According to the search results, Spencer Haywood, a former professional basketball player and Olympic gold medalist, became addicted to cocaine during the late 1970s. He was dismissed from the Lakers by then-coach Paul Westhead during the 1980 NBA Finals for falling into a downward mental-health spiral that would plague him for the next decade, which was triggered by his drug addiction. Haywoods drug problem got so bad that he was often disallowed from playing in games, and he became a pariah who drew the ire of the NBA and NCAA. Haywood has been sober for more than two decades and is now a mental-health advocate who is trying to build retirement facilities for former NBA and WNBA players.