Dwight has had a weird past few years lol

Man I don’t know, if someone can sell you a fake WNBA maybe it’s on you. Like that financial columnist who gave a scammer $50K because they claimed to be the CIA.

IDK how Dwight got swindled this already sounds sus from the start bro must not be that bright.

atlanta scammers be scamming differently.

the fact that he tried to impersonate his father in a separate scam is crazy work.

So chandler parsons sent James Wiseman 1 million dollars without ever speaking to him? What would be the return on investment on that?

What was this guy’s plan, did he think these guys were dumb enough to never notice they’d been scammed? Fucking leave the US at least

According to the court documents, Howard heard it through his agent, was given a presentation on it that had suggested multiple companies/celebrities had already signed on, and the scammer was impersonating his father who is more well-known in business.

Similar approach on the Wiseman/Parsons side, except he also falsified documents that showed Wiseman had agreed to have this guy be his agent.

People are saying “how can these guys get scammed” but when they are using shell companies that make it seem like the money is going where it should be, are faking documents showing legitimacy, etc. its not always so simple

Also says Chandler Parsons sent $1m to support James Wiseman, which also makes no sense (players do this? For what purpose?)

Wiseman was drafted a year before the NIL was put into effect for college players, and back then this is how all big college players were supported.

People would actually send 1mil for James Wiseman?

“But the eight-time All-Star and three-time NBA defensive player of the year acknowledged he only learned he wasn’t an owner of the Dream when ESPN reported the team had been sold to an investor group that included former Dream guard Renee Montgomery in 2021.”

I don’t understand how this is even possible. How do you not follow up on a seven million fucking dollar investment? Does he not have a lawyer?

I swear there’s a different off the court issue with Dwight every year. I still remember that story involving Dwight and the trans-person on IG

Google John Spano and the New York Islanders.

From the prosecution’s sentencing memo:

A. The Fraud Against Dwight Howard

In the fraud against Howard, the defendant deceived Howard into sending him $7 million, purportedly for the purpose of buying the Atlanta Dream (the “Dream”), a team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (“WNBA”). The defendant conspired with Charles Briscoe, Howard’s agent, to perpetrate the fraud, and the defendant took advantage of the trust that Howard had in his agent and in those his agent introduced to him, including the defendant, to perpetrate the fraud.

To further the fraud, the defendant created a “Vision Plan” about the purported purchase of the Dream. The Vision Plan falsely claimed that a number of celebrities and companies— including Tyler Perry, Issa Rae, Naomi Osaka, Aflac, and Starbucks—had agreed to be advisors to the Dream or to sponsor the Dream after Howard purchased it. In fact, those individuals and companies had never agreed to be advisors to or corporate sponsors of the Dream and many had never even heard of the defendant or the plan to purchase the Dream. The defendant sent the Vision Plan to Howard and others in an attempt to facilitate the fraud.

At the urging of the defendant and Briscoe, Howard funded the purported purchase of the Dream through a line of credit he obtained at a bank called BMO. The defendant’s father, Calvin Darden, Sr. (“Senior”) was a prominent retired businessman during the relevant time period. The defendant repeatedly impersonated Senior in an attempt to add credibility to his fraud scheme, including to Briscoe and to employees of BMO in order to further the fraud.

The conspirators directed Howard to send the $7 million to a shell company the defendant controlled, purportedly to effectuate the purchase of the Dream. The defendant spent the funds for his own benefit and did not use any of the funds to purchase the Dream.

Howard learned that he did not in fact own the Dream only when ESPN reported that the Dream had been sold to others. Around the same time, the defendant created a false document purporting to show that the new owners of the Dream intended to sell a partial ownership interest in the Dream to the defendant’s company, Senior, and a former mayor of Atlanta in order to attempt to delay detection of the scheme.

B. TheFraudAgainstChandlerParsons

In the fraud against Parsons, the defendant and his co-conspirator Briscoe deceived Parsons into sending to them $1 million, purportedly for the purpose of loaning the money to James Wiseman, a prospect in the 2020 NBA draft. The defendant and Briscoe falsely claimed to know Wiseman, and forged a document stating that Wiseman had agreed that Briscoe would be his agent in order to convince Parsons to send the money. In fact, the defendant and Briscoe did not know Wiseman and did not send any of Parson’s money to Wiseman. Instead, the defendant spent his cut of the fraud proceeds on watches, a Mercedes, and other personal expenses.

This is the same guy who “defrauded NBA star Latrell Sprewell and singer Nelly, among others” and went to jail in 2005. Bruh is gonna come out in 5 years and pull the same shit on ja moron or someone else dumb enough to fall for his bs

To be fair. One dude once sold the eiffel tower for scraps, almost got away with it twice. Someone selling a wnba team doesn’t seem that bad now does it?

The Wiseman-Parsons stuff was way more interesting to me even though it’s less scandalous with less money and smaller names.

Chandler Parsons thought he loaned James Wiseman a million dollars pre-draft when it was clear he was going to go very high, and make a ton of guaranteed NBA salary, probably with a decent interest rate, which makes sense? 

NIL has effectively killed this but yeah there was a  weird in-between period where certain guys had little to no money to their name, but were months away from being millionaires, I’ve always wondered what went on in that space.

More years than many get for causing someone’s death…

Tf is Dwight doing

Do you think he was relieved when he finally found out he didn’t actually own a WNBA team?

Overpriced

That’s a lil nasty

Very suspect

A movie about this man’s life would sell out theaters for months

Dwight is an All-Star, he ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed

Save Ferris James Wiseman

Reminds me of Victor Lustig - a con artist who sold the Eiffel Tower, twice.

Man. Rapists and murderers get less time than that in the U.S lol

For the sentencing, did they put Dwight’s uniform numbers in a raffle and choose one?

12 years seems like a lot

I’m trying to think if I bought a team, how would someone prove I actually own it? Suppose there’d be an office or something…

I mean there was a dude in Paris who conned multiple scrap metal companies that the Effiell Tower was being sold for scrap and sold the rights to them for huge money.

Just the balls to even try this type of con kinda does most of the convincing.

Victor Lustig

Dwight’s scammer

It’s always refreshing to see scam artists get caught and get substantial prison time.

12 years seems like a lot. There are a lot of rich people who have engaged in corrupt practices who get off scot-free. Just seems inconsistent.

They should have sentenced him to 1 month in dwight’s closet

12 years… you can run someone over and get less than that. I’m not justifying his actions but that’s crazy.

This is why Shaq will always be Superman of the NBA.

He wouldn’t fall for this shit.