Ex-NBA Star Paul Pierce 'Drowning Financially,' Struggling to Pay Monthly Bills | TMZ Sports

Welcome back to TMZ Sports. Ex-NBA superstar Paul Pierce is pleading with the court to lessen his financial responsibility when it comes to spousal and child support because the guy who almost made $200 million during his NBA career says he ain't got any money left. This is crazy, crazy stuff from Paul Pierce. So Paul Pierce says there was a time when he was making, after his playing career, he was making like $119,000 a month, but he was recently fired by Fox Sports And he says, yeah, now I basically have got no income coming in a month. In fact, he says he and I say only, but he only made twenty three thousand dollars last month. And he says, look, how can I possibly pay twenty eight thousand in child support, twenty thousand in spousal? I just don't have the money to actually make these payments. As part of him asking the court to reconsider what he pays, he has included his expenses. And I think we know why Paul might not have any money. The dude's got a spending problem. So, I mean, look at this. Babcock, you're one to talk. Because you know what? If I pulled up your DoorDash and your Uber Eats order, because my boy, you're always ordering food here every day. Today, wow, surprisingly, you made some blackened chicken. I know, I know. And it smelled so good. But every other day? You didn't see breakfast was foie gras with truffles on top. No, this man. See, you know he doesn't know me well. You don't know me well. Alex just gave himself away. My boy would never eat no foie gras. He only eats chicken. He doesn't eat anything of substance. You're the pot calling the kettle black. I think it's the 7K eating out, but also the 5K on groceries. Are you eating home? Are you eating? Groceries are expensive right now. They are. They're very expensive. It shouldn't be one or the other. He's got four kids. He's basically like the household of five. He's got to eat out. I mean, of all people, you should be on his side. talking about he's got bad spending habits. You're bringing me over. I don't believe in DoorDash, by the way. No? Hell no. It tastes too much. Start at zero, baby. No, we can say that word. No, I mean, this is actually crazy, though. I mean, I don't know how you win, though. I don't know if I would have provided this list of things. It's embarrassing. Because, I mean, it seems to me like that you can pay the amount of money that you need to pay. You just have to stop ordering DoorDash every day, like, every night. It doesn't seem like that crazy. Well, you know, maybe if he had Uber One, he could save on those discounts. Here's the deal. He almost made 200 mil in his total career earnings. Do we think if he made the full 200 mil, he could order 15K a month? This is the craziest part. You guys are talking about the 200 mil that he made playing for the NBA. You guys are negating the other 30 to 50 million dollars he made in endorsements from Nike, from Powerade, from Microsoft. Like, he literally had money. And his media appearances. When I don't understand how someone can squander, especially coming from someone, Maybe it's because he did have money, but coming from someone that's broke, I don't understand how you could squander $300 million away and not have it invested in anything to the point where you're sitting here saying you make $0 a month. That just makes no sense to me. I don't feel like there's any NBA player who's played 19 seasons in the NBA who should be struggling for money ever. No, it's shocking. He says that he's got a couple of thousand bucks in the bank, and then he's got real estate holdings that are worth something like $3 million. So he's not totally broke, but he's got way less than you would imagine.