Post by jb on Jun 22, 2006 5:37:50 GMT -5
It seems, Sheldon Williams joins Marcus and J.J. Reddick, as having "issues."-JB
www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid15759.aspx
The Phoenix
Big trouble in little Carolina
Sports blotter: tobacco road edition
By: MATT TAIBBI
6/21/2006 11:37:34 PM
{Excerpt}
I must have missed that chapter of The Purpose-Driven Life. J.J. Redick, a feckless, scripture-regurgitating devotee of inspirational self-help books, was busted last week in a DUI incident that one can only hope pushes him out of consideration by our beloved Boston Celtics. Redick was only .03 over the legal blood-alcohol limit in North Carolina — 0.11 — but the arresting officer said the Duke guard had “very glassy eyes, and a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath.”
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PRAISE THE LORD!: J.J. Redick after being arrested for DUI
The move pushes Redick to near the top of the list of upcoming draft studs with arrest records. As reported previously, the highest-profile prospect in next week’s draft to have a serious arrest record is probably UConn’s Marcus Williams, who was involved in a precedent-setting laptop-theft conspiracy last year. However, after that column ran in the Phoenix, I was bombarded with letters reminding me I overlooked the troubled past of another draft hotshot — Redick’s Duke teammate Shelden Williams. Williams, a bruising power-forward prospect rumored to be headed to the Atlanta Hawks at number five, but very much a possibility for the rebounding-challenged Celtics at number seven, was bounced from the McDonald’s Classic high-school all-star game three years ago following an incident in which a woman was gang-raped in a hotel room while Williams was present. Williams’s version of the incident was that “things got out of hand.”
Letter writers also pointed out that during his freshman year, Redick was caught in a room where weed and drug paraphernalia were found. Not surprisingly, Duke cleared him of any wrongdoing in the incident. The official version of that story now is that Redick entered the room, observed the marijuana, was about to leave, but then stayed — keeping his back to the druggies — while he checked the room occupant’s computer for an e-mail from a professor.
www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid15759.aspx
The Phoenix
Big trouble in little Carolina
Sports blotter: tobacco road edition
By: MATT TAIBBI
6/21/2006 11:37:34 PM
{Excerpt}
I must have missed that chapter of The Purpose-Driven Life. J.J. Redick, a feckless, scripture-regurgitating devotee of inspirational self-help books, was busted last week in a DUI incident that one can only hope pushes him out of consideration by our beloved Boston Celtics. Redick was only .03 over the legal blood-alcohol limit in North Carolina — 0.11 — but the arresting officer said the Duke guard had “very glassy eyes, and a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath.”
060623_redick_main12
PRAISE THE LORD!: J.J. Redick after being arrested for DUI
The move pushes Redick to near the top of the list of upcoming draft studs with arrest records. As reported previously, the highest-profile prospect in next week’s draft to have a serious arrest record is probably UConn’s Marcus Williams, who was involved in a precedent-setting laptop-theft conspiracy last year. However, after that column ran in the Phoenix, I was bombarded with letters reminding me I overlooked the troubled past of another draft hotshot — Redick’s Duke teammate Shelden Williams. Williams, a bruising power-forward prospect rumored to be headed to the Atlanta Hawks at number five, but very much a possibility for the rebounding-challenged Celtics at number seven, was bounced from the McDonald’s Classic high-school all-star game three years ago following an incident in which a woman was gang-raped in a hotel room while Williams was present. Williams’s version of the incident was that “things got out of hand.”
Letter writers also pointed out that during his freshman year, Redick was caught in a room where weed and drug paraphernalia were found. Not surprisingly, Duke cleared him of any wrongdoing in the incident. The official version of that story now is that Redick entered the room, observed the marijuana, was about to leave, but then stayed — keeping his back to the druggies — while he checked the room occupant’s computer for an e-mail from a professor.