Ex-NBAer David Vaughn Faced Homelessness

Oct. 30 -- Less than a decade after the end of a four-season NBA career, 6'9" former power forward David Vaughn spent six months on the streets of Orlando, FL, having run through the $2.2 million he earned in the league.

Currently, the 36-year-old Vaughn is looking for a job in Orlando, where he spent two seasons playing for the Magic.

His story is one of a young man with sudden riches, manic spending habits and little advice from those who should have given him direction. Drafted by the Magic in 1995 as the 25th pick out of Memphis, he bought a Yukon, a Corvette, a Mercedes Benz, a Range Rover, a Lexus and another Yukon.

He purchased a $250,000 house in Orlando, which he had two loans on; paid a note on his grandfather's house near Nashville; bought a $212,000 home in Nashville; and invested in a construction deal that went sour.

After his release from the NBA in 1999, he played briefly in Europe, then ended up back in Orlando with little money and working a series of blue-collar jobs: a FedEx package handler, and warehouse work at a supermarket and then a furniture store.

Before long, his marriage deteriorated and last year he was living out of his 2000 Impala on the streets of Orlando. He took showers at the Salvation Army where he got free meals. He'd go to a fitness center to get a shower and do stretching exercises so he wouldn't feel so cramped in his car.

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