sports.espn.go.com - 9/4/2008
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March Madness heroes Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were thrown out of the NBA's rookie transition program on Wednesday morning after being caught in their hotel room with marijuana and women, according to several sources. "The players were sent home for violating program rules," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said. "They will be appropriately sanctioned and will have to repeat the program next ...
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Maybe trading Mario Chalmers wasn’t so bad
Randball —
chalmers.jpg The last time we thought about Mario Chalmers, it was to wonder why the Wolves, who were about to become bereft of point guards, would trade the second-round pick to Miami on draft night. Now, we think of him a second time and wonder: is he a guy you want making decisions in crunch time? Because he certainly wasn’t making good choices this week. From ESPN.com ...
AaronGleeman.com —
... It upset me when the Timberwolves drafted Kansas guard Mario Chalmers in the second round only to immediately trade him, but his career is off to a dubious start. ESPN.com reports that Chalmers and Kansas teammate Darrell Arthur "were thrown out of the NBA's rookie transition program after being caught in their hotel room with marijuana and women." Interestingly, a poll asking "how much does it bother you if athletes use marijuana?" ...
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asternwarning.blogspot.com 9/4/2008 — The news last night that new NBA draftees Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were sent home from the NBA's mandatory rookie program yesterday interested me a little. I can't say I was shocked, as nothing tends to shock when it comes to NBA players, or professional sports people in general...
Let's Not Jump To Conclusions About Chalmers And Arthur [NBA]
deadspin.com 9/4/2008 — Yesterday's news about former Jayhawk heroes Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur allegedly getting caught with "marijuana and women" at NBA rookie transition program has put their current teams in a bind (Chalmers was supposed to compete for the Heat's ...
