Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.

[Leroy]

There's a lot about how Arenas spent his money, based on her understanding of the household finances: "he states he makes 1.5 million per month," read the notes. Arenas lavished plenty on their Great Falls home, dropping $100,000 on landscaping, $5,000 a month for housekeepers, $675 "per car" washing, and $1 million for his backyard pool and grotto. His sharks are expensive: $5,000 a month to feed them and $1,500 for a keeper to drive from Columbus to take care of them.

He was extravagant when it came to toys for the children -- ages 5, 4 and 2 -- buying a $60,000 train set and an $8,000 toy Mercedes-Benz electric car, and dropping between $30,000 and $40,000 during a shopping spree at FAO Schwartz. (Arenas also told this story on the blog, but didn't divulge the amount of money spent.)

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba-313303

[jim]

I want to see that train set.

I was going to get some sharks myself but now I'm questioning it.

[Hungary Jack]

He is a True American.

[BW23]

How much does he spend on his gun collection?

And does he have a permit?

[cardsfansince82]

This right here is how guys can make $100 million and be broke less than a decade later.

[themiddle54]

When you have a 5, a 4 and a 2 year-old in the house, really, why would you not have sharks?

[Bo Hart]

A few years ago, Shaq got divorced. Right around this time, some court documents from the divorce hearing were leaked out to the public. It was honestly mind-blowing how much that man throws away a month.

His monthly expenses total over $875,000. Some of it broke down as follows:
- Vacations: $110,505
- Media (books, CD's, etc): $1,620
- Pet Care: $2,305
- Gifts: $60,417
- Clothing: $17,220
- Dry cleaning/laundry: $6,730
- Child care: $26,560
- Gas: $24,300
- Cable: $1,495
- Electricity: $10,065
- Phone: $3,345

Again, those are his monthly averages.

Here's a link to the court document if you want to see more:
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/images/ne ... qoneal.pdf

So...in summary, Arenas has nothing on Shaq.

[JackofDiamonds]

There's a lot about how Arenas spent his money, based on her understanding of the household finances: "he states he makes 1.5 million per month," read the notes. Arenas lavished plenty on their Great Falls home, dropping $100,000 on landscaping, $5,000 a month for housekeepers, $675 "per car" washing, and $1 million for his backyard pool and grotto. His sharks are expensive: $5,000 a month to feed them and $1,500 for a keeper to drive from Columbus to take care of them.

He was extravagant when it came to toys for the children -- ages 5, 4 and 2 -- buying a $60,000 train set and an $8,000 toy Mercedes-Benz electric car, and dropping between $30,000 and $40,000 during a shopping spree at FAO Schwartz. (Arenas also told this story on the blog, but didn't divulge the amount of money spent.)

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba-313303

$100,000 isn't that crazy for landscaping, one of our clients just finished a $150,000 landscaping project for his ski lodge.

[cards2468]

When you have a 5, a 4 and a 2 year-old in the house, really, why would you not have sharks?

While us poor folks have to rely on Labrador retrievers as pet/security system

[clevername]

how do you spend $17,000 a month on clothes? What does he do, burn them after each time he wears them?

I mean, $200,000 worth of clothes a year?