Rashad Anderson, G, UConn: In an arrest without precedent in college-basketball history, Anderson, famous for his tourney-saving three-pointer against Washington this year, was busted in 2002 for jumping out of the bushes to scare people on the UConn campus while wearing a mask and holding a fake knife. After jolting his vi
ctims, he would take off the mask and apologize. Police, unlike this author, were un-amused.
Terrell Everett, G, Oklahoma: Everett was busted in March of last year in one of those “unmistakable odor of marijuana” campus arrests. Generously, he handed his exting
uished joint to police, and apparently told them — with some regret — that he had none left.
Nik Caner-Medley, F, Maryland: Maine’s former “Mr. Basketball” was once arrested in Portland for a nighttime disturbance. Ironically, scouts may be attracted to his shades-of-Gil-Arenas statement during the fracas: “I’m from Maryland, and nobody can beat me.”
Hassan Adams, F/G, Arizona: Speaking of Arenas, fellow and similar-size Wildcat Hassan Adams is one of the few draft hopefuls with two arrests, although both were relatively minor — one for failing to leave the scene after breaking up a fight, and the other ... well, the other was a DUI. Adams was suspended from this year’s PAC-10 tournament and is one of the true sleepers in the draft. The kid has Trailblazers written all over him.
It says here the Celts will end up with arrest-averse Dukie Shelden Williams — but what do I know?
When he’s not googling “marijuana” AND “free throws,” Matt Taibbi is writing for Rolling Stone. He can be reached atM_Taibbi@yahoo.com
