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I'm a former NBA player. Basketball helped me to financially support my family, but I made some mistakes with my money along the way.
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with 42-year-old Alex Acker, based in Como, Italy, about managing wealth as a professional athlete. The following has been edited for ...
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A Million-Dollar Paycheck Means Nothing if You Don’t Know How to Keep It
Making money is one thing. Keeping it and growing it is another. Alex Acker learned that lesson the hard way. A former NBA player, he went from shooting oranges as a child because his family ...