I can't feel any remorse for these mofos. Stay on top of your money. I've seen midl-level hustlas with no bank account, and money in and out of different things, keep better track of it. And educate yourself. Stop being so anti-school.
I can understand more if you made a bunch of bad investments, and lost it that way, but to hand over that type of responsibility to someone without checking on them personally. ike mst people said, put a good percentage in a money market account that you can't touch. Hell, contribute to the NBA's 401K plan. I'm pretty sure they have one.