Rookie duo suspended
ByYahoo
Published 04/09/2008 at 15:32 GMT+1
Ex-Kansas Jayhawks team-mates Darrell Arthur of the Memphis Grizzlies and Mario Chalmers of the Miami Heat were thrown out of the NBA rookie transition program after being caught with marijuana and women in their hotel rooms, league sources said.
BASKETBALL Darrell Arthur
Image credit: Imago
"They will be appropriately sanctioned and have to repeat the program next year," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said.
One league source said the players claimed the marijuana belonged to the women.
Arthur (pictured) and Chalmers, who starred in Kansas's 2007/08 national championship season, were ironically starting a four-day life-skills orientation that the NBA mandates for all rookies.
The two players are expected to be fined $20,000, and the league possibly could fine the Grizzlies and Heat also.
Arthur, a 20-year-old 6'9" power-forward, was the 27th overall draft pick in June, and his rights were traded three times before settling in Memphis.
Point guard Chalmers, 22, was the 34th pick, ending up in Miami after a draft-night trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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