He thumbed his nose at paltry million-dollar contracts, whining that he “had a family to feed.” But in the end, ex-NBA star Latrell Sprewell got a new game – one that, like his Washington High School-fueled hoops skills, has hometown roots. “Milwaukee is the original influence,” brother Jarvis McCrary says of Sprewell’s interest in cars and motorcycles. Growing up in a gearhead family inspired the two brothers to found Sprewell Motorsports, the California-based company to which Sprewell has devoted his efforts since leaving the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2005. The brothers have popularized the “Sprewell Spinners,” flashy hubcaps that keep spinning after a vehicle comes to a stop. Their auto-design prowess remains legendary in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood, but the company is now building an international name, selling rims, accessories and chroming services via the Internet and their storefront in the Los Angeles area. An impending partnership with Amazon.com bodes well for the future, says McCrary, company president. So maybe CEO Sprewell, still without a team as of late January, doesn’t need the NBA after all. “The [Los Angeles] Clippers have shown a lot of interest, but right now things are really going well with the company,” explains McCrary. “If the right offer came along, he might take it, but it hasn’t come yet.”
Hubcap Hero
He thumbed his nose at paltry million-dollar contracts, whining that he “had a family to feed.” But in the end, ex-NBA star Latrell Sprewell got a new game – one that, like his Washington High School-fueled hoops skills, has hometown roots. “Milwaukee is the original influence,” brother Jarvis McCrary says of Sprewell’s interest in cars and motorcycles. Growing up in a gearhead family inspired the two brothers to found Sprewell Motorsports, the California-based company to which Sprewell has devoted his efforts since leaving the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2005. The brothers have popularized the “Sprewell Spinners,” flashy hubcaps that keep spinning after…
