The NBA issued a two-game suspension to San Antonio Spurs guard Devonte’ Graham on Wednesday for his 2022 arrest for driving whereas intoxicated.
Graham pleaded responsible to a cost of impaired driving and was sentenced final week to 12 months of unsupervised probation following an arrest in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C., in July 2022.
The two-game suspension with out pay will start with the subsequent NBA common season sport for which Graham is eligible and capable of play.
Graham was arrested after police pulled him over at 2:39 a.m. on July 7, 2022, for driving 63 mph on a road the place the pace restrict was 40. Officers suspected impairment throughout the site visitors cease and he submitted to a breath take a look at.
His outcomes have been a 0.11 breath-alcohol focus, above the state most of 0.08. Graham was then taken to the Wake County Detention Center in Raleigh.
Graham, 28, was a member of the New Orleans Pelicans on the time of his arrest. New Orleans traded him to San Antonio on the commerce deadline in February.
He averaged 5.3 factors in 53 video games off the bench for New Orleans final season. After the commerce, he averaged 13.0 and 4.0 assists in 20 video games (eight begins) for the Spurs.
Graham has profession averages of 11.6 factors and 4.5 assists in 313 video games (171 begins) over 5 NBA seasons with the Charlotte Hornets (2018-21), Pelicans (2021-23) and Spurs. — Field Level Media/Reuters
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