freep.com - 12/16/2008
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Derrick Coleman wants the world to know that reports of his financial demise are greatly exaggerated. Coleman, 41, earned more than $91 million, according to basketball-reference.com, during a 15-year NBA career, which ended after five games with the Pistons in 2004-05. Since then, he has been ...
nba.fanhouse.com - 12/13/2008
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Coleman opened up some shoe stores in the
Detroit area after he retired and slowly amassed his...
NBA fortune into a gigantic financial empire. Or, um, perhaps not. Turns out, Coleman's not immune to the economy and is selling everything he owns at 75 percent off.
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Derrick Coleman Is Having Money Troubles, Selling ...
nba.fanhouse.com - 12/17/2008
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So, this is a little awkward. Over the
weekend, FanHouse posted a link to an announcement advertising...
the "Derrick Coleman Estate Sale." Since people who have estate sales tend to be either a) dead; or b) in the poor house, we made the easy assumption that he'd fallen on hard times. We were wrong.
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Derrick Coleman, Still Quite Wealthy After All
20secondtimeout.blogspot.com - 12/16/2008
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All those snarky reports about Derrick Coleman going
bankrupt are false. Coleman is simply selling off some...
furniture that has been in storage for a while. It is a shame that so many people rushed to lampoon Coleman before they got the facts straight.
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Many Bloggers Owe Derrick Coleman an Apology
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... into something they should not be. A blurb, from NPR's Stefan Fatsis: "It took a son's sore arm for Mark Hyman to recognize a hard truth: We're destroying youth sports, and maybe not even producing better athletes in the process. Until It Hurts is a sobering manifesto that should be required reading for every parent, coach, administrator, and referee. Though my daughter's U-7 soccer team doesn't know it, I've already implemented its smart, sensible, and long-overdue advice." Derrick Coleman would like you to know that not everyone who has an ...
Whoop De Damn Destitute Denial : Derrick Coleman Says He’s Doing Just Fine, Thanks
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... of a Derrick Coleman Estate (!) Sale, “the Internet went wild with rumors that he squandered all his money” writes the Detroit Free Press’ Chris Lau. Trouble is, the former NBA vet / Syracuse PF insists he’s far from broke. ...
Many Bloggers Owe Derrick Coleman an Apology
20 Second Timeout —
... The truth--as reported in the Detroit Free Press today--is that Coleman is not going bankrupt and is not having financial problems. He is selling furniture from his New Jersey home, a residence he purchased when he played for the Philadelphia 76ers; that furniture has been in storage since Coleman moved back to his native Michigan. Sherwood Studios, which is conducting the sale, has furnished Coleman's homes since he became an NBA player; ...
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The comments are buzzing about Allen Iverson’s $25,000 dollars from the NBA for comments he made to a fan in Charlotte at the end of the game. (Thanks to Pistonsfan101 for the quick link)
If it’s possible, I heart Antonio McDyess just a little more after reading this.
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Dammit, I hate missing out on the big sales at Christmas. Had I been local to Detroit, I could have saved up to 75% off at the Derrick Coleman Estate Sale , with warehouse savings on bedroom and dining room sets, furniture and accessories. However, just as it was with Derrick's entire career, ...