Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm  |  294 responses

Chalmers, Arthur Caught With Weed/Women At Rookie Camp

by Ryne Nelson

Way to start your careers, guys. From Chris Broussard, ESPN.com:

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.

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The players were caught by NBA security at the Doral Arrowwood resort in Rye Brook, N.Y., where 69 of the league’s rookies arrived last night for the four-day seminar in which coaches, referees and former players speak about adapting to the league.

The program prohibits having guests in the hotel rooms.

ESPN originally reported Michael Beasley was also in the room, but has since removed his name from the story. Beasley is not believed to have been involved.

Chalmers and Arthur could be fined $20,000 each. League rules explicitly state a player cannot be suspended for a first marijuana violation. Both players will be required to repeat the program next year.

Arthur was a green room invite while Chalmers was projected to be a first rounder. Not only did they plummet in the Draft, look where they ended up…

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  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com/ RV

    12/19/98

  • KA

    dumbasses. for getting caught.

  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    i too am retireing to my quarters for the evening hours. Stay safe from ghouls and wearwovles all!!!

  • NBK

    well that has nothing to do with what im sayin i have nothing to do with the way the league punishes its players

  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    and i am outtttttttt

  • Jared Culpepper

    I’m sorry to say this but: big freakin deal! Where’s the surprise in any of this?

    Most US citizens under 30 have tried weed, many smoke regularly.

    If you were at a conference for your job and got caught smoking weed in your room, you would be asked to leave the conference, the hotel, and possibly would be reported to the police. Then, the info would be passed along to your employer who would undoubtedly deal with it as he saw fit.

    These guys should consider themselves lucky that they didn’t get popped by the police. On top of that, there’s a good deal of benefit to be gained from this program.

    They will be more-than-justifiably punished for their infraction, but will still get off easier than any of us would.

  • Ciroc Obama

    Slick willy’s just tryin’ to get a BJ

  • B. Long

    Looks like I missed alot of fun here today. And people thought that MEMPHIS was everything wrong with college basketball.

  • Barack O’Drama

    allllrighty jus read all the comments…..this looks more and more like a chat room every hour..NBK u needa step away from the computer before u hurt yourself my man

  • balla

    that was stupid

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ TADOne

    Um…..wow.

  • B. Long

    I’m sure Bill Self is proud.

  • http://slamonline.com Ryan Jones

    I take 93 percent of the credit for this.

  • chintao

    Weed and girls? Meh. Heroin and a goat? Now we’re talking!

  • http://joeloholic.wordpress.com Joel O’s

    Right. Big deal, really. Not like NBA players don’t enjoy whatever excesses they can afford when they’re in the league proper. But I guess rookie camp’s purpose is to teach these kids how to carry themselves once they are NBA players. A hard lesson, but better to have learned it now than later.

  • andrew

    I can’t believe I missed out on commenting on this thread. Stupid time difference.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    NBK has been owned by the following people…
    Ryan Jones
    jbn74sb
    Russ Bengston
    eboy

    you should see what the going price is for a used NBK on ebay.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    NBK probably loves the OKC ‘Thunder’ team name too… – cant wait to buy that jersey huh kid?

  • http://www.nba.com Dacre

    Is there anyone less relevant to this website than NBK?

  • http://www.nba.com Dacre

    Perhaps Madonna, but not by much.

  • http://www.sprint.com/sero Dma

    my question is wtf was michael beasley doing in the room? i’m going to assume it was chalmers, arthur, beasley, some herb and 2 chicks. was he filming? watching?

  • http://twentythreenine.blogspot.com Russ Bengtson

    This was possibly dumber than Rudy Giuliani’s speech, which is a near-impossible standard to match.

  • http://www.rcsd.ms DP

    Well it’s like Weezy said it’s all about the p#$$y, money, weed. They are pretty stupid to do this but hey when you are in the NBA you are on top of the world right? plus, smoking a little weed here and there isn’t that bad for you. I hit a couple of joints and it really made my mind open up to all possibilites. but don’t try it kids.

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Hursty

    wow. Go Betcats :)

  • http://www.nrl.com.au Money Bill Williams

    BET, that was funny as hell but you could have killed him harder than that, i know you have it in you

  • Jose

    man ..why mario? why super mario uses shrooms not weed

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com/ RV

    and this post is officially dead.

  • http://www.nba.com Dacre

    RIP

  • wowsa

    man, chalmers and arthurs girlfriends must be livid! And yea rite Mike Beas aint have nuthin to do with it! I went to school wit him, and he probably set the whole thing up knowin him!!!!

  • Chrizz

    CHEECH & CHALMERS! lol

  • jay

    R.I.P. Now pour out a little liquor and blaze it up!

  • http://slamonline.com Sam Rubenstein

    “Arthur was a green room invite” ha ha

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Hursty

    Sam…. classy dude :)

  • Lz – Cphfinest3

    Hahahaah they obviously don’t need that course, they already know how to act in the L. (wow 280+ comments, what did I miss?)

  • Lz – Cphfinest3

    Hmm after rereading most comment, I realize not much substance. Looks like BETS got a new playmate in that NBK guy..

  • http://www.rubensborges.wordpress.com Rubens

    see what oakley was talking about?

  • Diogo

    If it’s a adaptation program, they are very well adapted already.

  • http://www.lifehoopsthoughts.blogspot.com the baconator

    Damn… I have got to start checking comments more often…

  • TK3

    Sad, really…

  • Teri Mah

    do u think kobe and lebron have tried it?

  • http://www.friendster.com/sesa Sesa

    Maybe the number of “69″ rookies were a bad omen

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  • Ryan.T.

    Why in the hell are people having keyboard wars on here?

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