He’s learned to be intentional about …

He’s learned to be intentional about what he buys. An early money mistake he made was filling his closet with unnecessary clothes to keep up with the NBA styles: “I would only wear about 5% of the closet.” Thompson isn’t the only NBA player to admit to going all-out on wardrobe items. His teammate, Andre Iguodala, headed straight to Niketown after receiving his first big check and bought “a whole bunch of pairs of Jordans,” he told Wealthsimple. “I spent like two or three grand and it felt like I spent a million dollars. I didn’t know how to spend money.”