Delonte West (Photos via Twitter)
Delonte West was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2008, and things have been terrible for him since the last time he played in the NBA.

West has been battling severe mental health issues that eventually led to a heartbreaking spiral into homelessness.

Just last week, he was spotted in a vehicle and singing “Happy Birthday” to a woman’s husband.

Just last year, he was arrested yet again following accusations of trespassing. He was held on a $1,000 bond and was soon released.

Now, Delonte West has been spotted outside yet again. This time, he was shirtless and dancing as he spoke to the people recording him. One of them would provide him with $20. It is a sobering reminder how far his life has come since the days of making millions every year.

Helping Delonte West Has Not Come Easy

Delonte West (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images).
Life has a way of flipping the script when you least expect it.

Born in Washington, D.C., Delonte West didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth, so he had to work hard to get what he wanted. He did that. He was incredible in college, and that led to a good NBA career.

Over time, West became known less for his basketball and more for the personal struggles that kept pulling him into the headlines.

West’s name started trending for all the wrong reasons. In 2020, after a video of West in obvious distress circulated online, help came from then-Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. He would offer to pay for his treatment, entered him into a rehab program in Florida, and not long after, there were reports that he was not only clean but working at the very facility where he’d been treated.

Unfortunately for Delonte West, his mental illness is just too much, and eventually, he ends up back on the same path that has led him to the streets.