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Sprewell is famous for an incident on December 1, 1997 when he choked and later punched Golden State Head Coach P.J. Carlesimo for criticizing his passes in a practice. It wasn’t his first violent act in practice—two years earlier he fought with teammate Jerome Kersey and threatened him with a two-by-four. He was suspended by the league for the rest of the season, and he should have been expelled from the NBA. (Only in pro sports can you choke the boss and eventually resume your career.) While playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves, he rejected a $21 million contract extension, declaring “I have a family to feed.” His concern for his family doesn’t extend to their safety, however; at one point his child was attacked by one of his pit bull dogs, an incident he shrugged off as just “one of those things”.