

“I’m going to chase those goals and whether they happen and who cares, I’m going to chase them.” However, I really want to own a basketball team,” Webber said. To work with TNT was a crazy opportunity and I felt I was pretty good at it. Getty ImagesĪs Webber takes this basketball pause, he is already focusing on a new role in the sport.

4 jersey in February 2009, and he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.ĥ Chris Webber makes a layup for the Michigan Wolverines in March 1993. Throughout his career, Webber had stints with the Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings, Philadelphia 76ers, and Detroit Pistons. I wouldn’t be able to be home for piano recitals and things like that, especially in the middle of the week.” “So, staying at home with the family, getting on a tractor, cutting some grass and catching some fish, that’s what I do right now… I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on my business ventures. It’s worked well,” said Webber, who also has a significant stake in the burgeoning cannabis industry. “When I tell you that I’ve gotten some rest and less anxiety from traveling. Webber, who had been with TNT since 2008, was rumored to have had a messy departure from the network.

Webber and TNT parted ways last May, when The Post’s Andrew Marchand reported the news on the eve of the NBA playoffs. Since the age of 18, I’ve been on multiple flights per week and this was the first year I haven’t had to do that.” Believe it or not - that’s one of the reasons I really didn’t want to commentate anymore. “For me, off-the-court or out of the business room, I’m just trying to love my kids, my family, my wife, my home. Thank you /6Prf5WDWtj- Chris Webber June 4, 2017 After many years of trying and more than a few heartbreaks we were blessed with these little ones. My parents just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Sometimes if they listen to me, I teach the class, but really just family. I got to keep my energy up to keep up with them, like a home-school dad sometimes, maybe. “I live on a farm, I fish, I have 4-year-old twins.

“I’m going to give you the truth,” Webber told The Post in a recent interview. Now, the 49-year-old lives on a farm in the greater Atlanta area with wife Erika Dates, whom he married in a private ceremony back in 2009, and their 4-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, who the couple welcomed in 2017 after trying to conceive for years. Webber lived in the basketball spotlight and embodied his celebrity status for three straight decades. TNT considers next big move as ex-NBA coach returnsįab Five stars shockingly end long-standing feud on live TVĬhris Webber is all about the farm life for now.Ī former prized high-school recruit, Webber later became a member of the University of Michigan’s famed Fab Five before embarking on a 15-season NBA career that led to his next role as a sportscaster. New York rolls out green carpet for cannabis dealers Ex-NBA star Chris Webber failed to raise money for NY’s legal weed fund: report
