Fresh tax woes for former NBA star Robert Traylor
Former U-M and NBA basketball player Robert "Tractor" Traylor owes $241,662.11, public records show.
Thirteen months after a federal judge sentenced Traylor, 31, to three years of probation for preparing a false tax return, the West Bloomfield resident is still coping with tax issues, according to a recent tax lien.
Traylor, a 6-foot, 8-inch forward, recently signed a contract to play in Turkey, attorney Steven Fishman said. Traylor last played in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2004-05 and played on its summer league team recently.
Drafted in 1998, Traylor was paid more than $11.7 million during his career, according to Basketball-Reference.com.
In college, Traylor led Michigan to the 1997 National Invitation Tournament championship.
What's owed:
- The IRS filed a $178,294.69 lien against Traylor on Oct. 28 for unpaid income taxes, according to this public record. The lien says Traylor owes the money from 2004.
- The state of Michigan filed a $63,367.42 lien against Traylor and Raye Coleman on May 28 for unpaid income tax, according to a document filed with the Oakland County Register of Deeds office.
His side:
Traylor could not be reached for comment.
"It's news to me. I don't know anything about it and I don't think he knows," Fishman said. "He's had tax problems, and owed some money."
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Robert Traylor
Traylor once played for the Milwaukee Bucks. The sports bar in the lower level of the Wisconsin Club had a framed poster of him with posing next to a semitruck. Between the problems he helped bring to the University of Michigan plus his more recent legal troubles, I'm thankful his picture has now been removed from the club. Good riddance to a low class guy.
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