Category Archives: Houston Rockets
Griffin, Eddie
Charge: Marijuana possession
Arrest Date: April 6, 2003
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 20
Details: This was the first of four NBA arrests that were racked up by the late Eddie Griffin before his drunk-driving death in 2007. The talented but troubled star was the seventh pick in the 2001 draft and managed to stay our of trouble until late in his sophomore season. While heading home from a game in Houston he was pulled over for speeding and not using a turn signal, at which point officers discovered a small amount of marijuana and placed him under arrest
Morris, Terence
Charge: Driving with a suspended license
Arrest Date: May 20, 2002
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 23
Details: Morris was stopped for driving 76mph in a 60mph zone. Officers then discovered that his Maryland driver’s license was suspended the previous November for failing to complete a remedial driving course.
Francis, Steve
Charge: Driving under the influence
Arrest Date: December 16, 2001
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 23
Pippen, Scottie
Charge: Driving under the influence
Arrest Date: April 22, 1999
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 33
Details: Pippen was pulled over at about 1:30am after running a red light. After suspecting him of being intoxicated, police administered a field sobriety test which Pippen failed. He refused a breathalyzer test and was arrested for driving under the influence, his third career arrest.
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Barkley, Charles
Charge: Aggravated battery and resisting arrest
Arrest Date: October 27, 1997
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 34
Details: While enjoying drinks at an Orlando area bar with three women, Barkley became enraged when another patron threw a glass of ice at him. In one of the more famous NBA arrests, Barkley then chased the man to the front of the bar, lifted him up, and hurled him through a plate-glass window. As the man lay on the ground bleeding, Barkley then stood over him and told him ”you got what you deserve. You don’t respect me. I hope you’re hurt.”
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Charles Barkley – October 27, 1997
Threatt, Sedale
Charge: Driving under the influence
Arrest Date: July 3, 1997
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 35
Maxwell, Vernon
Charge: Marijuana possession
Arrest Date: August 28, 1995
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 29
Details: NBA crime superstar Maxwell was arrested for marijuana possession after getting pulled over for running a red light. He reportedly told police he was living in his car. This was Maxwell’s fourth arrest in four years.
Maxwell, Vernon
Charge: Unlawful possession of a firearm
Arrest Date: March 15, 1994
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 28
Details: An NBA crime legend, Maxwell was arrested for the third time in less than two years, for waving a .380 semiautomatic pistol at a passing motorist who honked his horn at him near the Rockets arena in Houston.
Maxwell, Vernon
Charge: Resisting arrest
Arrest Date: July 23, 1993
Franchise: Houston Rockets
Age 28
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