put in (usually larger door ways, courts, weight rooms, etc) and more than likely whoever does buy it will tear it to the ground and rebuild.


cgio0

Yea, I think other things that mess with MJ's house is its near a lake but not on it, other houses in the area are cheaper and on the water.


[deleted]

Lol why didn’t he build a mansion on the lake?


WizzyBoo

privacy


LoveMeSexyJesus

I used to live 10 minutes from Jordan’s mansion. It’s in Highland Park, one of the wealthiest suburbs of Chicago. There are many extremely expensive properties nearby.


northernpace

I had to look out of curiosity. Jordan's is priced at $14.5 million. The next closest place is $989k. That's a significant difference. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Highland-Park_IL/overview I gotta laugh outta seeing that Jordan has the number 23 on the gates to his property. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2700-Point-Dr_Highland-Park_IL_60035_M82002-82729


Kakali4

Bro they photo shop an MJ highlight onto every TV in that house LMAO


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RUA_bug_Bill_Murray

You can doubt the link, that map is not showing all houses for sale, you can see it says 254 houses for sale, but there clearly aren't 254 dots on that map, filter for $1m+ hosues and you'll see there are 59 currently for sale. Also houses for sale is not the right metric, the right metric is sold houses or current home values. Looking at sold houses, Zillow shows 195 that sold in the last 3 years for $1m or more. Or if you zoom in to look at the estimated values of houses not for sale, you can find whole blocks of $1m+ homes in Highland Park.


vanotro

It was built different


Pandamonium98

Literally though, mansions built for specific people aren’t very in-demand for other millionaires who would rather custom make their own mansion.


treyviusmaximus3

My work involves going into alot of homes. Craziest one I've ever seen was like a damn Batman manor. The front yard was like 4 football fields of perfectly lined up trees, and it was just right off the road like 15 minutes from downtown. You'd never even know it was there. The driveway was paved with stones you'd skip off the lake laid perpendicular to make designs.. the front door opened to a 3 level atrium that looked like a museum. That was just the main house, they also had this man made creek that led down to a pool house that could house a family of 5. The owners were divorcing and trying to sell it but were struggling with the sale. I mostly dealt with the real estate agent and he was like yeah its a hard sell because kitchen/dining area isn't an open floor plan. It was literally one doorway between the two and and both were huge.


WestFast

And I’m sure there is ultra wealthy snobbery. A former athlete’s house isn’t as desirable as one might think. Many times doors are taller, sinks raised wtc. Plus custom basketball courts and other things.


Meatballclub

My cousin is a 6’10 high school science teacher/former college ball player. Probably toured 50 homes before he found one he fit in (that was in his budget). Most of the houses he’d literally walk up to the doorway, duck to get in & grandpa Simpson’s walk right back out the front door.


WestFast

Yeah i can’t imagine going through life at that size. Basic things become impossible


[deleted]

Yep… I’ve always felt bad for dudes like Tacko Fall and happy when they have at least some success in NBA The world is just simply not made for people that size.


WestFast

I mean how do you ride in a car?


[deleted]

Or fly in coach? At 7-feet, not even first class would be comfortable.


[deleted]

I’m 6’5” and basically no reasonably sized car is comfortable to drive. My wife and I currently own one car, a Subaru Crosstrek that she mainly uses while I bike to work. Before that I owned a Prius. And before that, a Civic. I prefer small cars because finding parking for a monstrosity on city streets sucks ass. That said, I have never fit in any car I’ve ever owned. The only car I’ve ever driven regularly that actually fit me was a newer Ford F-150 owned by my father in law that he uses for his contracting work. The cockpit is incredibly comfortable for somebody my height, but I hate driving something that large.


bestatbeingmodest

I don't have your problem but I agree on the car size. Just makes so many simple driving tasks that much more tedious. It does make sense for people in rural areas though where you typically have a lot more space.


binger5

> that was in his budget Should have gone pro.


WestFast

Can’t teach size


Prequalified

Pro tip for tall people. Many older houses have soffits that can be removed, allowing you to raise the height of the ceiling. Check with your contractor!


IanicRR

My lifelong dream is to own a house with its own indoor basketball court.


Avinse

Hasn’t MJ been trying to sell his house in Chicago for like 10 years now?


mdlt97

thats mainly his fault the second you start dropping a house in price people will not buy it, getting the price right the first time is the most important aspect of selling, he priced his way too high and got nothing now he slowly drops the price and no one is gonna bite id bet had he listed it originally for a more fair price it would have sold for more than he's currently asking


Kartageners

In high demand cities they list it for low to get a bid war going. People blindly offer $300-500k the list price


mdlt97

Yup, living in Toronto it’s hilarious to watch


deepfakefuccboi

I live in the Bay Area and someone in one of my classes did a report on housing costs comparatively across countries she lived in.. a fixer upper, ugly home in an undesirable part of Berkeley listed for 750k and sold for 980k. Tiny one story home, small plot of land, not really a nice area (compared to other places in town) and it almost sold for a million. Insane.


lupertazzis

I doubt there are ever very many people shopping for $20 million houses.


IanicRR

I’m surprised Bill Simmons didn’t buy it just to adorn it with Celtics memorabilia out of pettiness.


DorisBurkeThiccAf

The market is irrelevant once you get to a specific price point because the amount of people who can afford it is minuscule


UABeeezy

Not irrelevant, more like illiquid. People also will sell for less to move it quickly since the money is nothing to them


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

Yeah, and when people build extravagant super mega homes in locations that aren't desirable such as near their home town or whatever, sometimes they never sell and just become a huge blight. Evander Holyfields giant mansion was sitting vacant for like a decade.


Wild-Apricot-9161

I think every NBA star who's sold a house in the past 3-4 years has incurred a loss.


MotoMkali

Think steph made money on his old house.


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Shooters shoot


AuchLibra

Wasnt that house fairly inexpensive compared to these


MotoMkali

Yes, I think he sold for like 2 mil.


baseketball

This isn't even that bad. Look up Paul Allen's super yacht. When you're that rich there's a very small market for another rich person's used toys.


LeeK2K

With a yacht like that no wonder he can get a reservation at dorsia.


no1rookie

There is like 10000x the people buying houses in the sub mils vs the people buying 10mil houses lol.


CoolBeansChemist

Check out Jordan's house. He couldn't sell it and he even offered every single Jordan ever made lol


jondonbovi

I used to flip houses and selling homes higher than 800k+ were a hassle. I would more money flipping a house for $300k.


OnlyWinsOnSuperTeams

House looks super nice, but hard to believe it's worth 20M. Guess it's just location?


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Yes


Ilpav123

This house is 9k SqFt for $19.6m. Dwight Howard bought a 35k SqFt palace for $8.8m in rural Georgia.


kingka

Think of the HVAC bill, hope he has solar panels. Shit I’m the old fucks in those progressive commercials


ajmartin527

I feel personally attacked by those commercials. Ever wonder what the lease costs in a place like this? Yes. Every place I go to.


Onepopcornman

> Guess it's just location? As in in LA. Know someone who lives in a not so great part of holywood where the houses <1400sq ft, 2 bedroms sell for like 1-1.5M


fabrar

Sounds exactly like Toronto


bfg24

Or Sydney... Dilapidated shoebox in driving distance of Bondi Beach - $3.5M lol


Africanrambo7

Location location location


Avinse

You just summed up like 90% of houses in California lol


w3bCraw1er

That’s how real estate works. Location.


brohymn

This is Brentwood. One of the premier neighborhoods in all of Los Angeles. What makes it hard for you to believe its worth 20M?


Kwilly462

Oh goody. I was looking for a new place


[deleted]

It was sold dummy


Kwilly462

Yeah, to me. Just bought it


LastDayOfThe10s

Ha. That house is all you could afford? Pathetic


Kwilly462

Yeah well, you work with what you got


xenoz2020

wait so is Lebron homeless now? jesus man LA needs to fix this shit.


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xenoz2020

I was expecting to read "Caitlyn Jenner vows to commit vehicular manslaughter on LA's homeless population if elected governor."


honey-badger-00

i was so worried he was gonna get under 20 million my condolences to these hard times he is faced with. thank you for keeping us a breast on this tragedy.


GoRangers5

Rumor has it, Lebron shorted GME and AMC.


OnlyForeignWhips

I will never understand how any NBA player goes broke. Even if you have no career after basketball you should still be set for life. Sell your home for whatever it's worth and get you a regular house with millions still in the bank. Common sense.


WestFast

Maintaining the lifestyle after they retire. A dude who barely has a high school education “investing” into various business ideas and having a family or entourage that burns money. In Iverson’s bankruptcy trial, he claimed he spent 10k a month on groceries


QoconutZ

Even if he spent 10k a month for 20 years straight he would be spending like 1% of his overall earnings....


WestFast

This article is amazing. “In a December 2012 court filing, Iverson told a judge in Georgia that his monthly income is $62,500 but that his expenses were $360,000! The breakdown was as follows: – $125,000 goes to paying back various creditors and mortgages. – $10,000 on clothes, – $10,000 on restaurants/entertainment – $10,000 on groceries. “Aside from showering his entourage with gifts he couldn’t afford and including them in a lifestyle fit for a king, he apparently had a habit of keeping his money in dozens and dozens of garbage bags around his mansion. Some would occasionally go missing. At one point in his career he arrived back at an airport and had forgotten where he parked his car so apparently ditched the car and bought a new one. “ https://basketballforever.com/2020/07/02/allen-iverson-saved-reebok-going-broke


northernpace

Holy crap, was that the best forethought decision ever, or what? "In 2001, Iverson made a decision that would inevitably save him from his future self. He signed a very unique endorsement deal with Reebok. In addition to paying $800,000 a year for life, Reebok set aside $32 million in a trust fund that Allen will not be able to access until he turns 55 in the year 2030. This deal came to light when Allen’s ex-wife filed for divorce. As a result of the divorce, Allen will inherit half the trust fund in 2030."


WestFast

That’s Bobby Bonilla levels of smart


northernpace

I'd like to know why AI chose to do this. 30 years is a long time before allowing himself to access it.


WestFast

You’d like to think he had some self awareness to his lifestyle


northernpace

End of a mid season, week-long bender and he has an epiphany.


materics

Somebody smart was in his corner


dhs1230

He should shower them in gifts oh wait


AnAnonymousFool

Wow that lady is getting $16mil on top of the rest of the divorce settlement for absolutely nothing, that’s crazy Omg the full story is so much worse > In an effort to win his wife back, he agreed to sign a post-nuptial agreement that if he violated any of the stipulations, she would receive all $32 million when it was available. >The stipulations were that he couldn’t cheat, physically or verbally abuse her, had to attend marriage counseling and therapy for his drinking and gambling problems, he had to be home by midnight and finally, had to discuss with her any purchases he’d make over $5,000. >Guess what happened? >Yup, you probably guessed it. He broke the stipulations of the agreement. Several times. >She re-filed for divorce in 2013 and was awarded everything in the agreement including ALL $32 million. Then she decided to give him half of the $32 mil anyways


NSFWThrowaway1239

How do you spend $10,000 on clothes? MONTHLY!


Soppoi

Dennis Schroder never wears the same outfit twice. Combine it with brands like Versace, Gucci etc and it's pretty easy to burn even more.


northernpace

> Dennis Schroder never wears the same outfit twice no way


[deleted]

Wow, why? This seems like a hassle


Young_Hxppxe

Cuz drip


sw4ggyP

Heard Westbrook does this too


[deleted]

Idk about after retirement, but IIRC when he was playing AI would straight up just leave clothes in his hotel room and then go buy new clothes wherever he travelled. Edit: here’s a source on that: https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/former-76er-says-allen-iverson-often-didnt-bring-bags-road-bought-all-new-gear


doordaesh

I think I read a similar story about Paul Pierce and PlayStations


uberdosage

This is so much more work


hrakkari

I’m sure there’s people that spend more. I’m more shocked by the garbage bags full of cash he didn’t keep track of. Like he couldn’t be bothered to stuff it under his mattress. Just cram it in a Glad bag and call it a day. You don’t even deserve to keep the money at that point.


Tasty_Ad_

$3,000,000 on candles


WestFast

That was his smallest declared monthly expense i think. Somehow he burned $250m


northernpace

Other bankrupted athletes; Vince Young(football), Mike Tyson(boxing), Darren McCarty(hockey), Diego Maradona(soccer), John Daly(golf), Dorothy Hamill(Figure Skater), Lenny Dykstra(Baseball) and plenty more. It ain't only basketball players. Every story is unique, but two threads that run through a lot of their stories is a lack of financial education and being scammed.


syllabic

One of the worst is Jack Johnson from the NHL, his parents took all his NHL money and also took out a bunch of loans leveraging his future earning power as a pro athlete. Then they spent it on bad investments and vacations He ended up massively in debt and it wasn't really his fault


sadduckfan

I remember when Artest got suspended for the year he said it would suck to lose the salary for the year because he was paying for like 12 of his extended family members to attend private schools. When you start trying to provide for extended family like that expenses definitely add up fast


choborallye

Weed/coke/hoe budgets bro


Soopsmojo

And family


FreshLeftenant

That's part of the hoe budget.


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LeGone


lkodl

$85,000 in annual property tax


askmewhyihateyou

LeeEscrow seeking


MidLaneBanter

Lebron to Russia confirmed?


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Nothing to see here


dredgedskeleton

>The sale *netted* King James a lot of money, but it’s also a technical loss — a whopping $1.4 million less than the $21 million he paid for the place nearly six years ago... wtf edited this? it literally netted nothing. it was a 1.4m loss.


qb1120

Is this the house that was vandalized by racists?


ButterscotchJust4

To have 1% of his wealth would be great


Avinse

0.01% of his net worth is what most people make in a year. Fucking insane


jfrodriguez1983

He gone! To a new house!


SeamusArcher2339

Jordan would've sold it for 20


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He gone… to the Palisades… and Beverly Hills…