He was once a Lakers veteran and one of the CBA's most watery foreign players, but now he has become a prisoner

He made more than $30 million in the NBA, $700,000 in the CBA, and then went to the Euroleague to make a lot of money, but he never had a chance to spend it again, he was arrested and imprisoned, and he will spend a long time in prison, and this self-inflicted player is Ben McLemore.

According to Fox News, McLemore was arrested and imprisoned on Wednesday local time and is currently being held in a prison in Claccomoth County, Oregon, where he has been charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sexual violence, and two counts of second-degree sexual violence.

Ironically, the player won the NBA Community Engagement Award in 2015, the same year he also won the Oscar Robertson Triple-Double Award. This award is given annually to a player who has performed well on the field and has made an outstanding contribution to the community. The "three" represents the team's leadership, sportsmanship and all-round performance on the field, while the "double" represents the contribution to the community and family off the field.

Prior to this incident, McLemore's image had always been positive. In 2013, he was selected by the Kings with the seventh pick in the first round, a very high draft pick, but failed to make a name for himself in the NBA, and the most memorable thing during his time with the Kings was being robbed by Leonard for two consecutive balls.

Later, he joined the Grizzlies, Rockets, Lakers and Trail Blazers, but none of them played a brilliant performance, because he was 1.91 meters tall and his static talent was not outstanding, and he was not good at breaking through and shooting when he had no height advantage, and his shooting rate in his NBA career was only 41.4%, and his scoring efficiency was very low.

In 2022, at the age of 28, he has no ball to play. He waited in the United States for more than half a year, but still no NBA team wanted to sign him, and finally chose to play in the CBA. On February 1, 2023, the Shandong men's basketball team signed a contract with him, and it is reported that the salary is $700,000.

At that time, there was only one final stage left in the CBA, and he only had to play more than 10 regular season games and playoffs, and his average salary was still very high, but his performance was very poor. In his CBA debut, he scored three consecutive points in the fourth quarter and scored 17 points in a single quarter, and although Shandong ultimately lost to defending champion Liaoning, McLemore's outstanding performance gave Shandong a lot of hope.

However, this is a story of the tiger and the tail, the next game exposed McLemore's shortcomings, not only can he not break through in the NBA, but also can not break through in the CBA, and the shortcomings of the low shooting percentage are also brought to the CBA, it turns out that it is not the NBA's defense that makes him score inefficiently, but his own shooting grasp is not high.

Due to the continued sluggish performance, he did not play much minutes and played only 7 regular season games, averaging 12.1 minutes per game, scoring 8.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.1 blocks, and shooting only 40% from the field.

In the playoffs, his performance was even more disastrous, averaging only 9 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, with a shooting rate of only 35% and a three-point shooting rate of only 27.3%, resulting in the Shandong team being swept out by the Guangzhou team in the first round, and he also became one of the most watery foreign aides in CBA history.

Not to mention returning to the NBA with such a performance, even the CBA team did not want him, so he could only go to Europe to play and eventually join the Greek AEK basketball club. After a season in Greece, he returned to the United States for a sabbatical, but he was unable to control his lower body and was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sexual violence, and two counts of second-degree sexual violence.

On the podcast of Nuggets player Porter Jr., an adult actress revealed that many NBA players have special fetishes, like thrill-seeking, and some behave pervertedly. This is verified from McLemore's body, these players are much richer than ordinary people, how many people of the opposite sex take the initiative to send to the door, but they like to seek excitement, and finally turn into a crime, I hope McLemore's case can give them a wake-up call, can make them more restrained, otherwise they will become criminals, spend the rest of their lives in prison, and have no chance to spend money.