http://kdka.com/sports/anthony.dui.denver.2.699407.html <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Carmelo Anthony Arrested In Denver On DUI Charges Star Forward Pulled Over At 4 A.M. Monday Morning After He Failed To Stay In A Single Lane DENVER (CBS) ― Denver Nuggets star forward Carmelo Anthony was arrested Monday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence, Denver police said. Police said Anthony was driving south on Interstate 25 near 20th Street at about 4 a.m. when he was pulled over and taken into custody. Investigators said he was driving a silver Mercedes that was stopped for failing to drive in a single lane and failing to dim lights. "We are aware of the situation with Carmelo Anthony," the Nuggets said in a statement. The team said it was gathering information and had no further comment at mid-day. Anthony was released on bond later in the morning on his own recognizance. A summons appearance was scheduled for May 14.</div> Just when it seemed like things were starting to go well for the Nuggets...
Will Carmelo ever learn and grow up? As one of the supposed leaders of his team fighting for its playoff life, why would he go out and do something like this? Stupid.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing @ Apr 14 2008, 01:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, he always seems to act like a kid. GROW UP MELO!!!!!</div> Kids don't drink, and don't drive. Big company CEOs and executives get hit with DUIs. Don't get me wrong, it is a serious offense, but just because Carmelo drank and drove doesn't signify his immaturity. Poor judgment it is, but mature people make mistakes as well.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Locke @ Apr 14 2008, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing @ Apr 14 2008, 01:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, he always seems to act like a kid. GROW UP MELO!!!!!</div> Kids don't drink, and don't drive. Big company CEOs and executives get hit with DUIs. Don't get me wrong, it is a serious offense, but just because Carmelo drank and drove doesn't signify his immaturity. Poor judgment it is, but mature people make mistakes as well. </div> No it could easily be seen as immature, or at least stupid and selfish to compromise the Nuggets' season if something more serious had occurred. Many people don't make these kind of mistakes JUST before the most important part of their year (career-wise) is about to begin.
Damn, Melo. Stay away from the green! Isn't marijuana legal in Denver? Anyways...I'm wondering if there was a reason he did it, other than stupidity.
Doesn't surprise me in the least. This is the best Nuggets team yet but they came within a sliver of missing the playoffs. Had the Nuggets missed the playoffs, the average Joe Blow would have been blaming Melo even though he had nothing to do with how the team was managed. The stress of that is huge; even I got stressed out about it and I am only a fan and a writer. Having an extra drink is a well known reaction to heavy stress. Melo is not dumb, he knows this team is not managed as well as it could be. He has played under several other coaches, such as Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, who would not have the team in as "wild" a state as this one is. A wild type of team and just barely making the playoffs is enough to cause anyone to have an extra drink or two. I saw a YouTube video not long ago where Melo looked like he was under the influence, and he remarked to a friend of his who was just sitting in a car that the Nuggets had good players who few knew about, because they were not even getting playing time to speak of. And I would only be a little surprised if it was really DWI instead of DUI, but there was a backroom deal to make it DUI, since Melo might have been out for the playoffs if it had been DWI.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tremaine @ Apr 14 2008, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Doesn't surprise me in the least. This is the best Nuggets team yet but they came within a sliver of missing the playoffs. Had the Nuggets missed the playoffs, the average Joe Blow would have been blaming Melo even though he had nothing to do with how the team was managed. The stress of that is huge; even I got stressed out about it and I am only a fan and a writer. Having an extra drink is a well known reaction to heavy stress. Melo is not dumb, he knows this team is not managed as well as it could be. He has played under several other coaches, such as Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, who would not have the team in as "wild" a state as this one is. A wild type of team and just barely making the playoffs is enough to cause anyone to have an extra drink or two. I saw a YouTube video not long ago where Melo looked like he was under the influence, and he remarked to a friend of his who was just sitting in a car that the Nuggets had good players who few knew about, because they were not even getting playing time to speak of. And I would only be a little surprised if it was really DWI instead of DUI, but there was a backroom deal to make it DUI, since Melo might have been out for the playoffs if it had been DWI.</div> I'd like to completely disagree with that 100%. See: Donte Greene, Paul Harris. Let them get away with every stupid move on and off the court. Also, see: probably ~half of the players at Syracuse doing some sort of drugs.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tremaine @ Apr 14 2008, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Doesn't surprise me in the least. This is the best Nuggets team yet but they came within a sliver of missing the playoffs. Had the Nuggets missed the playoffs, the average Joe Blow would have been blaming Melo even though he had nothing to do with how the team was managed. The stress of that is huge; even I got stressed out about it and I am only a fan and a writer. Having an extra drink is a well known reaction to heavy stress. Melo is not dumb, he knows this team is not managed as well as it could be. He has played under several other coaches, such as Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, who would not have the team in as "wild" a state as this one is. A wild type of team and just barely making the playoffs is enough to cause anyone to have an extra drink or two. I saw a YouTube video not long ago where Melo looked like he was under the influence, and he remarked to a friend of his who was just sitting in a car that the Nuggets had good players who few knew about, because they were not even getting playing time to speak of. And I would only be a little surprised if it was really DWI instead of DUI, but there was a backroom deal to make it DUI, since Melo might have been out for the playoffs if it had been DWI.</div> That video is from last year The Nuggets are not a wild team. Poorly coached yes, but not wild. Additionally, it is completely pointless to term them as barely making the playoffs when they will win 49-50 games this season. That is simply a statistical oddity. The Nuggets are clearly a better team than of the previous ones with Melo that have made the playoffs.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Apr 14 2008, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tremaine @ Apr 14 2008, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Doesn't surprise me in the least. This is the best Nuggets team yet but they came within a sliver of missing the playoffs. Had the Nuggets missed the playoffs, the average Joe Blow would have been blaming Melo even though he had nothing to do with how the team was managed. The stress of that is huge; even I got stressed out about it and I am only a fan and a writer. Having an extra drink is a well known reaction to heavy stress. Melo is not dumb, he knows this team is not managed as well as it could be. He has played under several other coaches, such as Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, who would not have the team in as "wild" a state as this one is. A wild type of team and just barely making the playoffs is enough to cause anyone to have an extra drink or two. I saw a YouTube video not long ago where Melo looked like he was under the influence, and he remarked to a friend of his who was just sitting in a car that the Nuggets had good players who few knew about, because they were not even getting playing time to speak of. And I would only be a little surprised if it was really DWI instead of DUI, but there was a backroom deal to make it DUI, since Melo might have been out for the playoffs if it had been DWI.</div> I'd like to completely disagree with that 100%. See: Donte Greene, Paul Harris. Let them get away with every stupid move on and off the court. Also, see: probably ~half of the players at Syracuse doing some sort of drugs. </div> pegs, I meant by "wild type of team" a team that has extreme inconsistency on both offense and defense from one game to the next, because roles and strategies are not clearly enough defined, and because specific tactics are few and far between. I didn't mean wild in the sense that you thought. Guess what though? I honestly think that if you have a wild team in the sense I meant it, it can lead to a wild team in the sense that you are thinking of: players who are wild off the court. I bet anything you could prove a correlation between those two wilds. On the other hand, you could have a team that is wild off the court but is not wild on the court, in basketball management terms. But I don't think the Nuggets this year are more than slightly more wild off the court than the average NBA team, although that is just an educated hunch.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Locke @ Apr 14 2008, 02:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Kids don't drink, and don't drive.</div> Really?
Right now the situation is: 1. There was a traffic stop, which is a special type of arrest but is technically not a full scale arrest due to the light penalties associated with most traffic stops. It became more of a full scale arrest when Carmelo Anthony was booked. But it was "booked on suspicion" and there are as yet no formal charges and there may never be any charges. 2. This stop was on Interstate 25 in Denver. The time was about 5:23 am, so there was little traffic and relatively little risk of a car crash on the Interstate at the time, whether it was DWI, DUI, DWD (driving while distracted), or DWE (driving while exhausted). 3. Melo's car was drifting between lanes, but that drifting did not create a risk of an accident at the time, due to the light traffic, and because there is no report that there was a near crash of any kind. The drifting could have been caused by cell phone or CD player usage, or simply due to the driver being extremely tired. It is not a crime to be driving while extremely tired. It is a crime in New York State to drive while holding and talking on a cell phone, but that is not a crime in Colorado. 4. Melo cooperated completely including consenting to a blood test. Results are not expected for about two weeks. 5. According to a major news source, Anthony "failed a series of sobriety tests." However, failing of sobriety tests can be caused by someone being extremely tired alone, or by a combination of someone being extremely tired and very slightly inebriated, but below DWI and DUI levels. 6. There was no breathalyzer, which can instantly clear someone, but which is not trusted by many jurisdictions. Rather, there was a blood test, which of course everyone would think of as reliable. 7. There is still today a huge legal difference between DUI and DWI, because DUI is considered to be only mildly dangerous, while DWI is just plain dangerous. If this turns out to be DUI, it would be something that until about 20 years ago was considered a minor offense, but is now more serious as a result of the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Crime." Even today though, DUI is a much less serious offense than is DWI. Anyone having more reliable info, please add it.
8. Further developments to come, and questions surrounding them: <u>blood test results in two weeks: DWI, DUI, or Sober?</u> --What delay will there be, if any, between the results and any charges? --The NBA can not suspend with just blood test results and no charges (yet) can they? --If DUI, can the charges be bargained away? --If charges are bargained away, could the NBA suspend for a game or two anyway? I highly doubt it. <u>If DUI and the charges are filed immediately</u> --Does the NBA have the right to suspend before there is a conviction or can they suspend just for charges? --Will the NBA suspend at all, even on a conviction, for the relatively minor DUI offense? --If the NBA suspends for a DUI conviction, but not on mere charges, it will be for games next season, because there is no way a conviction will happen so quickly that the Nuggets are still in the playoffs when it happens. <u>If DWI and the charges are filed immediately</u> --Does the NBA have the right to suspend before there is a conviction or can they suspend just for the charges? --I am assuming a DWI conviction would generate a suspension. Anyone have any idea about how many games it would be? --If the NBA suspends for a DWI conviction, but not on mere charges, it will be for games next season, because there is no way a conviction will happen so quickly that the Nuggets are still in the playoffs when it happens. I don't trust the NBA on something like this. I wonder why? They do have a track record of being fair and evenhanded in their Nuggets punishments, don't they? Anyone who knows reliable answers to any of the questions above regarding how the NBA would react to the various possiblities, please clue us in. Anyone know of any other recent DUI or DWI situations and how the League reacted?
Counter-point: I thought this was pretty responsible. The only way you're going to make drinking and driving a safer activity is if you practice it. After all, players practice till they get it right, but professionals practice until they can't get it wrong.
It's not the biggest crime of course, but it brings distraction to the team IMO. Only good thing is that Golden State lost at Phoenix and secured Denver the playoff spot, no matter what happens in their last game against Memphis.
http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_9114200 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>A blood test for Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony revealed Anthony's blood-alcohol content was above the legal limit when arrested April 14, his lawyer confirmed. "We received notice that Carmelo's blood test came back over the legal limit," attorney Dan Recht said. "This is old news in that Carmelo has admitted from the beginning that he had been drinking and driving and he should not have been." Anthony, Denver's all-star forward, has a court date set for May 14 for the charges of driving under the influence. Said Recht: "As he has before, Carmelo apologizes to his family, his fans, the Denver community, his teammates and the Nuggets organization for his lapse in judgment and the distraction it has caused all of them." The Nuggets were eliminated from the playoffs Monday night. Anthony has yet to been punished by the team, which is waiting for the legal process to play out first.</div> I expect Melo to miss at least the first game of the 2008-2009 season
Not surprised at all. Fully expecting the same to happen to Devendorf in the future (if he even makes the NBA, which I doubt he will).
