Former NBA star has a new job as a crossing guard

SILVER SPRING, MD. (AP) — Former NBA star Adrian Dantley spent years guarding the opponents on the field. Now he is guarding schoolchildren crossing the road.

Radio station WTOP (http://bit.ly/YlNvyo) reports that Dantley, a hall of famer and former star for the Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons, he began work as a crossing guard in September. Works one hour a day at school and Middle Eastern New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD

THS 6-foot-5 Dantley grew up in the area and says he has taken the job for the health care benefits and to have something to do. Montgomery County civil service records show that he gets paid $ 14, 685.50 a year. Dantley said he didn't need money.

He says he likes to give children encouragement and high fives.

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Information from: WTOP-FM, http://www.wtop.com

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