DALLAS -- Delonte West won’t be going to the White House with the rest of his Dallas Mavericks teammates on Monday.
"I'm banned from going to the White House, so I'm not going to make it," West said after tonight's (Sat.) 96-81 win over the New Orleans Hornets. "But I'm going home to D.C., I'm just not allowed to go to the White House.
"That's what happens when you make bad decisions in your life. You can't go to the White House."
West was pulled over for a traffic violation and arrested on Sept. 17, 2009 while riding his three-wheel motorcycle. Police found three weapons -- a Remington 870, a 9mm Beretta pistol and a 357 Magnum -- in a guitar case he was carrying.
On July 21, 2010, West pleaded guilty to the weapons and traffic charges and was subsequently sentenced to unsupervised probation, psychological counseling, electronic monitoring and 40 hours of community service.
While the other 11 Mavs will be at the White House, West said he'll be OK at his own home.
"I've been there 100 times in my lifetime," said West, who was born in D.C. "I live right around the corner.
"I live in D.C. It's going to be a shame the president isn't going to get a chance to meet me. I'm the president of my house."
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Idiot.
Posted by: john | January 08, 2012 at 12:18 AM
Delonte West wasn't even on the team last year anyways. Tyson Chandler should go over there he was a huge part of the mavs championship, and J.J Barea
Posted by: Jason Cook | January 08, 2012 at 07:46 PM
Stuff happens, Delonte can visit next year when we win it all( without an asterisk.) He's so undervalued, baggage and all, I see him thriving in Big D, glad to have him aboard.
As far as sell-outs go - good riddance. TC was questioned on extension mid-season and he kepT the same stance that NBA is a business and he should do what's best for him. What MBT say? Remember, Dirk said "Tyson is the MVP" and club said "he deserves to shop himself" with his outstanding performance and leadership, knowing full well of our gooD-Willed intentions. Dirk and Kidd gave the "homeboy discount." We offered $20M/1yr and he said I'm worth at least $58M/4yr??? so... u do the math! Don't even get me started on a $5M/yr backup's backup. D-Dub tellya Rubio da bomb!
Posted by: mfflbro | January 08, 2012 at 11:28 PM
The guy is a complete moron!
Posted by: Phil Martelli | January 09, 2012 at 09:01 AM
Refreshing that an athlete (any athlete for that matter)will own up and take responsibility for his or her own actions or mistakes. So many times all we hear is "it wasn't my fault" or "I didn't know" as they try to minimize or place the blame elsewhere. I hope he has a long and productive career with the Mavericks.
Posted by: John Q | January 09, 2012 at 10:55 AM
You ain't missing nothing...Who cares about Obummer?? Certainly not me.....
Posted by: Ms. Pacman777 | January 09, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Really..really..really..(and another really)! The players who should go to the white house should be the NBA winners BEFORE the trades. Those are who proved they are champions including Chandler and Barea. West and other new guys will not honestly feel the honor in their heart. So, West should not panic cause he is not one of them.
Posted by: T S Awad | January 09, 2012 at 12:49 PM