About one in five NBA players has a criminal record. As some of the wealthiest and most visible athletes in the world, National Basketball Association players make large targets for criminals and scam artists.
Height is hard to hide and wealth all too tempting to flaunt.
Detroit Pistons star Jerry Stackhouse have been robbed off the court for real. Fame is no shield from violence Robinson's grim lesson about conspicuous wealth display came in September 1999. He went to watch Monday Night Football. The jewels caught the attention of Lisimba Love, a convict on parole for vehicular homicide. When Robinson left the bar, Love and another man were waiting for him in the parking lot.