Ty Lawson was arrested twice this year for DUI and is finally receiving some help. According to the Denver Nuggets, Lawson has had a problem for a long time and even showed up to practice with the smell of alcohol on his breath.
via Yahoo Sports:
Nuggets president Josh Kroenke told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday in a phone interview that the Nuggets had been privately trying to help Lawson with his issues for “the past couple of years” and that there had been problems for a long time.
Kroenke said he had repeated conversations with Lawson about his “life struggles,” adding that Lawson often said he would attempt to fix his issues but he could “never fully shake them.”
“He always had an affinity for burning the candle at both ends,” Kroenke said. “We want to give our players freedom to be young guys as well. We’re not going to be drill sergeants. But we want our guys to be able to handle their personal lives on their own.
“Ty … there were times when he was better than others. But the problems have been there for several years, going back to when we were having a lot of on-court success. I don’t want to go back too far. There were just a lot of times where you were at practice and you just know. You could smell it. You know there is probably deeper issues than he would probably let on.”
Lawson was traded from the Nuggets to the Houston Rockets for Kostas Papanikolaou, Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson and a 2016 protected first round pick. Kroenke could be smearing Lawson to make the lowly trade look better but his account could also be true. Hopefully the help Lawson is now receiving will work out and the talented player can live up to his true potential.
