Johnson wasn't just a stud on the court ... but the 46-year-old apparently lived up to his last name in the bedroom as well, siring 5 kids with 4 different women over the years.

It gets worse ... Johnson, the #1 overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft, filed for bankruptcy in California earlier this month ... claiming he's racked up more than $300k in debts.

A chunk of those debts, according to the docs, are owed to the 4 baby mamas -- who claim LJ owes more than $120k in unpaid child support payments.

So, where'd all that Grandmama money go? We reached out to LJ for comment -- so far, no word back.

source: http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/25/nbas-larry-johnson-alleged-deadbeat-dad-to-four-baby-mamas/#ixzz3Vfvb9QWE

smackeddog wrote:This is old, old news- first broken during the playoffs in 1999 I think, because I remember bill Walton laying into him. A 16 year old story- who cares?

StillaKnicksfan wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

smackeddog wrote:This is old, old news- first broken during the playoffs in 1999 I think, because I remember bill Walton laying into him. A 16 year old story- who cares?

Yep. Also, whatever happened to Walton. I know many didn't like his commentary but I always enjoyed him. He had a broadcast partner that was like third string for nbc games that strongly disagreed with almost everything he said. The other guy was a bit bland but when paired up with Walton was very enjoyable. The guy had a nickname like 'snapper' or something.

Steve "Snapper" Jones!

TPercy wrote:

Splat wrote:That's called a 4 Point Play

I laughed so hard when I saw this, were you ever a comedian?

NardDogNation wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

smackeddog wrote:This is old, old news- first broken during the playoffs in 1999 I think, because I remember bill Walton laying into him. A 16 year old story- who cares?

Perhaps because it is a fitting closure to one man's lack of responsibility and an exemplary warning to those who may admire how he's lived his life. He's not the only person who has done this kind of thing, but as a sports celebrity, he becomes a good example of how not to behave, and maybe his case serves as a cautionary tale to some folks.

Actions have consequences, and mistakes have a way of catching up to you eventually.

I'm not some kind of religious moralist, but I believe in being responsible, and in Johnson's case, the chickens have surely come home to roost.

LJ's an idiot for allowing himself to be put in that spot but what does this say about a kind of culture that exists among certain women? Let's be honest, they could've just as easily used birth control, demanded he use a condom or had an abortion to be free of a future "dead beat Dad". But they didn't.....You think the situation would've been a bit different if Larry wasn't former NBA superstar millionaire? I think so.

Fair point... but shouldn't LJ have known what HE was "getting into," so to speak.

And would HE have gotten all the women he did without the money he had?

Was he married during this, by the way?

Works both ways. Perhaps he should have gotten a vasectomy.

WaltLongmire wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

smackeddog wrote:This is old, old news- first broken during the playoffs in 1999 I think, because I remember bill Walton laying into him. A 16 year old story- who cares?

Perhaps because it is a fitting closure to one man's lack of responsibility and an exemplary warning to those who may admire how he's lived his life. He's not the only person who has done this kind of thing, but as a sports celebrity, he becomes a good example of how not to behave, and maybe his case serves as a cautionary tale to some folks.

Actions have consequences, and mistakes have a way of catching up to you eventually.

I'm not some kind of religious moralist, but I believe in being responsible, and in Johnson's case, the chickens have surely come home to roost.

LJ's an idiot for allowing himself to be put in that spot but what does this say about a kind of culture that exists among certain women? Let's be honest, they could've just as easily used birth control, demanded he use a condom or had an abortion to be free of a future "dead beat Dad". But they didn't.....You think the situation would've been a bit different if Larry wasn't former NBA superstar millionaire? I think so.

Fair point... but shouldn't LJ have known what HE was "getting into," so to speak.

And would HE have gotten all the women he did without the money he had?

Was he married during this, by the way?

Works both ways. Perhaps he should have gotten a vasectomy.

I completely agree that LJ exercised piss poor judgement in that arena. But in this man-bashing atmosphere we live in, women continually get a pass for falling short of being decent human beings. Just after LJ's "Deadbeat Dad" title should be one characterizing his baby mama's as "good looking whores who use their physical beauty and vagina's to mooch on another human being's success and talent, while failing to have the work ethic or initiative to develop skills to provide for themselves or assist in the upbringing of their children". I'm not excusing LJ of his actions but.... I'm just saying.....