No one can suck Nets rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson off thousands of dollars a month for staying in a New York apartment. As reported, the 20-year-old rookie player has called the city's rents "ridiculous" -- and even though he's earning $1.33 million for his first year with the NBA team, he'd rather live with a roommate than blow all that cash on an apartment in New York City.
"You can live in a nice, three-bedroom condo with all that in Dallas for like two thousand bucks," Rondae mentioned in a report. "Three bedroom, three-bathroom in New York, you're paying eight grand. It's ridiculous."
According to 6SQFT, his decision to make the commute from Jersey came when he received his first paycheck and noticed that most had gone to taxes and other dues. "When I saw the check, I saw half of the money was gone," he said. "...I was like, 'Who do I call here? What's going on?'" The NBA rookie said he didn't want to end up like many other players filing for bankruptcy.
So Hollis-Jefferson prefers to live with his brother, Rahlir, and a buddy in a north North Jersey pad, making his daily drive of 25 minutes to the Nets' Brooklyn facility location, according to a report by the Daily Mail.
The NBA rookie is hesitant to move to Brooklyn right now, because the traffic along his commute is so bad.
The 20-year-old Rondae Hollis-Jefferson moved to the city earlier this year after being drafted by the Nets from the Arizona Wildcats. The rookie also chose to live outside of Brooklyn and to drive into the Nets facility or training ground in East Rutherford, New Jersey, rather than to face NYC's high rental costs.
He also said that taxes and the cost of living in the area cut deep into his first paycheck, and that he was shocked at losing half of his paycheck to such deductions and expenses.
