Ok...let me first say that I fully recognize that this web photo is most likely the product of a photoshop done by some kid in Saginaw. Pick one. Michigan. Texas. It doesn't matter. I just like the name Saginaw.
But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post it because it's just TOOOO relevant to the topic.
ESPN is reporting that Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat has been fined a whopping $50,000 for his involvement in the incident involving his teammate Mario Chalmers and Memphis' Darrell Arthur at the NBA Rookie Transition Program earlier this month.
All I can say is it's about damn time.
Anyone who is familiar with Michael Beasley's propensity to be a prankster and his seemingly preparedness to 'mess up' as he put it in this pre-draft interview conducted by Matt Kamalsky of Draftexpress.com, would have known from day ONE that his role in this incident was a lot bigger than initially reported.
I knew it. Yeah I said it. I knew it. I said as much the very next day on numerous NBA messageboards.
The fact is there was the smell of marijuana in the room.
The fact is there was another person in the bathroom who would not unlock the bathroom door when hotel management and security gained access to Darrell Arthur's room that night. That person was also said to be flushing the toilet repeatedly.
When hotel management entered the room, Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers were both present with at least two women, so it's quite clear where their person was from the get-go. Michael Beasley's name has been linked, although discreetly, to this incident since it first happened but no one has been able to clearly defined his role in it.
Yet today we read, HE has received the heftiest fine of all 3 players.
Chalmers and Arthur both received $20,000 fines.
Sounds a bit suspicious.
Their reasoning is Beasley's failure to cooperate. I don't believe that is fully the case.
Perhaps Chalmers and Arthur are pressuring the NBA to investigate this further because they feel they were treated unfairly.
Not that they were completely innocent or did nothing wrong but before this fine was announced, they were the only two players punished in this incident. And it's a certainty that Beasley was present.
I mean it is a bit early in their careers to be taking the fall for a future NBA superstar isn't it?
The NBA and David Stern aka Napoleon reacted too quickly regarding this incident. First by becoming so enraged that he dismissed Arthur and Chalmers from the program and not Michael Beasley. He could have purposefully omitted Beasley. Could have been a lack of information. Either way, it was too quick a decision and obviously a mistake. In this scenario you either remove all three or none at all.
But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post it because it's just TOOOO relevant to the topic.
ESPN is reporting that Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat has been fined a whopping $50,000 for his involvement in the incident involving his teammate Mario Chalmers and Memphis' Darrell Arthur at the NBA Rookie Transition Program earlier this month.
All I can say is it's about damn time.
Anyone who is familiar with Michael Beasley's propensity to be a prankster and his seemingly preparedness to 'mess up' as he put it in this pre-draft interview conducted by Matt Kamalsky of Draftexpress.com, would have known from day ONE that his role in this incident was a lot bigger than initially reported.
I knew it. Yeah I said it. I knew it. I said as much the very next day on numerous NBA messageboards.
The fact is there was the smell of marijuana in the room.
The fact is there was another person in the bathroom who would not unlock the bathroom door when hotel management and security gained access to Darrell Arthur's room that night. That person was also said to be flushing the toilet repeatedly.
When hotel management entered the room, Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers were both present with at least two women, so it's quite clear where their person was from the get-go. Michael Beasley's name has been linked, although discreetly, to this incident since it first happened but no one has been able to clearly defined his role in it.
Yet today we read, HE has received the heftiest fine of all 3 players.
Chalmers and Arthur both received $20,000 fines.
Sounds a bit suspicious.
Their reasoning is Beasley's failure to cooperate. I don't believe that is fully the case.
Perhaps Chalmers and Arthur are pressuring the NBA to investigate this further because they feel they were treated unfairly.
Not that they were completely innocent or did nothing wrong but before this fine was announced, they were the only two players punished in this incident. And it's a certainty that Beasley was present.
I mean it is a bit early in their careers to be taking the fall for a future NBA superstar isn't it?
The NBA and David Stern aka Napoleon reacted too quickly regarding this incident. First by becoming so enraged that he dismissed Arthur and Chalmers from the program and not Michael Beasley. He could have purposefully omitted Beasley. Could have been a lack of information. Either way, it was too quick a decision and obviously a mistake. In this scenario you either remove all three or none at all.
As a result, Chalmers and Arthur will both have to repeat the program next season.
They even took it one step further by completely absolving Beasley from the incident intially and now you are fining him 50 G's.
Chalmers and Arthur both apologized for their wrong-doing in the matter, particularly for violating the visitation policy by having the women there and having erred in judgement considering the circumstances involved, but they BOTH denied any use of marijuana.
I have no problem believing Darrell Arthur in relation to the stickiest of the icky and I also lean towards believing Chalmers' denial as well. So that would point to Michael Beasley as the potential partaker of the green leaf. That is of course unless the women were the only smokers in the group, which while possible is unlikely in my opinion.
The NBA, if they were to pursue it further, would only be able to verify whether Chalmers and Arthur were being truthful by drug testing them, but according to league rules specified in this article by ESPN, drug testing can only be peformed during the season and this incident did not happen during the season.
I suppose that after the incident they did gain probable cause to test them after they were caught around it, but what if they had tested Arthur and Chalmers and not Michael Beasley? That of course would have drawn immediate criticism.
Or what if all 3 were tested and both Chalmers and Arthur tested negative and Beasley's test came back positive as the infamous flusher's most likely would. He would then become the primary focus of the incident and as one of the future stars of the league, you would think a very image sensitive NBA would try and keep things like this from becoming mainstream media fluff as much as it can.
That's why I believe it only ended up with fines for all the players. No suspensions.
But they should have given Beasley's sooner as it was obvious to anyone with a brain that he was most likely the main perpetrator in the entire incident.
All in all it looks as if this incident has worked itself out and will ultimately go away. Cast aside as no big deal. I just hope that all the parties involved have learned a lesson from this.
Especially the NBA because I think they committed some errors in their handling of this incident. Next time it may not be something so trivial as marijuana and girls.
They even took it one step further by completely absolving Beasley from the incident intially and now you are fining him 50 G's.
Chalmers and Arthur both apologized for their wrong-doing in the matter, particularly for violating the visitation policy by having the women there and having erred in judgement considering the circumstances involved, but they BOTH denied any use of marijuana.
I have no problem believing Darrell Arthur in relation to the stickiest of the icky and I also lean towards believing Chalmers' denial as well. So that would point to Michael Beasley as the potential partaker of the green leaf. That is of course unless the women were the only smokers in the group, which while possible is unlikely in my opinion.
The NBA, if they were to pursue it further, would only be able to verify whether Chalmers and Arthur were being truthful by drug testing them, but according to league rules specified in this article by ESPN, drug testing can only be peformed during the season and this incident did not happen during the season.
I suppose that after the incident they did gain probable cause to test them after they were caught around it, but what if they had tested Arthur and Chalmers and not Michael Beasley? That of course would have drawn immediate criticism.
Or what if all 3 were tested and both Chalmers and Arthur tested negative and Beasley's test came back positive as the infamous flusher's most likely would. He would then become the primary focus of the incident and as one of the future stars of the league, you would think a very image sensitive NBA would try and keep things like this from becoming mainstream media fluff as much as it can.
That's why I believe it only ended up with fines for all the players. No suspensions.
But they should have given Beasley's sooner as it was obvious to anyone with a brain that he was most likely the main perpetrator in the entire incident.
All in all it looks as if this incident has worked itself out and will ultimately go away. Cast aside as no big deal. I just hope that all the parties involved have learned a lesson from this.
Especially the NBA because I think they committed some errors in their handling of this incident. Next time it may not be something so trivial as marijuana and girls.
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