They scatter far and wide during the off season.
Whether it is for vacation or to their permanent residences, most NBA players don’t remain in the cities in which they play, during the summer.Take Lakers forward Lamar Odom. Chances are you’d have a better chance of running into him back in Queens, New York, rather than on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills.
Clippers forward Tim Thomas owns a home in Los Angeles but he spends the bulk of his summer in his home state of New Jersey, when he is not vacationing with his wife and children.
Even that noted gym rat, Sasha Vujacic, is absent from the Lakers’ El Segundo practice facility for periods in the summer.
Vujacic, who signed a 3-year, $15 million contract this summer to remain with the Lakers, will be bound for Europe next week, for vacation. Like others, he likely won’t return until after Labor Day next month.
