This doesn’t really add up - the benefits were pretty small; they weren’t really trying to hide anything.

I wonder if family friends got wind that his marriage was rocky and said, “hey you and your wife need a vacation together and we want to help.” Or maybe he and his wife were bad with finances and needed some help and were reluctant to ask his parents.

Something like that. It doesn’t sound like a bunch of hangers on trying to get close with a future NBA player.

But I’ve underestimated how pathetic people can be before.