I'm going to die if I hear about KP or Grant doing this kind of thing after they get their first paycheck. I'm dreading a Tweet from Rihanna talking about KP being out partying until the early morning hours on game day.

Just amazes me that guys can't do something to get a thrill that does not put others at risk or has the potential to impact their team.

Indiana Pacers player Jordan Hill was arrested in Atlanta this week after cops say he was burning rubber at 107 miles per hour ... without a shirt.

Several people called 911 to report the vehicle on Tuesday -- and cops eventually caught up to the former Lakers player, who was driving a Range Rover.

Dash cam footage shows cops putting a shirtless Hill in cuffs and placing him in the back of a cop car.
He was booked for speeding and reckless driving.

Pacers president Larry Bird issued a statement saying, "We have been informed Jordan was arrested for allegedly reckless driving in Atlanta, Georgia.'

"It is obvious we don't condone this. We will address this with Jordan. This is a major concern of safety, not just for Jordan, but for others."
http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/indiana-pacers-jordan-hill-arrested-in-atlanta/#ixzz3hWEUMK2G

Good start for his Pacers' career.

WaltLongmire wrote:Makes you appreciate Jackson stressing character and background when acquiring players...although people change with wealth and fame, and its hard to account for that.

I'm going to die if I hear about KP or Grant doing this kind of thing after they get their first paycheck. I'm dreading a Tweet from Rihanna talking about KP being out partying until the early morning hours on game day.

Just amazes me that guys can't do something to get a thrill that does not put others at risk or has the potential to impact their team.

Indiana Pacers player Jordan Hill was arrested in Atlanta this week after cops say he was burning rubber at 107 miles per hour ... without a shirt.

Several people called 911 to report the vehicle on Tuesday -- and cops eventually caught up to the former Lakers player, who was driving a Range Rover.

Dash cam footage shows cops putting a shirtless Hill in cuffs and placing him in the back of a cop car.
He was booked for speeding and reckless driving.

Pacers president Larry Bird issued a statement saying, "We have been informed Jordan was arrested for allegedly reckless driving in Atlanta, Georgia.'

"It is obvious we don't condone this. We will address this with Jordan. This is a major concern of safety, not just for Jordan, but for others."
http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/indiana-pacers-jordan-hill-arrested-in-atlanta/#ixzz3hWEUMK2G

Good start for his Pacers' career.

Driving 107mph makes you a person of bad character???..If so then I'm a person of really poor character...

One aspect of "character:"

Responsibility
Do what you are supposed to do • Plan ahead • Persevere: keep on trying! • Always do your best • Use self-control • Be self-disciplined • Think before you act — consider the consequences • Be accountable for your words, actions, and attitudes • Set a good example for others

^This was from a site for kids...but it seems strangely appropriate even though we are talking about a 28 year old adult.

From Lincoln:

Abraham Lincoln said, “Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree.” Our character is much more than just what we try to display for others to see, it is who we are even when no one is watching. Good character is doing the right thing because it is right to do what is right.

Along the same line:

Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.
Arthur Schopenhauer

No comment about your "poor character," by the way.

holfresh wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Makes you appreciate Jackson stressing character and background when acquiring players...although people change with wealth and fame, and its hard to account for that.

I'm going to die if I hear about KP or Grant doing this kind of thing after they get their first paycheck. I'm dreading a Tweet from Rihanna talking about KP being out partying until the early morning hours on game day.

Just amazes me that guys can't do something to get a thrill that does not put others at risk or has the potential to impact their team.

Indiana Pacers player Jordan Hill was arrested in Atlanta this week after cops say he was burning rubber at 107 miles per hour ... without a shirt.

Several people called 911 to report the vehicle on Tuesday -- and cops eventually caught up to the former Lakers player, who was driving a Range Rover.

Dash cam footage shows cops putting a shirtless Hill in cuffs and placing him in the back of a cop car.
He was booked for speeding and reckless driving.

Pacers president Larry Bird issued a statement saying, "We have been informed Jordan was arrested for allegedly reckless driving in Atlanta, Georgia.'

"It is obvious we don't condone this. We will address this with Jordan. This is a major concern of safety, not just for Jordan, but for others."
http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/indiana-pacers-jordan-hill-arrested-in-atlanta/#ixzz3hWEUMK2G

Good start for his Pacers' career.

Driving 107mph makes you a person of bad character???..If so then I'm a person of really poor character...

we already knew that but thanks for admitting it. you're on the road to recovery.

John Wooden

Includes a dashcam video of him driving and shows you the kind of traffic there was on the road at the time.

Sounds like he cut someone off, too.

He claimed he was "in a hurry."

blkexec wrote:Everybody drove over 100 b4....I don't understand why this is news.

exactly

WaltLongmire wrote:

joec32033 wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

blkexec wrote:Everybody drove over 100 b4....I don't understand why this is news.

I don't think I have, but then I'm a choir boy.

Perhaps this is news because a few people thought it newsworthy that he was driving dangerously enough to dial 911, at which time the Atlanta police decided to make things more newsworthy by arresting him.

Did not seem as if Larry Bird dismissed it as unimportant, so it would seem that he thought the incident to be newsworthy.

Seem to recall a very good player on the Cavs playing car tag and crashing to his death many years ago, I know for certain that was newsworthy.

Also seem to recall that Atlanta is a rather large city- usually means lots of cars besides your own being driven at the same time, especially during the day. The Atlanta police thought enough of what Hill was doing to actually arrest him and then charge him with speeding and reckless driving, which would make me believe that he put others at risk.

Bobby Phills.

Yup...Tnanks.

If there's no where in the united states that you can drive over a 100mph legally, why build a car and have it ship to america with speedometers topping at 160 mph.

If he was the only one on the highway, he would have still been issued a ticket.

That sht never made sense to me, why sell a fast car that you can never drive fast in..smh

Felt Walsh picked Hill with very little consideration. Seemed to have been more concerned with FAs.