Category Archives: Drugs – Cocaine
Porter, Chris
Charge: Marijuana and cocaine possession
Arrest Date: August 24, 2001
Franchise: Golden State Warriors
Age 23
Details: Porter was pulled over in Alabama for speeding when officers discovered two small bags in the car, one containing cocaine and one containing marijuana.
Mack, Sam
Charge: Cocaine & marijuana possession
Arrest Date: July 11, 2000
Franchise: Golden State Warriors
Age 30
Details: Mack fled from officers in his Range Rover after they attempted to stop him for speeding. After a brief chase that ended in front of his mother’s home, he was found in possession of 20 individually wrapped bags of marijuana, one rock of cocaine, a digital scale and more than $2,800 in small bills.
Anderson, Greg
Charge: Possession of cocaine and intent to distribute
Arrest Date: February 25, 1998
Franchise: Atlanta Hawks
Age 33
Details: Anderson arranged to help two men sell a kilogram of cocaine. One of the men was working with the FBI, and after an undercover sting Anderson was arrested on federal charges, including crossing state lines from Texas to Mississippi. He later cooperated with the FBI in an operation against the third man, and was eventually sentenced to five months in prison.
Washington, Duane
Charge: Cocaine possession
Arrest Date: September 25, 1988
Franchise: New Jersey Nets
Age 24
Humphries, Jay
Charge: Cocaine trafficking
Arrest Date: April 16, 1987
Franchise: Phoenix Suns
Age 24
Details: Humphries, along with Suns teammates Grant Gondrezick and James Edwards, were indicted by a grand-jury in a wide-ranging criminal case involving felony cocaine purchases from a local-area business. As many as five other former Suns teammates were involved.
Gondrezick, Grant
Charge: Cocaine trafficking
Arrest Date: April 16, 1987
Franchise: Phoenix Suns
Age 24
Details: Gondrezick, along with Suns teammates Jay Humphries and James Edwards, were indicted by a grand-jury in a wide-ranging criminal case involving felony cocaine purchases from a local-area business. As many as five other former Suns teammates were involved.
Edwards, James
Charge: Cocaine trafficking
Arrest Date: April 16, 1987
Franchise: Phoenix Suns
Age 31
Details: Edwards, along with Suns teammates Grant Gondrezick and Jay Humphries, were indicted by a grand-jury in a wide-ranging criminal case involving felony cocaine purchases from a local-area business. As many as five other former Suns teammates were involved.
Johnson, Eddie
Charge: Cocaine possession
Arrest Date: July 13, 1980
Franchise: Atlanta Hawks
Age 25
King, Bernard
Charge: Driving under the influence, driving without a license, possession of cocaine
Arrest Date: December 18, 1978
Franchise: New Jersey Nets
Age 22
Details: Yet another arrest for King came when police found the Nets star passed out and slumped over the steering wheel of his Corvette while in possession of a small amount of cocaine. This was the third arrest for King since being drafted by the Nets just 18 months earlier, and his fifth arrest since joining the University of Tennessee basketball program. He was ultimately traded to the Jazz by the frustrated Nets, where he eventually faced his most serious charges of sexual assault after a New Years incident in 1980.
Green, Mike
Charge: Cocaine possession, marijuana possession
Arrest Date: December 9, 1976
Franchise: Seattle Supersonics
Age 25
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