Remember when Dave Cowens took a hike in the middle of a season and turned up driving a cab around the not so always sunny streets of Boston? Apples & oranges… But maybe its time for the league to grow up a little. They wouldn’t impose a life time ban on some one with cancer or aids. The kind iof addiction that ended Drew’s career is a bona fide mental illness for which treatment is often the only hope. The hypocrisy lies in the social stigma held in the minds of those who are too ignorant about it to see it for what it really is…a sad and terrible sickness. But then the NBA, liek most other sports organizations runs on ratings, social perceptions and the almighty advertising dollar. Not on loyalty, compassion and other arcane ideas like that….

What’s wrong with a guy driving a cab for a living?

It’s written in a condescending fashion. “The announcer dropped a little jewel”. Whats so fascinating about that? Poking fun and having a laugh at Drews expense is how I read into it.

Hopefully the blow hard announcer or the players took the high road and dropped him a nice tip. After all common circles know basketball players are the worst tippers of all 4 major sports.

Do you feel better about yourself now?, you little person. This will be the last time I will be visiting this site.
I’m a journalist, and your muck-raking title sucked me in, I had to see how low you would go.
Absolutely no purpose other than to shame the subject. Was not even an article, just a paragraph. You wrote more in your defence against other readers-who I am totally with.
When I became a journo I made a deal with myself that I would never make my living at anothers demise/expense. After 10 years I have never thrown anyone under a bus the way you have, and I’m sure you’ve done worse.
Good luck to John Drew, I’m very proud he’s turned it around, making an honest living and doing his best-which is more than I can say for you JILL. Karma’s a bitch.
Marbles