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Found December 07, 2011 on Funny Athlete Tweets: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Tony Allen
TEAMS: Memphis Grizzlies

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Lately Grizzlies guard Tony Allen has been finding himself in the news for all of the wrong reasons. Last week he lost $20,000 of Christmas gifts after his mother returned a rental car with the goods still in it. And tonight, Allen apparently ran into some more family related issues. It looks as if some members of his mom’s side *cough cough Uncle Ice* were complaining about a lack of monetary support from the NBA role player. Allen went off tonight on Twitter in order to send a message to the family haters.
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