[外電] NBA hits Wolves with $100K in fines
NBA hits Wolves with $100K in fines
http://0rz.tw/VbRHk
NEW YORK -- The NBA has fined Minnesota Timberwolves president David Kahn
$50,000 for his comments about forward Michael Beasley's marijuana use.
The league also fined the Timberwolves organization $50,000 Friday for what
it called inappropriate comments.
In an interview with 1500 ESPN Twin Cities, Kahn said the recently acquired
Beasley used "too much marijuana" in the past but Minnesota's new power
forward is maturing and was worth acquiring from Miami despite his off-court
issues.
"He's a very young and immature kid who smoked too much marijuana and has
told me that he's not smoking anymore," Kahn said in the interview, "and I
told him that I would trust him as long as that was the case."
After one year at Kansas State, Beasley was the No. 2 overall draft choice of
the Heat in 2008. Just 21 years old, he was traded two weeks ago to the
Wolves, who hope a change of scenery and a move to a young team will bring
out his considerable talents.
At his introductory news conference July 15 in Minnesota, Beasley said
because of his spotty past -- he got kicked out of the NBA rookie symposium,
was fined for breaking Heat rules and last summer entered substance-abuse
treatment in Houston -- he might be a bit misunderstood.
"I feel like I did good my last two years in the NBA playing for Miami," said
Beasley, who averaged 14.3 points per game and 5.9 rebounds in two seasons
with the Heat. "But I feel like there's a lot that the world don't know about
me. A lot of my game hasn't been shown. A lot of my personality hasn't been
shown. I feel like it's a new beginning and a fresh start and I'm ready to
start my life."
Kahn said he believes Beasley has made strides working to eliminate some of
his past problems. Were Beasley in his late 20s, the Timberwolves' president
said he might not have considered trading for him. It cost the Wolves only
two second-round draft picks and cash considerations to acquire Beasley.
"He has developed a really good support system around him this past season in
Miami," Kahn told 1500 ESPN Twin Cities. "He has hired people to help him
grow up. He is growing up -- he's not grown-up. He's 21 ... and if you think
back, as I do all the time, to when I was 21, and if you had given me this
kind of money and put me in this kind of world with these kinds of pressures
attached to it and some of the demands, I don't know how well I would have
handled it, any easier than, say, he has.
"I think that if Michael was 25 or 26, maybe I would have felt differently,"
Kahn said. "Some of these kids simply deserve the opportunity to make
mistakes and grow up."
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 125.230.7.178
Timberwolves 近期熱門文章
44
149
PTT體育區 即時熱門文章