The #6 BEIR usually shoots pretty straight with you. They’re candid, not afraid to speak their minds. It’s refreshing, actually, in a world largely dominated by folks who say one thing and think or do another. At any rate, one rare #6 BEIR in the NBA is JJ Redick of the Philadelphia 76ers. Mr. Redick is married and says he cares a great deal for his family. Yet, he admits how tough it is to be a professional basketball player and a husband and father at the same time.
The side of professional [basketball players] wives that sort of gets glamorized and there’s a perception that their lives are easy. But the reality is for the most part, they’re single parents for nine months out of the year. When I’m on the road, she’s on her own. The night before a game when I’m home, I’m thinking about the game. It’s hard for me to say this and admit this, but I don’t even know if I’m present half the time.”