Reports of Derrick Coleman's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

The former Syracuse great was besieged by phone calls after internet rumors reported that Derrick Coleman was broke.

Coleman, who earned nearly $100 million in his NBA career, says he’s doing just fine thank you.

The confusion started when Sherwood Studios announced a liquidation sale of “the entire house of furniture and accessories” from Coleman.

This part was true but Coleman says the items came from a home in Franklin Lakes, NJ that he no longer lives in.

Since his other home is now fully furnished he saw no reason to keep paying to keep the stuff from the New Jersey house in storage.

In fact, Coleman has become quite the entrepreneur in his post-playing days, becoming a Tim Horton’s franchisee.

He recently open a Tim Horton’s in Detroit, the 500th location in the U.S.

Given my combined loves of Timbits and DC, I hope to visit this location if I’m ever in Detroit.

But hopefully I’ll never be in Detroit.