The former NBA player,
Delonte West
, who lived on the street for several months, was picked up this Monday at a Dallas gas station by the owner of the local Mavericks team and offered him all the help so that he could go to the center of drug rehab.
Cuban confirmed through his social networks that he was part of a group of NBA people working on West's case.
The goal of the assistance offered to West is that he can first rehabilitate himself and then regain his life and a home.
Sources close to West told TMZ that his family and friends have been trying to get West to go to a drug rehab center and that Cuban has offered to pay for his treatment.
Cuban is among several people involved in the NBA who in recent years have tried to help West, who spoke publicly about his bipolar disorder diagnosis during his basketball career.
The Mavericks owner renewed those efforts after images circulated last week of beggars at a Dallas intersection, including West.
The 37-year-old former NBA player, who played with the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Mavericks before leaving for China basketball, averaged 9.7 points and 3.6 assists per game. for eight seasons as a professional.
His last season in the NBA was 2011-12 with the Mavericks.
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