Darrell Arthur was tossed out of the NBA Rookie Transition Camp today. Rumor is that it involved an illegal substance in their hotel room but the official comment was that Arthur and former Kansas Jayhawk teammate Mario Chalmers were excused for braking league rules.
The NBA Rookie Transition Camp according to the NBA Players Union contract is a mandatory meeting for rookies only. The 4 day camp is designed to help ease the rookies transition from colleg to the NBA. "The program is designed to teach players techniques to cope with unique stresses inherent in their lives and how to utilize the various resources available to them throughout their careers" according to NBA.com. There is also a mandatory Team Awareness Meeting which covers such issues as substance abuse, HIV awareness and gambling issues.
More on this story as it becomes available.
UPDATE: It now appears that the players were discovered with a lady in their room and this was the official reason for the players being expelled according to the Orlando paper. No comment yet on the veracity of the marijuana charge or if true whether it belonged to the players or not. 
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Darrell Arthur Tossed From Rookie Transition Camp
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I know this is early but thought I would throw it out there. How about the Griz making a play for Ben Gordon? Now that Arthur has screwed up why not trade him, Hakim and Conley for Gordon and Nocioni? They get a backup for Rudy and then move Mayo to the one
and Gordon plays the two.
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