Tuesday 14 June 2022 12:16 AM Footage shows Cavaliers star LeBron teammate Delonte West begging on side of ... trends now
Newly surfaced video shows a haggard Delonte West panhandling on the side of road in Virginia, more than 10 years after he played alongside NBA legend LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers - and just weeks after he was reportedly trying to stage a basketball comeback.
Footage posted to social media over the weekend shows the embattled ex-NBA star panhandling on the side of the highway in Alexandria, Virginia.
West, 38, played for the Cavaliers for two years and was a former teammate of LeBron James.
He was supposed to be making a basketball comeback with The BIG3 (a 3-on-3 league with former NBA players), he announced in April.
Troubled former NBA guard Delonte West was seen panhandling at the side of a road in Alexanderia, Virginia
Footage posted to social media over the weekend shows the embattled ex-NBA star, panhandling on the side of the highway in Alexandria, Virginia.
In one clip posted online, a fan exchanges pleasantries with the man believed to be West and says, 'My dog Delonte, how you doing my brother?' West's response was not audible.
In one clip posted online, a fan exchanges pleasantries with the man believed to be West and says, 'My dog Delonte, how you doing my brother?' West's response was not audible.
The driver who posted the pictures to twitter seemed extremely surprised to see West on the side of the road.
'Seems Delonte West on Richmond highway in Virginia 2 days ago. What happened so quick? A few months ago I thought they were trying to get him into the Big3 league,' he tweeted.
West last played for the Dallas Mavericks, a team owned by Mark Cuban.
One driver who posted the pictures to twitter seemed extremely surprised to see West on the side of the road
It's not the first time he's been spotted asking for money on the streets, either.
In September 2020, photos circulated showing West panhandling at an intersection in Dallas, Texas.
West, who has publicly battled bipolar disorder, was quickly picked up by Cuban from a local gas station. Cuban paid for his drug rehabilitation treatment and well providing West a hotel room to stay.
But a source confirmed to DailyMail.com that West has since entered rehab at least three times and has walked out on each occasion.
In what has become a sad, but regular occurrence for West, a brief video of the meeting with Cuban went viral, prompting fans and friends to plead for the former star to seek help.
Monday's latest footage came less than two years after another viral video showed West being pummeled along a Maryland highway.
Troubled former NBA guard Delonte West (left) was met at a Texas gas station by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (right) in 2020 to help the player who has battled bipolar disorder and a reported drug problem
Troubled former NBA guard Delonte West was met at a Texas gas station by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in 2020 after a photograph of him begging on the streets of Dallas went viral
