How Delonte West, a NBA Star, Became Homeless – And How He Plans on Making a Comeback

Once upon a time, Delonte West was one of the most iconic basketball around. But, soon enough, he was homeless on the street. Now, he’s making a comeback…

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In those darkest of days, there was one light in West’s life: Caressa Madden. The two met at a party held by a mutual friend. The two fell in love almost instantly. It didn’t matter that West was living on basketball unemployment and could not afford to heat his place, Madden loved the basketball player with all her heart.

This got so dire that West proposed to a newly pregnant Madden by cutting a snippet off a jump rope he had and putting it around her ring finger. “It’s all I can afford, baby,” West told her at the time. “I’m broke, heat ain’t working, brain ain’t working right, but I love you.”

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