Stupid Athlete Tricks Part 3

Mario Chalmers (15) and Darrell Arthur (00)

Talk about some stupid athletes. Every year as part of the program for getting NBA rookies ready for the vigor and the lifestyle of being an NBA player, each of the rookies is sent to the NBA Rookies Transition Program. They discuss things like finances, situations you probably don't want to get involved in, your hangers on, drug usage (and ways to get help), and just life when you're a target for many women and men with agendas. Two of this years attendees, Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were thrown out of this program for violating program rules, (ahem),....they were caught with weed in their rooms. Now if this isn't some ignorant s%$*?! Mario Chalmers was drafted, at #34, by the Heat and has a very good opportunity to start as a rookie for a playoff bound team in the East. He played well in summer camp and everything has been going in this positive direction for him. Darrell Arthur was the guy that was dropping like a rock (rumor about bad kidneys or something) and ended up being drafted by the New Orleans (at #27), then traded to Portland, then traded to Houston, and finally ended up in Memphis by the end of the night. Both of these guys were on the National Championship Kansas Jayhawk team and both of them seemed like they were ready to make the transition to being pros. Then, both of them decide to blaze it up during the NBA Rookie Transition Program?!?!? Not only will it cost them probably $20K a piece, but that puts them on the front page of the paper and provides them with unneeded negative publicity. That had better been some good weed, cause it made both of them stupid. This is a great way to start that new gig guys,....everyone knows you blaze up and before you play a meaningful game. Why mess up your money over stupid stuff? If you're going to smoke,........wait until after the Transition Program when supposedly no one is watching you. Bill Self, call your boys!!!! I don't want them back on my list for Stupid Athlete Tricks.

Thanks to AverageBro for breaking the news.