Eric Montross is John Edward's sugar daddy?

Politics: Tip to Deadspin to this report by Radar Online which is goofy as hell because why would you go to this amount of trouble for John Edwards?

Is University of North Carolina alum and former professional basketball player Eric Montross the rich pal of onetime presidential hopeful John Edwards who is (allegedly) paying off both his (alleged) mistress Rielle Hunter and the guy who is taking responsibility for her bastard baby? This certainly falls under the umbrella of "Wildly Speculative," but let's look at the facts: