It's certainly reasonable to cry broke when you have to sell your house and cars because you cant afford them anymore. I mean yeah no ones gonna feel sorry for him but to him he's broke. The reason I look down on him for claiming he's broke is because he could easily make at least a chunk of that money back. Even though a lot of people can't stand him, his personality and celebrity allow him access to high levels of income that the average person don't have. And of course there's always investing what he has left, which is a gamble (as he now knows), but if you play it relatively safe he can at least make more money off the money he has. If all else fails, he can bet against the Nets for an entire season. Is not broke, he's just an [expletive]. He gets a huge "retirement" check from the MLBPA. He'll give it back because he's supposed to hate unions or something...