Arthur and Chalmers – was it a 20K doobie?
September 13, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
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Earlier all we heard was that Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were smoking weed at the NBA Rookie Symposium. Now they deny it, but were still fined 20,000 dollars.
Security at the resort near New York where the event took place found Arthur and Chalmers in a room with two women, and the scent of marijuana was detected. No drugs or drug paraphernalia were found, but having guests in the room violated NBA policy, and the two rookies were sent home.
Arthur and Chalmers apologized but denied …read more
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 …read more
Kevin Garnett and so it begins
October 8, 2007 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game NBA Basketball.
Kevin dreaming of the NBA Championship!
Kevin Garnett toiled with the Timberwolves for a very long time. Since 1995, Kevin had worked and worked to bring a NBA Championship to the city of Minnesota.
Unfortunately the Timberwolves, managed by former University of Minnesota and Boston Celtic star Kevin McHale, could not surround Kevin with enough talent to get the job done.
Kevin McHale had drafted Kevin Garnett right out of high school and from 1995 to 2007 Garnett averaged over 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Finally, with Garnett facing
Kobe Bryant is in the mood or in a mood
October 4, 2007 by James Edwards
Filed under Amare Stoudemire, Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA Basketball, Phoenix Suns, Player Movement, Steve Nash
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game NBA Basketball.
All Kobe wanted were some decent teammates.
Well, by decent, Kobe meant really really good, like in Kevin Garnett or someone on that level.
That level, better known as the NBA Stratosphere is hard to come by and even harder to get a player from. NBA trades are difficult to pull off.
The Lakers tried to oblige Kobe and went after Kevin in the off season.
The Deals fall through
Not sure what they were thinking, but the deal appears to have fallen through because of the Lakers reluctance to part with some pseudo …read more
