It's about his relationship with his mother. Pretty crazy article...learned a lot of things about him that I didn't know before. It's very long, but it's worth a read especially if you're a Hornets fan.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/stor ... sen-080511
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That is as $hitty of a one sided article as they come. Palmer doesn't have a clue as to why Andersen doesn't talk to his mother. What was the point of the article? Kick a man while he;s down while Palmer really knows nothing about the situation.
ESPN should fire that idiot for writing a garbage article like this.
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What I got from the article is that her mom wanted to reap the rewards of Andersen's success. But when she found out that he was consumed by the partying atmosphere, and the fact he was buying other people stuff when she wasn't getting anything, probably was the last straw for her. She loves her son and wanted to be a part of his life, but she also wanted to get out of her poor situation, which she felt he should've helped out with.
From Chris's side of the story, he had no one at home to control him. She was working all the time to put food on his table. I am assuming he was the oldest out of his siblings, otherwise, it seems like at least an older sister would've kept him in check. So he probably had the mentality that he had to earn his way and he just so happened to be blessed with freak genetics. He rode that to success and felt like, because he earned it on his own, that he was allowed to do whatever he wanted with what he earned.
I'm probably looking into the situation too hard, but for any kid who has no father and a workaholic for a mom, they either raise themselves and learn about life the hard way, or they learn how to work by looking at their mom and inherit that work ethic to gain success in life. He can probably work like a farm hand since he probably had to do a lot of stuff around the house. But like I said, because of genetics, a lot of things were handed to him, including an inflated ego by those around him that convinced him he was untouchable.
Good article, but his side of the story needs to be in there for closure. Not just for the readers, but for both Andersen and his mom.
From Chris's side of the story, he had no one at home to control him. She was working all the time to put food on his table. I am assuming he was the oldest out of his siblings, otherwise, it seems like at least an older sister would've kept him in check. So he probably had the mentality that he had to earn his way and he just so happened to be blessed with freak genetics. He rode that to success and felt like, because he earned it on his own, that he was allowed to do whatever he wanted with what he earned.
I'm probably looking into the situation too hard, but for any kid who has no father and a workaholic for a mom, they either raise themselves and learn about life the hard way, or they learn how to work by looking at their mom and inherit that work ethic to gain success in life. He can probably work like a farm hand since he probably had to do a lot of stuff around the house. But like I said, because of genetics, a lot of things were handed to him, including an inflated ego by those around him that convinced him he was untouchable.
Good article, but his side of the story needs to be in there for closure. Not just for the readers, but for both Andersen and his mom.
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