Former NBA player Delonte West arrested on misdemeanor charges

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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Former NBA guard Delonte West was arrested Thursday morning on misdemeanor charges of violating conditions of his release and resisting arrest in Virginia, Fairfax County police confirmed. Athleticism.

West, 40, was booked into the Fairfax County Detention Center on Thursday and released later in the day after posting $2,000 bond, Fairfax County police said. His arraignment was scheduled for Friday at 8:30 a.m. local time.

Fairfax County police said they spotted West around 1 a.m. in Groveton, Virginia, and attempted to serve a warrant on West, but a foot chase followed. Officers lost sight of West before finding him unconscious.

Officers then administered Narcan — a medication that quickly reverses an opioid overdose, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse — to West. The Narcan did not have the desired effect after the initial administration and West was transported to a local hospital, where he was again given Narcan, with the desired result taking effect, police said.

West was released from the hospital and transported to the Fairfax County Detention Center.

West, a first-round draft pick of the Boston Celtics in 2004, suffers from mental illness. He went public with his bipolar diagnosis in 2008. Many in the basketball community — like Mark Cuban and former St. Joseph coach Phil Martelli — tried to help West.

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In January 2020, Cuban paid to send West to the Rebound Institute, an outdoor therapy clinic created by former NBA player Jayson Williams, who himself struggled with substance abuse. West eventually left and nine months later, a video surfaced of him panhandling in Dallas. Cuban went to the video location and picked him up, sending him to Rebound again.

Less than a year after leaving Rebound – in October 2021 – West was arrested in Florida.

“It’s just disappointing. Or frustrating, I guess,” Cuban said Athleticism in 2023. “Delonte is sabotaging himself. …I don't know what else to say. It's like that. I tried.”

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West played eight seasons in the NBA with the Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks. He averaged 9.7 points and 3.6 assists per game during his NBA career. He last played for the Mavericks in 2012, when West was suspended twice for conduct detrimental to the team. West tried to find playing time overseas and in the G League, but that search ended in 2015.

Before entering the NBA, West played alongside teammate Jameer Nelson at St. Joseph's, where the two led the Hawks to an undefeated regular season (27-0) and the Elite Eight in 2003-04 .

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