Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Shabazz Muhammad was sent home from the NBA’s Rookie Transition Program. Muhammad violated a rule by having female company in his hotel room Tuesday night. Muhammad will be fined.
The Rookie Transition Program is a four-day seminar which helps to prepare rookies for life in the NBA. The young lady in question was not Shabazz’s girlfriend Cassidy Jordan.
The last time 2008, Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were expelled from the RTP after it was discovered they had women and the scent of weed in the room. They were each fined $20,000.
Clippers Matt Barnes went on a Twitter rant saying that kicking Shabazz out was overboard and that there’s nothing wrong with an of age young man entertaining the ladies.
I think @phenom15balla gettn kicked out of #NBARTP is BS. He’s a grown A$$ man, if he wants to hv a woman n his rm that’s his business(cont)
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) August 8, 2013
Then the media gets ahold of the story & blows it outa proportion, like they always do. Now his gotta bad wrap b4 he’s ever played a(cont) — Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) August 8, 2013
Game.. Starting behind the 8 ball already! I guess I’m tryn to say there are bigger issues to deal with, then whether or not a grown(cont) — Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) August 8, 2013
Man has a woman In his room.. @phenom15balla keep ur head up boy & keep working hard, this will blow over
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) August 8, 2013
NFL players have curfews that night before games and hotel room sweeps – that’s for both home and away teams- Four days won’t kill a player.
