OT: Carmelo Anthony arrested for DUI

[DomCasual]

Dumbass.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_8920565

Anthony cited for DUI in Denver
By Kieran Nicholson and Benjamin Hochman
The Denver Post

Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony was arrested this morning on suspicion of DUI.

Anthony was pulled over at about 4 a.m. on southbound I-25 at 20th St., said Sharon Hahn, a Denver police spokeswoman.

A Denver police officer pulled Anthony over after he "failed to drive in a single lane" and for "failure to dim his lights," Hahn said.

Anthony, 23, was given a series of tests and arrested for investigation of DUI, Hahn said.

Police said Anthony was alone in the car.

"Carmelo was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol," said Dan Recht, Anthony's attorney. "He cooperated by consenting to a blood test, the results of which will not be available for approximately two weeks."

In February, Anthony was ticketed in Arapahoe County for driving 25 mph above the posted speed limit. He has a hearing set for next month in the speeding case.

In a statement today, Anthony apologized to Nuggets fans and his teammates.

"Like anyone in a similar situation, Carmelo has to wait for the results of the blood test," Recht said. "He regrets putting himself in this situation."

[montrose]

He couldn't wait two weeks until we're swept out of the 1st round?

[Los Broncos]

Nice.

[24champ]

Good Job, keeping the Thuggets image alive...

[TailgateNut]

Good Job, keeping the Thuggets image alive...


He's just trying to keep up with BM's failed image. :wiggle:

[Peoples Champ]

What was he doing at 4 am on I 25. Didnt they play the Rockets yesterday? Not a huge win to celebrate out that late. I would understand if it was the offseason, or after a playoff clinching game, or a playoff series win. But a Sunday night / monday morning? Come on Melo, get your head out. There will be plenty of time to party after the season.

[Spider]

Sad ........ Lets hope he learned from this , and becomes a model citizen like myself and 3 other posters here

[theAPAOps5]

Sad ........ Lets hope he learned from this , and becomes a model citizen like myself and 3 other posters here

4 other posters. 8 years ago this past Saturday I made my mistake. Haven't even driven after a drink since. He's lucky he didn't kill somebody so he already got of easy.

[Spider]

4 other posters. 8 years ago this past Saturday I made my mistake. Haven't even driven after a drink since. He's lucky he didn't kill somebody so he already got of easy.

;D I wasnt talking about getting a DUI ( that would be a death sentence for me ) I was talking about being really cool peeps

[24champ]

He's just trying to keep up with BM's failed image. :wiggle:

I see your still obsessed with BM.

[Kaylore]

He couldn't wait two weeks until we're swept out of the 1st round?

For real. Man this team is so annoying. I refuse to allow myself to get emotionally invested in them until they show they can play defense all four quarters and stop dropping gimme games.

[Broncos123]

They sure can score though

[Northman]

Nice.


Yep. :rofl:

[ColoradoBuff]

Carmelo......think before you drive. come on man!

[Florida_Bronco]

Definetly lucky he didn't kill someone.

Is this a first offense? Is this player important to their team?

[Punisher]

Maybe too many shots of gin :(

[TailgateNut]

I see your still obsessed with BM.

No, not obsessed. Just confused as to why these idiots who make much more Dinero than I do can't hire a limo (or cab) to drive their asses home. I keep a card in my wallet for the nights I indulge just a bit too much. I may have to drive back the next day to get my car, but it's cheaper than the "cost" of a DUI.

[Popcorn Sutton]

http://community.myfoxcolorado.com/blogs/Denvr_Sports_Insider/2008/03/31/Melo_AI_On_Patriotic_Duty

[TailgateNut]

Definetly lucky he didn't kill someone.

Is this a first offense? Is this player important to their team?

Important? Yep! 1st offense? Depends if you count the "Backpack issues"
( AKA, it isn't my reefer, never seen it before):spit:

[broncofan2438]

Wow, didn't even think he was old enough to drink

[TailgateNut]

Wow, didn't even think he was old enough to drinkLOL

[crowebomber]

Kenyon Martin looks like a pretty good guy today.

[epicSocialism4tw]

Really.

Should anyone be surprised?

This is the NBA were talking about after all, no?

[Peoples Champ]

Everyone messes up, Michael Jordan gambled, drank, and cheated on his wife, and he is my favorite player of all time.

As long as its not re-occuring (pac man jones, dennis rodman, list goes on and on) , I would say he can change and learn from his mistakes.

Plus, he has done so much for the community and city of denver. (im not giving him a free pass, he still needs to learn to not drink and drive)Sometimes you make mistakes, but if you continue to try to do good deeds and eliminate your bad ones, people will respect you. It just cant be a re-occuring thing.


At Indiana, people were not mad at Kelvin Sampson for making extra phone calls, they were mad because he broke the same rule he broke before. He did not learn his lesson. When you get your hand caught in the cookie jar, dont put it back in.

[montrose]

Kenyon Martin looks like a pretty good guy today.

To my knowledge, Kenyon's never been arrested once in his life and has been called a great teammate by teammates and coaches every where he's been.

Really.

Should anyone be surprised?

This is the NBA were talking about after all, no?

The NFL has more players in trouble with the law than the NBA.

[crowebomber]

To my knowledge, Kenyon's never been arrested once in his life and has been called a great teammate by teammates and coaches every where he's been.



The NFL has more players in trouble with the law than the NBA.

True, I just always remember the "It is what it is" Kenyon quote when asked for a response to DW's death.

[epicSocialism4tw]

Everyone messes up, Michael Jordan gambled, drank, and cheated on his wife, and he is my favorite player of all time.

What is this supposed to mean? That its okay when players make the poor decisions of a troubled 17 year old kid if they are good enough to bring us a little excitement?

As long as its not re-occuring (pac man jones, dennis rodman, list goes on and on) , I would say he can change and learn from his mistakes.

It is reoccurring...remember the "snitchers get killed" incident?

[epicSocialism4tw]

The NFL has more players in trouble with the law than the NBA.


Well, you figure that the NFL roster is generally 55 individuals per team, with additional slots for practice squad players...then you multiply that by 32...that brings us to about...oh...close to 1800 players league-wide.

An NBA roster carries 15 individuals...I'll let you do the math on that one. Off the top of my head, here are some Nuggets players who have been in trouble outside of basketball:

Iverson (arested on marijuana and gun charges, another marijuana arrest, arrested in high school for his involvement in a bowling alley brawl - spent 4 months incarcerated for this one) , Anthony (DUI, league punishment for involvement in a "murder snitchers" video release, citation for marijuana posession), Camby (arrested for marijuana posession after cops pulled him over for swerving across lanes and found two smoked joints accompanied by the smell of freshly burnt marijuana), JR Smith (was suspended by the NBA after a summons from state police was issued for his detainment for disturbing the peace outside a nightclub), Kenyon Martin (was arested for driving 101 in a 30 mph zone), Anthony Carter (convicted of domestic assault THREE TIMES, dui, among others)...

Edit: that's at least 3/5ths of the Nuggets roster, including the 3 best players on the team.

[azbroncfan]

Well at least it wasn't another hit and run charge against Carmello.

[montrose]

Well, you figure that the NFL roster is generally 55 individuals per team, with additional slots for practice squad players...then you multiply that by 32...that brings us to about...oh...close to 1800 players league-wide.

An NBA roster carries 15 individuals...I'll let you do the math on that one. Off the top of my head, here are some Nuggets players who have been in trouble outside of basketball:

Iverson (arested on marijuana and gun charges, another marijuana arrest, arrested in high school for his involvement in a bowling alley brawl - spent 4 months incarcerated for this one) , Anthony (DUI, league punishment for involvement in a "murder snitchers" video release, citation for marijuana posession), Camby (arrested for marijuana posession after cops pulled him over for swerving across lanes and found two smoked joints accompanied by the smell of freshly burnt marijuana), JR Smith (was suspended by the NBA after a summons from state police was issued for his detainment for disturbing the peace outside a nightclub), Kenyon Martin (was arested for driving 101 in a 30 mph zone), Anthony Carter (convicted of domestic assault THREE TIMES, dui, among others)...

Edit: that's at least 3/5ths of the Nuggets roster, including the 3 best players on the team.

You're right in the point that the sheer volume of NFL players is larger than NBA players however I distinctly remember reading a recent study in SI that a higher % of NFL player's have been arrested than NBA players. Regardless, the point I (poorly) was trying to get through wasn't so much that NFL players are worse than NBA, but rather that NBA players get a bad rap in my opinion in large part due to the national media (I'm looking at you ESPN).

Part of the problem was caused by the NBA itself who, following MJ's retirement, decided to market itself as a hip-hop league in an effort to capitalize on the growing BET culture. While I'm sure that led to some significant funds, it wasn't long before corporate/white America was watching wanna-be-thugs in the 'burbs copping an attitude in their oversized NBA jersey. Before long, the NBA was the league for "blacks" while college basketball was the more acceptable sport to watch. By the early 21st century, everyone in the NBA traveled (although there are significantly more traveling calls in the NBA), didn't play defense (I think you can ask former college superstars JJ Redick and Adam Morrison about the difference in college and NBA defense) and was full of thugs (in large part, IMO, to Iverson's public assention despite his tattoos and cornrows). The shame is that the NBA has really turned around as a league, it may be hard to see in Denver with the "Thuggets" but league wide they've stayed realtivly well behaved with a far superior community service effort than the other major sports, have built a huge international fanbase with new stars from abroad and the game has matured into the most well-rounded, team format it's been in years. Not to mention the most exciting Western Conference finish in years. But the damage done to the league in the early 21st century has lost the casual mainstream fan America until a dominant, wholesome, white player takes over the league. It's really a same, and yes I am white (well actually half white/half Indian). I digress...

Anyhow, my overall point is that I think it's just as unfair to say an arrest of an NBA player is any less surprising than the arrest of an NFL player. We could sit here all day and trade names back and forth in either league that have been arrested, it's a shame on both counts.

[Peoples Champ]

[QUOTE=angryllama;1945763]What is this supposed to mean? That its okay when players make the poor decisions of a troubled 17 year old kid if they are good enough to bring us a little excitement?


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No, I was just saying that MJ was my favorite player of all time, I just want to stay out of his personal life.

Also, we act like these guys dont do any good. MJ did a lot of good including charities and more.

Same with Melo, he has done more for the community then the Mayor of Denver. Sure its probably because they are both extremely rich, but think of how many rich people dont help others. Ponder that. And these are not excuses for them to mess up, its just sometimes people make mistakes. None of us on here are perfect either.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Another pro sports figure in Denver embarrising himself, who woulda thunk it?

[montrose]

True, I just always remember the "It is what it is" Kenyon quote when asked for a response to DW's death.

I'm going to imagine that growing up the way Kenyon did, he looks at a guy being gunned down the way I do a fender-bender on the road. It's insensitive and poorly-reflected-on, but understandable to me.

[sixtimeseight]

An NBA roster carries 15 individuals...
lists offenses of 7 players, some of which are completely made up
that's at least 3/5ths of the Nuggets roster
I'll let you do the math on that one
How about you do the math? 3/5 * 15 != 7

[sixtimeseight]

Also, I love the holier than thou attitude of someone whose favorite team employs the most heinous wife beater in the NBA, the very same one who "broke (Jouwanna Kidd's) rib and damaged her hearing by smashing her head into the console of a car"

Class act, him and angrythatthemavschokeeveryyear. You deserve each other.

[rbackfactory80]

To me the picture was the most bothersome thing about the arrest. He had a very arrogant look on his face about the situation. Personally I could care less about him or the nuggs but I think he could at least give the impression that he cares.

[Meck77]

Melo now has a big turd in his punch bowl.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

To me the picture was the most bothersome thing about the arrest. He had a very arrogant look on his face about the situation. Personally I could care less about him or the nuggs but I think he could at least give the impression that he cares.Isn't that his everyday mug?

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[montrose]

To me the picture was the most bothersome thing about the arrest. He had a very arrogant look on his face about the situation. Personally I could care less about him or the nuggs but I think he could at least give the impression that he cares.

He was probably drunk and pissed. I doubt rationale thoughts were going through his mind at the time.

[spdirty]

Dude needs to learn that when you drink and drive, you need to use a spotter.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Anthony’s immaturity surfaces at wrong time (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Al5lieLCDIrlraSoSioxDKY5nYcB?slug=aw-anthonyarrest041408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports

When word started to get out Monday morning that Carmelo Anthony had been busted for driving under the influence, one league official found himself fascinated with discovering the time of arrest.


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As the basketball elder insisted, there is no appropriate hour to be drinking and driving. Nevertheless, this man had hoped maybe it was a reasonable hour, maybe a traffic stop the result of a late postgame dinner with teammates at the Chop House in downtown Denver.

“But 4 a.m. on a Sunday night in the middle of a playoff run?” he sighed later.

As superstars go, Anthony isn’t the only one out late on a school night. As it appears, though, he is the one irresponsible enough to climb behind the wheel of a car and get busted on DUI suspicion. The toxicology report is still pending, but if ‘Melo hadn’t been terribly wrong here, why did he have his lawyer publicly apologizing for him later in the day?

The way that Anthony had played Sunday night against Houston – his worst shooting performance of the season, even without Rockets defensive star Shane Battier in uniform – offers suspicious minds a reason to believe the worst of ‘Melo’s most recent activities. With the Nuggets fighting to take hold onto the eighth playoff spot in the wild, wild West, this incident goes a long way to crushing his credibility as a leader, a winner.

Anthony can wear that Team USA uniform, and cash the millions of that fancy new Jordan Brand endorsement deal and yet nothing changes this fundamental truth: He is still the most untrustworthy franchise player in basketball. He’s forever screwing up, forever promising change and forever doing it all over again.

These charges are far worse than that sissy sucker-punch of the New York Knicks’ Mardy Collins that cost him a 15-game suspension last season. This was an arrest on the suspicion of drunk driving, an act that could’ve had catastrophic consequences for someone else on Denver’s Interstate 25.

His reputation as a partier, as a keeper of late hours, is pronounced in the NBA. This doesn’t make him unique. His foolishness was getting behind the wheel. Anthony can afford a car service. He could’ve awoken any one of a hundred Nuggets employees to climb out of bed and come get him. Now, the Nuggets are left to deal with the fallout of his foolishness.

The Nuggets still made the playoffs, but what about the circus that comes with this distraction? The questions for his teammates, his coaches, come relentlessly now. And here’s the question for his bosses: How much longer do they want to construct the Denver Nuggets on such a flimsy foundation?

For years, Denver’s GM Mark Warkentien was Tark’s recruiter at UNLV and has gone great lengths in the Rockies to replicate those old Rebel rosters. If this incident turns out to be the beginning of the end of their season, this is an organization that needs to reevaluate everything about itself. If they just want to be entertaining, just sell jerseys, they can stay with this core. If they want more, it’ll have to change.

Ultimately, it starts with Anthony. He insisted that the fight at Madison Square Garden had changed him as a man, and told me in November that his summer with Team USA had made him resolve to become a complete player. He’s still immature, still just a supreme scorer. Once more, he leads in all the wrong ways.

Through every artificial means, he has tried to transform his image. He wore the red, white and blue of Team USA. He had those fancy Brand Jordan commercials. As much as anything, ‘Melo wanted to make the big marketing two of his 2003 draft class, with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, a big three. He keeps screwing that up.

His worldly talent will win him a pass with the Nuggets again, but ultimately ‘Melo has to take a long look at that pitiful mug shot from near dawn in a Denver police precinct and ask himself: How much more is that guy willing to throw away?