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NBA Star Signs $43 Million Deal After Girlfriend Dumped Him by ucheemmadu18(m): 4:59pm On Jan 10, 2021
In the moment that he considers one of the worst in his life, Christian Wood folded his 6-foot-10 frame in half and put his head in his hands as he realized he was not going to be selected in the NBA draft. His manager stood to one side. His nephew stood about a foot away from his polished black shoes that stuck far out from his suit pants. His mother, Jeanette Stewart, was behind him, along with his college coach, Dave Rice.

“As soon as the first round was over on draft night, I was like, ‘I don’t know what’s going on,’ ” he recalled nearly 11 months after that day. “After the 39th pick of the NBA draft, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m still not picked.’ ”

His friends and family had gathered at the Fizz Lounge, at Caesars Palace, to celebrate. Earlier in the night, when Wood didn’t go in the first round of the draft as he had expected, he began tweeting. “Just waiting for my name to get called,” he wrote. Minutes later: “Don’t be scared to draft me I’m the biggest sleeper in the draft,” he added. And finally: “#Justwait.”

Still, nothing happened.

As Wood’s head rested on his hands, a photographer from the Las Vegas Review Journal, captured the heartbreaking moment. Gary Parrish, a CBS columnist, tweeted out the photo the next morning. It went viral, appearing on websites.

And it Got worse

Wood, now 25, revealved he was also dumped by his then girlfriend after failing to initially realise his dream of going pro.

She’d flown to Las Vegas to help him celebrate but after dropping her off at the airport afterwards he never saw her again.

That’s proving to be an incredibly shortsighted decision. wood recently signed a 3years $43 million deal with the Houston Rockets.

Re: NBA Star Signs $43 Million Deal After Girlfriend Dumped Him by ucheemmadu18(m): 5:00pm On Jan 10, 2021
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Re: NBA Star Signs $43 Million Deal After Girlfriend Dumped Him by espn(m): 5:10pm On Jan 10, 2021
ucheemmadu18:
In the moment that he considers one of the worst in his life, Christian Wood folded his 6-foot-10 frame in half and put his head in his hands as he realized he was not going to be selected in the NBA draft. His manager stood to one side. His nephew stood about a foot away from his polished black shoes that stuck far out from his suit pants. His mother, Jeanette Stewart, was behind him, along with his college coach, Dave Rice.

“As soon as the first round was over on draft night, I was like, ‘I don’t know what’s going on,’ ” he recalled nearly 11 months after that day. “After the 39th pick of the NBA draft, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m still not picked.’ ”

His friends and family had gathered at the Fizz Lounge, at Caesars Palace, to celebrate. Earlier in the night, when Wood didn’t go in the first round of the draft as he had expected, he began tweeting. “Just waiting for my name to get called,” he wrote. Minutes later: “Don’t be scared to draft me I’m the biggest sleeper in the draft,” he added. And finally: “#Justwait.”

Still, nothing happened.

As Wood’s head rested on his hands, a photographer from the Las Vegas Review Journal, captured the heartbreaking moment. Gary Parrish, a CBS columnist, tweeted out the photo the next morning. It went viral, appearing on websites.

And it Got worse

Wood, now 25, revealved he was also dumped by his then girlfriend after failing to initially realise his dream of going pro.

She’d flown to Las Vegas to help him celebrate but after dropping her off at the airport afterwards he never saw her again.


That’s proving to be an incredibly shortsighted decision. wood recently signed a 3years $43 million deal with the Houston Rockets.



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Re: NBA Star Signs $43 Million Deal After Girlfriend Dumped Him by Righteousness2(m): 5:43pm On Jan 10, 2021
There are People, habits, relationships, Friends etc that Must be Dropped for you to Shine.

Until Gideon dropped and burnt the idols of his Father's house, His Star of being a Super leader could not Shine..

As long you Hold on to them, Your star Weill not Shine..

Infact some Persons have to go 6ft below for some stars to Shine.
There are People who have vowed that over their dead bodies would your life make sense/ Meaning.

You Have to send them to RIP on your knees in Prayers..

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Re: NBA Star Signs $43 Million Deal After Girlfriend Dumped Him by Nobody: 11:16pm On Jan 10, 2021
He'll still spend on Becky the pretty blonde and his immediate family while Black girls and the rest of his African American neighborhood pray for him and claim he's one of them without receiving anything tangible.

Athletes of African descent are one of the luckily stupid folks you'll find in the planet.
Re: NBA Star Signs $43 Million Deal After Girlfriend Dumped Him by puremaker7(m): 11:42pm On Jan 10, 2021
Righteousness2:
There are People, habits, relationships, Friends etc that Must be Dropped for you to Shine.

Until Gideon dropped and burnt the idols of his Father's house, His Star of being a Super leader could not Shine..

As long you Hold on to them, Your star Weill not Shine..

Infact some Persons have to go 6ft below for some stars to Shine.
There are People who have vowed that over their dead bodies would your life make sense/ Meaning.

You Have to send them to RIP on your knees in Prayers..
fake pastor, you no get other job than roaming around nairaland like a mad man that just enter market,

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