Not sure what to think overall other than it's a stupid thing for anyone to do. Being part of the Knicks (or any franchise) it makes it even dumber since you are held to a higher standard. Yet I wonder if his drug use is related to his on the court problems. Let's face facts, Chandler has some really good moments and then some of the dumbest moments you've ever seen. I don't need anyone to tell me that when you smoke you do and say some really dumb stuff even if you were "clean" for a day it's still with you. I've smoked maybe 5 times in the last 6 years now and only a hit or two at that when someone happens to stop by and has it or I happen to be out somewhere and someone has it. Prior to that I was a major pothead among other things. So I won't vilify Chandler for smoking but all the same it's a real dumb thing to do especially in his situation.
Now, here's the deeper story and it's really dumb of him. We can cut the "Racist Cops" crap out too. Anyone citing this as a defense of Chandler's actions is ignorant.
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Knicks' Wilson Chandler charged with drug possession
NEW YORK - Knicks swingman Wilson Chandler was charged Wednesday with a minor drug offense after police said they found marijuana in his car during a traffic stop.
Police stopped Chandler at a corner in Queens on Tuesday night around 11:15 p.m. for driving his Mercedes Benz with the headlights off. When the officers approached the car, they smelled marijuana, police said. A passenger in the front seat, Lamonte Yarbrough, admitted to the officers he had been smoking pot, police said.
The officers recovered a plastic bag of marijuana from the console inside the car and five other small plastic bags from the trunk, weighing a total of under 2 ounces, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Chandler, 23, and Yarbrough, 22, were charged with 5th degree criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor. They were given desk appearance tickets and must appear in court July 1. They were not taken into police custody.
A Knicks spokesman said the team would be issuing a statement. It wasn't clear whether the men, both from Benton Harbor, Mich., had attorneys.
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If that was NJ, they both get arrested and taken to county. Their car is impounded. Fines would be 750$+. So they should both be so fortunate that NYC is relaxed with marijuana laws.
5/20/2010 3:21 PM
