NBA Rookies busted with Pot
September 4, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Why is it we all think of the NBA as a league full of pot smokers?
We don’t seem to worry too much about performance enhancing drugs, just weed.
Anyway, it has happened again. Players got caught. Rookies. Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were caught at the rookie transition program.
Chalmers, who sank the game-tying, buzzer-beating 3-pointer that forced overtime in Kansas’ 75-68 championship victory over Memphis, was drafted 34th by Minnesota. He was quickly traded to Miami, where he is expected to vie for the starting point guard position after playing well during summer league. Chalmers played three seasons for the Jayhawks.
Arthur, also an early-entry candidate who played two years at Kansas, was a sympathetic figure on draft night. Roundly believed to have lottery-type talent, Arthur sank to the 27th spot after erroneous rumors of a health problem circulated throughout the league.
Then, after being selected by New Orleans, the 6-foot-9 forward was traded to Portland, then Houston, before finally settling in Memphis.
Talk about making the transition!
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